UDMessenger

Volume 12, Number 3, 2004


Three-sport standout among eight inducted
into Athletics Hall of Fame 

A group of three women and five men, representing eight different sports, were inducted Nov. 14 into the University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame.

The 2003 class brings to 60 the total number of former UD athletes, coaches and friends who have been so honored. Plaques listing the accomplishments of each of the honorees will hang in the concourse of the Bob Carpenter Center.

The class of 2003 includes:

Lauren Baugher

A rare three-sport standout, Lauren Baugher excelled as a goalkeeper in lacrosse, a midfielder in field hockey and as a third baseman in softball for the Blue Hens in 1992-97. A durable and dependable leader, Baugher never missed a game, starting all 263 contests in the three sports during her career. Baugher played for nationally ranked field hockey teams, leading the 1994 team to the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) regular season title and earning All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors in 1995. She scored 27 career goals, including a UD record 13 game-winners. In softball, she was a two-time All-NAC selection and a second team All-Region selection in 1996. A .325 career hitter, she held school records for career hits, doubles and runs batted in upon her graduation in 1997. A resident of Framingham, Mass., Baugher is a physical education teacher, head softball coach and assistant girl's basketball coach at Newton North High School, Newton, Mass.

Daryl Brown

No Blue Hen ever rushed for more yards in a game, season or career than Daryl Brown, a punishing fullback. He played on some of Delaware's greatest teams, leading the squad to two Yankee Conference titles and three NCAA Division I-AA tournament appearances, including a trip to the semifinals in 1992, and set 14 school rushing records. A 1995 Delaware graduate, he earned consensus All-American honors in 1994. Brown, who lives in Newark with his wife, Pat, and their two children, is a youth counselor at the Ferris School in Wilmington, Del.

Dave DeWalt

Few University of Delaware athletes have been as dominant in their sport as Dave DeWalt was as a 177- and 190-pound wrestler in 1982-86. DeWalt posted a career record of 101-9, winning 39 straight at one point, and established standards for career pins, career dual points, fastest pin (12 seconds) and wins in a season (28 in both 1983-84 and 1984-85). DeWalt became Delaware's first individual sport All-American in 1986 when he placed seventh at the NCAA championships at the 190-pound class. He won a school-record three East Coast Conference titles and advanced to the NCAA championships three times. The first wrestler to be inducted into the Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame, DeWalt lives in Danville, Calif., with his wife, Mary Kat, and their three children. He is president and chief executive officer of Documentum, a national leader in enterprise content management.

Bob Hannah

Baseball coach Bob Hannah won more games than any coach in University of Delaware history, leading the Hens to a 36-year mark of 1,053-464-6 between 1965 and 2000. He was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1991, was a charter member of the Delaware Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994 and was selected to the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 1977. He guided his teams to 12 NCAA regional appearances, 22 conference titles, and the school's only College World Series appearance in 1970. Hannah coached 25 All-Americans and 33 Major League draft selections during his tenure, including current major league players Kevin Mench of the Texas Rangers and Mike Koplove of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The UD baseball stadium is named in his honor. Hannah is retired and lives in Newark with his wife, June.

Colleen McNamara Cimador

One of the top frontcourt players in Delaware women's basketball history, Colleen McNamara was a dominant force inside throughout her four seasons with the Blue Hens. The 1992 North Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Year, "Mac" earned

All-NAC honors each of the next three seasons. She established 14 school records during her career and graduated in 1995 as Delaware's all-time leader for points, rebounds, blocked shots and double-figure scoring games. One of just three players in UD history with more than 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, she averaged double-figure scoring all four years. McNamara, who lives in New York City with her husband, Gerald Cimador, is a senior account executive with CBS Sportsline.com.

Tony Stalloni

A rock-solid 5-7 lineman under Hall of Fame coach Bill Murray, Tony Stalloni led Delaware to national recognition on the gridiron. One of three brothers who played football for the Blue Hens, the four-year standout at tackle was a member of teams that went unbeaten for 31 straight games over three seasons, culminating in a perfect 10-0 record and Delaware's first Associated Press Small College national title in 1946. He served as team captain for the 1946 squad when he earned first team Associated Press All-American honors, and was named the Mason-Dixon Conference Most Valuable Player. A native of Chester, Pa., he signed a professional contract with the Baltimore Colts and later served as a UD graduate assistant coach in 1947-48. He was also named to the Delaware Football All-Time team in 1989 as a defensive tackle. He died in 1983.

Barbara Viera

A pioneer and tireless supporter of women's athletics at all levels, Barbara Viera built a national and international reputation for excellence during her 27-year volleyball head coaching career at Delaware. She posted a career record of 682-429-4 during the longest tenure in UD women's athletics history, ranking No. 7 on the all-time NCAA Division I win list. Her teams advanced to postseason play every year during her career and participated in four national tournaments. She was named conference Coach of the Year four times and led her team to three conference titles and the 1979 EAIAW Eastern title. The UD volleyball court is named in her honor as is the Delaware High School Volleyball Sportsmanship Award. Viera, who lives in Newark, remains active in youth and adult sports, both locally and nationally.

Vic Willis

Vic Willis played one season of baseball with the Blue Hens and later served as head coach. He was the captain of the 1897 Delaware baseball team and later returned to serve as head coach in 1907, leading the team to a then-record eight wins, and part of the 1908 campaign. The Cecil County, Md., native gained fame as a standout major league pitcher, hurling for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals in 1898-1910, compiling 249 career wins, 50 shutouts, a 2.63 ERA and 388 complete games. The righthander won 20 or more games eight times and set a league record with 45 complete games in 1902. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 1977. He died in 1947.