Coles, who operates Spring Ledge LLC, a hunter/jumper training and teaching facility in The Plains, Va., was elected by a panel of eight voters that includes former and current Foxcroft athletic directors and coaches, and alumnae, including two members of the Hall of Fame.

"Congratulations to Sloane on her election to the Foxcroft Sports Hall of Fame," said Foxcroft Head of School Catherine S. McGehee. "I can't think of a more deserving candidate."

Sloane was surprised and delighted by her election. "Cathy called me personally to let me know I was elected. I was definitely caught off guard and I am truly honored to have even been considered for the Hall of Fame," Coles said.

Seldom has an athlete achieved such high standards in two such vastly different sports disciplines as riding and lacrosse.

During her senior year at Foxcroft, Coles was arguably the best junior equestrian in the country, winning the 2006 Bates USA Equitation year-end rider award and the Monarch International North American Equitation Championship. She continued training through her four years at Drew University and afterwards, reaching the highest level of show jumping competition. She competes regularly on the Grand Prix circuit and has won several events, including the 2016 Brook Ledge Grand Prix and the 2017 Grand Prix of Michigan.

All through high school and college, though, Coles managed to find the time to pursue another of her favorite sports — lacrosse. She played both years that she attended Foxcroft and was an all-conference selection in the tough Independent Schools League selection the School belonged to at the time.

At Drew University in Madison, NJ, the hard-working, athletic midfielder was a second-team All-Landmark Conference selection in 2008, when she also made the conference's academic honor roll. A year later, she was a first-team conference selection and made second-team regional all-American.