2012 Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame Photo Gallery
Feb. 28, 2012
Bronx. N.Y. -
The ranks of Fordham University Athletic Hall of Famers grew by eight on Saturday, February 25th, as the Rams inducted the newest class at the annual Hall of Fame Awards Brunch in the McGinley Center.
Joining the likes of such Fordham notables as Frankie Frisch, Vince Lombardi, Vin Scully, Wellington Mara and Peter Harnisch were Bob Cole, GSB '78 (Baseball), Bob Cooney, FCRH `29 (Baseball), Kate Davis Barrick, FCRH `06 (Softball), Erika Newell, FCRH '05 (Swimming), Maik Wiedenbach, FCRH '01 (Swimming), Dan Wolleben, FCRH '04 (Rowing), Deric Zaphire, FCRH '03 (Track & Field) and Maureen Zivic, GSB '05 (Track & Field).
The day started with a special mass at the University Church and the Hall of Famers and their guest then assembled in the McGinley Center Ballroom for the formal induction ceremony. Master of Ceremony Michael Kay, FCRH '82 introduced each new Hall of Famer and they were presented their Hall of Fame plaque by University President, Fr. Joseph McShane, S.J. and Executive Director of Athletics, Frank McLaughlin, FCRH '69.
Following the awards ceremony, Cole spoke on behalf of the group, relaying anecdotes from the other Hall of Famers, which of which included a theme of friendship and thankfulness.
"When I spoke with each of the other inductees they all spoke about different things but the one common bond was the great experiences they had a Fordham," said Cole. "They spoke of the lifelong friends they made here and how Fordham prepared them for life after college."
Cole then spoke of his own experience at Fordham, how he knew he would attend Fordham at an early age, and then quoted one of the most famous Fordham Hall of Famers.
"Another member of this Hall of Fame is famous for saying `Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing'," said Cole. "Today we all consider ourselves winners because of the opportunities a Fordham education afforded us."
Fr. McShane then spoke to those in attendance, expanding on the theme of family and how the teammates and classmates in attendance shared in the success of the new class.
"I was really impressed at the response from the teammates and classmates when a Hall of Famer was announced," said McShane. "I think it shows that this is Fordham, a place where men and women rejoice, not so much in their own recognition, but in the victory of friends. This says volumes about what Fordham is and who we are, men and women for others and with others."
The president then congratulated and thanked the new class. "Thank you for inspiring your friends and families and inviting them to show generosity and spirit," said McShane. "We at Fordham thank you all in a very special way."
There was also a special guest at the 2012 Hall of Fame ceremony, the New York Giants 2012 Lombardi Trophy. The trophy was on display and available for photo opportunities for the new Hall of Famers and their families.
Here is a bio on each of the new Fordham Athletic Hall of Famers:
BOB COLE, GSB '78 - BASEBALL
A 1978 graduate of the Gabelli School of Business, Bob Cole was a four-year pitcher for the Rams who left his mark on the Fordham record book.
After walking on to the team as a freshman, Cole went on to have a successful career as a relief pitcher, graduating with school records for most appearances (19) and saves (7) in a season as well as career marks for both categories (43 appearances and 13 saves).
Cole currently ranks sixth in career ERA at 2.63 and tied for fifth in career saves with 13. He completed his four-year career with an 8-1 record, while having three seasons with an ERA under 2.12.
In 1978, Cole helped Fordham win the Metropolitan Championship, going 5-0 with seven saves out of the bullpen. The 1978 team also advanced to the championship game of the ECAC Championship.
A native of Floral Park, N.Y., Cole and his wife, Mary, currently live in Garden City, N.Y. They are the parents of four: Scott, Ashley, Bill and Emily, and the grandparents of two: Griffin and Kaitlyn. Cole is currently the Senior Vice President of News America Marketing, a News Corporation company.
BOB CONNEY, FCRH '29 - BASEBALL
A 1929 Fordham College at Rose Hill graduate, the late Bob Cooney was a mainstay with the Fordham baseball nine in the 1920's.
Despite playing over 80 years ago, Cooney is still listed among the Fordham all-time pitching leaders. He is currently tied for first all-time with six complete game shutouts (tied with Ed Estwanick) and ranks third in career complete games (15) and 15th in wins (17). His Fordham four-year career record was 64-18.
In single season marks, Cooney set the Fordham single-season ERA mark at 0.85 in 1927, helping Fordham to a 15-6 record and set the consecutive scoreless innings streak at 30 innings, which was later tied by Hank Borowy. He was also a part of the team record for consecutive scoreless innings at 39 and team ERA at 1.22 in 1929.
