Stony Brook University Athletics Hall of Fame
The Stony Brook University Department of Athletics Hall of Fame began in 1991 with the induction of its first members. Since that first ceremony, 46 of Stony Brook's most decorated athletes, celebrated coaches and valued supporters have been enshrined in the Hall in recognition of their accomplishments. As we move forward, the Stony Brook Department of Athletics looks forward to continued opportunities for honoring former athletes, coaches and contributors with future Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.
The next Stony Brook Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony is currently set for fall 2011. In the 12 months preceding the ceremony, we will solicit Hall of Fame nominations and will post pertinent information on the Department of Athletics website at www.goseawolves.org. We encourage all alumni and fans to participate in this process.
Congratulations to all current Stony Brook Athletics Hall of Fame members. We look forward to future ceremonies honoring more of the best who have ever represented Stony Brook Athletics.
Class of 1991
Stuart Goldstein '74
Stony Brook University 1st All- American, Squash
Rollie Massimino, Men's Basketball coach
2nd Highest winning percentage in USB history .636
Led USB to 1st post-season appearance
NCAA Division I National Championship @ Villanova
Class of 1992
Jack Esposito '68
11 Varsity letters: Soccer (4), Cross Country (2), Track (4), Wrestling (1)
A. Henry von Mechow 1952- 91
1st Coach
1st Athletic Director
1st Physical Education Department Chair
Class of 1993
Frank Ross M.D. '81
Founder of Men's Lacrosse Program 1978
Four-Year letter winner
Four-Year Captain
Janet Travis, '80
13 Varsity Letters in Five sports: Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, Tennis, and Field Hockey
Three-Time Athlete of the Year
Six-Time Team MVP in three sports
Class of 1994
Theodore G. Eppenstein, '68 Men's Basketball
Men's Basketball team MVP 1965-68
Holds fourteen Stony Brook University records: Most career points, most points in a season, most points in a game, PPG average, and most rebounds, most FG's, most FT's
All Metropolitan Honorable Mention
Wingate Memorial Medal-Athletics, Scholarship, and Character
Distinguished Alumni Award '91
Cordella Hill, '82 Women's Basketball
Four-Year letter winner
1,334 Career points
Team MVP 1982
New York State All- Championship team '81 and '82
All- Region Team '82
Class of 1995
Janet Byrne, '81- Women's Volleyball
Team MVP, '80 & '81
Team Captain, '80 &'81
USB Most Valuable Female Athlete, '82
USB Scholar Athlete of the Year
All- New York State Championship team '80 & '81
Leadership, Dedication, and Success
Class of 1996
Chuck Downey, ' 88 Football
Team MVP 1986 & 1987
ECAC Player of the Year '87
1st Team All- American '87
2nd Team All- American '86
33 USB Records
12 NCAA Football records
Jan Fellenz- Bender, '83 Men's Swimming
Team MVP 1981- 82 & 1982- 83
Six time All- American 1980- 83
All- Metropolitan Conference
NY A.I.A.W Champion '83
Eleven USB swimming records
Seven Metropolitan Conference records
Peter Goldschmidt, '73 Men's Soccer
Team MVP 1970 & 1972
Captain 1971 & 1972
Four-Year M.I.S.C All- Star
U.S Olympic Development Team '68
Drafted By NY Cosmo's of N.A.S.I '74
A.S.L All- Star '75
Detra Sarris, '83 Women's Basketball and Softball
Four-year starter, Basketball
Three-year starter, Softball @ short stop
Basketball MVP 1982- 83
USB Basketball career leader in FG %
Single season record holder for FG%
.330 Career Hitter (softball)
Class of 1997
Tom Aird, '85 Men's Swimming
Varsity 1981- 85
Three-Time All- American
1st USB Swimming All- American
Four time National Qualifier
Hold two USB swimming records
Nine time Metropolitan Champion
ECAC Merit Award
Scholar Athlete Award
Joe Stetz award
Michelle White, '87 Women's Basketball
Varsity 1983- 87
Kodak 1st Team All- American
Sixth leading scorer in Division III history
All- time USB scoring leader (Men's and Women's basketball)
Hold all USB scoring records
Led team in scoring, assists, and steals four times
Four time MVP
Three-year captain
Two- Time athlete of the Year
ECAC All-Star
Class of 1998
Leslie Hathaway-Cassidy, '89 Women's Basketball
1,471 Career points
District I Academic All- American, '88
Top 10 in rebounds in Division III, '88
All- Time USB leader in Rebounds
All- Time Career field goal percentage leader (.510)
