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All-Americans

Baseball (Two players, two awards)

Name Class Award, Organization Year
Thom Freeman 1963 Second Team, American Association of College Baseball Coaches 1963
Nick Dell’Erario 1977 Second Team, National Association Baseball Coaches College Division 1977

Men’s Basketball (One player, two awards)

Name Class Award, Organization Year
Herb Taylor 1984 All-America, National Association of Basketball Coaches 1983
All-America, National Association of Basketball Coaches 1984

Women’s Basketball (Seven players, 11 awards)

Name Class Award, Organization Year
Julie Roche 1991 Honorable Mention, WBCA/Kodak All-America 1991
Sarah Bonkovsky 1997 Honorable Mention, WBCA/Kodak All-America 1997
Emily King 2000 Honorable Mention, WBCA/Kodak All-America 1999
Kate McLaughlin 2001 Honorable Mention, WBCA/Kodak All-America 2001
Olivia Zurek 2005 First Team, WBCA/Kodak All-America 2005
First Team, D3Hoops.com 2005
Meg Coffin 2008 Fourth Team, D3Hoops.com 2006
Honorable Mention, WBCA/Kodak All-America 2006
Honorable Mention, WBCA/State Farm All-America 2008
Val Beckwith 2009 Honorable Mention, WBCA/State Farm All-America 2009
Fourth Team, D3Hoops.com 2009

Men’s Cross Country (13 runners, 20 awards)

Name Class Finish at NCAA Championships Year
Paul Oparowski 1978 12th 1976
19th 1977
Greg Peters 1980 12th 1977
Kim Wettlaufer 1980 13th 1978
Tom Rooney 1981 24th 1979
20th 1980
Paul Hammond 1982 24th 1980
Jamie Goodberlet 1985 21st 1983
Mark Hatch 1987 24th 1984
22nd 1985
25th 1986
Justin Freeman 1998 8th 1997
Matt Twiest 2000 9th 1997
15th 1998
17th 1999
Michael Danahy 2000 9th 1999
Justin Easter 2003 19th 2001
3rd 2002
Dan Johnson 2006 13th 2005
Tully Hannan 2014 27th 2011

Women’s Cross Country (Four runners, four awards)

Name Class Finish at NCAA Championship Year
Rebecca Watt 1985 10th 1981
Kristy Gould 1993 10th 1992
Adelia Myrick 1999 15th 1996
Kathryn Moore 2007 32nd 2006

Field Hockey (Four players, five awards)

Name Class Award, Organization Year
Janet Bursaw 1983 American Field Hockey Coaches Association (AFHCA) 1982
Susan Chick 1986 Honorable Mention, AFHCA 1985
Piep Van Heuven 1988 Second Team, Penn Monto 1987
Peggy Ficks 2001 Third Team, National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) 1999
Second Team, NFCHA 2000

Football (Six players, eight awards)

Name Class Award, Organization Year
Howard Vandersea 1963 AP Little All-America, Third Team 1962
Paul Williamson’s Little All-America 1962
Larry DiGiammarino 1982 Kodak-American Football Coaches Association College Division III 1981
Chris Hickey 1988 Honorable Mention, AP Little All-America 1986
Honorable Mention, AP Little All-America 1987
Ron Gabbe 1988 Honorable Mention, AP Little All-America 1987
Jason Coulie 2000 Honorable Mention, USAFootball.com 1999
Frost Hubbard 2000 Honorable Mention, D3Football.com 1999

Men’s Lacrosse (Four players, four awards)

Name Class Award, Organization Year
Patrick Gaughan 2002 Honorable Mention, USILA 2002
Averill Cook 2006 Honorable Mention, USILA 2004
Ryan O’Connor 2006 Honorable Mention, USILA 2006
Kevin Helm 2012 Honorable Mention, USILA 2012

Women’s Lacrosse (16 players, 19 awards)

