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Malone Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet/Program will be held on Friday, January 29, 2010 !!
Invitations will be mailed out as usual in December but feel free to contact Malone Athletics Admin. Asst. Dory Jenkins at for further information or to register for the banquet.

New Nomination Procedure For Malone Athletics Hall of Fame !!  
(click here for release on newest inductees - 2010 Class)

We are no longer requiring “nomination packets” in order for a person to be nominated for the Malone Athletics Hall of Fame.  Current Malone head coaches will research and provide the top 3-5 persons within their particular sport for nomination and provide those names to the Committee Chair. In addition, anyone else may nominate someone by simply sending the name only (with sport), in writing (via letter, fax or email), to the Committee Chair (Mark Bankert).  Please send nomination names by mail to Mark Bankert, Malone University Athletic Department, 2600 Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton, Ohio 44709, by fax (attention: Mark Bankert) to 330-471-8298 or by email to .

All nominations will now be due by October 1st of each year.  A newly enlarged selection committee will review the entire list of all nominees (coaches nominees and other nominees) after receiving athletic data on the nominees from the Sports Information Office.  The committee will select either three (3) or four (4) inductees each year. The annual Athletics Hall of Fame banquet will be held in late January each year.

Eligibility Requirements
Established in 1985, the Malone University Athletics Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves in athletics while at the University. To qualify, athlete inductees must be graduates of Malone, must have graduated at least ten years prior to selection, must exemplify the highest ideals of intercollegiate athletics, and must have earned two letters in one or more sports. As a coach, they must have served the University athletics department ten or more years. In 2007, a new provision was established to allow athletics administrators or other support personnel to become eligible, again with a minimum of 10 years of athletics service to the University.

Class List for the Malone Athletics Hall of Fame

2010 Class
Don Andres '67 - Basketball
Dave Jones '89 - Baseball
Brian Kelly '92 - Track & Field
Chris Reuscher '97 - Golf


2009 Class
Jeremy McClure '97 - Football
Ben Tillman '75 - Basketball
Peggy (Witt) Witter '91 - Track & Field


2008 Class
Dale Baker '78 - Wrestling
Mark Bankert - Administrator
Heidi (Bennett) Yokom '96 - Softball
Jason Carver '96 - Basketball
Dan DeGeorge '97 - Football
Rob Roberts '96 - Baseball

2007 Class
Tom Crank '88 - Baseball
Sean James '96 - Football
Rick Mast '96 - Men's Basketball, Baseball
Mark McClure '91 - Track & Field
Deb (Moyer) Gaddis '94 - Women's Basketball, Tennis

2006 Class

Ed Harris, Jr. '95 - Cross Country, Track & Field
Ken Hyland Jr. '69 - Men's Golf (Head Coach)
Joel Marchand '86 - Cross Country, Track & Field
Pam Oswald '95 - Women's Basketball
Gary Paustenbach '78 - Men's Golf
Paul Roehrenbeck '95 - Men's Soccer

2005 Class
Ron Allen '86 - Baseball
Pascual Blanco '94 - Men's Soccer
Andy Lyons '94 - Men's Golf
Keith Spiva '94 - Track & Field
Dwayne Stanford '93 - Men's Basketball, Track & Field

2004 Class
Julie (Rollins) Ferguson '92 - Cross Country, Track & Field
Phil Gebhardt '93 - Men's Basketball
Jim Kish '92 - Men's Basketball
Ira Wentworth '93 - Cross Country, Track & Field

2003 Class
Dinah (Garrott) Gonzalez '92 - Softball, Track & Field, Volleyball
Marty Meyer '85 - Cross Country, Track & Field
Brian Ries '80 - Wrestling
Todd Rowe '92 - Men's Basketball, Baseball

2002 Class
John Hopple '91 - Cross Country, Track & Field
Keith Troyer '91- Men's Basketball
Barb Easlick - Softball (Head Coach), Women's Basketball (Head Coach) 
Kathy Haas - Women's Basketball (Head Coach)

2001 Class
Eric Ashton  '90 - Cross Country, Track & Field
Phil Hodge  '75 - Men's Basketball
Jerry Marshall  '80 - Cross Country, Track & Field

2000 Class
Rex Adams '89 - Men's Basketball
Chuck Campbell '83 - Baseball
Shawn (Headings) Riley '86 - Volleyball
 
1999 Class
Jerry Hitchcock  '73 - Baseball
Danny Murphy  '59 - Men's Basketball
Marguerite Skello-Babrowicz  '88 - Cross Country, Track & Field
 
1998 Class
Fritz Glaus '76 - Men's Tennis
Craig Hershberger  '80 - Men's Basketball
King Ott  '81- Baseball

1997 Class
David Lee Paxson  '75 - Baseball
Jeffrey Lee Rawlins  '81 - Cross Country, Track & Field
James Martin Ziegler  '85 - Men's Basketball

1996 Class
Emil R. Baranek  '78 - Men's Golf
Frank T. Harl III  '79 - Wrestling
Michael A. Lillo  '86 - Men's Basketball
Brian D. Shoop  '80 - Baseball
 
1995 Class
Lori Rae Blyer  '85 - Volleyball
Ronald A. Bourquin  '83 - Baseball
Dave Brookes  '63 - Men's Basketball
 
1994 Class
David R. Bender  '75 - Cross Country, Track  & Field
Russell P. Holden  '82 - Men's Golf
Hal Smith - Men's Basketball (Head Coach)
Thomas Volarich  '80 - Men's Basketball
 
1993 Class
Davis Baker  '76 - Wrestling
Tim Mizer  '69 - Baseball
Lee Sommers  '63 - Men's Basketball (Asst. Coach)
David Williams  '74 - Men's Basketball
 
1992 Class
Nicholas J. Borojevich  '84 - Men's Golf
Philip A. Eades  '84 - Men's Soccer
Don Green  '68 - Baseball
 
1991 Class
Scott Armstrong  '73 - Track & Field
David D. Finnestad  '82 - Cross Country, Track & Field
Scott S. Thomson  '79 - Baseball
 
1990 Class
Gloria J. (Blanks) Dingle  '84 - Women's Basketball
Jeffrey R. Gantz  '83 - Cross Country, Track & Field
Robert W. Urey  '81 - Track & Field
 
1989 Class
Dennis E. Baker  '82 - Wrestling
Richard A. Horton  '75 - Cross Country, Track & Field
John "Hutch" Hutchens - Friend of the College
Edward L. Warstler  '68 - Track & Field
 
1988 Class
Mark A. Klein  '76 - Men's Basketball
Richard S. Pittenger  '76 - Track & Field
Robert W. Starcher - Baseball (Head Coach)
 
1987 Class
Jack Hazen - Cross Country (Head Coach), Track & Field (Head Coach)
Bobby J. Murphy  '72 - Baseball
Wendell P. Skelley  '76 - Cross Country, Track & Field

1986 Class
W. David Fross  '68 - Men's Basketball, Baseball
Kenneth Hyland, Jr.  '69 - Men's Golf
William Scholl  '73 - Cross Country, Track & Field