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FORDHAM TO INDUCT NINE INTO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME ON SUNDAY

(February 14, 2007) ?C Nine new members will be inducted into the Fordham University Athletic Hall of Fame on Sunday, February 18th prior to the Fordham-Duquesne men??s basketball game. The 2007 Hall of Famer class includes Robert Aylmer ??92 (Baseball), Susan Amelio Voltz ??83 (Swimming), Denise Corrado ??97 (Soccer), Aaron Dougherty ??95 (Football), Dan Gallagher (Baseball Coach), Mark Gibbons ??96 and Mike Lemke ??96 (Rowing), Tom Gleason ??79 (Swimming) and Bevon Robin ??01 (Basketball). The day begins with a special Hall of Fame mass in the University Church beginning at 8:30 a.m. and the Hall of Fame Brunch will begin at 10:00 a.m. in the McGinley Center Ballroom. Following the brunch, the new Hall of Famers will attend the basketball game, where they will be recognized at halftime. Aaron Dougherty, a 1995 graduate of the College of Business Administration, was one of the top defensive players for the football Rams during the 1990??s. A four-year letterman and three-year starter at linebacker, Dougherty was named First Team All-Patriot League in 1992 and 1992 and then capped his career by being named the 1993 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year while leading the conference in total tackles. Teaming with Mark Blazejewski at linebacker, the 1992 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and a 1999 Hall of Fame inductee, the pair formed one of the best linebacking duos in the Patriot League. A native of North Hampton, New Hampshire and a graduate of St. John??s Prep in Danvers, Massachusetts, Dougherty currently resides in Lincroft, New Jersey with his wife, Jennifer Garra, a former Fordham University cheerleader who also worked in the Athletic Department, and their daughter, Ella. He is employed as a director at Capital Bridge. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the Fordham Athletic Promotions Office at 718-817-4300.
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