Ten into Sports Hall of Fame

The ceremony highlights a busy Homecoming '97

Photos by Larry Abrams

 
 

The Ithaca College Sports Hall of Fame inducted 10 new members in annual Homecoming weekend ceremonies.

This year's class includes women's athletics pioneer Angeline Bantuvanis '53, softball all-American Carol Buckheit '87, NCAA wrestling champion Mike Fusilli '91, baseball player and coach Leslie Harner '32, field hockey great Karen Howarth '86, two-sport star and prosperous football coach Dorrie Jackson '47, cross-country and track all-American Sean Livingston '91, three-time wrestling all-American and current Ithaca coach Marty Nichols '91, NCAA backstroke champion Amy Robinson '91, and three-sport performer and college coach Sally Scatton '75.

 
  Hall of fame inductees pictured, left to right, are Buckheit, Harner, Bantuvanis, Livingston, Fusilli, Howarth, Robinson, Scatton, and Nichols. Jackson was inducted posthumously.  
 

 Ithaca College Sports Hall of Fame nominees are divided into "active" and "veteran" candidates, depending on the year they graduated from the school. Athletes become eligible five years after graduation. Ithaca administrators, coaches, and trainers are also eligible as "active" nominees. The annual inductees are voted in by committee. The sports hall of fame by-laws allow for a maximum of seven "active" and three "veteran" inductees in a year. The inaugural Ithaca College Sports Hall of Fame ceremony took place in 1969, when 15 individuals were named as charter members.

 
  Also returning to campus were more than 100 men who played for legendary Ithaca football coach Dick Lyon. Lyon, who died in 1976, was honored in a special presentation at halftime of the Bombers' Saturday afternoon football game with American International College, and again later at the sports hall of fame induction.  


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