2009 Ath­letic Hall of Fame

As part of the College’s recent Home­com­ing cel­e­bra­tion, the Wes­ley Col­lege Alumni Asso­ci­a­tion inducted a record 18 for­mer student-athletes into the Ath­letic Hall of Fame at the Schwartz Cen­ter for the Arts in Dover.

Left to right stand­ing: Pres­i­dent John­ston, Assis­tant Head Foot­ball Coach Chipp Knapp, Head Foot­ball Coach Mike Drass, Trevor Perkins ’97, Craig Stephen­son ’72, Kevin McDer­mott ’99, Jimmy Con­nol­ley ’95, Jim Horan ’96, John Maroney ’99, Rich Ren­shaw ’93, Ed Muntz ’94, Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Bill Gor­row, for­mer Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Scott Bur­nam, Head Men’s Soc­cer Coach Steve Clark. Seated: Joe Kings­bor­ough ’97, Curt Hahn ’96, Jonathan Hardy ’95, Kristin Lupo ’98, Steve Eady ’93, Chris Fur­rule ’94, Ken Pip­pin ’92, Matt Addonizio ’99/’01

Estab­lished in the early 1980s by the Alumni Asso­ci­a­tion, the Wes­ley Ath­letic Hall of Fame was founded to honor, pay trib­ute and per­pet­u­ate the mem­ory of those indi­vid­u­als who, either through par­tic­i­pa­tion, sup­port or inter­est, have made out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tions in the field of inter­col­le­giate ath­let­ics and who have helped bring recog­ni­tion, honor, dis­tinc­tion and excel­lence to the Col­lege. To be eli­gi­ble for induc­tion, recip­i­ents must receive at least three var­sity let­ters or equiv­a­lent accom­plish­ments and demon­strate out­stand­ing suc­cess in var­sity inter­col­le­giate athletics.

Fam­ily mem­bers, friends, for­mer team­mates and coaches of the hon­orees were present as each indi­vid­ual award win­ner received a plaque from the Alumni Asso­ci­a­tion. The cel­e­bra­tion con­tin­ued at a recep­tion fol­low­ing the induc­tion ceremony.

Kings­bor­ough

Com­ing to Wes­ley after serv­ing the U.S. Army in Viet­nam as a chief war­rant offi­cer and heli­copter pilot, Craig Stephen­son ’72 was the foot­ball team’s lead­ing tack­ler and an all-conference selec­tion in each of his two sea­sons. A team cap­tain and a Dean’s List stu­dent, he was named All-American in 1972. He also par­tic­i­pated in the National Junior Col­lege All-Star Game before transfer­ring to Duke Uni­ver­sity, where he let­tered in foot­ball two years and played in the 1974 Blue Gray All-Star Game in Alabama. He has been head foot­ball coach and a biol­ogy teacher at Dick­in­son High School for the past 17 years. Stephen­son has been selected twice as assis­tant coach and once as head coach for the state’s Blue Gold All-Star Game. He and his wife Sue and one daugh­ter live in Hockessin, Delaware.

A foot­ball stand­out, Ken Pip­pin ’92 was the first Wes­ley student-athlete to be named an All-American after the school joined NCAA Divi­sion III, earn­ing the honor in 1990. He was the National Player of the Week as a junior, and for­mer Wes­ley Pres­i­dent Dr. Reed Stew­art retired his jer­sey in 1994. Pip­pin was a team cap­tain and ranks in the top 10 all-time at Wes­ley in sacks, tack­les for loss, tack­les and blocked kicks. He went on to spend three years on the side­lines as an assis­tant coach for the Wolver­ines. Pip­pin is now a national sales man­ager for LAN Con­nect, Inc. He and his wife Deb­bie live in Lan­den­berg, Penn­syl­va­nia with their two children.

