Athletics Hall of Fame

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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2022 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees

On Sept. 30, 2022, nine alumni were inducted into the Green Terror Athletics Hall of Fame at our Alumni Association Awards Celebration where we were able to honor and celebrate them.

Ardella Campbell Darlington ’58

Ardella Campbell Darlington was a two-sport athlete at Western Maryland College who was a member of the field hockey and cheerleading teams. She graduated in 1958 with a bachelor’s degree in Education and Home Economics.

As a forward on the field hockey team, Darlington led the team in scoring as a sophomore, and was named to the Honorary Field Hockey Team as a senior along with future Athletics Hall of Fame inductees Carol Morelock Patterson ’66, Beverley Hill ’60, M.Ed. ’68, Anne C. Clemmitt ’59, and Joan Wood Peters ’60.

Darlington was also a four-year member of the cheerleading team, serving as a team captain as a senior in 1958.

In 1958, Darlington received the Gold Star Award from the Women’s Athletic Association (WAA), which was the highest honor for a Western Maryland female student-athlete. It was given for excellence in athletics, scholarship, sportsmanship, and service. She also received the “M” Award as a junior in 1957.

Darlington served as treasurer and president of the WAA and was a member of Phi Alpha Mu.

Joan Wood Peters ’60

Joan Wood Peters was a two-sport athlete at Western Maryland College who was a member of the field hockey and women’s basketball teams. She graduated in 1960 with a bachelor’s degree in History.

Peters was a three-year starter as a goalie on the field hockey team and was a four year member of the women’s basketball team. This year, she joins four of her former women’s basketball teammates as a member of the Athletics Hall of Fame. In addition, she was one of the nation’s top badminton players, winning three consecutive intramural championships from 1957-59.

A four-year member of the Women’s Athletic Association, Peters received the organization’s Gold Star Award as a senior in 1960. The award was the highest honor for a Western Maryland female student-athlete and was given for excellence in athletics, scholarship, sportsmanship, and service. That year, she was one of two recipients along with women’s basketball teammate and 1986 Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Beverley Hill ‘60, M.Ed. ’68.

Outside of athletics, Peters served as sports editor of the yearbook and was a member of Sigma Sigma Tau. She was also the only female History major during her four years and the first woman to graduate with a degree in History.

Wayne N. Whitmore ’63

Wayne Whitmore was a two-sport athlete at Western Maryland College who played both men’s soccer and baseball. He graduated in 1963 with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics.

Whitmore was an All-South, All-Maryland, and All-Mason-Dixon Conference honoree as a center halfback in soccer. A two-time team captain, he was also a member of the team that defeated defending national champion Drexel, 3-2, on Oct. 10, 1959. That year, the team posted an 8-1-1 record for an .850 winning percentage, which still stands as the highest in team history.

In baseball, Whitmore was a member of two Mason-Dixon Conference championship teams, including the first in program history in 1960 as well as 1963. As a pitcher, he earned all-conference second team honors in 1962 and still holds several single-season program records, including second in innings pitched (78.0), seventh in strikeouts (65), and eighth in wins (8). He is also second in a career for fewest walks allowed (1.85) and fifth in earned-run average (2.31).

Off the field, Whitmore was a member of Gamma Beta Chi and the men’s leadership society while serving as a class officer.

Kari Thompson McBride ’98

Kari Thompson McBride played both softball and women’s soccer at Western Maryland College before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Physical Education.

As an outfielder, McBride was a three-time All-Centennial Conference selection, earning first team honors in 1995 and 1996, and two-time team captain. A member of the 100-hit club, she ranks third in program history with 178 hits, third with 130 runs, and eighth with a .407 batting average. She also holds the sophomore record for hits (49) and runs (35).

McBride helped lead the Green Terror to three 20-win seasons, two Centennial Conference championships, and the program’s first appearance in the NCAA Division III Softball Championship in 1998. McDaniel posted a record of 88-33-11 during her career, including a mark of 51-10 in the Centennial Conference.

Gary “Mac” McWilliams ’71

Gary “Mac” McWilliams was a two-sport athlete at Western Maryland College in both men’s soccer and track & field. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Studies.