Cooney has the second-highest strikeout game for an extra inning affair with 18 in a 14-inning game against Columbia (the nine-inning record is 18, extra inning mark is 19) and was a member of the 1926 Eastern Championship team that went 24-3.
A native of Glens Falls, N.Y., Cole went on to a career in professional baseball following his graduation from Fordham, eventually playing two years in the major leagues for the St. Louis Browns in 1931 and 1932. He passed away in Glens Falls in 1976. Cole was inducted into the Glens Falls Area Baseball Society and Hall of Fame in 2007.
KATE DAVIS BARRICK, FCRH '06 - SOFTBALL
A 2006 Fordham College at Rose Hill graduate, Kate Davis Barrick was the driving force behind the ascension of Fordham softball to national prominence, helping the Rams to their first ever regular season Atlantic 10 title.
Barrick played the outfield for three seasons at Fordham from 2004-06, after transferring from Ohio University, starting 169 of the 170 games she appeared in. She helped the Rams to three Atlantic 10 Tournament berths, two Atlantic 10 Championship game appearances (2005 and 2006) and the 2005 Atlantic 10 regular season title.
A three-time All-Atlantic 10 selection from 2004-06 (First Team in 2006, 2004 and 2005 when there was only one All-Conference team), Barrick won Atlantic 10 Player of the Year honors in 2005, becoming the first Fordham female athlete to earn A-10 Player of the Year honors.
Barrick twice was honored as an NFCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region selection, being named to the Second Team in 2004 and to the First Team in 2005, and was also a 2005 ECAC All-Star.
When she graduated in 2006, Barrick held the school career records for home runs (hitting 35 to shatter the previous record of nine), RBI, total bases and slugging percentage, a record that still stands today. She still ranks in the top five at Fordham in RBI, runs, batting average, doubles, home runs, total bases, and slugging percentage.
In 2004, Barrick set the Fordham single season mark with 13 home runs and then surpassed that in 2005 with 14, marks that were also Atlantic 10 single season records. She also set single season school records for total bases, slugging percentage and hits.
A native of Hanover, Pennsylvania, Barrick and her husband, Greg, reside in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with their son, Levi, and daughter, Sarah, who was born on Valentine's Day. She served as the head softball coach at Hood College for four years before stepping down in January.
ERIKA NEWELL, FCRH '05 - SWIMMING
A 2005 graduate of Fordham College at Rose Hill, Erika Newell, transferred to Fordham for her sophomore year, where she rewrote the women's record book in each of her three years at Rose Hill
Newell's top season was her senior year where she became Fordham's first-ever multi-event winner at the Atlantic 10 championships, winning the 100 and 200 backstroke, setting an Atlantic 10 record in the 100 backstroke. She set four individual school records and two relay records as a senior.
Newell capped her senior year by being named recipient of the 2005 Hobbes Family Award as the school's outstanding female athlete.
In her first year at Rose Hill, Newell earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors in the 100 backstroke and then earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors in the 50 freestyle as a junior.
Newell graduated with a total of nine school records, the most by any Fordham swimmer, and she still holds the 100 back record.
A native of Branford, Connecticut, Newell enlisted in the U.S. Army following graduation, serving in the Army for 5 years as a Human Intelligence Sergeant. Her Army career included a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2007 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom and she also served in the Field Office Southwest Asia, Kuwait as a Liaison with Foreign Officials. She currently resides in Tucson, Arizona, were she serves as a manager for Gold's Gym with plans on returning to school to pursue a degree in Exotic Animal Training and Management to specialize in dolphin behavior.
MAIK WIEDENBACH, FCRH '01 - SWIMMING
Maik Wiedenbach, a 2001 Fordham College at Rose Hill graduate, was one of the top male swimmers at Fordham in the late 1990's and early 2000's.
Wiedenbach opened his Fordham career with a fourth-place showing in the 100 freestyle at the 1999 championships.
As a sophomore in 1999-2000, Wiedenbach broke three Fordham records, individually in the 50 and 100 freestyle and as a member of the 800 freestyle relay. He broke the 50 and 100 freestyle records at the 2000 Atlantic 10 championships, finishing second in both events to garner Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors and went on to place second in both races at the 2000 ECAC Championships. The 100 freestyle record that he broke was one of the oldest at Fordham, having been set 24 years earlier. All told as a sophomore, Wiedenbach had 19 first-place finishes in regular-season competition and he capped the year by winning the 2000 Vincent T. Lombardi Award, presented annually to the top male athlete at Fordham.
