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Dominique Liguori Damian to Join Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame on February 7th

Newest member join likes of Vince Lombardi and Frankie Frisch

2015 Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame Brochure
 
Bronx, N.Y. (January 15, 2015) - The ranks of Fordham University Athletic Hall of Fame will grow by seven on Saturday, February 7th, as the Rams induct the newest class at the annual Hall of Fame Awards Lunch at 2:15 p.m. in Fordham's McGinley Center located on the school's Bronx campus.
 
12245Joining the likes of such Fordham notables as Frankie Frisch, Vince Lombardi, Vin Scully, Wellington Mara and Peter Harnisch will be Erin Brooks, GSB '04 (Softball), Matt DiBuono, FCRH '09 (Track & Field), Dominique Liguori Damian, FCRH '09 (Tennis), Mark Porcaro, FCRH '04 (Track & Field), Marcus Stout, GSB '08 (Basketball), Kevin Sullivan, GSB '74 (Water Polo), and Marcus Taylor, GSB '07 (Football).
 
Liguori is one of the top women's tennis players in Fordham history and joins her mother and current women's tennis coach, Bette-Ann Speliotis Liguori in the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame, becoming the first mother-daughter combination in the Hall of Fame.  She was a four-year team MVP and compiled a perfect 19-0 in singles action as a senior, which included winning the Eastern Collegiate Invitational as the #1 seeded player. Liguori did not lose a dual singles match in last two years at Fordham and was named First Team All-Atlantic 10 in 2007 and 2009 and Second Team All-Atlantic 10 in 2008.

Check in for the 2015 Hall of Fame ceremony will begin at 1:00 p.m. with lunch being served at 1:30 p.m. The formal induction ceremony will begin at approximately 2:15 p.m.  New York Yankees announcer, and Fordham alum, Michael Kay will serve as the Master of Ceremony at the lunch. 
 
Following the ceremony, the Hall of Famers will attend the Fordham-Saint Louis men's basketball game in the Rose Hill Gym at 4:00 p.m., a game that will be televised live on the NBC Sports Network, with the new class being introduced to the crowd at halftime.
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