| |

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.
Two-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.
|