Athletic Hall of Fame

The University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame was created in 1992 to honor former athletes, coaches, and friends for outstanding achievement. Their stories stand as testimony to the rich history that athletics play in the education of Rochester's students and of their pursuit of excellence both on and off the field.

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Hall of Fame Inductees Sorted By Sport

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ADMINISTRATOR
BASEBALL
BASKETBALL
COACH
CROSS COUNTRY
FIELD HOCKEY
FOOTBALL
FRIENDS
GOLF
LACROSSE
SOCCER
SOFTBALL
SQUASH
SWIMMING
TENNIS
TRACK
VOLLEYBALL
WRESTLING

Administrator

Louis Alexander, Sr.
Sylvia Fabricant
David R. Ocorr '51
Donald C. Smith
Merle Spurrier
Hazel S. Varner
Hazel Wilbraham '27

Baseball

Neil L. Alexander '50
Louis Alexander, Jr. '51
Louis Alexander, Sr.
Russel Jones Anderson '37
Robert Babcock '37
Guy A. Bailey '68
James R. Beall '46
John Bishop '64
Malcolm Black '52
Robert Bruton '50*
Francis Caravaglio '61
Michael L. Cirrincione '69
Michael Corp '78
Ames Curchin '43
Richard Devereaux '56
Donald E. Diehl '47
Charles E. Erdle '32
Ronald J. Forte '62
Lysle "Spike" Garnish
John A. Garnish, M.D. '51
Richard Garnish, M.D. '49
Ralph Gebhardt '76
John A. Gersbach '39
Thomas Havens '91
Rufus Hedges '31
Jon Hunter '72, '78W (Mas), '88W (EdD)
Halford B. Johnson '52
Richard Kissell, M.D. '67
Robert G. Klimasewski '66, '67 (Mas)
Robert Kulpinski '71, '73, '86
G. Prescott Lane '39
Paul McKee
Eugene L. Nicandri '60
B. Emmett Norris '30
David R. Ocorr '51
Robert Place '54
Glenn W. Quaint, Jr. '42
Benjamin Ramaker '10
Charles Resler '30
Dick Rice '65
Michael J. Roulan '72
Billy E. Sandow '42
Thomas Sarro '52
Timothy O. Schum '60
William E. Secor '53
Craig M. Smith '39
Donald C. Smith
Robert E. Springer '41
William Standera '71
Harry Stathe '52
Peter A. Stranges '41
Bruce Thompson '56
Robert Ulrech '40
Jerome Carl Violette '60
Richard C. Wade '43
Luther Ira Webster '26
Jeffrey S. Wittig '86
Carl U. Wren '50
Gerald Zornow '37
Theodore J. Zornow '29

Basketball

Neil L. Alexander '50
Louis Alexander, Jr. '51
Louis Alexander, Sr.
Russel Jones Anderson '37
James S. Armstrong '54, '65 (Mas)
Jeanne Cramer Armstrong '50
Robert Babcock '37
Richard E. Baldwin '43
Richard Baroody '44
John Baynes '47
James R. Beall '46
Michael F. Berger '62
Aileen Beneroff Binder '80N
Malcolm Black '52
Allen M. Brewer '40
Lyle Brown
William Bruckel '42
J. Mercer Brugler '25
Robert Bruton '50*
John Burgess '59
Francis Caravaglio '61
Jean Cardinale '88
Phil Chamberlain '38
Carlos Chapman '44
Tracey Buettgens Clancy '94, '95 MS
Cheryl Cole '86, '87W (Mas)
Jean Merenda Conway '79
Russell E. Craytor '35
Ames Curchin '43
Donald E. Diehl '47
John M. Donohue '51
Kristan Radan Dunst '85
Robert Erickson '42
Eric Fass, D.D.S. '71
Christopher Fite '92
Jayne Freedman '79
Lysle "Spike" Garnish
John A. Garnish, M.D. '51
Richard Garnish, M.D. '49
John A. Gersbach '39
Charles Gray '48*
Ezra Andrews Hale '16
Samuel Park Harman '09
Maureen "Molly" Hayes '84
Warren Heard '44
Rufus Hedges '31
John Herlan '77
Robert Hoe, M.D. '47, '51 (Mas)
J. Nelson Hoffman '55
Lawrence Hokaj '85
Halford B. Johnson '52
Richard Kissell, M.D. '67
James Klimschot '78
G. Prescott Lane '39
Jody Lavin-Patrick '82
Daniel Leary '83
Madelon "Lonnie" Lief '77
Paul McKee
B. Emmett Norris '30
H. Scott Norris '49
David R. Ocorr '51
Karen Price Pavlicin '87
Susan Penepent '88
Robert Place '54
Debra Poletto, M.D. '79
Howard Pratt '60, '66 Ph.D.
Glenn W. Quaint, Jr. '42
Charles Quinby '58
David Ragusa '68
Benjamin Ramaker '10
Charles Resler '30
Roy F. Roberts '40
Timothy O. Schum '60
William E. Secor '53
Donald C. Smith
Nelson "Bud" Spies '38
Robert E. Springer '41
David Taylor '69
Terri Eddy Terwilliger '87
Bruce Thompson '56
Gordon Turner '74
Robert Ulrech '40
Janice Vanselow '82
Richard C. Wade '43
Luther Ira Webster '26
Mernie Bacon Whitcomb '49
G. Robert Witmer, Jr. '59
William Yantz '60
Philip J. Yurecka '65
Tyler Zachem '88
Gerald Zornow '37
Theodore H. Zornow '59