Name Class Award, Organization Year
Carolyn Campbell 1983 U.S. Women’s Lacrosse Association (USWLA) 1983
Gabriella Fodor 1988 Second Team, Brine-Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) 1987
Jacqueline Drain 1987 Third Team, Brine-IWLCA 1987
Sarah Griffin 1989 NCAA Division III All-America 1989
Tracy Moore 1990 Second Team, Brine-IWLCA 1990
Lisa DiIorio 1991 First Team, Brine-IWLCA 1991
Brooke Oliver 1992 First Team, Brine-IWLCA 1992
Martha Macdougal 1995 First Team, Brine-IWLCA 1994
Second Team, Brine-IWLCA 1995
Franziska Moravec 1994 Third Team, Brine-IWLCA 1994
Darcy Krzynowek 1994 Honorable Mention, USWLA 1994
Hilary Crane-Stern 1995 Third Team, Brine-IWLCA 1995
Molly McMahon 1999 Third Team, Brine-IWLCA 1998
Molly Wagner 2008 Third Team, IWLCA/US Lacrosse 2007
Third Team, womenslacrosse.com 2007
Jenna Dannis 2012 Third Team, IWLCA/US Lacrosse 2010
Third Team, womenslacrosse.com 2010
Joan O’Neill 2012 Second Team, IWLCA 2012
Wally Pierce 2014 Third Team, IWLCA 2013

Women’s Rowing (Ten rowers, 15 awards)

Name Class Award, Organization Year
Lisa Hamasaki 1995 USRowing Collegiate All-American 1995
Laura Allen 2002 Second Team, College Rowing Coaches Association 2002
Elizabeth Diamond 2004 First Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2003
Second Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2004
Sienna Vorono 2005 Second Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2003
Jaclyn Olson 2007 Second Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2007
Nicole Ritchie 2009 First Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2007
First Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2008
First Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2009
Rebecca Waldo 2011 Second Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2009
First Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2010
First Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2011
Nora Collins 2011 First Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2011
Elizabeth Sonshine 2012 First Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2012
Haley Sive 2012 Second Team, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2012

Men’s Alpine Skiing (Three skiers, five awards)

Name Class Event, Finish at NCAA’s Year
Sean Clark 1997 Giant Slalom, Third 1995
Kyle Hildebrand 2002 Slalom, Seventh 1999
Giant Slalom, Sixth 2001
Slalom, Second 2001
Ben Manter 2011 Slalom, Tenth 2010

Women’s Alpine Skiing (One skier, one award)

Name Class Event, Finish at NCAA’s Year
Kim Rogers 2003 Giant Slalom, Tenth 2001

Men’s Nordic Skiing (Five skiers, seven awards)

Name Class Event, Finish at NCAA’s Year
Reid Lutter 1991 U.S.Ski Association All-America 1991
Justin Freeman 1998 10K Classic, Third 1997
10K Classic, Sixth 1998
David Chamberlain 1998 10K Classic, Sixth 1997
15K Freestyle, Sixth 1997
Justin Easter 2003 20K Classic, Fifth 2003
Sylvan Ellefson 2009 10K Freestyle, Fourth 2008

Women’s Nordic Skiing (One skier, two awards)

Name Class Organization Year
Nancy Ingersoll 1978 U.S.Ski Association 1978
AIAW Cross Country 1978

Men’s Soccer (Two players, two awards)

Name Class Organization Year
Bob Thompson 1965 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) College Division 1964
Andy Apstein 2000 First Team, NSCAA/Adidas 1999

Women’s Soccer (Five players, seven awards)

Name Class Organization Year
Bethany Maitland 1989 Third Team, National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) 1988
Amy Brunner 1994 First Team, NSCAA/Umbro 1993
Jenna-Marie Maconochie 1994 Second Team, NSCAA/Umbro 1993
Kate O’Malley 2000 First Team, NSCAA/Umbro 1996
Third Team, NSCAA/Umbro 1997
Meg Coffin 2007 Second Team, NSCAA All-America 2005
2007 Third Team, NSCAA All-America 2006

Men’s Squash (Two players, five awards)

Name Class Organization Year
Ricky Weisskopf 2008 Second Team (Top 32 at CSA Nationals) 2005
Second Team (Top 16 at CSA Nationals) 2006
Second Team (Top 16 at CSA Nationals) 2007
First Team (Top 16 at CSA Nationals) 2008
Ahmed Abdel Khalek 2016 First Team CSA All-American (Semifinalist) 2013

Women’s Squash (Two players, three awards)

