Post by Nevada Hoya on Nov 8, 2005 18:28:52 GMT -5
From an email from the Spiked Shoe Club:
The Georgetown University Alumni Association and Hoyas Unlimited will host the 18th annual Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner on Saturday, February 4, 2006. Five former Hoyas will be honored at the event, including former head track and field and cross country coach Francis X. Gagliano, All-American track star Raymond Humphrey (C'87), crew standout Kelley Jones (C'88), men's tennis captain H. Lynn Moore Jr. (C'89) and women's tennis all-star Penelope Rickard (C'88). Cocktails will begin at 6 p.m., and the dinner and ceremony will commence at 7 p.m.
During his 16 years as head coach of the Hoya track and field and cross country teams, Frank Gagliano solidified Georgetown's name on the short list of the nation's best programs, and branded his own on the GU athletic tradition. "Gags" earned two National Coach of the Year awards and coached Team USA at the 1993 World University Games, but a coach is more commonly judged by the accomplishments of his athletes. Coach Gagliano's tenure is teeming with such accomplishments: 140 All-America performers; three Olympians; seven individual national champions; 23 BIG EAST championship teams; eight indoor IC4A team titles; two outdoor IC4A crowns; 58 individual IC4A champions; eight Penn Relay Championship of America titles, including a world-record-breaking distance medley relay team; and 46 school records.
A product of the "Gags" era, Ray Humphrey built one of the most impressive careers in Hoya track history. In his time on the Hilltop, he earned five All-America honors, along with two second-place finishes in the long jump at the NCAA championships. In four years, Ray earned 10 IC4A gold medals, 12 BIG EAST titles and four Championship of America trophies at the Penn Relays. A three-time BIG EAST MVP and MVP of the IC4A's, Ray is one of the best to ever sport the Blue and Gray.
Kelley Jones grabbed an oar for the first time as a Georgetown sophomore, and luckily for the Hoyas, she didn't put it down until well after graduation. As a junior, Kelley grabbed a gold medal at the 1987 Dad Vail Regatta with the open-eight crew. As a senior, she was named team MVP, earning a gold medal in the open-four event at the women's national championships. Kelley also represented the United States, rowing for the national team from 1989-1992, capping her international career off by participating in the 1992 Olympic Games in Banyoles, Spain.
From 1985-89, there were two things the Georgetown men's tennis team could count on: H. Lynn Moore would take on the opponent's top guy and, at the end of the season, earn team MVP honors. In 1987 he reached the BIG EAST tournament semi-finals after finishing second in the Capital Collegiate tournament in the No. 1 singles competition. One year later, he reached the BIG EAST finals in the No. 2 singles competition and won the Capital Collegiate doubles tournament. During this three-year captain's senior year, the Hoyas finished with a gleaming 16-4 record.
Almost completely foreign to losing, Penny Rickard tore through the BIG EAST during her time at Georgetown. Nabbing two conference titles and two second-place finishes in four years, Penny never finished lower than third in any singles competition. Reaching the NCAA tournament three times--twice in doubles, once in singles--Penny led the Hoya team to its first-ever NCAA tourney appearance. Her final four-year record at Georgetown was 126-34.
The Athletic Hall of Fame Citation is a University-wide award presented to a graduate of Georgetown or to a coach or administrator who qualifies for recognition on the basis of superior athletic achievement or contribution to athletics at Georgetown. The Georgetown Hall of Fame was established in 1953 and is located in the southwest gallery of the Leavey Student Center on GU's campus. More than 218 student-athletes and leaders from the annals of Georgetown have been enshrined.
For more information on the Hall of Fame Induction, please contact Hoyas Unlimited at (202)687-7159 or hoyasunlimited@georgetown.edu.
The Georgetown University Alumni Association and Hoyas Unlimited will host the 18th annual Georgetown Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner on Saturday, February 4, 2006. Five former Hoyas will be honored at the event, including former head track and field and cross country coach Francis X. Gagliano, All-American track star Raymond Humphrey (C'87), crew standout Kelley Jones (C'88), men's tennis captain H. Lynn Moore Jr. (C'89) and women's tennis all-star Penelope Rickard (C'88). Cocktails will begin at 6 p.m., and the dinner and ceremony will commence at 7 p.m.
During his 16 years as head coach of the Hoya track and field and cross country teams, Frank Gagliano solidified Georgetown's name on the short list of the nation's best programs, and branded his own on the GU athletic tradition. "Gags" earned two National Coach of the Year awards and coached Team USA at the 1993 World University Games, but a coach is more commonly judged by the accomplishments of his athletes. Coach Gagliano's tenure is teeming with such accomplishments: 140 All-America performers; three Olympians; seven individual national champions; 23 BIG EAST championship teams; eight indoor IC4A team titles; two outdoor IC4A crowns; 58 individual IC4A champions; eight Penn Relay Championship of America titles, including a world-record-breaking distance medley relay team; and 46 school records.
A product of the "Gags" era, Ray Humphrey built one of the most impressive careers in Hoya track history. In his time on the Hilltop, he earned five All-America honors, along with two second-place finishes in the long jump at the NCAA championships. In four years, Ray earned 10 IC4A gold medals, 12 BIG EAST titles and four Championship of America trophies at the Penn Relays. A three-time BIG EAST MVP and MVP of the IC4A's, Ray is one of the best to ever sport the Blue and Gray.
Kelley Jones grabbed an oar for the first time as a Georgetown sophomore, and luckily for the Hoyas, she didn't put it down until well after graduation. As a junior, Kelley grabbed a gold medal at the 1987 Dad Vail Regatta with the open-eight crew. As a senior, she was named team MVP, earning a gold medal in the open-four event at the women's national championships. Kelley also represented the United States, rowing for the national team from 1989-1992, capping her international career off by participating in the 1992 Olympic Games in Banyoles, Spain.
From 1985-89, there were two things the Georgetown men's tennis team could count on: H. Lynn Moore would take on the opponent's top guy and, at the end of the season, earn team MVP honors. In 1987 he reached the BIG EAST tournament semi-finals after finishing second in the Capital Collegiate tournament in the No. 1 singles competition. One year later, he reached the BIG EAST finals in the No. 2 singles competition and won the Capital Collegiate doubles tournament. During this three-year captain's senior year, the Hoyas finished with a gleaming 16-4 record.
Almost completely foreign to losing, Penny Rickard tore through the BIG EAST during her time at Georgetown. Nabbing two conference titles and two second-place finishes in four years, Penny never finished lower than third in any singles competition. Reaching the NCAA tournament three times--twice in doubles, once in singles--Penny led the Hoya team to its first-ever NCAA tourney appearance. Her final four-year record at Georgetown was 126-34.
The Athletic Hall of Fame Citation is a University-wide award presented to a graduate of Georgetown or to a coach or administrator who qualifies for recognition on the basis of superior athletic achievement or contribution to athletics at Georgetown. The Georgetown Hall of Fame was established in 1953 and is located in the southwest gallery of the Leavey Student Center on GU's campus. More than 218 student-athletes and leaders from the annals of Georgetown have been enshrined.
For more information on the Hall of Fame Induction, please contact Hoyas Unlimited at (202)687-7159 or hoyasunlimited@georgetown.edu.
