Front row, from left: Bran­don Stein­heim ’98, Shawn Money ’97, Wendy Smith ’02, Melissa McGarry ’00, Cha­sity Cole ’04, Matthew Sel­l­itto ’67, David Har­ris ’03. Back row, from left: Nate Casella ’99, Brian War­ren ’94, Demetrius Steven­son ’98, Bill Laphen ’99, Cliff Hatch ’99, Mar­shall Downes ’95, Petie Davis ’04, Joe Kra­jew­ski ’94, and Joe Mangano ’97/’00

Wes­ley Col­lege wel­comed 16 new mem­bers to its Ath­letic Hall of Fame over Home­com­ing Week­end this past fall. Inductees were hon­ored at a cer­e­mony held at the Schwartz Cen­ter on Fri­day, Octo­ber 15 and were announced dur­ing the half­time show at Saturday’s foot­ball game at Scott D. Miller Stadium.

The Ath­letic Hall of Fame tra­di­tion at Wes­ley was ini­ti­ated by the College’s Alumni Asso­ci­a­tion in 1983. It is designed to pay trib­ute to indi­vid­u­als with out­stand­ing achieve­ments in the field of inter­col­le­giate ath­let­ics who also have helped bring dis­tinc­tion and excel­lence to Wes­ley Col­lege. The process involves a com­mit­tee of ath­letic admin­is­tra­tors, coaches and alumni and is now admin­is­tered by Wesley’s Inter­col­le­giate Ath­letic Department.

The 2010 Ath­letic Hall of Fame induc­tion class included the fol­low­ing alumni, listed alphabetically.

Nate Casella ’99 was a stand­out on the grid­iron for Wes­ley. He was an Amer­i­can Foot­ball Coaches Asso­ci­a­tion All-American and a two-time East­ern Col­lege Ath­letic Con­fer­ence (ECAC) All-Star. A par­tic­i­pant in the Aztec Bowl after his senior year, he still ranks in the school’s top 10 in tack­les, sacks, tack­les for loss and forced fum­bles. He was twice hon­ored as the Wes­ley Col­lege Male Ath­lete of the Year and won the Joseph Mur­ray Award as the team MVP. The ver­sa­tile Casella was a team cap­tain as a senior and played both offense and defense his junior and senior seasons.

Cha­sity Cole ’04 was a mem­ber of the field hockey and soft­ball teams at Wes­ley. The two-time All-Pennsylvania Ath­letic Con­fer­ence (PAC) pick helped lead the Wolver­ines to the NCAA Tour­na­ment on the field hockey field and aided Wes­ley to PAC titles in both sports. Cole still rates as the Wolver­ines’ all-time lead­ing goal scorer in field hockey and remains in the record books for career points, rank­ing sec­ond, and for career assists, rank­ing sixth.

Petie Davis ’04 was an All-American foot­ball player at Wes­ley in 1994. Divi­sion III’s 10th all-time lead­ing rusher, he holds the Wolver­ines’ career record by nearly 600 yards. He also holds Wesley’s sin­gle game rush­ing record and career scor­ing record, while rank­ing sec­ond in career rush­ing touch­downs. Davis also was named an ECAC All-Star twice and was the National Player of the Week on three occasions.

Mar­shall Downes ’95 was Wesley’s first All-Region hon­oree in men’s soc­cer. After lead­ing the team in scor­ing as a junior, he moved to defense to help bol­ster the Wolver­ines’ back line. A team cap­tain his senior year, Downes helped lead Wes­ley to the ECAC Tour­na­ment, where he was named to the All-Tournament team. Beyond Wes­ley, he con­tin­ued play­ing for a year with the South Jer­sey Barons, for­merly of the United Sys­tems of Inde­pen­dent Soc­cer Leagues (USISL) divi­sion III pro­fes­sional league.

David Har­ris ’03 helped lead Wes­ley to its first con­fer­ence cham­pi­onship on the base­ball dia­mond at the Divi­sion III level. He was twice named as an All-PAC selec­tion and set sea­son records in dou­bles as well as bat­ting aver­age. Among all-time lead­ers in Wes­ley base­ball, Har­ris rates sec­ond in games played and sev­enth in career hits. He also holds a spot in the team’s top 10 in runs bat­ted in.

Cliff Hatch ’99 led the Wolver­ines to a pair of ECAC Bowl Cham­pi­onships on the foot­ball field. He was an ECAC All-Star and a National Player of the Week recip­i­ent who ranks among Wesley’s all-time lead­ers in tack­les, tack­les for loss, sacks and forced fum­bles. After his play­ing career, Hatch became an assis­tant coach for the Wolverines.

Joe Kra­jew­ski ’94 was a two-sport stand­out at Wes­ley, lead­ing the foot­ball team to a pair of ECAC titles and win­ning another on the base­ball field. One of the Wolver­ines’ all-time tackle lead­ers, he was a four-year starter in both sports and a dean’s list stu­dent. After fin­ish­ing his play­ing career, Kra­jew­ski helped coach both the base­ball and foot­ball teams at Wesley.