Name Class Organization/Honor Year
Aisha Shah 2002 Women’s Intercollegiate Squash Association (WISA), Honorable Mention 2001
Women’s Intercollegiate Squash Association (WISA), Second Team 2002
Nessrine Ariffin 2015 College Squash Association (CSA), Second Team 2012

 

Men’s Swimming and Diving (Four athletes, 11 awards)

Name Class Event, Finish at NCAA’s Year
Dave Collins 1994 200 breaststroke 1991
David Burke 1999 1-meter diving, Fifteenth 1997
3-meter diving, Fifteenth 1997
Andrew Hastings 2002 1-meter diving, Fourth 1999
3-meter diving, Seventh 1999
1-meter diving, Fifth 2000
3-meter diving, Fourth 2000
1-meter diving, Fifth 2001
3-meter diving, Thirteenth 2001
3-meter diving, Ninth 2002
Erik Baker 2006 1-meter diving, Fifth 2004

Women’s Swimming and Diving (Eight athletes, 31 awards)

Name Class Event, Finish at NCAAs Year
Melinda Wheeler 1988 200 breaststroke 1984
Katie Moran 1993 400 IM 1992
Melissa Sander 1996 100 butterfly 1995
200 butterfly 1995
100 butterfly 1996
200 butterfly 1996
Denby Johnson 1998 200 freestyle 1998
Vanessa Williamson 2005 200 butterfly, Seventh 2002
100 butterfly, Fifth 2003
200 butterfly, Second 2003
100 butterfly, Third 2004
200 butterfly, Second 2004
200 IM, Twelfth 2005
100 butterfly, Third 2005
200 butterfly, Fourth 2005
Kara Seaton 2005 1-meter diving, Sixth 2003
3-meter diving, Eighth 2003
1-meter diving, Third 2004
3-meter diving, Sixth 2004
1-meter diving, Fourth 2005
3-meter diving, Sixth 2005
Kelsey Lamdin 2009 1-meter diving, Sixteenth 2006
3-meter diving, Sixth 2006
1-meter diving, Fifth 2007
3-meter diving, Thirteenth 2007
1-meter diving, Eleventh 2008
3-meter diving, Seventh 2008
1-meter diving, Tenth 2009
3-meter diving, Sixth 2009
Katelyn Drake 2010 200 backstroke, Fourteenth 2008
100 backstroke, Fifteenth 2009

Men’s Tennis (8 players, 20 awards, 1 NCAA singles champion, 1 NCAA doubles championship)

Name Class Singles/Doubles, Result Year
Buddy Schultz 1981 Singles, NCAA Finals 1981
Paul Gastonguay 1989 Singles, NCAA Quarterfinals 1989
Will Boe-Wiegaard 2006 Singles, NCAA Round of 16 2003
Singles, NCAA First Round (Eighth seed) 2004
Singles, NCAA Finals (Fourth seed) 2005
Singles, NCAA Champion (Unseeded) 2006
Doubles, NCAA Quarterfinals 2006
Tristan Beach 2006 Doubles, NCAA Quarterfinals 2006
Ben Stein 2009 Doubles, NCAA Semifinals 2008
Doubles, ITA Small College Nationals, 4th Place 2008
Singles, NCAA Finals 2009
Doubles, NCAA Champion 2009
Amrit Rupasinghe 2010 Doubles, NCAA Semifinals 2008
Doubles, ITA Small College Nationals, 4th Place 2008
Doubles, NCAA Champion 2009
Matt Bettles 2013 Singles, NCAA Second Round 2011
Doubles, NCAA Quarterfinals 2012
Rob Crampton 2013 Singles, NCAA Semifinals 2012
Doubles, NCAA Quarterfinals 2012

Men’s Indoor Track and Field (31 athletes, 37 awards, 8 NCAA champions)

