Stony Brook University Athletics

Inductees

Class of 1991

Stuart Goldstein '74

• Stony Brook University 1st All- American, Squash

Rollie Massimino, Men's Basketball coach

• 2nd Highest winning percentage in USB history .636
• Led USB to 1st post-season appearance
• NCAA Division I National Championship @ Villanova

Class of 1992

Jack Esposito '68 

• 11 Varsity letters: Soccer (4), Cross Country (2), Track (4), Wrestling (1)

A. Henry von Mechow 1952- 91

• 1st Coach
• 1st Athletic Director
• 1st Physical Education Department Chair

Class of 1993

Frank Ross M.D. '81 

• Founder of Men's Lacrosse Program 1978
• Four-Year letter winner
• Four-Year Captain

Janet Travis, '80

• 13 Varsity Letters in Five sports: Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, Tennis, and Field Hockey
• Three-Time Athlete of the Year
• Six-Time Team MVP in three sports

Class of 1994

Theodore G. Eppenstein, '68 Men's Basketball 

• Men's Basketball team MVP 1965-68
• Holds fourteen Stony Brook University records: Most career points, most points in a season, most points in a game, PPG average, and most rebounds, most FG's, most FT's
• All Metropolitan Honorable Mention
• Wingate Memorial Medal-Athletics, Scholarship, and Character
• Distinguished Alumni Award 1991

Cordella Hill, '82 Women's Basketball

• Four-Year letter winner
• 1,334 Career points
• Team MVP 1982
• New York State All- Championship team '81 and '82
• All- Region Team '82

Class of 1995

Janet Byrne, '81- Women's Volleyball 

• Team MVP, '80 & '81
• Team Captain, '80 &'81
• USB Most Valuable Female Athlete, '82
• USB Scholar Athlete of the Year
• All- New York State Championship team '80 & '81
• Leadership, Dedication, and Success

Class of 1996

Chuck Downey, ' 88 Football 

• Team MVP 1986 & 1987
• ECAC Player of the Year '87
• 1st Team All- American '87
• 2nd Team All- American '86
• 33 USB Records
• 12 NCAA Football records

Jan Fellenz- Bender, '83 Men's Swimming

• Team MVP 1981- 82 & 1982- 83
• Six time All- American 1980- 83
• All- Metropolitan Conference
• NY A.I.A.W Champion '83
• Eleven USB swimming records
• Seven Metropolitan Conference records

Peter Goldschmidt, '73 Men's Soccer

• Team MVP 1970 & 1972
• Captain 1971 & 1972
• Four-Year M.I.S.C All- Star
• U.S Olympic Development Team '68
• Drafted By NY Cosmo's of N.A.S.I '74
• A.S.L All- Star '75

Detra Sarris, '83 Women's Basketball and Softball

• Four-year starter, Basketball
• Three-year starter, Softball @ short stop
• Basketball MVP 1982- 83
• USB Basketball career leader in FG %
• Single season record holder for FG%
• .330 Career Hitter (softball)

Class of 1997

Tom Aird, '85 Men's Swimming 

• Varsity 1981- 85
• Three-Time All- American
• 1st USB Swimming All- American
• Four time National Qualifier
• Hold two USB swimming records
• Nine time Metropolitan Champion
• ECAC Merit Award
• Scholar Athlete Award
• Joe Stetz award

Michelle White, '87 Women's Basketball

• Varsity 1983- 87
• Kodak 1st Team All- American
• Sixth leading scorer in Division III history
• All- time USB scoring leader (Men's and Women's basketball)
• Hold all USB scoring records
• Led team in scoring, assists, and steals four times
• Four time MVP
• Three-year captain
• Two- Time athlete of the Year
• ECAC All-Star

Class of 1998

Leslie Hathaway-Cassidy, '89 Women's Basketball 

• 1,471 Career points
• District I Academic All- American, '88
• Top 10 in rebounds in Division III, '88
• All- Time USB leader in Rebounds
• All- Time Career field goal percentage leader (.510)
• 2nd All- Time Career steals

Lucille Gianuzzi, '84 Softball and Women's Basketball

• Four USB Softball records
• Softball MVP, '82
• NCAA Division III All- Regional Softball team
• Four-year Softball player
• All- Time USB in Singles and Runs
• Only three Strikeouts in Four years
• Three-year starter for Basketball

Denise Logan-Heuser, '77 Women's Diving and Crew

• Metropolitan Division II Three-Meter Dive Champion 1976 and 1977
• National Qualifier Champions, '76 men's and women's championships
• Co-Captain 1976
• Four-year athlete

