ICQ 2002/4 -- Sports Scene
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Dawn Schmalzriedt Vollers '94, Jack Cashman '61, Steve Farr '94, Andy Vye '87, David Clark '74, Bob Sampson '49, Todd Wilkowski '93, and John Hantz Jr. (accepting for his late father) with President Williams at the induction ceremony

Photo by Thomas Hoebbel

This year 11 new members were inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming weekend

Jack Cashman ’61 earned all-American honors as an offensive end on the 1960 Bombers football team. He was a three-year letter winner and was team captain as a senior. A longtime director of physical education and athletics with the Binghamton central schools, Cashman was named 1989 New York State physical education director of the year. In 1997 he received the Award of Merit, the highest honor given by the New York State Athletic Administrators.

The professional baseball career of David Clark ’74 included time as a scout, manager, coach, and front office administrator. A polio survivor, Clark spent 10 years as a semiprofessional pitcher using crutches and a leg brace. He started up the baseball program at Corning Community College and had the team in the national playoffs a year later. Clark went on to work as a scout for a half dozen major league teams.

WrestlingTwo-time all-American wrestler Steve Farr ’94 (right; photo by Ann Bready) capped his Ithaca College athletic career by winning a national individual title at 190 pounds in 1994. His win clinched the Bombers’ third team national champion ship. Twice an all-state competitor, he posted a career record of 65-13-1. Farr won a state championship as a sophomore and placed third at nationals as a junior. He captured two conference titles during his IC career. In 1994 he shared Ithaca’s Ben Light Award as the top male athlete in the senior class.

The late Jack Hantz ’51, M.S. ’53, lettered in soccer, wrestling, and lacrosse as a Bomber and instituted all three sports at Clarkson University as the Golden Knights’ athletic director. He coached the Clarkson wrestling team to two undefeated seasons, spent 21 years as the school’s men’s soccer coach, and coached five all-Americans in men’s lacrosse. In 1986 Clarkson renamed its lacrosse facility Hantz Field in his honor. Hantz also served as president of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.next

   
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A. Ozolins, Ithaca College Office of Publications, 7 January, 2003