Name Class Event, Finish at NCAA’s Year
Jamie Goodberlet 1985 1,500-meter run, Second 1985
Paul Slovenski 1985 Pole Vault, Tied for Fourth 1985
John Fitzgerald 1987 5,000-meter run, NCAA Champion 1986
5,000-meter run, Fifth 1987
Matt Schecter 1989 High Jump, Tied for Fourth 1986
High Jump, Fifth 1988
High Jump, NCAA Champion 1989
Peter Goodrich 1989 35-pound weight throw, Second 1989
Nat Wheatley 1991 35-pound weight throw, Sixth 1991
Joe Welch 1993 35-pound weight throw, Sixth 1992
35-pound weight throw, Fourth 1993
Paul Kolter 1997 35-pound weight throw, Second 1997
Spencer Potter 1997 35-pound weight throw, Fourth 1997
Billy McEvila 1999 35-pound weight throw, NCAA Champion 1998
Lucas Adams 2000 35-pound weight throw, Sixth 1998
35-pound weight throw, Third 1999
35-pound weight throw, Second 2000
Matt Twiest 2000 1,500-meter run, Sixth 1998
Mike Danahy 2000 5,000-meter run, Third 1999
Jamie Sawler 2002 35-pound weight throw, NCAA Champion 2002
Jesse Carney 2003 35-pound weight throw, Eighth 2003
Scott Cooper 2005 35-pound weight throw, Seventh 2004
Joel Anderson 2005 5,000-meter run, Seventh 2005
Dustin Gauthier 2005 35-pound weight throw, Eighth 2005
Joe Northrup ’05,
Joel Colony ’06,
Sam Thomas ’07,
Mitch Krauss ’05		 4×400 Relay, Seventh 2005
Adam Macbeth 2006 55-meter hurdles, Seventh 2006
Noah Gauthier 2008 35-pound weight throw, Eighth 2007
35-pound weight throw, NCAA Champion 2008
Chris Murtagh 2011 35-pound weight throw, Fifth 2011
Ethan Waldman 2011 Shot put, Sixth 2011
David Pless 2013 Shot put, NCAA Champion 2011
Shot put, NCAA Champion 2012
Weight Throw, Fifth 2012
Weight Throw, Second 2013
Shot Put, NCAA Champion 2013
Nick Barron ’13
Ben Levy ’14
James LePage ’13
Noah Graboys ’14		 Distance Medley Relay, Third 2012
James LePage 2013 800-meter run, Fourth 2013

Men’s Outdoor Track and Field (30 athletes, 50 awards, nine NCAA champions)

Name Class Event, Finish at NCAA’s Year
Russell “Ossie” Chapman 1930 800 yards, High All-American 1930
Anton Kishon 1937 Hammer Throw, NCAA University Division National Champion 1935
Wayne Pangburn 1966 Hammer Throw, NCAA College Division, National Champion 1965
Hammer Throw, NCAA College Division, National Champion 1966
Bob Cedrone 1976 Hammer Throw, NCAA College Division, Fifth 1975
Hammer Throw, NCAA College Division, Second 1976
Paul Oparowski 1978 10,000-meter run, Fifth 1978
Bill Tyler 1980 800-meter run, Third 1979
800-meter run, Third 1980
Kim Wettlaufer 1980 5,000-meter run, Fifth 1980
Zane Rodriguez 1981 Javelin, Sixth 1980
Mark Miller 1981 Hammer Throw, NCAA Champion 1981
Paul Hammond 1982 3,000-meter Steeplechase, Sixth 1979
5,000-meter run, Sixth 1982
Thomas Rooney 1981 5,000-meter run, Sixth 1981
Steve Ryan 1983 Javelin, NCAA Champion 1983
Jamie Goodberlet 1985 1,500-meter run 1985
John Fitzgerald 1987 5,000-meter run, Eighth 1985
5,000-meter run, Third 1986
10,000-meter run, NCAA Champion 1987
Peter Goodrich 1989 Hammer Throw, Sixth 1987
Hammer Throw, Eighth 1988
Discus, Eighth 1988
Hammer Throw, Fifth 1989
Joe Welch 1994 Hammer Throw, Seventh 1993
Hammer Throw, Eighth 1994
Paul Kolter 1997 Hammer Throw, Fourth 1997
Lucas Adams 2000 Hammer Throw, Fourth 1999
Hammer Throw, Fifth 2000
Mike Danahy 2000 10,000-meter run, Fifth 1999
10,000-meter run, Sixth 2000
Matt Twiest 2000 3,000-meter Steeplechase, Fourth 1999
Jaime Sawler 2002 Hammer Throw, Fourth 2001
Hammer Throw, NCAA Champion 2002
Justin Easter 2003 3,000-meter Steeplechase, Seventh 2000
3,000-meter Steeplechase, Third 2001
3,000-meter Steeplechase, NCAA Champion 2002
3,000-meter Steeplechase, NCAA Champion 2003
Joe Northrup 2005 Decathlon, Eighth 2003
Matt Ondra 2004 Pole Vault, Three-way tie for Fourth 2004
Scott Cooper 2005 Hammer Throw, Seventh 2004
Joe Northrup 2005 Decathlon, Seventh 2005
Noah Gauthier 2008 Hammer Throw, Fifth 2007
Richard McNeil 2010 Hammer Throw, Fifth 2008
Hammer Throw, Eighth 2009
Hammer Throw, Fifth 2010
Chris Murtagh 2011 Hammer Throw, Seventh 2011
David Pless 2013 Shot Put, Eighth 2011
Discus Throw, Third 2012
Shot Put, Fourth 2012