Coach

Louis Alexander, Jr. '51
Paul Bitgood
William Boomer '63W M.Ed.
Elmer Burnham
Jane Gibbons '76
J. Nelson Hoffman '55
Peter R. Lyman '47
Jill M. McCabe '88
Paul McKee
David R. Ocorr '51
Donald C. Smith
Merle Spurrier
Peter G. "Pat" Stark
John Sullivan '26
Hazel S. Varner
John Vitone

Cross Country

Josefa Benzoni '88
James Dunlop '92
Richard Keil '83
Glenn A. Lamb '83
Joseph Mello '92
Carolyn S. Misch '89
David Moller, M.D. '75
Thomas M. Tuori '87
John Zabrodsky '82

Field Hockey

Jeanne Cramer Armstrong '50
Eliza Bates '79
Aileen Beneroff Binder '80N
Jean Cardinale '88
Pamela L. Church '85
Jean Merenda Conway '79
Jayne Freedman '79
Nancy Melvin Taylor '86
Theresa A. Tuthill '84, '91 (PhD)
Suzane White Villarini '80
Mernie Bacon Whitcomb '49

Football

William Adler '44
John Antonelli '80, '83
James S. Armstrong '54, '65 (Mas)
Robert Babcock '37
John A. Badowski '77
Guy A. Bailey '68
Richard E. Baldwin '43
Donald J. Bardell '53
Paul Bitgood
Robert Branigan '49
James Brennan '53
William Bruckel '42
J. Mercer Brugler '25
John A. Burchett '66
Gorman Burnett, D.D.S. '47
Elmer Burnham
Francis Caravaglio '61
William H. Ceckler '51
Carlos Chapman '44
Gary Ciarleglio '89
Michael L. Cirrincione '69
John M. Clarey '70
John Cogar, D.V.M. '71
Gregory Conrad '72
Michael Corp '78
Ames Curchin '43
Gerald L. Dales, Jr. '51
Richard Devereaux '56
Donald E. Diehl '47
Peter DiPasquale '52
Charles E. Erdle '32
Theodore J. Fink, M.D. '66
John F. Forsyth '43
Lysle "Spike" Garnish
John A. Garnish, M.D. '51
Richard Garnish, M.D. '49
Norman Gay '41
Ralph Gebhardt '76
Frederick Gehlmann '42
John A. Gersbach '39
Thomas L. Gibbons '56
Charles Gray '48*
Samuel Guerrieri '87
Ronald Haines '72
Warren Heard '44
Rufus Hedges '31
Robert Hoe, M.D. '47, '51 (Mas)
Thomas Hoffman '50
George Hole '60, '68 Ph.D.
Frank Howd '51, '53 (Mas)
Harvey A. Humphrey, M.D. '41
Jon Hunter '72, '78W (Mas), '88W (EdD)
Halford B. Johnson '52
Arthur Jones '39
Robert G. Klimasewski '66, '67 (Mas)
George V. Kondraske '78
Richard T. Kramer '43
Robert Kulpinski '71, '73, '86
Brian Laudadio '92
Richard M. Lieb '52
Gerald Liebel '52
John Loiacono '84
Richard "Rick" Magere '72
Frederick J. Martin, M.D. '40
James McComb '59
Paul McKee
Dr. R. Bruce McPherson '55, '64W (Mas)
