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Hall of Fame Nominations

The University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame nomination
Congratulations begin again in January 2018. We encourage you to participate
process is open to everyone. The 2018 selection process will
by submitting the names of worthy candidates. Please review
the criteria listed below and then submit your nomination to
to all of the the committee through Associate Director Terry Gurnett ’77 at
tgurnett@sports.rochester.edu. Your submission should include
as much factual information about the individual as possible.
inductees! Nominees may be contacted to request more information if
needed.
CRITERIA
• Distinguished themselves with University of Rochester athletics
as an athlete, coach, or friend
• The University strives each year to induct athletes from a range
of eras. Please remember that nominees can be inducted
posthumously

Thank you for participating.
Philip Newman ’79
Football

Newman was an outstanding four-year starter
at defensive end for the football team. In 1975, 2017 Garnish Scholar
Newman earned ECAC Rookie of the Week against
Union College as well as Most Outstanding
Defensive Lineman. During his last year, Newman Award Winners
was captain and received ECAC Division III Honorable Mention. He
was the Defensive “stinger” for the team his senior year.
The Garnish Scholar Award recognizes senior student-athletes
who represent the ideal of the scholar-athlete. “They lead our
teams on the eld of play, while doing outstanding work in the
Peter “Rick” Stark ’79 classroom,” said George VanderZwaag, director of Athletics.
Football The Garnish Scholar Award was created in honor of Lysle
“Spike” Garnish, coach and mentor to many Rochester student-
Stark was a four-year football player and a athletes from 1930 to 1948. He became a trainer and assistant
three-year starter at quarterback. He had a 69 basketball coach in 1931 and was named an assistant baseball
percent pass completion average over his career. coach in 1932. Spike was an assistant football coach from 1945
Rochester beat Hobart College every year, and in to 1948. The 2017 Garnish Scholar Award winners are
one of those games, Stark caught two touchdown
passes from his quarterback position, which were thrown by Hall of Gabriella Alatorre, softball
Famer Mike Corp. Against Alfred University, Stark ran a quarterback
sneak for 80 yards. He was nominated to the ECAC Team and was Wesley Clayton, men’s track & eld
Oensive Player of the Year his sophomore year. Stark has had the Olivia Denny, eld hockey
honor of playing with or was coached by a total of 13 Hall of Famers.
Aleks Dombrowski, men’s soccer
Arlen Fan, men’s swimming
Paige Gloster, women’s soccer
Alexandra Leslie, women’s basketball
Luke Meyerson, baseball
Alexandra Nelligan, volleyball
Andrew Nunno, men’s tennis
The formal ceremony to recognize the ten Garnish Scholars
will occur at halftime of the home football game versus Alfred
State University on September 16 at noon.

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