2nd All- Time Career steals
Lucille Gianuzzi, '84 Softball and Women's Basketball
Four USB Softball records
Softball MVP, '82
NCAA Division III All- Regional Softball team
Four-year Softball player
All- Time USB in Singles and Runs
Only three Strikeouts in Four years
Three-year starter for Basketball
Denise Logan-Heuser, '77 Women's Diving and Crew
Metropolitan Division II Three-Meter Dive Champion 1976 and 1977
National Qualifier Champions, '76 men's and women's championships
Co-Captain 1976
Four-year athlete
Lisa White, '87 Women's Basketball
1,294 career points
Team Captain 1985- 87
Member of 1st team in USB history to make a NCAA appearance
ECAC Championship, '86
Rookie of the year, '83
Head Athletic Trainer for the New York Liberty
Class of 1999
John Ramsey, '63- '83 Administrator and Men's Soccer Coach
Thirty-six years of service in the USB Athletic Department
Chairman of the Department of Physical Education
1st Division of Physical Education and Athletic Director
Founder and 1st coach of the men's soccer program
Compiled 82-68-1 record in fifteen years as a coach
Coached Metropolitan Division II Conference Championship team '70
Metropolitan Coach of the Year 1970 and 1974
Gregory Speer, '71 Men's Soccer
Four-year starter @ Midfield
Co-Captain, '68,'69, and'70
Leading goal scorer, '68
Metropolitan Championship team, '70
Member of the Metropolitan Finalist team, '69
John Ragimierski, '87 Football
Two-Time MVP, '84 and'85
Honorable mention Pizza Hut All- American Quarterback
Ranked 3rd on Nation for All- Time return yards
2nd All- Time USB touchdown passes
2nd All- Time USB highest Quarterback rating 113.3
Started four different positions in three years
William Zagger, '92 Football & Baseball
Two- Time football MVP, '90 &'91
Single season record for return yards- 961
Single season record for kick return yards- 851
1st Team Liberty Conference All-Star
Longest Interception return for a touchdown- 100 yards
Baseball team MVP '91
1st team All-Skyline Conference
5th highest single season batting average .437
Anastasia Nikas-DeBonis, '93 Volleyball
Division III Co- National player of the year '92
Two- Time All- American '91 & '92
Two- Time Northeast Region '91 &'92
Three-Time All-NYS '90, '91, '92
Three-Time team MVP '90, '91, 92
All- Tournament @ NCAA Final Four
Played on two State Championship teams
1st USB Volleyball player to play professionally
Class of 2000
Thomas Blumbergs, '88 Men' Basketball
894 career points and 535 rebounds in two seasons
5th All- Time blocked shots
All- Time record for blocked shots in a season
Team Scoring leader in 1987-88
Team MVP 1987-88
Ronald Bryant, '87 Basketball
791 Career points in two seasons
17.9 Career scoring average
Team leader in scoring, assists, steals in 1986-87
Team MVP 1985-86 & 1986-87
Cheryl Chong-Hunter,'86 Track and Field
Five- time All- American
Three-time team MVP
USB Female Athlete of the year,'85
USB Record holder Javelin throw123'3"
USB Record holder Discus throw 145'3"
Paul Klyap,'89 Football
USB All- Time career Interception leader
USB 2nd All-Time total tackles record
1st team All- ECAC '88
Team MVP'88
Bob Snider, 1966-94 Physical Educator, Intramural Director, and Squash coach
Founder of USB squash program
Over 300 career victories
Team ranked top 20 in Nation 24 times
Coached four All-Americans
Founded Intramural Program @ USB
Class of 2001
Katie Browngardt Renna, '91 Women's Basketball
1,527 Career points
District III All-Region 1989-90
Team Captain 1989-90 & 1990-91
Team MVP 1989-90& 1990-91
Holds SBU career record for three point percentage (.406)
Metropolitan Coaches Association Player of the Year '91
2nd All-Time in Field Goals (649) and 3rd in Rebounds (748)
Bjoun Hansen, '85 Men's Swimming
Varsity swimming 1981-85
Two-Time All-American
Three-Time National Qualifier
Holds two SB records
Three-time Metropolitan Champions
Two-time team MVP
Team Captain
NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship
Joe Stetz Award
Dec McMullen 1982-95 Head Women's Basketball coach
203-109 (.651) Career record
Two NCAA Division Tournament appearances
Ten Post Season appearances
ECAC champions '86
SBU Women's Coach of the year '86 & '87
Metropolitan Coaches Association Division III Coach of the Year '86 and '87
Converse Division Coach of the year 1987
Robert Serratore '92 Men's Lacrosse
Team MVP '89, '90,'91,'92
Holds seven career records GAA (8.69) and Save %( .677)