Bill Laphen ’99 was named a Sport­ing News All-American as a senior and was a two-time National Player of the Week. He helped lead a 1995 defense that ranked sec­ond in Divi­sion III. An ECAC All-Star and an All-Atlantic Cen­tral Foot­ball Con­fer­ence (ACFC) pick, he led the team in sacks three times and set what at the time was the school’s sin­gle sea­son record.

Joe Mangano ’97/’00 was a stand­out foot­ball player at Wes­ley. As an ECAC All-Star, he blocked for a pair of All-American run­ning backs dur­ing his time at the Col­lege and was named an All-American him­self. He was a team cap­tain and started every game in his foot­ball career. He went on to become a coach at Wes­ley and at North Stafford High School in Virginia.

Melissa McGarry ’00 played on the College’s first var­sity women’s soc­cer team and she still ranks among the school’s all-time lead­ing scor­ers. She rates sec­ond in the program’s record books for career goals and points, while rank­ing sixth at Wes­ley in career assists. McGarry also was an All-PAC selec­tion in 1998 and she was named the Wes­ley Female Ath­lete of the Year.

Shawn Money ’97 played on the 1995 defense that ranked sec­ond in the nation. He was named to the Divi­sion III All-Star Game and was an All-ECAC pick and All-America Hon­or­able Men­tion as well. He still ranks among the foot­ball program’s career lead­ers in tack­les, tack­les for loss and pass breakups. He was twice named the team’s Defen­sive Player of the Year and also was a team captain.

Matthew Sel­l­itto ’67 was a stand­out from the Wes­ley Junior Col­lege era. He was cho­sen as both a Junior Col­lege All-Star and All-Coastal Con­fer­ence after lead­ing the team in rush­ing dur­ing both of his sea­sons with the Wolver­ines. After his career, he earned a Dis­tin­guished Amer­i­can Award and coached at both Mill­burn (N.J.) High School and at Seton Hall Uni­ver­sity. Sel­l­itto also was instru­men­tal in estab­lish­ing the Mor­ris County (N.J.) chap­ter of the National Foot­ball Foundation.

Wendy Smith ’02 was an All-Region field hockey player for the Wolver­ines. Also a two-time All-PAC pick, she ranks in the top 10 at Wes­ley in goals, points and assists. Smith led Wes­ley field hockey to its first PAC Cham­pi­onship and NCAA bid dur­ing her senior year, when she was named the Wes­ley Female Ath­lete of the Year. Smith also was a team cap­tain and a dean’s list student.

Bran­don Stein­heim ’98 was a final­ist for the Gagliardi Tro­phy, given to the top foot­ball player in Divi­sion III. As a two-time All-American and National Player of the Week pick, he was third in the nation in rush­ing in 1996. He still holds the Divi­sion III sea­son record for kick return aver­age and set a Divi­sion III stan­dard by rush­ing for at least 100 yards in 19 con­sec­u­tive games. A dean’s list stu­dent and team cap­tain, Stein­heim is Wesley’s career leader in rush­ing touch­downs, ranks sec­ond in career rush yards, holds the sin­gle sea­son rush­ing record, and holds the Wes­ley record for touch­downs in a game and in a season.

Demetrius Steven­son ’98 was a stand­out on the defen­sive line and also played on the Wolver­ines’ sec­on­dranked defense in 1995. He was a three­time All-American and a Divi­sion III All-Star game par­tic­i­pant. He rates in Wesley’s all-time top 10 in tack­les, sacks, tack­les for loss and holds the school record for forced fum­bles. A two-time team cap­tain, he went on to help coach the Wolver­ines after fin­ish­ing his career.

Brian War­ren ’94 was named an All-American as well as an ECAC All-Star after his senior year on the foot­ball field. He still rates among the Wolver­ines’ all-time career lead­ers in inter­cep­tions and pass breakups and he set a school record with three inter­cep­tions in one game. As a two-time team cap­tain, War­ren also was a dean’s list stu­dent a Wesley.

For­mer play­ers or coaches of any var­sity ath­letic pro­gram in the institution’s his­tory are eli­gi­ble for nom­i­na­tion in Wesley’s Ath­letic Hall of Fame. A spe­cial cat­e­gory also exists for other indi­vid­u­als who have made out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tions to inter­col­le­giate ath­let­ics at the Col­lege. Nom­i­na­tions are accepted annu­ally with a dead­line of Feb­ru­ary 1 for con­sid­er­a­tion for the fall induc­tion. Please visit the Alumni sec­tion of athletics.wesley.edu for details on the eli­gi­bil­ity cri­te­ria, selec­tion process and to com­plete a nom­i­na­tion form.