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UD Athletics Hall of Fame announces eight inductees

3:49 p.m., Oct. 22, 2003--Three women and five men representing eight different sports compose the seventh class of the University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame, which was announced Oct. 20 by UD Director of Athletics Edgar N. Johnson.

Members of the Class of 2003 are three-sport standout Lauren E. Baugher (’97), All-American football fullback Daryl W. Brown (’95), All-American wrestler David G. DeWalt (’86), baseball head coach Robert M. Hannah (’64), basketball star Colleen McNamara Cimador (’95), All-American football lineman Anthony E. Stalloni (’47), women’s athletics pioneer and volleyball head coach Barbara L. Viera and turn-of-the century baseball pitcher and coach Victor G. Willis, a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Mr. Stalloni and Mr. Willis are being honored posthumously.

Induction ceremonies will be held Friday, Nov. 14, at the Bob Carpenter Sports/Convocation Center, and honorees will be recognized before the UD-Massachusetts football game on Saturday, Nov. 15, at Delaware Stadium.

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

Lauren Baugher

A rare three-sport standout, Baugher excelled as a lacrosse goalkeeper, a field hockey midfielder and a softball third baseman from 1992-97. A native of Feasterville, Pa., she was a durable and dependable leader, never missing a game and, incredibly, 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 regular season title and earning All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors in 1995. She scored 27 career goals, including a UD-record 13 game-winners, and had 17 assists to rank among UD’s all-time leaders.

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 (181), doubles (38) and runs batted in (82) upon her graduation in 1997.

She resides in Framingham, Mass., and is a physical education teacher, head softball coach and assistant girls basketball coach at Newton North High School.

Daryl Brown

A punishing fullback in Tubby Raymond’s Delaware Wing-T attack, no Blue Hen ever rushed for more yards in a game, season or career than Brown. A native of Landover, Md., the 6-foot 3-inch, 240-pound Brown ran through and past defenders with his great size and speed. 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.

Named the UD Outstanding Senior Male Athlete of the Year in 1994-95, he set 14 school rushing records, including standing marks of rushing yards in a game (273 against Northeastern in 1994), season (1,469 in 1993) and career (4,587, a Yankee Conference record), as well as career touchdowns (47) and 100-yard rushing games (22).

The 1995 Delaware graduate earned consensus All-American honors after his senior season.

Brown resides in Newark with his wife, Pat, and two children. He is employed by the Ferris School in Wilmington as a youth counselor.

Dave DeWalt

Few UD athletes have been as dominant in their sport as DeWalt was as a wrestler in the 177- and 190-pound weight classifications from 1982-86. A four-year standout from Laureldale, Pa., DeWalt was nearly unbeatable, setting 12 school records during his career. He posted a career record of 101-9, winning 39 straight matches at one point, and established standards for career pins (31), career dual points (310), fastest pin (12 seconds) and wins in a season (28 in both 1983-84 and 1984-85).

A 1986 UD graduate, DeWalt became Delaware’s first All-American in an individual sport that year when he placed seventh at the NCAA championships in the 190-pound weight classification.

UD’s Outstanding Senior Male Athlete of the Year in 1985-86, DeWalt 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 UD Athletics Hall of Fame, DeWalt lives in Danville, Calif., with his wife, Mary Kat, and three children. He is president and chief executive officer of Documentum, a national leader in enterprise content management.

Bob Hannah

One of the most respected and successful coaches in the history of college baseball, Hannah won more games than any coach in UD history. The native of Trenton, N.J., was head coach for 36 years and led the Hens to a mark of 1,053-464-6 from 1965 to 2000, which ranks in the top 25 all-time in college baseball history for wins.

Hannah 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.

A 1961 and 1964 graduate of Delaware, Hannah was a five-time NCAA District Coach of the Year and a nine-time conference Coach of the Year. He coached 25 All-Americans and 33 major league baseball 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 Hannah’s honor. In addition to his duties as coach, he also chaired the UD Department of Physical Education.

Hannah is retired and resides in Newark with his wife, June.

Colleen McNamara Cimador

One of the top frontcourt players in UD women’s basketball history, McNamara was a dominant force throughout her four seasons from 1991-95 under coach Joyce Perry. She was the 1992 North Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Year, earned All-NAC honors each of the next three seasons and was named the UD Outstanding Senior Female Athlete of the Year in 1994-95.

McNamara, a native of Clarksburg, N.J., established 14 school records during her career and graduated in 1995 as UD’s all-time leader in points scored (1,560), rebounds (1,063), blocked shots (187) and double-figure scoring games (86). One of just three players in UD history with more than 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, she started all 111 games during her career and averaged double figure scoring all four years. She averaged 16.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game as a senior.

She resides in New York City with her husband, Gerald Cimador, and is a senior account executive with CBS Sportsline.com.

Tony Stalloni

A rock-solid 5-foot 7-inch lineman under Hall of Fame coach Bill Murray, Mr. Stalloni led UD to national recognition on the gridiron. A four-year standout at tackle and one of three brothers who played football for the Blue Hens, he was a member of teams that went unbeaten for 31 straight games over three seasons, culminating in a perfect 10-0 record and UD’s first Associated Press Small College national title in 1946.

Mr. Stalloni served as team captain for the squad in 1946, when he earned first team Associated Press All-American honors, was the Mason-Dixon Conference Most Valuable Player and was selected as the UD Outstanding Senior Male Athlete of the Year.

A native of Chester, Pa., Mr. Stalloni 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 All-Time Team in 1989 as a defensive tackle.

Mr. Stalloni died in 1983 after having worked as a sales representative for Doolan Steel Corp. for the previous 10 years. He resided in Wallingford, Pa.

Barb Viera

A pioneer and tireless supporter of women’s athletics at all levels, Viera built a national and international reputation for excellence during her 27-year career as UD volleyball head coach. She posted a career record of 682-429-4 during the longest tenure in UD women’s athletics history and ranks No. 7 on the all-time NCAA Division I win list.

Viera’s teams advanced to postseason play every year during her career and participated in four national tournaments, including Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) berths in 1975 and 1979 and National Invitational Volleyball Championship tournament appearances in 1992 and 1994. She was named conference Coach of the Year four times and led her team to three league titles and the 1979 Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIAW) title.

A 1963 honors graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Viera earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from Springfield College in Massachusetts and served as a physical education professor at Delaware.

She has earned numerous honors and awards for her support of athletic opportunities for girls and women. The UD volleyball court is named in her honor, as is the Delaware High School Volleyball Sportsmanship Award.

Viera, who resides in Newark, remains active in youth and adult sports both locally and nationally.

Vic Willis

Mr. Willis is UD’s lone member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., having played one season of baseball with the Blue Hens and later having served as head coach. Mr. Willis 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 baseball pitcher, hurling for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals from 1898-1910.

Mr. Willis had 249 career wins, 50 shutouts, a 2.63 earned run average and 388 complete games. The right-hander won 20 or more games eight times and set a league record with 45 complete games in 1902.

Mr. Willis, who died in 1947, was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame in 1977.

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