Alfred University Athletics

Lacrosse
Peter Colburn played two seasons on the AU men’s lacrosse team (1994 and 1995) after transferring to Alfred from junior college.

Colburn came to AU after two years at Herkimer County Community College, where twice he helped lead his team to a junior college national title (1992 and 1993) and was a junior college All-American in 1993.

In both his years in a Saxon uniform, he earned All-American honors (honorable mention). He helped lead the team to the NCAA championship tournament in 1994, when the team went 12-3, and as a senior in 1995 helped lead the Saxons to a 13-4 record and an ECAC Upstate championship.

Despite playing only two seasons at Alfred, Colburn ranks fourth on the school’s career goals list with 109. His 62 goals in 1995 and 47 in 1994 rank second and fourth, respectively, on the school’s single-season records list and his 75 points (62 goals, 13 assists) in 1995 is the sixth-most in a single-season at AU. He shares the school record for goals in a game with nine (vs. California-San Diego in 1995). Colburn lists as his greatest thrill as an AU student-athlete competing in the NCAA tournament.

Colburn graduated from AU in 1995 with bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice and sociology and he also earned a master’s degree in Community Services Administration from AU in 1997. He is an investigator and police officer for the Town of New Hartford Police Department. He has served with the New Hartford PD since 2000, with the exception one year (April 2005-April 2006), when he was as a special agent with the United States Secret Service. He has also served since 2004 as an adjunct instructor in the Criminal Justice program at Mohawk Valley Community College.

Colburn coaches first and second graders on a youth team that competes in the Brine Upstate Lacrosse League. He and his wife, Wendy, live in New Hartford with their son, Peter.