On the track, McWilliams excelled as a distance runner, setting the 1-mile, 2-mile, and 3-mile program records. He still holds the school record in the outdoor 5,000 meters with a time of 15:27.66, which he set on May 23, 1970 at the NCAA College Division Championship at Dickinson College.

McWilliams was an individual champion at the 1968 Mason-Dixon Conference Championships and finished third at the Middle Atlantic Regional in 1970. That year, the team finished fourth at the conference championship after finishing 10th the year before.

Mat Mathias ’99

Mat Mathias played football at Western Maryland College, graduating in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Physical Education.

A two-time All-Centennial Conference First Team selection and two-time All-American as an offensive tackle, Mathias earned First Team All-America honors from the American Football Coaches Association in 1998, as well as third team honors from Hewlett Packard. In 2018, he was named to the Centennial Conference Silver Anniversary Team.

Mathias was a member of two Centennial Conference championship teams that advanced to the NCAA Division III Football Championship in 1997 and 1998 as the Green Terror posted a 20-2 record, including a mark of 14-0 in the Centennial Conference.

Jess Rouse Custer ’02, M.S. ’07

Jess Rouse Custer was a four-year starter on the women’s volleyball team at McDaniel College from 1998-2001. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 2002 and master’s degree in 2007, both in Exercise Science and Physical Education.

Custer is the program’s career leader in assists with 4,224. She is also second in assists per set (9.37), third in service aces (65), and third in sets played (451). She also totaled 907 career digs. In 1999, she helped lead the Green Terror to a Centennial Conference championship when she totaled a career-high 1,132 assists and led the team with 65 service aces.

Custer was an All-Centennial Conference Honorable Mention selection in 2001 when she served as team captain and totaled 1,055 assists, the most by a senior in team history.

Since graduation, she has served as a member of the Alumni Council and the Green & Gold Committee.

Michelle Mullen Keller ’07

Michelle Mullen Keller was a standout women’s soccer player at McDaniel College who graduated in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Policy and Science.

Keller was a three-time All-Centennial Conference selection as a goalkeeper, earning first team honors in 2004 and 2006. She was also named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team in 2006.

Keller ranks in the top 10 in program history in six statistical categories: second in most shutouts (23), third in wins (35), fourth in saves (449), fifth in goals-against average (1.41), seventh in games started (70), and ninth in saves percentage (.816).

Brock Glotfelty ’11

Brock Glotfelty was one of the most successful wrestlers in McDaniel College history. He graduated in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Physical Education.

A heavyweight, Glotfelty was a two-time NCAA Division III All-American who is McDaniel’s all-time leader in wins with 126. He finished third at the 2011 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships, the best finish for a Green Terror in program history.

Glotfelty won two Centennial Conference championships and was named Centennial Conference Wrestler of the Year in 2010. He ranks second in conference history in career pins and sixth in wins. He also holds the record for most wins in a season by a heavyweight and ranks third for most pins in a single season. In 2011, he received the Chris Clifford Award for the most career points scored at the conference championship.

Glotfelty was also successful in the classroom, earning Academic All-America Second Team honors in 2011. As a senior, he was named McDaniel’s top male student-athlete. He was also a three-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll selection.

Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees:

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

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)

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)

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)
Robert Cuthrell ’60 (2006)

Lynn Glaeser Damiano ’78 (1991)
Gregory M. Davis ‘96 (2011)
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)

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

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)

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

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)

Jill K. Ibex ’01 (2012)

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)

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)
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)

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)

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)
Tom Mavity ’71, M.Ed. ’76 (2019)
Broderick Maybank ’06 (2016)
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)

Orville E. Neal ’29 (1985)

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)

John Patrick ’80 (2013)
Carol Morelock Patterson ’66 (2018)
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)
Teron T. Powell ’02 (2012)
Arthur J. Press ’52 (1980)
James, F. Pusey ’62 (2000)
Nancy Kammerer Pusey ’88 (2002)

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)

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 )

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)

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

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)

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)
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)

Richard N. Yobst ’63 (1996)

Laszlo Zsebedics ’63 (2002)

* Charter Member