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Athletics Hall of Fame

2024 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

Green Terror Athletics Hall of Fame

The Green Terror Athletics Hall of Fame, sponsored by the McDaniel College Alumni Association, honors former athletes who have achieved prominence in their chosen fields and who also have made contributions to society. An athlete must be separated from intercollegiate competition at the College for a minimum ten-year period for nomination. Any coach, staff, administrator or manager nominated may be inducted in that role immediately after retirement in that capacity.

2024 Inductees pictured left to right: Stephen James '82, Rachel Walega '12, Tony Worm '99, McDaniel College President Julia Jasken, Jason Wingeart '02, and Tony Howard '06. 

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2024 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees

On Nov. 2, 2024, five Green Terror alumni will be inducted into the McDaniel College Athletics Hall of Fame at the Athletic Hall of Fame Celebration where they will be honored and celebrated by fellow alumni, teammates, family, friends, and the college community. 

Tony Howard '06 headshot

Tony Howard '06 - Men's Wrestling

Howard graduated from McDaniel in 2006, spending two seasons on the wrestling team after transferring from Division I George Mason University.

Howard was a two-time All-America selection and one of only four wrestlers in program history to earn multiple All-America honors. He is also the only wrestler in program history to earn All-America honors in two different weight classes: at 174 pounds as a junior in 2005 and at 165 pounds as a senior in 2006.

Howard is also one of just five wrestlers in program history to win a Centennial Conference championship at two different weight classes. He won the 174-pound championship as a junior in 2005 before capturing the 165-pound title as a senior in 2006. He received All-Centennial Conference First Team honors both years.

Howard ranks fifth in program history in career winning percentage, posting a 39-6 record in two seasons for an .867 winning percentage. He also ranks 10th in a single season with an .897 winning percentage as a senior in 2005-06, when he posted a 26-3 record. 

In 2018, Howard was named to the Centennial Conference Silver Anniversary Team.

Stephen James '82 headshot

Stephen James '82 - Football, Baseball

James was a two-sport athlete at McDaniel, playing both football and baseball, but it was on the gridiron that he truly excelled.

James was a defensive standout for the Green Terror, ranking second in program history in career tackles (320) and fourth in unassisted tackles (154). He also recorded seven tackles for loss and recovered three fumbles during his career.

As a junior in 1980, James totaled 126 tackles, which is the eighth-best single-season total in school history. 

James was named to the All-Middle Atlantic Conference First Team in 1981 and served as team captain for two seasons in 1980 and 1981.

Rachel Walega '12 headshot

Rachel Walega '12 - Women's Swimming

A captain on the women’s swimming team, Walega set and still holds several school records. She earned seven All-Centennial Conference honors with four individual wins and three relay wins. She also won three conference championships in the 100-yard breaststroke and was an eight-time Centennial Conference medalist.

Walega holds the program record in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:06.48 and ranks third in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:28.81.

Walega was also a member of some of the top relay times in program history, ranking fourth in the 400-yard medley relay (4:03.44), fifth in the 200-yard medley relay (1:49.48), sixth in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:39.81), and eighth in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3.41.09).

Jason Wingeart '02 headshot

Jason Wingeart '02 - Football

As a defensive back from 1998-2001, Wingeart is one of the greatest defensive players in the history of the McDaniel football program. The Green Terror won over 84% of its games during his career, totaling 39 wins, including four Centennial Conference championships and four appearances in the NCAA Division III Football Championship.

Wingeart ranks third in program history with 15 career interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns. His eight interceptions in 2001 are the second most in a single season while his 13 pass breakups that year remain the program record. He has more total pass breakups (28) than any player in McDaniel history.

A two-time All-America selection in 2000 and 2001, Wingeart was selected to play in the 2001 American Football Coaches Association Aztec Bowl. He was also a two-time first team all-conference selection and was named Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2001.

Wingeart was later named to the Centennial Conference’s Silver Anniversary Team.

Tony Worm '99 headshot

Tony Worm '99 - Men's Golf

Worm is one of the most accomplished golfers in McDaniel’s golf program history. He was a two-time NCAA championship qualifier and has the seventh-best score in conference history.

