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Athletes Inducted into the Hall of Fame
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Joseph
Andrick '40
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Football, Baseball
Legendary West Virginia High School Coach
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James R. Brogan '80
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Basketball
All-Conference Basketball
Played Professional Basketball
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The
Bachtel Brothers
Forrest '30
Art '33
Howard '34
Roy '37
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Forest: Football &
Basketball
Art: Football
Howard: Football, Basketball, Baseball
Roy: Football & Basketball
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Melissa
“Missy” Bailey '91
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Tennis
All-Conference Tennis
1989-90 Conference Player of the Year
1988 District Player of the Year
District and Conference Doubles Champions 1987-1990
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Leonard
“Feets” Barnum '37
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Football, Basketball,
Track
All-Conference Football
WV Sportswriters Hall of Fame
Played Professional Football
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Clifford “Gip” Battles '33
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Football, Basketball,
Track, Tennis
All-Conference in Football and Track
WV Sportswriters Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Linda Bauer-John ’95
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Bauer-John has the
distinction of leading the West Virginia Wesleyan women’s soccer team
as both a player and as a coach.
The native of Dundalk,
MD, played from 1991 to 1994 and was the head coach of the squad from 1997 to
1999. She finished fourth on Wesleyan’s all-time goals list with 42 and
12th in assists with 13. In 1991, she set a Wesleyan single-season record
with 19 goals. Her senior year, she was named to the All-American First Team.
As a
coach, she compiled a record of 35-5-4. Her 1997 team was runner-up in the
NCAA II tournament.
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Everett
“Brinkie” Brinkman '27
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Football, Basketball,
Baseball
WV Sportswriters Hall of Fame
Wheeling High School Coach from 1927-1955
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Gale
Bullman '25
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Football
and Basketball
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Kent
Carpenter '63
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Football
Two-Time All-Conference Football
Wesleyan Football Coach and Director of Athletics
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Dr.
Robert L. Chamberlain '42
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Pioneer in Sports
Medicine
Volunteer Team Physician for 40 Years
Wesleyan Athletic Booster
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Larry N.
Coffey '81
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Football, Track
All-Conference Football in 1978, 79, and 80
Rushed for 3,035 yards.
Played Professional Football
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Freal
“Red” Crites '31
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Football, Basketball,
Baseball
Buckhannon Football Coach
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Marvin W. Culpepper '51
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Lifetime
Supporter of Wesleyan Athletes and Athletics
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Boyd
Dotson '62
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Football, Basketball,
Track
Captain, 1961 Championship Football Team
All-Conference Football, Track
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Orville
“Tubby” Edmundson '33
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Football, Basketball,
Baseball
All-Conference Football
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Franklin
“Hank” Ellis '43
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Basketball
Three-Time All-Conference Basketball
Athlete, Coach, Director of Athletics
WVIAC All-Time Basketball, Team, Player, and Coach
WV Sportswriters Hall of Fame
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Leslie
Farr '85
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Soccer
Four Time All-Conference
Four Time All-American
Outstanding Defensive Player on National Tournament Team in 1984
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Frank J.
Feola '47
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Basketball
All-Conference Basketball
All-Tournament Basketball
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Edward F.
Garrity '26
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Football, Basketball,
Baseball
West Virginia Sportswriter Hall of Fame
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Helen McWhorter Goodwin '35
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Cheerleader
Director of Youth Programs
Pioneer in Women’s Sports
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J. William Grimes '63
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Basketball
Founder of ESPN
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Frank C.
Hedderich III '77
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Track and Field
All-Conference Track
All-American Track
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Greg B.
Hendrickson '76
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Cross Country, Track and
Field
All-American Cross Country
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Gary Hess
'59
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Basketball, Baseball,
Track and Field
All-American Basketball
Coached Basketball
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Beth
Dorsey Hindle '89
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Basketball
Scored 1,956 Points and Grabbed 973 Rebounds
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Edward J. Hood '55
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Cross Country,
Basketball, Baseball, Track and Field
All-Conference Basketball and Track and Field
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Jack A.
Johnson '66
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Football, Baseball
All-American Baseball
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John S.
Kellison '15
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Football, Track and
Field, Baseball
Played Professional Football
Coached in the NFL
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John J.
Knight '24
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Football, Basketball,
Baseball
NAIA Hall of Fame
Legendary WV High School and College Coach
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Alice
“Ace” Ross Knox '49
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Lifetime
Supporter of Athletes and Wesleyan Booster
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Derrick
Leeson '87
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Soccer
All-Conference Soccer
All-American Soccer
Coached Two National Championship Teams
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Thomas R.