Lisa White, '87 Women's Basketball

• 1,294 career points
• Team Captain 1985- 87
• Member of 1st team in USB history to make a NCAA appearance
• ECAC Championship, '86
• Rookie of the year, '83
• Head Athletic Trainer for the New York Liberty

Class of 1999

John Ramsey, '63- '83 Administrator and Men's Soccer Coach 

• Thirty-six years of service in the USB Athletic Department
• Chairman of the Department of Physical Education
• 1st Division of Physical Education and Athletic Director
• Founder and 1st coach of the men's soccer program
• Compiled 82-68-1 record in fifteen years as a coach
• Coached Metropolitan Division II Conference Championship team '70
• Metropolitan Coach of the Year 1970 and 1974

Gregory Speer, '71 Men's Soccer

• Four-year starter @ Midfield
• Co-Captain, '68,'69, and'70
• Leading goal scorer, '68
• Metropolitan Championship team, '70
• Member of the Metropolitan Finalist team, '69

John Ragimierski, '87 Football

• Two-Time MVP, '84 and'85
• Honorable mention Pizza Hut All- American Quarterback
• Ranked 3rd on Nation for All- Time return yards
• 2nd All- Time USB touchdown passes
• 2nd All- Time USB highest Quarterback rating 113.3
• Started four different positions in three years

William Zagger, 1992 Football & Baseball

• Two- Time football MVP, 1990 &1991
• Single season record for return yards- 961
• Single season record for kick return yards- 851
• 1st Team Liberty Conference All-Star
• Longest Interception return for a touchdown- 100 yards
• Baseball team MVP 1991
• 1st team All-Skyline Conference
• 5th highest single season batting average .437

Anastasia Nikas-DeBonis, 1993 Volleyball

• Division III Co- National player of the year 1992
• Two- Time All- American 1991 & 1992
• Two- Time Northeast Region 1991 &1992
• Three-Time All-NYS 1990, 1991, 1992
• Three-Time team MVP 1990, 1991, 92
• All- Tournament @ NCAA Final Four
• Played on two State Championship teams
• 1st USB Volleyball player to play professionally

Class of 2000

Thomas Blumbergs, '88 Men' Basketball 

• 894 career points and 535 rebounds in two seasons
• 5th All- Time blocked shots
• All- Time record for blocked shots in a season
• Team Scoring leader in 1987-88
• Team MVP 1987-88

Ronald Bryant, '87 Basketball

• 791 Career points in two seasons
• 17.9 Career scoring average
• Team leader in scoring, assists, steals in 1986-87
• Team MVP 1985-86 & 1986-87

Cheryl Chong-Hunter,'86 Track and Field

• Five- time All- American
• Three-time team MVP
• USB Female Athlete of the year,'85
• USB Record holder Javelin throw123'3"
• USB Record holder Discus throw 145'3"

Paul Klyap,'89 Football

• USB All- Time career Interception leader
• USB 2nd All-Time total tackles record
• 1st team All- ECAC '88
• Team MVP'88

Bob Snider, 1966-94 Physical Educator, Intramural Director, and Squash coach

• Founder of USB squash program
• Over 300 career victories
• Team ranked top 20 in Nation 24 times
• Coached four All-Americans
• Founded Intramural Program @ USB

Class of 2001

Katie Browngardt Renna, 1991 Women's Basketball 

• 1,527 Career points
• District III All-Region 1989-90
• Team Captain 1989-90 & 1990-91
• Team MVP 1989-90& 1990-91
• Holds SBU career record for three point percentage (.406)
• Metropolitan Coaches Association Player of the Year 1991
• 2nd All-Time in Field Goals (649) and 3rd in Rebounds (748)

Bjoun Hansen, '85 Men's Swimming

• Varsity swimming 1981-85
• Two-Time All-American
• Three-Time National Qualifier
• Holds two SB records
• Three-time Metropolitan Champions
• Two-time team MVP
• Team Captain
• NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship
• Joe Stetz Award

Dec McMullen 1982-95 Head Women's Basketball coach

• 203-109 (.651) Career record
• Two NCAA Division Tournament appearances
• Ten Post Season appearances
• ECAC champions '86
• SBU Women's Coach of the year '86 & '87
• Metropolitan Coaches Association Division III Coach of the Year '86 and '87
• Converse Division Coach of the year 1987

Robert Serratore 1992 Men's Lacrosse

• Team MVP '89, 1990,1991,1992
• Holds seven career records GAA (8.69) and Save %( .677)
• Four Single game records including GAA (6.93) and Save % (.699)
• Appeared in 1992 North/ South All-Star game

