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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.

 

2022 Inductees pictured left to right: Wayne Whitmore '63; Brock Glotfelty ’11; Kari Thompson McBride ’98; Michelle Mullen Keller ’07; Jess Rouse Custer ’02, M.S. ’07; Mat Mathias ’99.

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2023 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees

On Sept. 29, 2023, four alumni are being inducted into the McDaniel College Athletics Hall of Fame at our Athletic Hall of Fame Celebration where we will be able to honor and celebrate them. 

Alumni Jim Dawson inductee into Athletic Hall of Fame

Jim Dawson ’82

Jim Dawson played men’s basketball for three seasons at the college under head coach Alex Ober ’63. He graduated in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education.

An All-Middle Atlantic Conference Southern Division selection in 1982, he still holds the program records for career assists (392) and steals (311). In 72 games, he averaged 5.4 assists and 4.3 steals per game while averaging 10.2 points and 1.8 rebounds.

Dawson set the single-season school record with 189 assists as a senior (an average of 8.2 per game) while also setting the record for steals with 134 (an average of 5.8 per game). That year, he also averaged 12.2 points, shot 54% from the floor and 73.2% from the free-throw line with 104 made free throws, the ninth-most in a single season in program history.

Dawson also set the college’s single-game record with 15 assists and nine steals as a senior. A player has totaled 10 or more assists in a game only eight times in program history, and Dawson is responsible for three of them. In addition, he holds three of the top four records for steals in a single season.

During Dawson’s career, the Green Terror won more than 62% of its games while posting a mark of 16-6 at home and 23-13 in conference.

Coach Kim Easterday inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame at HOF Celebration

Kim Easterday, Coach

The winningest head coach in the history of the swimming and women’s lacrosse programs, Kim Easterday has left her mark at McDaniel College as a coach, administrator, lecturer, and parent.

Easterday spent 32 seasons as the head swimming coach, amassing 288 total wins, including 145 with the men and 143 with the women. She also mentored eight All-Americans and 36 individual conference champions (17 men, 19 women).

In 24 seasons as the head women’s lacrosse coach, Easterday won over 60% of her games, leading the team to 161 wins and a Middle Atlantic Conference championship with the program’s first appearance in the NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championship in 1987. The Green Terror also had seven All-America and 33 all-conference selections during her tenure.

Easterday stepped down as the women’s lacrosse coach following the 1999 season but remained as the swimming coach through the 2009-10 season. Following her head coaching career, she remained on the Hill as a lecturer in Kinesiology and director of athletics operations before retiring in 2019 after 43 years of service to McDaniel College.

A graduate of Denison University, Easterday is married to Steve Easterday ’72, who coached men’s soccer and men’s golf at the college. Their three children all attended McDaniel: Matthew Easterday ’04, Mary Easterday Oravets ’04, and Catherine Easterday ’09. Matt and Mary both swam at McDaniel, and Matt is following in his mother’s footsteps as the head swimming coach at King’s College in Pennsylvania.

Alumni Dan Patterson inductee into Athletic Hall of Fame at HOF Celebration

Dan Patterson '05

Dan Patterson was a three-time Centennial Conference champion for the wrestling team. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Physical Education in 2005.

A four-time All-Centennial Conference selection, Patterson won the 133-pound championship in 2002, 2003, and 2005, and finished as runner-up in 2004. He is one of eight wrestlers in program history and one of 23 in Centennial Conference history that have won three conference championships.

Patterson was named to the Centennial Conference Silver Anniversary Team and qualified for the 2003 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships. He ranks seventh in program history with 37 falls, 10th with 79 wins, and 10th with a .797 winning percentage.

Patterson was also a member of McDaniel’s Centennial Conference championship team in 2002.

Alumni Stephanie McPherson Powell inductee into Athletic Hall of Fame

Stephanie McPherson Powell ’03

Stephanie McPherson Powell was a two-sport athlete, playing both women’s basketball and women’s outdoor track and field. She graduated in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in Biology with minors in Music and Spanish.

McPherson was a five-time Centennial Conference medalist in outdoor track and field, three-time conference champion in the 4x100-meter relay, and NCAA championship qualifier in the 4x100- and 4x200-meter relays.

McPherson is a part of three program records and two Centennial Conference records that have stood for over 20 years. Along with Thea Bayly Blackburn ’02, Jamie Falcone ’01, and Aleya Horn Kennedy ’01, she is part of a 23-year-old college and conference record in the 4x100-meter relay with a mark of 47.57 seconds set at Frostburg in 2000. The four also hold the meet record in the event with a time of 48.28 seconds at the Centennial Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 7, 2000, at Swarthmore.

In 2001, McPherson, Falcone, Melissa Merson ’03, and April Brown Johnson ’04 set the program record in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:42.78 at the prestigious Penn Relays. McPherson, Falcone, Blackburn, and Merson also set the program record in the 4x400-meter relay at the Penn Relays in 2001 with a time of 3:58.22.

Individually, McPherson ranks fourth in program history in the 200 meters (26.01 seconds), sixth in the 100 meters (12.64 seconds), and eighth in program history in the long jump (5.10 meters).

On the basketball court, McPherson was a member of McDaniel’s 2002 Centennial Conference championship team and holds the program record for single season games played (29) and single season steals per game by a first-year player (2.4).

McPherson is married to Teron Powell ’02, who was a three-sport standout in football, men’s basketball, and men’s outdoor track and field at McDaniel and inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013.

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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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