Lindsay Horbatuck
Lindsay Horbatuck
For as long as Lindsay can remember, sports have been a significant part of her life. She was a three-sport, four-year varsity starter, earning a total of 12 varsity letters at Avon High School. Lindsay received All-State honors twice in basketball and once in Lacrosse. She was an All-Conference performer in soccer. Lindsay was a two-year captain at Avon with the girls’ basketball team, graduating as the leading scorer in school history (1,365 points) and with the most career rebounds (1,166), school records she still owns today. She was a four-time All-NCCC selection and a two-time All-State selection. She helped Avon win their first state championship in 2008 when the Falcons went 26-1 and she was named the Most Outstanding player/MVP in the CIAC Class M Tournament as a junior. In her career, Avon won three NCCC championships and four straight NCCC Tournament championships. As a senior, Lindsay helped lead Avon to a 26-1 record in 2009 when the Falcons beat eventual Class LL champion Norwich Free Academy during the regular season. In that season, Avon extended their team record winning streak to 47 games, one of the longest in state history. Lindsay was a Connecticut Gatorade Player of the year nominee and a McDonald's All-American nominee in 2009. In lacrosse, Lindsay was a four-year starter, captain, and an All-State player in 2009, when she scored 42 goals and had 27 assists for the Falcons. She scored 45 goals and had 11 assists in 2008. Lindsay was a three-time All NCCC selection and the league’s defensive player of the year twice once in 2008 and again in 2009. In addition to her other two sports, Lindsay was a four-year starter on the varsity soccer team and played the sweeper position. She earned NCCC All-Conference accolades as a senior. Lindsay earned a Division I scholarship to play basketball at Bucknell University, where she was a captain for two seasons and a four-year scholar athlete. In her senior year, she was named as part of the Patriot League Academic All-Conference team. She graduated with her degree in Elementary Education and English as a Second Language. After college, Lindsay played professionally in Bulgaria (2013) and in Australia (2014). In Australia, she played for Latrobe City Energy where she averaged 20 points and 21 rebounds a game. She won the MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and Leading Rebounder awards and was named to the All-Star Five Team in the Big V Conference. After retiring from her professional basketball career, Lindsay returned to the United States to begin her teaching and coaching career. She started teaching at Brunswick School in Greenwich, CT, where she taught second and fourth grade and was the junior varsity boys basketball coach. Lindsay then moved on to receive her master’s degree in Computing in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University while teaching at Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. In addition to teaching, she was also the associate head boys’ basketball coach. Lindsay is currently in her third year of working at Brimmer and May School in Chestnut Hill, Mass. While at Brimmer she taught third grade for two years and is currently teaching fifth grade. Along with her teaching responsibilities, she has held the position of head girls’ varsity basketball coach for the past three years.