Bas­ket­ball hon­oree Steve Eady ’93 fin­ished his career as Wesley’s all-time scor­ing leader and is cur­rently third all-time with 1,708 points. As a senior, he rated among the NCAA Divi­sion III scor­ing lead­ers with an aver­age of 27.9 points per game. He still rates among Wesley’s all-time lead­ers in steals and assists and holds the school records for points in a game with 49. In addi­tion to var­i­ous East­ern States Ath­letic Con­fer­ence (ECAC) Divi­sion III “All League,” “All Star” and “All Dis­trict” team hon­ors, Eady was a team cap­tain and named MVP in 1992. After his Wes­ley career, he spent four years play­ing pro­fes­sional bas­ket­ball nation­ally and abroad. He now works as a major account exec­u­tive for Ricoh Busi­ness Solu­tions. He and wife of 11 years, Stacey, live in Upper Marl­boro, Mary­land with their two children.

Eady

Dur­ing his foot­ball career, Rich Ren­shaw ’93 was named the USA Today National Player of the Week and was also the MVP of the 1991 ECAC Cham­pi­onship. He ranks in the Wolver­ines’ top five in pass effi­ciency, pass­ing yards, touch­downs and comple­tions. A team cap­tain, Ren­shaw earned hon­ors as team MVP and Male Ath­lete of the Year in 1991. He also spent one year as an assis­tant coach at Wes­ley. He has worked for the Nuclear Divi­sion of Wack­en­hut Cor­po­ra­tion for the past six years as a cer­ti­fied secu­rity spe­cial­ist. He and his girl­friend Dawn cur­rently reside in River­side, New Jersey.

In his foot­ball career, Chris Fur­rule ’94 was named an All-American and All-ECAC in 1993, a year in which he was also named the team’s Most Improved Player and Defen­sive Player of the Year. He ranks in Wesley’s top five in career quar­ter­back sacks and was the all-time leader when he grad­u­ated. As the only defen­sive line­man at the time to have had a sack, inter­cep­tion, tackle for a loss and fum­ble recov­ery in the same game, his name was men­tioned in Sports Illus­trated. A Dean’s List stu­dent, he later joined the Wes­ley coach­ing staff. As pres­i­dent of The Cre­ative Finan­cial Group of New Jer­sey, Fur­rule has earned many acco­lades in the finan­cial ser­vices indus­try on an individ­ual basis and for his busi­ness lead­er­ship. He and fel­low Wes­ley grad­u­ate Dawn (Flana­gan) Fur­rule ’92 mar­ried in 1994 and they have three children.

Men’s soc­cer hon­oree Ed Muntz ’94 still holds all of Wesley’s career records with 117 career points, 47 career goals and 31 assists. In 1991, he set school records with 17 goals, 12 assists and 46 points in a sea­son. Muntz was a two-time team cap­tain in soc­cer and cap­tained the ten­nis team as well. Upon his grad­u­a­tion, he joined the men’s soc­cer coach­ing staff as an assis­tant and later became the first and only coach the school has had in women’s soc­cer. As a head coach, Muntz is the win­ningest coach in both women’s soc­cer and men’s ten­nis. He and his wife Jen­nifer and their two sons live in Philadel­phia, Pennsylvania.

Jimmy Con­nol­ley ’95 was an All-American Hon­or­able Men­tion on the grid­iron in 1994 and was also named All-ECAC. At the time of his grad­u­a­tion, he ranked 11th in NCAA Divi­sion III his­tory in pass effi­ciency, was Wesley’s all-time lead­ing passer and is cur­rently third in the school record book in pass­ing touch­downs, pass­ing yards and pass comple­tions. He was two-time foot­ball team MVP and named Male Ath­lete of the Year in 1994. On the lacrosse field, Con­nol­ley led the team in scor­ing in both 1994 and 1995. He and his wife, fel­low Wes­ley alum­nus Andrea (Pater­son) Con­nol­ley ’94, have three sons and one daugh­ter and reside in War­wick, Mary­land. Con­nol­ley has been employed by Mason Build­ing Group, Inc. for 12 years as a project man­ager and estimator.

Jonathan Hardy ’95 is the only player in school his­tory to earn All-American hon­ors in the same foot­ball sea­son at two dif­fer­ent posi­tions, earn­ing the honor in 1994 as both a punter and a free safety. An All-ECAC pick in 1993 and 1994, he ranks among Wesley’s all-time lead­ers in punt­ing, inter­cep­tions, tack­les and blocked kicks. He also set a school record with 26 tack­les against Thomas More in 1993. Hardy is now a mar­ket­ing and sales rep­re­sen­ta­tive for Idearc Media. He resides in Wool­wich, New Jer­sey with his wife Heather and daugh­ter Hannah.