Worm was a key member of a McDaniel team that won the first of 11 team championships in 1998. He totaled the third-best career scoring average of any golfer in school history (76.2) and was named the Centennial Conference Player of the Year in 1998.

That year, Worm led the Green Terror to the Centennial Conference championship while earning first team all-conference honors. He was later named to the Golf Coaches Association of America All-American team as an honorable mention selection.

Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees

Inductees are listed in alphabetical order with year inducted in parentheses.

A

  • Donte Abron ’98 (2008)
  • Meaghan Giorno Alegi ’00 (2010)
  • Karen L. Alexander ’96 (2006)
  • Kellie Mitros Allman ’97 (2019)
  • Ifeanyi Ani ’03 (2014)
  • Rebecca Arnold ’04, MS ’09 (2015)
  • Ronald F. Athey ’72, M.Ed. ’75 (1983)

B

  • John E. "Jack" Baile ’62, MEd ’73 (2012)
  • Douglas Barnes ’79 (2013)
  • Paul L. Bates ’31 (1979)
  • E. Carter Baum ’55 (1995)
  • Susan R. Beeler ’62 (1997)
  • Stanley Benjamin ’38 (1983)
  • Jack Bentham ’67 (2000)
  • Julia K. Berwager ’39 (1979)
  • Wayne R. Birely ’79 (1996)
  • Len Biser '63 (2019)
  • Arthur E. Blake, Jr. ’71 (2002)
  • Julie Backof Boden ’98 (2009)
  • Joseph F. Bona ’26 (1984)
  • Ricci G. Bonaccorsy ’80 (1998)
  • Jerry Borga ’69 (2005)
  • Rebecca “Becky” Cassilly Borland ’81 (2010)
  • Johnson D. Bowie ’71, M.Ed. ’74 (1993)
  • Tom Bowman ’64 (2014)
  • James Boyer, Coach (1996)
  • Bruce Bozman ’70 (2009)
  • Barbara C. Brazis ’80 (2003)
  • Robert E. Bricker ’42, LL.D. ’84 (1995)
  • Joseph J. Brockmeyer, III ’73 (1990)
  • Arthur G. Broll ’29 (1992)
  • Charles M. Brown, III ’62, M.Ed. ’71 (1991)
  • Barbara Wolf Brummett ’90 (2004)
  • Jennifer Prowinski Bruno ’96 (2013)
  • Frederick "Fred" Burgee ’61 (2008)
  • C. Harry Bush ’50 (1992)
  • C. Lease Bussard ’34 (1986)
  • Robert W. Butler ’57 (1998)
  • S. Leroy Byham ’26 (1988)

C

  • H. LeRoy Campbell ’38 (1988)
  • Samantha Abrams Campo ’04 (2014)
  • Nicholas W. Campofreda ’36 (1983)
  • J. Richard Carpenter M.Ed. ’72 (2017)
  • Nancy Hutchinson Carter ’86 (2001)
  • H. Samuel Case ’63 (2004)
  • Lyal W. Clark ’29 (1982)
  • Anne C. Clemmitt ’59 (1979)
  • Richard Clower ’50 (1999)
  • Sherry Albright Clower ’94, MS ’99 (2005)
  • Dean Coccia ’96 (2008)
  • Catherine W. Cockburn ’31 (1981)
  • Hazel Gompf  Coleman '38 (2020)
  • Laura Ciambruschini Colson ’88 (2000)
  • Stephen Comes ’93 (2017)
  • Charlie Conaway ’00 (2017)
  • Susan Head Conklin ’94 (2005)
  • Richard Conner ’84 (2005)
  • Terry L. Conover ’70, M.Ed. ’74 (1993)
  • Sandi Stevens Corbo ’89 (1999)
  • Joseph A. Corleto ’50 (1986)
  • Henry A. Corrado ’50 (1997)
  • Kristy Costa ’06 (2016)
  • Douglas S. Crosby ’31 (1988)
  • Jess Rouse Custer '02, M.S. '07 (2022)
  • Robert Cuthrell ’60 (2006)