Joseph M. McShea '24*
Joseph P. Miller '58
Eugene L. Nicandri '60
B. Emmett Norris '30
Lawrence Palvino '59
Mark L. Palvino '85
Thomas E. Pammenter '40
Brian E. Pasley '76
Glenn W. Quaint, Jr. '42
David Ragusa '68
Benjamin Ramaker '10
Dick Rice '65
Michael J. Roulan '72
Billy E. Sandow '42
Wayne Sebastianelli '79, '83M (MD), '88M (Res)
William E. Secor '53
Richard Secrest '43
James Secrest, M.D. '45
William Sharp, M.D. '53
Samuel Shatkin, M.D. '79
Thomas Sheehan '90
Donald C. Smith
William Standera '71
Harry Stathe '52
Peter A. Stranges '41
John Sullivan '26
Harold Suttle '26
Bert A. VanHorn '30
Jerome Carl Violette '60
John Vitone
Richard C. Wade '43
Robert Wales '84
Luther Ira Webster '26
John F. Welter '50
Jeffrey S. Wittig '86
Robert A. Woods '42
David L. Wormuth '65
Carl U. Wren '50
Gerald Zornow '37
Theodore J. Zornow '29

Friends

Dr. Kenneth DeHaven
Edwin Fauver*
Jean C. Giambrone '42
Halford B. Johnson '52
Matthew Lawless '09*
Samuel Stratton '37
LaRoy B. Thompson

Golf

Richard E. Baldwin '43
Paul Bitgood
John Burgess '59
John M. Donohue '51
Raymond P. Lang '54
Gerald Liebel '52
Frank Lillich '63
Gregory Perry '87
Donald C. Smith
Robert E. Springer '41

Lacrosse

Jean Cardinale '88
Pamela L. Church '85
Jean Merenda Conway '79
Heather Guyer Garrison '79
Theresa A. Tuthill '84, '91 (PhD)
Suzane White Villarini '80

Soccer

JoAnn Johnston Allender '89
Lisa A. Carcillo Anderson '90
James R. Beall '46
Aileen Beneroff Binder '80N
John Bishop '64
Lyle Brown
John Butterworth '75
Phil Chamberlain '38
Cheryl Cole '86, '87W (Mas)
Diane Marshall Ennist '78
Robert Erickson '42
Ronald J. Forte '62
Glenn C. Fowler '51
Penny Waderich Fuehrer '90
Maureen "Molly" Hayes '84
J. Nelson Hoffman '55
Maria Budihas Jensen '87
John M. Keil '44
Roger D. Lathan '54
Susan J. Lathan '85
Megan MacKenzie '84
Reed A. Martin '75
Jill M. McCabe '88
Mary Martha Winter McKenna '90, '95W (Mas)
John (Jupe) Mossel '55
Jill Decker Ogden '89
Robert Place '54
Charles Quinby '58
Kelly Gorman Rakowski '91
Timothy O. Schum '60
Amber Lee Scott '95
Zenon Snylyk '55
Craig M. Smith '39
Joan Alley Smith '84
Robert E. Springer '41
David Vaccaro '88, '94S (MBA)
Lisa Scopa Voit '84
Robert L. Wells '39
William Yantz '60
Theodore H. Zornow '59