In 2000-01, Wiedenbach closed out his Fordham career with a fifth-place finish in the 100 free at the 2001 Atlantic 10 Championships and he was named to the 2001 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team.
A native of Radolfzell, Germany, Wiedenbach currently resides in Astoria, N.Y., where he is the owner of Adler Training.
Dan Wolleben, FCRH '04 - ROWING
A 2004 graduate of Fordham College at Rose Hill, Dan Wolleben was a mainstay with the men's rowing program, winning a national championship all four years at Rose Hill.
A four-year member of the men's varsity crew, Wolleben was a four-time Varsity National Championship Gold Medalist, winning the Dad Vail championship three times and the ECAC National Championship once, while stroking two of those championship winning crews to victory. He is a member of a very unique list of rowers in the history of collegiate rowing to win a major national college championship all four years on the varsity level.
Wolleben was a member of two top ten nationally ranked lightweight eights as a sophomore and junior and a three-time New York State Champion. He also competed at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta three times, advancing to the grand final twice.
A team captain both his junior and senior years, Wolleben was a member of the Senior National Team Development Camp in the summer of 2003 at the Nereid Boat Club in New Jersey, where he stroked the senior lightweight four to a gold medal at the U.S. National Championship Regatta. He also medaled in several other events at U.S. Nationals and competed in the grand finals at the Canadian Henley Regatta.
Following graduation, Wolleben served as an assistant coach for the Rams from 2004-2007 and then moved on to coach at Bucknell University where he still coaches and where he was named Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic Assistant Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2011.
A native of Guilford, Connecticut, Wolleben and his wife, Megan, a 2004 Fordham graduate who was a member of the Fordham women's crew, currently reside in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
DERIC ZAPHIRE, FCRH '03 - TRACK & FIELD
A 2003 Fordham College at Rose Hill graduate, Deric Zaphire was a school record setter and All-Atlantic 10 performer over his career.
Zaphire set the school record in the indoor 500m (the mark was broken this winter) and has the second fastest 400m hurdles time in school history, behind Fordham Hall of Famer Tim Marshall.
In 2002, Zaphire was named Second Team All-Atlantic 10 with a second place showing in the indoor 500m and went on to earn All-East honors in the event. Outdoors as a junior, Zaphire earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 and All-East accolades in the 400m hurdles.
As a senior in 2003, Zaphire again earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors with a second place finish in the indoor 500m, as well as All-East honors, and took second in the 400m hurdles at the Atlantic 10 outdoor championships to garner Second Team All-A10 accolades. He also again earned All-East honors in the outdoor 400m.
Over his four-year career, Zaphire also won numerous Metropolitan championship titles, both individually and on relays.
A native of the Bronx, Zaphire is also a Fordham Prep graduate. He and his wife, Julia, currently reside in Manhattan where he serves as mortgage consultant.
MAUREEN ZIVIC, GSB '05 - TRACK & FIELD
A 2006 graduate of the Gabelli School of Business, Zivic was the top women's runners at the school from 2003-06, winning two Atlantic 10 championships.
Zivic set school records in the indoor 400m (56.84) and 500m (1:14.63) as well as being a member of school record indoor 4x400 relay and the 4x200 relay that set a school record at the 2003 Penn Relays.
A 2005 Atlantic 10 indoor champion in the 500m as a junior, Zivic was also a member of the outdoor 4x800 relay team in 2005 that won its race at the Penn Relays and took second at the A-10 Championships to earn Second Team All-League honors. She earned her second Atlantic 10 title with a win in the 800m at the 2006 outdoor championship as a senior.
As a sophomore, Zivic earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors by placing second in the 500m at the 2004 indoor championships.
Zivic broke the Fordham 500m record with a 1:16.34 clocking at the Metropolitan Championships in 2004 and then reset the school record for the 500m (1:14.63) in 2005 and also set the school mark in the 400m (56.84) in 2006, qualifying for the ECAC Championships for each race.
Academically, Zivic was named Academic All-Atlantic 10 for indoor track in 2004 and 2005 and Academic All-Atlantic 10 for outdoor track in 2005. She was the 2006 recipient of the Benedict T. Harter award, presented to the Gabelli School of Business senior athlete who has made significant academic and athletic contributions.
A native of Corapolis, Pennsylvania, Zivic currently resides in Manhattan where she is the Business Manager for OLO.com.
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