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2013 Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Dinner Robert Ryan ’75 Kelly Jean Peters Spurlock ’97
Track Swimming, Volleyball
The 2013 University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner will be held at A Rochester track and feld athlete, Dual-sport athlete in swimming and
6 p.m. on Friday, October 11, 2013. Ryan was the runner-up in the nationals one season of volleyball, Spurlock was a
in the decathlon and also qualifed for 16-time All-American in swimming. She
The dinner will be held in the Leibner-Cooper Room in the Goergen Athletic Facility. The the 120HH at nationals in his junior fnished in the top eight, four years in a
2013 Hall of Fame inductees, their families and friends, and current Hall of Fame members and senior years. He is a school record row in the 100-yard butterfy. She holds
are invited to share this special evening. The 2013 Hall of Fame inductees: holder for several decathlon events. He several school records, and her name is still
was also a very versatile performer in on almost all of the top 10 times for her
dual and state meets and participated in events. A Garnish scholar, Spurlock was the
hurdles, pole vault, and jumps. He broke 1996 Most Outstanding Performer at the
the school record for multiple indoor hurdles distances as well as UCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. She won back-to-back
outdoors. Ryan was the frst Rochester Division III Track All-American. events at the UAA Championships in 1997 and was a multiple-time
John-Eric Andersson ’95 Anthony Daniele ’71 Upon graduation, Ryan was commissioned in the United States Navy UAA Swimmer of the Week. With the volleyball team, she reached
Swimming, Soccer Football and served as a Naval Flight Ofcer. Eventually, he settled in San Diego, the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. After graduation, Spurlock
Calif., and worked as a Top Gun analyst at NAS Miramar, while learning became assistant swim coach at the University of the South (Sewanee)
An excellent swimmer who currently Daniele came to Rochester without
holds two University records in the 100- having played high school football. He to love training for marathons. Since 1995, Ryan has worked for the and head swim coach at Wells College. She earned Atlantic Women’s
yard and 200-yard freestyle, Andersson was the starting ofensive center in his Department of Defense with Space and Naval Warfare Command as an Colleges Conference Coach of the Year while at Wells. Today, she is the
began his athletic career as a member of last two years and ofensive captain in Information Technology Specialist. He spends his free time mountain broker/owner at Active Agency Real Estate Ofce. Spurlock resides in
the soccer team. He played two seasons his senior year. In these two seasons, the biking and organizing rock climbing events. Clarence, N.Y., with her husband, Brian, and three sons.
with the squad and then joined the swim football team was 6-3 and 8-1. He was
team during his sophomore year. He is a named Outstanding Ofensive Lineman
two-time UAA Conference Champion in senior year and selected to the Small Jennifer Deprez Spiker ’94 Paul Steele ’81
the 50 freestyle and a UAA Conference College All-Star Second Team for the Soccer Squash
Champion in the 100-yard freestyle. As a senior, he earned NCAA state of New York. He was also named First Team Ofensive All-ECAC for
Division III All-America honors placing second in the 200-yard freestyle the 1970–71 season. After graduating with a degree in history, Daniele A decorated soccer player who reached Steele’s squash career at Rochester was
and ninth in the 100-yard freestyle. Andersson graduated in 1995 as coached the ofensive and defensive linemen at John F. Kennedy High the NCAA National Championship game excellent from the start. He played the #1
a Garnish Scholar with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science. School in Utica, N.Y., and played semipro football with the Utica-Rome and regional fnals with the team during position in every match of his four years.
He currently works as a sales engineer for Viewpoint Construction Chiefs in 1971. He then entered Albany Law School of Union University her career, Spiker was named to the During his sophomore year, he earned
Software, providing project management and accounting solutions and graduated in 1975. Daniele has worked his entire career in the NCAA All-Tournament Team in 1991. She Campus Times “Winter Athlete of the Year”
to large contractors throughout the United States and Canada. Rochester area with 30 years in his own private law practice and earned All-Conference honors in 1991 for his season record of 11 wins and only
Andersson lives in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., with his wife and two sons. seven with the Monroe County Public Defender’s Ofce representing and 1993, and she was a two-time New 3 losses. During his senior year, Steele
indigent criminal defendants. He lives in Mendon, N.Y., with his fancée York State All-State selection and an was named team captain. He graduated
and has a stepdaughter, who lives with her family in Canandaigua, N.Y. All-Northeast Region athlete. After her ranked #1 in the competitive Rochester
time at Rochester, Spiker continued her playing career with the USWISL City Squash League. Steele’s squash career extended past college, and
James Case ’62 Rochester Ravens semiprofessional team in its inaugural season. he has continued to play high-level amateur squash, winning several
Baseball, Swimming, Football Spiker served as an assistant soccer coach at Rochester, West Virginia local and regional events. He is currently director of Hardware Business
John Norris ’68 Development at Microsoft working on the new Xbox One and Surface
A football player for two years and swim Football, Baseball Wesleyan College, and West Virginia University under the direction of
team member for three, Case was a fellow Rochester alumnus and Hall of Fame inductee Nikki Izzo-Brown. tablets. He lives in the San Francisco Bay suburb of Alamo with his wife
and two children.
two-year standout pitcher for the varsity Norris was a three-year both ways starter She is currently a volunteer assistant coach with the Army Women’s
baseball team at Rochester. While on on the football team (one of the last Soccer program. She and her husband reside in West Point, N.Y., on
the swim team, he set school records college varsity players in this role) and the campus of the United States Military Academy. They have three
in the 200-yard backstroke and as a a two-year starter for the baseball team children. Gregory Sutton ’89
member of the 400-yard medley relay at Rochester. He was a repeat game Football
team. On the baseball team, he was cocaptain for both squads. In football, he
a mainstay pitcher for the 1960 team started both ways, as a guard, with a high A four-year letter winner on the football
that compiled the school’s best record in 15 years (8-2), as well as an blocking percentage and as a defensive team, Sutton played strong safety and was
excellent hitter. Deemed a professional prospect from the age of 16, end, with a high tackling percentage. In a member of the only football team to
he signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers after his junior baseball, he was a left felder and cleanup hitter for the Yellowjackets. reach the NCAA National Championship
year and pitched for its farm club in Panama City, Fla., that summer. At the peak of his baseball career, he was ranked third nationally in playofs. This team also set the single-
After baseball, Case taught at several universities, including Wisconsin, extra-base hits and was awarded Honorable Mention NCAA Player season record for victories. A Pizza Hut,
Princeton, and Johns Hopkins. He has written three books, assorted of the Week. In addition to Rochester, Norris is a graduate of Harvard College Football Preview, and Associated
op-ed pieces, book reviews, and feature articles as a science writer. and Cornell Universities, earning his JD and MBA degrees and a Press All-American, he led the team in
He lives with his wife of 50 years (and former Rochester classmate) in government certifcate. He is currently Chief Executive Ofcer of interceptions and pass breakups. Sutton
Baltimore. They have three children and fve grandchildren. Health Discovery Corporation, a software developer located in Boston. was a two-time ECAC All-Conference First Team member and two-time
Until recently, he taught health care policy and management at UAA All-Conference First Team selection. After graduation, Sutton
Harvard. Norris resides on a small farm in Hanson, Mass., where he and became an Attorney-at-Law at JPMorgan Chase & Co. He is a frequent
his wife, Katie Mullen Norris ’68, raised their fve children. speaker on creditor’s rights, bankruptcy, and workout matters, as well
as the author of numerous articles in those same felds. Sutton lives in
Columbus, Ohio, with his wife, Jennifer.