Oct. 17, 2002
Stony Brook, N.Y. -
The Department of Physical Education and Athletics at Stony Brook will honor five former athletes at the 2002 Hall of Fame Induction Banquet at the Meadow Club, in Port Jefferson, N.Y on Friday, October 18, 2002. Lisa Shaffer' 90 (Soccer), Yves Simon '91 (Basketball), Jon Cayle '76 (Crew), Daniel Kaye '71 (Soccer), Bruno Barbera '95 (Tennis) will makeup the Stony Brook Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2002.
Lisa Shaffer is the first women's soccer player to be inducted in the Stony Brook Hall of Fame. The MVP on the 1987 NYSWCAA championship team, she served as a four year starter in the midfield and co-captained the team for two years. As a senior, Lisa was named to the Division I Northeast All-American team in Stony Brook's first year of Division I competition in 1989. She ranks seventh all time at Stony Brook in goals scored and ninth in points with thirty-six.
Lisa is currently a physical education teacher at Northport-East Northport School District and head coach of the girls' junior varsity soccer team. Over the years, Lisa is an accomplished coach in various aspects; she was the L.I Select team head coach for women's soccer, head coach of East Woods school girls' varsity basketball team, former assistant volleyball coach at Stony Brook just to name a few. She was a recent member and team captain of the Long Island Lady Rough Riders from 1997-1998 and is a present member of USSF NYS Championship team for the Brentwood, NY Soccer Club.
In 1989-90, Yves Simon led the Patriots in steals and blocked shots while dominating games on the boards. That same year, he led his team to the ECACs, where the Patriots took home the championship and Yves took home Most Valuable Player honors. A highlight of his career was when he hit the 1000-career point mark during a home game against the Lancers of Worcester State College. Yves continued great play resulted in another trip back to the ECACs and NCAA tournament in 1991. In his four years at Stony Brook, Yves averaged just over eight rebounds per game for his career and set Stony Brook's all-time record for career rebounds with 905. Yves ranks tenth all time at Stony Brook with 1,156 total points scored and is one of only 17 players to score 1,000 or more points in a career. He also holds Stony Brook's all-time career record for most games played with 113 and steals with 195. Simon is fourth in blocks with 97.
In his first season with the team, Jon Cayle was able to win a position in the 2-seat of the varsity heavyweight eight. He solidified his hold on this position in each of the following two seasons which included the incredible 1976 season when the Heavy Eight was undefeated in regular season competition. Soon after graduation, Jon earned his civilian pilot's license and then joined the US Navy. After graduation from Aviation Officer Candidate School where he flew F-14's, Jon cruised the Mediterranean on the USS Kitty Hawk and the USS Carl Vinson to obtain his experience as a Naval Fighter pilot and subsequently as an instructor. He then graduated from Navy Medical School and followed that with a General Surgery internship and a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
From 1991-93 Jon headed the Obstetrics Department at the US Naval Hospital in Rota, Spain where he also worked with NASA on abort sites for several space shuttle flights. A respected researcher, Jon is often called upon to present his work on amniotic fluid volume during gestation and he is presently conducting research in human factors in aircraft accidents. Recently promoted to the rank of Captain, Jon is in his 24th year in the Navy. In addition to flying and training pilots to fly the F-18 Super Hornet, the cutting-edge in fighter aircraft, Jon spends much of his time seeing patients as the Senior Flight Surgeon and staff Obstetrician/gynecologist at the Naval Hospital in Lemoore, California.
Daniel Kaye was a dominant figure on men's soccer team. A skillful and tenacious player with a great passing ability, his exceptional level of play and leadership led the Patriots to an 8-1-2 record for the first winning season in team history. During his sophomore year, the team suffered only one losing season with a 4-6-2 mark, when he was troubled by a sore knee for mostly all that year. He was named first-team M.I.S.C, Division II MVP in Stony Brook's first year in the league in 1969, when Stony Brook finished second and again the following year, when the Patriots went on to win the championship in 1970. In his final two years as co-captain, the team posted 8-3-1 and 9-1-2 records respectively, for an overall four-year record of 29-11-7, which is the best four-year record in the team's history. For his outstanding play, Danny was selected first-team all conference in his junior and senior years. He ranks third all-time in assists at Stony Brook with 13.
Danny is employed by Honeywell International and is Principal Engineer in the Specialty Materials Sector. He has served on projects that have taken him not only throughout the continental U.S but to remote areas of the world including Europe and Russia. He is a qualified instructor in the state of Virginia in single engine and multi-engine airplanes, single engine seaplanes and a certified motorcycle instructor. He also has given generously of his time in coaching youth soccer in the New York metropolitan area and Virginia. Danny is a lifetime member of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).
A tennis player of Bruno Barbera's caliber had never graced Stony Brook's tennis program before the spring of 1993, when Bruno joined the Stony Brook men's tennis team. During the fall of 1993, Bruno competed and won the Northeast Regional ITA Rolex Tennis Championship. He was later recognized as the top player in the region, when he became the first Stony Brook player to receive the number-one seed at the MCTC Championship. By winning every singles match of the regular season and all except one match in doubles, Bruno finished the regular season with a 10-1 team record. He captured three consecutive singles championships at the MCTC and was also a two-time Northeast ITA Regional Rolex champion in 1993 and 1994. His accomplishments throughout his junior campaign resulted in him being named Stony Brook Men's Athletics Athlete of the Year and a number-two ranking in Division III. His efforts qualified him for the NCAA Division III National Championships. He went on to earn All-American honors in singles competition in 1994 and followed up that performance with a trip back to the NCAA Division III National Championships in 1995, once again earning All-American honors in singles competition. Bruno received awards for his performance on and off the court. The three-time team MVP finished his distinguished career at Stony Brook with an impressive 39-1 dual singles match record and 35-5 dual doubles match record.
Stony Brook currently has thirty-eight former athletes and coaches in the Hall of Fame. The Hall was started in 1991 with the first group of inductees, Stuart Goldstein '74 and Rollie Massimino.