Four Single game records including GAA (6.93) and Save % (.699)
Appeared in '92 North/ South All-Star game
Class of 2002
Bruno Barbera, '95 Men's Tennis
Three-Time team MVP 1993-95
39-1 Dual singles match records- '93-'95
35-5 Dual doubles match records- '93-'95
Outstanding Senior Athlete Award '95
Male Athlete of the Year '94
Three-Time MCTC single champion (flight 1) '93-'95
Two-time northeast ITA Regional Rolex Championships '93
Ranked 2nd in National III '93-'94
Two-time NCAA Division III All-American '93 and '94
Jonathan Cayle, '76 Crew
Three-year Oarsmen
Two man undefeated varsity eight '76
Metropolitan Intercollegiate Champion Varsity eight team'76
Daniel Kaye,' 71 Men's Soccer
Team Co-Captain '69- '70
Four-year starter @ midfield
1st Team M.I.S.C Division II '69- '70
M.I.S.C MVP '69
Member of SBU 1st Championship team M.I.S.C Division II '70
Lisa Shaffer,'90 Women's Soccer
Division I-Northeast All-American team '89
Team Captain 1988-90
NYS Team '87 & '88
NYSWCAA Tournament MVP '87
NYSWCAA Championship team '87
Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award '90
Yves Simon,'91 Men's Basketball
SBU total career points 1,156
Four-year starter @ forward 1987-91
Hold SBU All-Time records for most games played (113)
SBU All-Time record for rebounds (905)
SBU All-Time record for steals (195)
Team MIP '88
Member of ECAC Division III Championship team'90
ECAC Division III MVP '90
Class of 2003
No class inducted
Class of 2004
No class inducted
Class of 2005
Stuart Sharoff ’81 Football
Pioneer of Football Program
President, Athletic Director Advisory Council
2002 Distinguished Alumni University Benefactor Award Recipient
Member, Stony Brook University Wall Street Group
Kennth P. LaValle Stadium scoreboard renamed Sharoff Family Scoreboard in 2005
Theresa “Teri” Tiso 1981-2000 Volleyball Coach
Most wins in school history (677)
Highest percentage of wins in school history (71%)
20 or more wins in 20 of 26 seasons
Division III postseason - 13 of 14 years
1992 New England Collegiate Conference Champions
1995 and 1997 ECAC Champions
John Brisson Jr. ’76 Swimming, Crew
Metropolitan Division III 100 meter backstroke champion
Led team to Division III championships in 1973 and 1974
Member of three record-setting relay teams
Most wins in crew school history
Member of only varsity Metropolitan Crew Championship team
Crew Captain in 1975 and 1976
Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, University President
Instrumental in athletics move from Division III to Division I
Oversaw major campus building and beautification program, including Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Member of the board of directors of Goodwill Industries of Greater New York
Vice chair of the board of directors of Brookhaven Science Associates
Class of 2006
Joe Nathan, Baseball '97
One of the premier closers in all of Major League Baseball
Lead the Seawolves to a conference championship in 1995 and was a sixth-round draft pick of the San Francisco Giants.
In 2004, he finished fourth in the Cy Young voting.
The two-time All-Star was also one of only 30 players to represent the United States in the Inaugural World Baseball Championships in 2006.
Daniel Antonius, Tennis '99
Holds the all-time mark for the highest winning percentage in the history of the men's tennis program.
A member of the Sigma Beta Academic Honor Society, Antonius captured the Rolex Regional Singles Championship 1997.
Recognized nationally as he was one of only eight players invited to the Rolex National Championships in 1997.
He was tabbed the ECAC Robbins Scholar Athlete in 1999 and was a two-time team MVP for the Seawolves.
Robert Burden, Football and Baseball '90
A Pizza Hut All-American third team selection in 1989
Holds the Stony Brook all-time mark for most field goals in a game, season, and career, along with most interception return yards in a season.
He was also a Liberty Football Conference First-Team selection in 1989 as well as team MVP.
Standout for the baseball team as the two-sport star still ranks eighth all-time in stolen bases.
John DeMarie, Swimming
Former head men's swimming coach and Chairman of the Physical Education Department
DeMarie was at the helm of the men's swimming program for 16 years and led Stony Brook to their first and only undefeated season in 1987-88 as the then Patriots went 10-0.
Captured eight titles and was named Metropolitan Coach of the Year in 1988.
