WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five former
student-athletes and two coaches will be enshrined into the
Gallaudet University Hall of Fame on Sunday, October 31, as part of
Homecoming 2010. The GU Hall of Fame Class of 2010 includes
Darin Scott Clauson, Karen Alana
Gilbert, David Stewart Hamilton,
Martin G. Minter, James Alan
Segala, Pierre Sevigny and Robert
H. Westermann. A brunch will be held in their honor on
Sunday morning at 10 a.m. in the Ole Jim on the campus of Gallaudet
University.
The Gallaudet University Hall of Fame Induction is one of the
premier events of the year for the GU Athletics Department. The
special event recognizes the men and women, past and present, whose
contributions to Gallaudet University Athletics have been deemed
worthy of induction into the GU Hall of Fame.
Tickets are currently on-sale and can be purchased by completing
the order form below. Please return your completed form with
payment to the Gallaudet University Athletics Department. Please
understand physical tickets will not be mailed to you. Your seats
will be reserved under your name. When you check-in on October 31
you will be directed to your table.
A brief description of this year's
inductees:
Darin Scott Clauson, '95 (Baseball) is a
four-year baseball letter winner where he played over 100 games for
the buff and blue and set many school records. Clauson was a
three-time all-conference honoree by the Capital Athletic
Conference. The outfielder was named to the first-team twice (1994,
'95) and the second team once (1993). He led the Bison to a
13-18-1 record his senior year where he posted some program best
numbers for a season such as 48 hits, 46 runs batted in, 37 runs,
16 doubles and three home runs. He is a four-time Most Valuable
Player for the Bison baseball program. He amassed a .417 career
batting average and broke school records in runs, hits, doubles and
runs batted in. He also played football while at Gallaudet.
Karen Alana Gilbert, E-'95 (Volleyball) became
the first-ever Gallaudet University student-athlete to earn Capital
Athletic Conference Player of the Year in any sport when she was
selected to the high honor in 1992. The sophomore middle hitter led
the CAC in blocks and service aces. The Bison went onto win the
program's first-ever CAC championship and a 33-13 record. Her
358 blocks and 118 service aces in a season are still CAC
single-season records along with her 2.63 blocks per game average
and 195 block assists. She also holds two CAC career records for
matches played (182) and service aces (346). Gilbert was selected
to four All-CAC first teams (1991, '92, '95,
'96). She was an American Volleyball Coaches Association
(AVCA) All-Region second team honoree in 1992. She helped the Bison
win two more CAC championships in 1995 and '96.
David Stewart Hamilton, '92 (Men's
Basketball) played two seasons as a key member of the
Gallaudet University men's basketball program in the late
1980's. The NCAA Division I transfer from Southern Illinois
University made an immediate impact with the Bison as he quickly
netted 1,000 points in two seasons. He was the team's Most
Valuable Player both seasons at Kendall Green. He scored his
1,000th career point against cross-town rival Catholic University
of America. He was named the 1987 Gallaudet Bison Player of the
Year his senior year. He concluded his career with 1,074 points. He
helped to turn around a Bison program that posted a 1-19 record the
year before he arrived. In two seasons, Gallaudet went 31-22. He
also played football at GU as a punter. Hamilton served as an
assistant GU basketball coach in 1990.
Martin G. Minter (Men's Soccer) coached
the men's soccer program during the 1970's-80's
where he posted eight winning season. Marty, as he was better known
by, maximized the talents of his players and pushed them to achieve
greatness. He was a teacher, scholar and a coach. In addition to
soccer he also coached the baseball program from 1968-79, 1981-83.
Coach Minter passed away May 12, 1994. There is a framed lithograph
and plaque posted in the Gallaudet University Field House honoring
Coach Minter. It states; “A person who saw ability in others,
cared, modeled, expected and got the best from those he
touched.” There is a scholarship in his honor given out each
year by the GU Department of Physical Education.
James Alan Segala, '93 (Football) led the
Gallaudet football program to back-to-back Atlantic Collegiate
Football Conference (ACFC) championships in 1988 and 1989. His
sophomore year (1987) he ranked seventh in NCAA Division III
football for passing and was 11th in '88 as he was named ACFC
Offensive Player of the Year. The four-year starter at quarterback
finished his senior year in 1989 with 1,770 passing yards to go
with 17 touchdowns. He was also a leader on the ground as he
finished the 1989 campaign as the second leading rusher on the team
with 276 yards and four touchdowns. Segala selected by the ACFC
twice (1988, '89) as a first-team all-conference honoree.
Segala was also a star on the diamond where he played four years
for the Bison baseball program. He was named the 1989 Gallaudet
Bison Player of the Year. Segala was named to the All-Blue Grey
Baseball Conference first team as a catcher and tabbed the
conference player of the year in 1990.
Pierre Sevigny, '61 (Wrestling) never wrestled
before he enrolled at Gallaudet but he graduated as a highly
decorated grappler. The native Canadian started at Gallaudet in
1956 and decided to pick-up the sport of wrestling. His sophomore
year, Sevigny was won the 157-pound division at the Mason-Dixon
championships. Sevigny helped to draw crowds to the Hughes
Gymnasium as Gallaudet locked up with some big Division I schools
in the region. At one point in his four-year wrestling career
Sevigny won 13 consecutive matches. The team captain earned the
Thompson Clayton award for leadership and dedication.
Robert H. Westermann (Football) in four years
as the Gallaudet football coach posted a stellar 27-13 record from
1985-88 and left with the second most victories in program history
behind Charles Ely (1891-96, '98-1901, '03) and
Frederick Hughes (1918-35) who both won 46 games in their
respective tenure. Westermann's .675 winning percentage is
the best in the program's 117-year history. The 1986 Bison
team posted a 7-4 record to give the Bison their first winning
season since 1930. He also coached the program's only NCAA
Division III All-American first-team selection offensive lineman
Shannon Simon. Coach Westermann went out a champion as the Bison
won his final game in 1988 when Gallaudet took down St. John
Fisher, now a NCAA Division III power, 21-17 to win the Atlantic
Collegiate Football Conference championship. Westermann also served
as GU's Athletic Director while at Kendall Green.
Last year, the GU Athletics Department inducted seven into the
Hall of Fame including; Charles L. Hammack,
Robert Jackson, Richard A.
Jacobs, Touria Ouahid Boren,
Michelle Poole, Vincent Todd
Silvestri and Shannon D. Simon.
To be considered for the GU Athletic Hall of Fame one must be a
former Bison student-athlete, coach and/or contributor that is five
years removed from the University. One must be nominated in writing
and submitted to the Gallaudet University Alumni Association.
Inductees can be deaf, hard of hearing or hearing. The GU Athletics
Department would like to thank the GUAA for collecting this year's
nominations.
For more information about this year's Hall of Fame event please
contact Anna Hall in the GU Athletics Department at anna.hall@gallaudet.edu.
GU Hall of Fame Class of 2010
Darin Scott Clauson, '95 (Baseball)
Karen Alana Gilbert, E-'95 (Volleyball)
David Stewart Hamilton, '92 (Men's Basketball)
Martin G. Minter (Men's Soccer)
James Alan Segala, '93 (Football)
Pierre Sevigny, '61 (Wrestling)
Robert H. Westermann (Football)
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