D

  • Lynn Glaeser Damiano ’78 (1991)
  • Ardella Campbell Darlington '58 (2022)
  • Gregory M. Davis ‘96 (2011)
  • Jim Dawson '82 (2023)
  • Earl W. Dietrich ’69 (2001)
  • Reese "Rick" Diggs ’70 (2008)
  • Fred A. Dilkes ’61 (1998)
  • George Dix, Coach (2008)
  • Mary Ellen Senat Dixon ’33 (1984)
  • Blanche W. Drennan ’40 (1982)
  • Joseph Drugash ’39 (1988)
  • James W. Dunn ’34 (1985)
  • Joanne Siehler Durst ’56 (2001)
  • Kerry Wilson Duvall ’00 (2010)
  • Julian L. Dyke ’50 (2007)

E

  • Homer C. Earll ’50 (1985)
  • Kim Easterday, Coach (2023)
  • * George L. Ekaitis ’31 (1978)
  • * Charles A. Engle ’30 (1978)
  • Richard E. Estes, Jr. ’98 (2012)

F

  • Jamie L. Falcone ‘01 (2011)
  • John Feldman ’76 (2015)
  • E. Bruce Ferguson, Jr. ’35 (1981)
  • Erin Murphey Forman ’97, M.S. ’02 (2007)
  • * Sterling F. Fowble ’36 (1978)
  • K. Denise Frech ’83 (1994)
  • Carol A. Fritz M.Ed ’69, Coach (2007)
  • Eric C. Frees ’92 (2003)
  • Brent C. Fuchs ’00 (2018)

G

  • Lawrence M. Garro ’73 (2007)
  • Joseph M. Giannelli ’50 (1989)
  • Kenneth R. Gill ’61 (2012)
  • * Robert J. Gill ’10 (1978)
  • Brock Glotfelty '11 (2022) 
  • Andrew G. Gorski ’35 (1982)
  • Jeffrey Groff ’01 (2018)

H

  • William A. Hallett ’89 (2003)
  • Betty Jean Lenz Hallmark ’50 (1987)
  • Stephen Hallowell ’97 (2009)
  • Katie Haley ’99, M.S. ’03 (2008)
  • Josh Hanlon ’04 (2016)
  • Lisa Sullivan Harford ’88 (2001)
  • * Richard C. Harlow, Coach (1978)
  • S. Dennis Harmon, Jr. ’57, M.Ed. ’61 (1979)
  • Jamie Harris ’02, M.L.A. ’05 (2019)
  • Walter A. Hart ’52 (1981)
  • Odd E. Haugen ’73 (1992)
  • * Charles W. Havens ’30 (1978)
  • Claudia Henemyre-Harris ’92 (2006)
  • John Heritage, Jr. ’68 (2009)
  • Marie “Maggie” Mules Herman ’81 (2010)
  • Lara Henderson Herrmann ’00 (2019)
  • Beverley J. Hill ’60, M.Ed. ’68 (1986)
  • Fern R.Hitchcock, Jr. ’47 (1986)
  • Knut Hjeltnes ’77 (1987)
  • Kathryn Walter Hobart ’73, M.Ed. ’76 (1989)
  • John Holter ’61 (2017)
  • Donald E. Honeman ’41 (1992)
  • Matthew C. Hoppe ’97 (2014)
  • John H. Hort ’58 (2002)
  •  David Hose ’02, M.S. ’04 (2020)
  • Anne Glaeser Hubach ’83 (1995)
  • Paul Hugus ’06, MS ’09 (2017)
  • Diana Rosemier Humphrey ’08 (2020)
  • “Dutch” Ruppenthal Hurlbrink ’49 (2019)
  • Frank B. Hurt, Coach (1981)

I

  • Jill K. Ibex ’01 (2012)

J

  • Allen S. Jacobson ’49 (1990)
  • Sigurd L. Jensen, Jr. ’47 (1979)
  • April Brown Johnson ’04 (2015)
  • Richard C. Johnson ’84 (1999)
  • Robert B. Johnson Jr. ’96 (2007)
  • Ronald F. Jones ’55 (2000)
  • Rodney L. Joyner ‘88 (2011)
  • W. Scott Joyner ’66 (1996)

