The Ithaca College Athletic Hall of Fame admits eight members during its annual induction ceremony, held during Homecoming weekend.

by Mike Warwick

This year's inductees to the Ithaca College Athletic Hall of Fame are former Genesee Community College coach Dolores Chiocco '53, retired Ithaca High School coach Art Cicchetti '54, M.S. '69, Pittsburgh Pirates broadcaster Lanny Frattare '70, football all-American Bill George '80, field hockey and lacrosse standout Karen Hollands '94, 21-time all-American swimmer Julie Smith McGill '95, longtime high school baseball coach Ambrose Moran '50, and Bomber lacrosse star and pro lacrosse executive John Mouradian '76, M.S. '98.

Highest honors: (from left) Richard Moran, accepting for his brother Ambrose; Hollands; Frattare; McGill; Mouradian; Chiocco; Cicchetti. Bill George did not attend the ceremony. Photo: PrimeShot

Chiocco played all intermural sports at Ithaca before the institution of intercollegiate sports for women and was an Ithacan reporter. As a professor of physical education at Genesee Community College for 28 years, she coached the field hockey, women's basketball, and softball teams. Since retiring in 1996, she has continued to teach health and is actively involved with the Special Olympics.

Cicchetti lettered in baseball and basketball at Ithaca. He batted .313 in 47 baseball games during his three-year career, and the Bombers went 33 for 39. After two years playing for the Chicago White Sox organization, he joined the Ithaca city schools phys ed staff. His varsity baseball and ice hockey teams won seven sectional titles, and he led the Little Red hockey team to three state championships. He's a member of the New York State High School and Section IV Halls of Fame.

As a student at Ithaca Frattare played freshman football and baseball and was a radio station staff member. For the past 25 years he has been the play-by-play announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates, broadcasting over 3,500 games. Elected to the western chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1995, he was honored by Vectors/Pittsburgh in 1996 for his community service - for the third time. His charitable work includes hosting an annual celebrity golf tournament to benefit a guidance center for parents and children.

A four-year starter on Ithaca's offensive line, George helped the Bombers to 32-9-1 during his career. He earned first-team all-American honors as a center on the 1979 national championship team. He also qualified twice for NCAA wrestling and was a two-time place-winner at heavyweight in the state championships. He later spent nine years on Ithaca's football coaching staff (helping the Bombers to the 1991 national championship) and is now head coach at the United States Coast Guard Academy.

Goalie for both field hockey and lacrosse, Hollands (at goal in photo) helped both teams to NCAA playoff berths. Twice a field hockey first-team all-American, she set school records with 550 career saves and a career save percentage of .896. Since 1998 she's been head field hockey and women's lacrosse coach at Hamilton, leading the Continentals to their first-ever NCAA playoff appearance in lacrosse this spring. She was also named New York region coach of the year by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association.

McGill won 27 dual meets in her IC swimming career, losing only once. In the postseason she won eight conference and four state titles in individual events. She earned all-American honors 21 times (fourth on Ithaca's career list) and helped the Bombers post four conference titles, two state championships, and three top-10 finishes in the NCAA championships. She won Ithaca's 1995 Iris Carnell Award.

An all-around athlete, Moran played basketball, soccer, and freshman baseball at Ithaca before starting his 50-year coaching career. He led the New Hyde Park (New York) High School baseball teams to 558 wins over 29 winning seasons and coached the boys' basketball teams to 426 wins plus playoff appearances in all but one season. Twice named New York Daily News coach of the year, Moran won last year's Long Island March of Dimes Golden Apple Teacher of the Year Award and this year was named Nassau County Sports Commission high school coach of the year.

Mouradian (at left, no. 15, on the '76 IC lacrosse media guide) is Ithaca lacrosse's ninth-leading career scorer with 170 points in 33 games (24-9). As a junior he ranked third in college lacrosse (all divisions) in points, finishing with 71 in 11 games. (He also started three years in goal for the ice hockey team.) After graduating, Mouradian joined the Canadian national lacrosse team and coached Canada in the 1984 Olympics and several World Games. He began his professional lacrosse career in 1992 (after a five-year winning stint at Brock University) as general manager of the Buffalo Bandits of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League - who won three league titles during his tenure. Since 1998 he has been director of lacrosse operations for the Toronto Rock and the new Canadian addition to the National Lacrosse League in Ottawa for the upcoming season.

Photos of Julie Smith McGill and Karen Hollands by Patricia Reynolds