At Penn Yan, under his father and head coach Harry Queener, he helped the team capture five consecutive sectional titles.
[5] After high school, Queener enrolled at Penn State University, but left due to being kicked out by the college.
[7] Queener transferred and joined the University at Albany Great Danes, an NCAA Division I collegiate lacrosse program in 2006.
During his first game with the Great Dane's, against the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, Queener ran the length of the field and scored a goal.
[2] In 2007, he led the Great Danes to the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament, advancing to the quarterfinals before losing, in overtime, to Cornell University.
Making 10 saves, Queener also was involved in "highlight reel" clearings of the ball from the defensive end to the offensive side of the field.
Undrafted in the National Lacrosse League draft, Queener joined the expansion Boston Blazers as a free agent.
His older sister, Sarah, was a collegiate All-American and is current women's lacrosse head coach at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges.