(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.
Bobby Alymer, a 1992 graduate of the College of Business Administration, was a dominant pitcher for the Rams?? staff from 1987-1990, leading Fordham to three ECAC championships and three NCAA Regional appearances.
As a freshman, Aylmer helped guide Fordham to its first ECAC championship and a bid to the 1987 NCAA Regionals.
The following year, the Rams again won the ECAC title and advanced to the NCAA Regionals, with Aylmer pitching in seven of the eight postseason games that year, including starting the NCAA Regional game with Clemson that went 19 innings, an NCAA record which still stands today. He set school records that year for most saves (13) and most appearances (33) and was second in the NCAA in saves and seventh in ERA.
After missing the 1989 season due to injury, Alymer returned in 1990 to led the squad another ECAC championship and NCAA Regional, earning a win against Maine in the ECAC tournament and then defeating Arkansas an the NCAA Regional contest.
Following graduation, Alymer was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays, playing in the Toronto system for 2 ? years.
A native of Queens and a graduate of St. Francis Prep, Aylmer currently resides in Garnerville, New York with his wife, Lorraine Aylmer, a former Fordham swimmer who was inducted into the Fordham Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001, and their three children: Nicole, Taylor and Lauren. He works as a police officer with the NYPD.
Dan Gallagher, who served as head baseball coach for 21 years, inherited a team that had won 14 games and within three years, had the Rams in the ECAC Championship tournament.
He retired in 2004 with a 518-468-10 record in 21 years, finishing second to only legendary Fordham head coach Jack Coffey on the school??s all-time win list.
Included in his coaching tenure are seven league championships (three MAAC, three Patriot League and one Atlantic 10), four ECAC titles, and five NCAA Tournament berths. In two of the first four years in the Atlantic 10, Gallagher led the Rams to the Atlantic 10 Championship Tournament with the 1998 squad winning the A-10 title and advancing to the NCAA East Regional Championship.
Gallagher received the Iron Major Award in 1998, given annually to the Fordham Coach of the Year. It was the third Iron Major Trophy Gallagher earned in his 21 years at Fordham.
Under Gallagher??s guidance, a number of Fordham players have gone on to be drafted by Major League Baseball teams or sign free agent contracts. The most notable players being Pete Harnisch, who was a first round draft choice of the Baltimore Orioles, and went on to pitch for over 13 seasons in the majors, Mike Marchiano, who was a 1997 All-American and a draft pick of the Seattle Mariners, and Bobby Kingsbury, a two-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and most recently played for the Greek Olympic Baseball team at the 2004 Olympics.
A native of Brooklyn, Gallagher currently resides in Wantagh, New York. He has raised two children, Daniel Scott and Christine.
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the Fordham Athletic Promotions Office at 718-817-4300.