Class of 2002

Bruno Barbera, 1995 Men's Tennis 

• Three-Time team MVP 1993-95
• 39-1 Dual singles match records- 1993-1995
• 35-5 Dual doubles match records- 1993-1995
• Outstanding Senior Athlete Award 1995
• Male Athlete of the Year 1994
• Three-Time MCTC single champion (flight 1) 1993-1995
• Two-time northeast ITA Regional Rolex Championships 1993
• Ranked 2nd in National III 1993-1994
• Two-time NCAA Division III All-American 1993 and 1994

Jonathan Cayle, '76 Crew

• Three-year Oarsmen
• Two man undefeated varsity eight '76
• Metropolitan Intercollegiate Champion Varsity eight team'76

Daniel Kaye,' 71 Men's Soccer

• Team Co-Captain '69- '70
• Four-year starter @ midfield
• 1st Team M.I.S.C Division II '69- '70
• M.I.S.C MVP '69
• Member of SBU 1st Championship team M.I.S.C Division II '70

Lisa Shaffer,1990 Women's Soccer

• Division I-Northeast All-American team '89
• Team Captain 1988-90
• NYS Team '87 & '88
• NYSWCAA Tournament MVP '87
• NYSWCAA Championship team '87
• Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award 1990

Yves Simon,1991 Men's Basketball

• SBU total career points 1,156
• Four-year starter @ forward 1987-91
• Hold SBU All-Time records for most games played (113)
• SBU All-Time record for rebounds (905)
• SBU All-Time record for steals (195)
• Team MIP '88
• Member of ECAC Division III Championship team1990
• ECAC Division III MVP 1990

Class of 2005

Stuart Sharoff '81 Football 

• Pioneer of Football Program
• President, Athletic Director Advisory Council
• 2002 Distinguished Alumni University Benefactor Award Recipient
• Member, Stony Brook University Wall Street Group
• Kennth P. LaValle Stadium scoreboard renamed Sharoff Family Scoreboard in 2005

Theresa "Teri" Tiso 1981-2000 Volleyball Coach

• Most wins in school history (677)
• Highest percentage of wins in school history (71%)
• 20 or more wins in 20 of 26 seasons
• Division III postseason - 13 of 14 years
• 1992 New England Collegiate Conference Champions
• 1995 and 1997 ECAC Champions

John Brisson Jr. '76 Swimming, Crew

• Metropolitan Division III 100 meter backstroke champion
• Led team to Division III championships in 1973 and 1974
• Member of three record-setting relay teams
• Most wins in crew school history
• Member of only varsity Metropolitan Crew Championship team
• Crew Captain in 1975 and 1976

Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, University President

• Instrumental in athletics move from Division III to Division I
• Oversaw major campus building and beautification program, including Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
• Member of the board of directors of Goodwill Industries of Greater New York
• Vice chair of the board of directors of Brookhaven Science Associates

Class of 2006

Joe Nathan, Baseball 1997

• One of the premier closers in all of Major League Baseball
• Lead the Seawolves to a conference championship in 1995 and was a sixth-round draft pick of the San Francisco Giants.
• In 2004, he finished fourth in the Cy Young voting.
• The two-time All-Star was also one of only 30 players to represent the United States in the Inaugural World Baseball Championships in 2006.

Daniel Antonius, Tennis 1999

• Holds the all-time mark for the highest winning percentage in the history of the men's tennis program.
• A member of the Sigma Beta Academic Honor Society, Antonius captured the Rolex Regional Singles Championship 1997.
• Recognized nationally as he was one of only eight players invited to the Rolex National Championships in 1997.
• He was tabbed the ECAC Robbins Scholar Athlete in 1999 and was a two-time team MVP for the Seawolves.

Robert Burden, Football and Baseball 1990

• A Pizza Hut All-American third team selection in 1989
• Holds the Stony Brook all-time mark for most field goals in a game, season, and career, along with most interception return yards in a season.
• He was also a Liberty Football Conference First-Team selection in 1989 as well as team MVP.
• Standout for the baseball team as the two-sport star still ranks eighth all-time in stolen bases.

John DeMarie, Swimming

• Former head men's swimming coach and Chairman of the Physical Education Department
• DeMarie was at the helm of the men's swimming program for 16 years and led Stony Brook to their first and only undefeated season in 1987-88 as the then Patriots went 10-0.
• Captured eight titles and was named Metropolitan Coach of the Year in 1988.