Softball

Jacqueline Grasso '81

Squash

Dr. Peter Blanck '79
Thomas B. Jones '61
Peter R. Lyman '47
Paul Muntner '91

Swimming

Karen C. Arden '76
Eliza Bates '79
Emerson Chapin '41
John Cranch '43
Ames Curchin '43
David J. Drummond '82
Heather Guyer Garrison '79
Jane Gibbons '76
Jeffrey D. Hirsch '86
Maureen Hopke-Christmas '79
Arthur Jones '39
Cheryl Lyght Lamonica '82
Irene "Patty" Rupp '87
Joan Alley Smith '84
William Sharp, M.D. '53
Clifford Roman Speegle

Tennis

Emerson Chapin '41
Charles G. Cochrane, M.D. '51
Russell E. Craytor '35
Glenn C. Fowler '51
Alexander Gaeta '83, '91 (PhD)
Lysle "Spike" Garnish
Joachim Hammer '88
Thomas B. Jones '61
Peter R. Lyman '47
Scott Milener '90
Frank Okey '42
Howard Pratt '60, '66 Ph.D.
Roy F. Roberts '40
Robert Swartout '83
Richard C. Wade '43
William Weiss '78

Track

William Adler '44
James S. Armstrong '54, '65 (Mas)
Josefa Benzoni '88
Paul Bitgood
William Bruckel '42
Gorman Burnett, D.D.S. '47
Phil Chamberlain '38
John Cogar, D.V.M. '71
Russell E. Craytor '35
Gerald L. Dales, Jr. '51
Mark Decker, M.D. '71
Kerry-Anne Murphy Dempsey '86
Alexander D. Dunbar '26
Robert Erickson '42
Atlas D. Evans '71
Theodore J. Fink, M.D. '66
John A. Gersbach '39
Ezra Andrews Hale '16
Lawrence Handelsman, M.D. '66
Rufus Hedges '31
Thomas Hoffman '50
George Hole '60, '68 Ph.D.
Frank Howd '51, '53 (Mas)
Harvey A. Humphrey, M.D. '41
John M. Keil '44
Richard T. Kramer '43
Glenn A. Lamb '83
Robert Liberto '67
Michelle Mazurik Maybaum '86
Joseph M. McShea '24*
Carolyn S. Misch '89
David Moller, M.D. '75
Anthony R. Palumbo '74, '84 (PhD)
Thomas E. Pammenter '40
Charles Quinby '58
Dick Rice '65
J Matthew Riordan '81
Lesa M. Hojnicki Sayer '89
Joan Alley Smith '84
Renee Schmitt Somerville '87
Clifford Roman Speegle
Harold Suttle '26
Thomas M. Tuori '87
Richard C. Wade '43
Robert L. Wells '39
Robert A. Woods '42
John Zabrodsky '82
Theodore H. Zornow '59

Volleyball

Elizabeth Arendt, M.D. '75, '79M (MD), '84M (Res)
Jacqueline Grasso '81
Madelon "Lonnie" Lief '77
Karen Price Pavlicin '87
Debra Poletto, M.D. '79
Renee Schmitt Somerville '87
Janice Vanselow '82
Hazel S. Varner
Mernie Bacon Whitcomb '49

Wrestling

Joseph M. McShea '24*
Michael J. Roulan '72

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Hall of Fame Nominations

The University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame nomination process is open to everyone. We welcome and encourage your participation with worthy candidates. Please review the criteria listed below and then submit your nomination to the committee through Associate Director, Terry Gurnett '77 (tgurnett@sports.rochester.edu). Your submission should include as much factual information as possible about the individual. Nominees may be contacted to request more information if needed.

Criteria

• Distinguished themselves with UR athletics as an administrator, athlete, coach, manager, or friend
• Distinguished themsleves as alumni by supporting athletics at the University
• Distinguished themselves in their chosen career
• Nominees should be 5-year alumni or more, with consideration to different eras
• Awards can be made posthumously
• Promoted good will for and enhanced the image of the University

Committee

The committee is made up of former varsity athletes along with staff from the Department of Athletics.

Process

The nomination committee accepts nominations throughout the year. The committee meets each January to review the new nominations along with those already on the list. The committee recommends a group of finalists from which the year's inductees are selected later in the spring. Inductees are notified in writing shortly thereafter. The Hall of Fame Induction Dinner is held each year on Friday night of Meliora Weekend.

Thank you for participating.