K

  • Thomas Kane ’05 (2020)
  • Ann Thomas Kangas ’90 (2007)
  • Bernard Kaplan ’35 (1981)
  • Marilyn Naas Keane ’94, M.S. ’97 (2008)
  • Tim Keating, Coach (2019)
  • Holly Martin Keller ’19 (1980)
  • Michelle Mullen Keller '07 (2022)
  • J. William Kern, Sr. ’50 (1995)
  • Franklin Kidd ’65 (2013)
  • Frederick John Kiemle ’72 (2018)
  • Thaddeus B. Klepac, Sr. ’32 (1987)
  • Richard Klitzberg ’63 (1993)
  • Lester J. Knepp, Sr. ’41 (1990)
  • Thomas Knieriem ’82 (2005)
  • * Harold W. Kopp ’33 (1978)
  • Jill M. Krebs ’02 (2012)

L 

  • Jayne Kernan Lacy ’82 (1993)
  • Harry “Buzz” Lambert ’58, M.Ed. ’67 (2010)
  • Thomas Lapato ’99 (2020)
  • Leo J. Lathroum ’51 (1997)
  • Clifford R. Lathrop ’37 (1994)
  • Harry L. Lawrence, Jr. ’31 (1979)
  • H. Richard Linton ’54 (1998)
  • June E. Lippy ’42 (1983)
  • Joseph A. Lipsky ’35 (1980)
  • Thelma Yohn Lockard ’39 (1988)
  • Lee D. Lodge ’43 (1993)
  • John Lowe (2015)
  • Jean Luckabaugh ’58 (2020)

M

  • Victor J. Makovitch ’52, M.Ed. ’59 (1982)
  • Sharon Fischer Manning ’65, L.H.D. ’79 (1992)
  • Ira W. “Will” Marshall III ’98, M.S. ’05 (2011)
  • David H. Martin ’62 (1994)
  • Rebecca Martin ’80, M.Ed. ’81 (2004)
  • Jacie Mathias-Jones ’00 (2016)
  • Mat Mathias '99 (2022)
  • Tom Mavity ’71, M.Ed. ’76 (2019)
  • Broderick Maybank ’06 (2016)
  • Kari Thompson McBride '98 (2022)
  • Elizabeth Blasi McGraw ’00 (2017)
  • Toby McIntire ’04 (2015)
  • Gladys Sause McLeod ’48, M.Ed. ’49 (2019)
  • Chris McNally '02 (2019)
  • John H. McNally ’34 (1986)
  • Glenn R. McQuillen ’40 (1989)
  • C. Victor McTeer ’69 (1993)
  • Gary "Mac" McWilliams '71 (2022)
  • Joe Menendez ’81 (2009)
  • Albert A. Mensah ’83 (2003)
  • Karen L. Merkle ’76 (1997)
  • Robert Merrey ’71 (2006)
  • Albert Miller ’57 (2004)
  • John Montanye ’84 (2009)
  • Scott Morrow ’07, M.S. ‘12 (2019)
  • C. Wray Mowbray ’58 (2003)
  • Vernon H. Mummert, Jr. ’75, M.Ed. ’77 (1994)

N

  • Orville E. Neal ’29 (1985)

O

  • Alexander "Alex" Ober ’63, M.Ed. ’69 (2010)
  • Michael O’Loughlin ’80 (2004)
  • Thomas E. O’Malley ’63 (2003)
  • Anthony H. Ortenzi ’38 (1979)
  • * Carlo J. Ortenzi ’48 (1978)

P

  • John Patrick ’80 (2013)
  • Carol Morelock Patterson ’66 (2018)
  • Dan Patterson '05 (2023)
  • Alvin R. Paul ’50 (1985)
  • Vincent Pedalino ’02 (2013)
  • William C. Pelton ’30 (1987)
  • Edward A. Peters ’39 (1988)
  • Joan Wood Peters '60 (2022)
  • Carol Pettersen Willen ‘59 (2011)
  • Michael Phillips ’47 (1984)
  • G. Howard Phipps ’51, M.Ed. ’68 (1991)
  • Jennifer Piccolomini ’03 (2017)
  • Douglas L. Pinto ’83 (2000)
  • Thomas J. Pontecorvo ’36 (1983)
  • Stephanie McPherson Powell '03 (2023)
  • Teron T. Powell ’02 (2012)
  • Arthur J. Press ’52 (1980)
  • James, F. Pusey ’62 (2000)
  • Nancy Kammerer Pusey ’88 (2002)