Muntz

Foot­ball hon­oree Curt Hahn ’96 received back-to-back All-American and All-ECAC selec­tion hon­ors in the 1994 and 1995 sea­sons. As a mem­ber of the 1995 defense that rated sec­ond in Divi­sion III, he still ranks among the school’s all-time lead­ers in tack­les and tack­les for loss. Hahn was named the team’s Rookie of the Year in 1992, Most Improved Player in 1993 and the Defen­sive Player of the Year in 1994. He also received the team MVP award in 1995, the Mur­ray Award in 1996 and was the school’s Male Ath­lete of the Year both years. He and his col­lege sweet­heart, Jen­nifer (Ruther­ford) Hahn ’96, have been mar­ried for 10 years and cur­rently live in Jami­son, Penn­syl­va­nia with their four chil­dren. For the past 13 years, Hahn has run his own lit­i­ga­tion and repro­graphic sup­port ser­vices com­pany out of Cen­ter City, Philadelphia.

Jim Horan ’96 is the school record holder in men’s lacrosse with 688 saves dur­ing his career. He fin­ished among the national lead­ers in both num­ber of saves and save per­cent­age in 1995 and 1996. He also holds the school record for career and sea­son save per­cent­age. He served as a team cap­tain dur­ing the first years of the var­sity men’s lacrosse pro­gram at Wes­ley and was named team MVP in 1993. Now liv­ing in Jack­sonville, Florida, Horan is a national account man­ager for Ran­baxy Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, Inc., a lead­ing inter­na­tional com­pany in its industry.

Foot­ball hon­oree Joe Kings­bor­ough ’97 was an All-American and an All-ECAC pick as a senior. He was named the MVP of the 1993 ECAC Cham­pi­onship and played in the National Divi­sion III All-Star Game. As a senior, Kings­bor­ough was a mem­ber of the defense that ranked sec­ond in Divi­sion III and he rated in the top 10 at Wes­ley in tack­les, tack­les for loss and sacks at the time of his grad­u­a­tion. A two-time team cap­tain, he was also named Male Ath­lete of the Year and was a Dean’s List stu­dent. Resid­ing in Penn Town­ship, Penn­syl­va­nia with his wife Denise and two daugh­ters, Kings­bor­ough cur­rently serves as an assis­tant prin­ci­pal at Gar­net Val­ley High School after 12 years with the school dis­trict. Soon he will be fin­ish­ing a doc­tor­ate pro­gram at Wilm­ing­ton University.

Trevor Perkins ’97 was a two-time Aca­d­e­mic All-American and a mem­ber of the 1995 foot­ball team defense that rated sec­ond in Divi­sion III. At gradua­tion, he ranked among the school’s all-time lead­ing tack­lers. A dual sport ath­lete, Perkins also excelled on the lacrosse field, serv­ing as a team cap­tain for the Wolver­ines. A Dean’s List stu­dent in the class­room, Perkins was named to the CoSida Aca­d­e­mic All-District team. Mar­ried to fel­low Wes­ley grad­u­ate, Michelle (Raley) Perkins ’01, Perkins began a career in con­struc­tion manage­ment and started his own con­tract­ing com­pany in 2005. He and his fam­ily, which now includes three chil­dren, live in Owings, Maryland.

Lacrosse hon­oree Joe Kline ’98 is the all-time leader in both goals scored and points in a career for the Wolver­ines. Dur­ing his time at Wes­ley, he had multi­ple sea­sons which rank in the top 10 in sin­gle sea­son points and goals. Kline was a team cap­tain and helped lead the Wolver­ines to an ECAC Cham­pi­onship. Kline has been in the con­struc­tion indus­try, hav­ing started his own com­pany, and is cur­rently liv­ing in upstate New York.