Women’s Indoor Track and Field (17 athletes, 24 awards, one NCAA champion)

Name Class Event, Finish at NCAA’s Year
Camille McKayle 1985 Triple Jump, Sixth 1985
Andrea Kincannon 1987 Long Jump, Fifth 1986
400-meter dash, Fourth 1986
Anne Millham 1989 55-meter dash, Fourth 1989
Romalda Clark 1990 3,000-meter run, Third 1989
3,000-meter run 1990
Alexis Steinrauf 1996 5,000 meters, Fifth 1994
Kelley Puglisi 2003 1,500 meters, Sixth 2003
Liz Wanless 2004 Shot Put, Second 2003
Shot Put, NCAA Champion 2004
Keelin Godsey 2006 20-pound weight throw, Second 2004
Shot Put, Fourth 2004
20-pound weight throw, Second 2005
Shot Put, Second 2005
20-pound weight throw, Second 2006
Shot Put, Second 2006
Katie Bash ’10,
Izzy Alexander ’09,
Jen Caban ’07,
Kathryn Moore ’07		 See left Distance medley relay, Eighth 2007
Izzy Alexander 2009 800-meter run, Sixth 2008
800-meter run, Fifth 2009
Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan 2010 20-pound weight throw, Eighth 2008
20-pound weight throw, Sixth 2009
20-pound weight throw, Second 2010
Shot Put, Seventh 2010
Kallie Nixon ’14
Tina Tobin ’12
Sarah Fusco ’15
Elizabeth Arens ’13		 Distance medley relay, Eighth 2012

Women’s Outdoor Track and Field (10 athletes, 25 awards, 3 NCAA champions)

Name Class Event, Finish at NCAA’s Year
Sarah Dominick 1995 800-meter run, Sixth 1992
Faye Holmes 1995 Hammer Throw, Seventh 1994
Heather Bumps 1997 Javelin, Fourth 1995
Javelin, Third 1996
Javelin, Eighth 1997
Abby Anthony 2003 10,000-meter run, Sixth 2000
Kelley Puglisi 2003 1,500-meter run, Fifth 2003
Liz Wanless 2004 Shot Put, Second 2003
Shot Put, NCAA Champion 2004
Keelin Godsey 2006 Hammer Throw, Third 2003
Hammer Throw, Second 2004
Shot Put, Third 2004
Discus, Fourth 2004
Hammer Throw, NCAA Champion 2005
Shot Put, Second 2005
Discus, Second 2005
Discus, Fourth 2006
Hammer Throw, NCAA Champion 2006
Shot Put, Second 2006
Kathryn Moore 2007 3,000-meter Steeplechase, Eighth 2006
3,000-meter Steeplechase, Sixth 2007
Izzy Alexander 2009 400-Meter Hurdles, Sixth 2008
400-Meter Hurdles, Sixth 2009
Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan 2010 Hammer Throw, Fifth 2008
Shot Put, Third 2010

Volleyball (Three players, three awards)

Name Class Award, Organization Year
Rachel Clayton 1990 Second Team, American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) 1989
Amanda Colby 2000 Second Team, AVCA 1999
Liz Wanless 2004 Third Team, AVCA 2003

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