R 

  • Samuel Reed ’57 (posthumously) (2005)
  • Drew Reinecker ’04 (2020)
  • Faith Millard Reinhardt, Coach (1981)
  • Art Renkwitz ’65 (2018)
  • Michael Rentko ’53 (1999)
  • Jerry L. Resh ’95, M.S. ’06 (2011)
  • Winfred P. Roberts ’03 (1983)
  • John M. Robinson, Sr. ’43 (1990)
  • Sandra Lucile Roeder ’65 (2020)
  • Colleen Gohegan Rosberry ’84 (2006)

S

  • Frank E. Sadowski ’38 (1988)
  • * Alfred A. Sadusky ’34 (1978)
  • James I. Schartner ’72 (1989)
  • Richard N. Schmertzler ’73, M.Ed. ’76 (1985)
  • Gary L. Scholl ’71, M.L.A. ’78 (1992)
  • Linda Sullivan Schulte ’68 (1989)
  • Julie Cox Schultz ’96 (2006)
  • Eric Schwaab ’82 (2000)
  • Kimberly Camponelli Sechrist ’04 (2014)
  • Donna DuVall Sellman ’45 (2009)
  • Ron Sermarini ’00 (2010)
  • Barbara Davison Shanklin ’53 (2019)
  • Gordon Shelton ’68 (2009)
  • * William L. Shepherd ’35 (1978)
  • Sarah Lednum Shockley ’69 (2004) 
  • Virginia Wilson Shockley ’27 (2020)
  • Kathy Lane Showvaker ’77, M.Ed. ’79 (1996)
  • LuMar Myers Slocum ’39 (1995)
  • Katherine Coleman Smith ’66 (1985)
  • William Spaar ’58 (2004)
  • Hugh B. Speir ’22 (1984)
  • Susan Lapidus Spencer ’83 (2002)
  • Sally Fite Stanfield ’78 (1998)
  • Andrew R. Steckel ’92, M.S. ’94 (2012)
  • Suzanne Stettinius ’11 (2012)
  • Robert H. Stropp ’40 (1983)
  • Larry J. Suder ’69 (2001 ) 

T 

  • Thomas J. Tereshinski, Sr. ’44 (1996)
  • William F. Thomas ’39 (1988)
  • Cynthia Boyer Thompson ’87 (1999)
  • Roselda Fowler Todd ’28 (1987)
  • Kelly Cramp Tomlinson ’05 (2015)
  • John Trainor ’65 (2013)
  • Martin D. Tullai ’52, M.Ed. ’59 (1981)
  • * Carl C. Twigg ’11 (1978)
  • William A. Tyrrell III ’95 (2014)

U

  • Philip E. Uhrig, M.Ed. ’52, Coach (1998)

V

  • Brian Van Deusen ’96 (2006)
  • Linda E. Van Name ’74 (1984)
  • George F. Varga ’61, D.H. ’92 (1982)
  • January Scott Vaughan ’99 (2018)
  • Kenneth W. Volk ’47 (1991)
  • Carl H. VonTobel ’97 (2007)

W

  • Robert J. Waldorf, Coach (1990)
  • Charles I. Wallace, Sr. ’39 (1988)
  • Howard L. Wallace ’81 (1999)
  • Rex Walker ’65, M.Ed. ’69 (2016)
  • Charles Walter ’63 (2015)
  • Nathan Weinstock ’29 (1987)
  • Rolando Welch ’94 (2016)
  • John "Jeff" Weyer ’85 (2007)
  • Charles T. White ’55 (1991)
  • Wayne Whitmore '63 (2022)
  • Matthew Wilchinski ’03, M.S. ’07 (2016)
  • Eugene “Stoney” Willis ’34 (2010)
  • Ralph E. Wilson, III ’68 (1989)
  • Steve R. Wilson ’75 (1997)
  • W. Wilson Wingate ’18 (1982)
  • Annette McMahan Wood ’49 (2019)

Y

  • Richard N. Yobst ’63 (1996)

Z

  • Laszlo Zsebedics ’63 (2002)


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