Martin
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Coached Two National
Championship Teams
NAIA National Coach in 1984 and 1985
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Janet
Cherneko Mears '85
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Tennis
All-Conference Tennis
Conference Player of the Year 1983-1984
Conference Doubles Team Champion 1982-1983
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Patrick
J. Mistretta '64
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Football, Basketball,
Baseball
All-Conference Football
Honorable Mention All-American Football
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Kenneth
C. Moore '39
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Football, Basketball
All-Conference Football 1937-39
Played Professional Football
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James K.
McDonald '60
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Baseball, Basketball
All-Conference Basketball
All-American Basketball
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Earle
“Greasy” Neale '15
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Football, Basketball,
Baseball
WV Sportswriters Hall of Fame
College Sportswriters Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Played for the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Eagles.
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John
“Pete” Nye '63
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Cross
Country, Baseball, Track and Field
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Joseph E.
Oldaker '35
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Tennis, Cross Country,
Track and Field
Lifetime Supporter of Athletes and Athletics
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Wayne A.
Olexa '68
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Football,
Basketball, Baseball
All-Conference Football
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David
E. Reemsnyder ‘30
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Director of Athletics
Football, Basketball, Track
All-Conference Football
All-American Football
Coached Football, Basketball, Golf, Cross Country, Tennis
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Kenneth
H. Remley ‘60
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Basketball, Track
All-Conference Basketball
All-American Basketball
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Larry R. Rhodes '69
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Football
Offensive back of the year
All Conference Honorable Mention
All American
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Kelly Rodriguez ’30
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Rodriguez, a native of
Newark, NJ, was a four-year letterman in football and a two-year member of
the track and field team. He was a key member of Wesleyan’s first
conference championship team in 1926 as a freshman and was named All-WVIAC in
1928 and 1929. Rodriguez played under the legendary Bobcat coach Cebe Ross
and was a teammate at Wesleyan to future NFL Hall of Famer Clifford
“Gip” Battles.
Rodriguez was a
versatile player for the Bobcats, being used as a quarterback, running back,
and punter. One of Rodriguez’s more memorable games came against
Marshall on Thanksgiving Day in Huntington. The Bobcats entered the game with
a 0-4 record, but Rodriguez threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Battles and
scored on a short rushing touchdown to lead Wesleyan to a stunning 28-0
victory.
Rodriguez was also one
of the first Latin-American players to join the National Football League,
playing from 1930-31 for the Frankford Yellow Jackets and the Minneapolis Red
Jackets.
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Cecil
B. “Cebe” Ross ‘23
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Director of Athletics
Football, Basketball, Baseball
All-American Football
Coached Football, Basketball, Baseball, Golf, Track
West Virginia Sportswriters Hall of Fame
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Samuel
M. Ross ‘52
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Director of Athletics
Football
Coached Football, Basketball, Women’s Tennis, Women’s Swimming,
Men’s Track, Women’s Track
Conference Championships in Football, Women’s Tennis, Women’s
Swimming
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Thomas M. Rutherford ‘56
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Football,
Basketball, Baseball
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Bill Smith '60
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Smith is one of
Wesleyan’s all-time great basketball players. Wesleyan’s
legendary basketball coach, Hank Ellis, called him “the ideal
basketball player and a real pleasure to coach.”
He also was one of four
All-Americans on the 1959 and 1960 teams. During Smith’s four-year
career, the Bobcats won 83 percent of their games – 105 wins against
only 21 losses.
“Smitty”
also excelled in track, leading the Bobcats to the 1960 WVIAC track
championship in the high jump, broad jump, the 100-yard and 220-yard runs.
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James
R. Smith ‘57
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Basketball, Track
Coached Cross Country, Football, Basketball, Tennis
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James.
B Snyder ‘51
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Set the Standard in
College Sports Information
Professional West Virginia Sportswriter
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Harry
A. Stansbury ‘15
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Director of Athletics
Football, Baseball, Track
Organized the First High School Basketball Tournament
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Richard
J. Thomaselli ‘79
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Football
Played NFL Football
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Betty
Cook Vaughan ‘81
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Basketball, Tennis,
Track
All-Conference Basketball
All-Conference Tennis
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Jim Warner
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While athletes come and
go at Wesleyan, there has been one constant over the last 30 years on the
Bobcat sidelines and press boxes and that has been James (Jim) Warner.
Warner has extensively
covered every athletic team on the Wesleyan campus and beyond, from
Buckhannon to Mexico City for a basketball game and has provided Wesleyan and
its coaches individual and team statistics since 1975.
He also served a
volunteer stint in the mid-80’s as sports information director under
athletic director Kent Carpenter.
Warner
retired from the Record Delta
in 2004 but is still active covering Wesleyan athletics for the newspaper.
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Paul
A. Willis ‘88
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Soccer
Three-Time All-American
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William
“Woody” Wood ‘63
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Football
Gained 4,012 All-Purpose Yards
All-Conference Football
Played Professional Football
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