McDer­mott

Kristin Lupo ’98 led the women’s soc­cer team dur­ing its tran­si­tion from club to var­sity sta­tus. Despite only spend­ing three years of her career at the var­sity level, she is still the school’s all-time leader in assists. She also ranks sec­ond in the record books for goals and points. A team cap­tain at Wes­ley, she received the MVP award in 1997. Upon grad­u­a­tion, Lupo began her teach­ing and coach­ing career with the Cap­i­tal School Dis­trict. For 11 years now, she has taught chem­istry and been the head coach of the girls’ var­sity soc­cer team at Dover High School. In 2006 and 2007 she was selected as Hen­lopen Con­fer­ence Coach of the Year.

Michelle (Vin­cent) Williamson ’98 fin­ished her bas­ket­ball career as the school’s all-time lead­ing scorer and rebounder. She still rates among Wesley’s all-time lead­ers in points, rebounds and blocked shots. Williamson was an All-Conference selec­tion as well as a Dean’s List stu­dent in the class­room. She served as a team cap­tain and was named team MVP in 1997. Now liv­ing in Dal­las, Texas, she and her hus­band recently cel­e­brated the birth of their sec­ond son.

Matt Addonizio ’99/’01 was an All-PAC selec­tion and ranks in the Wes­ley base­ball record book in runs scored, stolen bases, at bats, field­ing per­cent­age, games played and dou­ble plays turned, and was named team MVP his senior year. He was a team cap­tain in base­ball as well as the men’s soc­cer team, a mem­ber of the Stu­dent Ath­lete Advi­sory Com­mit­tee, run­ner up for Male Ath­lete of the Year and made the Dean’s List. He later served at Wes­ley as both an assis­tant coach and head coach of the base­ball pro­gram and is the win­ningest coach in women’s ten­nis his­tory. Addonizio is now a Cor­po­ral assigned to the Patrol Unit of the Delaware State Police and was nom­i­nated for Trooper of the Year in 2008. He resides in Kent County with his wife Angelic.

Addoniz­izo

John Maroney ’99 helped lead the Wolver­ines men’s lacrosse team to a pair of ECAC Cham­pi­onships in 1996 and 1997. He was named MVP for defense the fol­low­ing year. At the end of his career, he rated sec­ond at Wes­ley in career saves and held the record for save per­cent­age. A team cap­tain for two sea­sons, Maroney went on to become an assis­tant coach for Wesley’s lacrosse pro­gram. He and his wife Tanya reside in Dover, Delaware. He has worked for United Dis­trib­u­tors as a sales rep­re­sen­ta­tive for the past seven years.

Kevin McDer­mott ’99 fin­ished his lacrosse career among the all-time lead­ing scor­ers at Wes­ley Col­lege. He still rates sec­ond in career goals with 164, third in career points and is in the top 10 in assists. He has the top two sin­gle sea­son marks for goals in a sea­son and the third high­est sin­gle sea­son point total. A team cap­tain and a Dean’s List stu­dent, McDer­mott was instru­men­tal in Wesley’s back-to-back ECAC Cham­pi­onships. Mar­ried to fel­low alum­nus Chris­tine (McGrath) McDer­mott ’98 with a three-year-old son, he and his fam­ily live in Smyrna, Delaware. He is now in his 10th year with the Colo­nial School Dis­trict as a phys­i­cal edu­ca­tion and health teacher. W

Wes­ley Col­lege and the Alumni Asso­ci­a­tion have pro­posed the cre­ation of a Wall of Fame on cam­pus to honor cur­rent and future mem­bers that have proudly rep­re­sented Wes­ley Col­lege. We hope that this trib­ute will show­case the achieve­ments of indi­vid­ual inductees and bring joy to fam­ily, friends, team­mates and fel­low alumni. With $15,000 needed to raise the Wall of Fame, we are seek­ing con­tri­bu­tions that will bring us closer to our goal. Gifts of $100 or greater will be acknowl­edged with the donor’s name on a plaque dis­played among the wall. Please con­sider demon­strat­ing your sup­port for the Wall of Fame or per­haps mak­ing a spe­cial trib­ute gift in honor of a friend or loved one. For a com­plete list­ing of Hall of Fame mem­bers and infor­ma­tion on nom­i­nat­ing a class­mate click here.