TIGER TALES - SPORTS NOTES
FOUR JOIN
HALL OF FAME
Four people, including
the first woman, were
inducted into the TSU
Athletic Hall of Fame at
itsannual induction din¬
ner in April.
Joining the Hall of
Fame were former Ath¬
letic Director Joseph
McMullen; Ann Rogers
Ridenour ’5 7, the first
woman to be inducted
into the 60-member
Hall of Fame; former
soccer and wrestling
standout Dennis Psoras
’57, and former wrestler
Eugene Spurrier ’53.
McMullen was TSU’s
athletic director for its
first four years of NCAA
Division I affiliation
before passing away in
September of 1983. He
made many key contri-
butionsto the program,
the most significant of
which was gaining TSU
membership in the
prestigious East Coast
Conference.
A three-sport stand¬
out in her years at
Towson State, Ridenour
played basketball, field
hockey, and lacrosse
for the Tigers and was
a member of the wom¬
en’s athletic associa¬
tion. She wasalso presi¬
dent of the Student
Government Associa¬
tion. A teacher since
graduation in 1957, she
has taught in Maryland,
Connecticut and Iowa.
A 1957 graduate of
Towson State, Psoras
was the Mason-Dixon
Conference wrestling
champion in the 165-
pound weight class as a
freshman in 1948 be¬
fore joining the service.
Upon returning to
school, he was the con¬
ference heavyweight
runner-up in 1955 and
the heavyweight cham¬
pion in 1956. He also
played soccer for two
seasons. A practicing
member of the Mary¬
land Bar for 23 years, he
graduated from the
Mount Vernon School
of Law in 1959 as class
valedictorian.
Despite the handicap
of being blind, Spurrier
was an excellent wres¬
tler for the Tigers from
1950 to 1953. In 1952, he
was the Mason-Dixon
Conference runner-up
in the 123-pound class
and won the M-D cham¬
pionship in 1953, the
year he was named as
TSU’s Most Valuable
Wrestler. Named as
TSU’s "Alumnus of the
Year,” he has been a
member of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce
and the Baltimore Lions’
Club. ■
LEONARD
HONORED BY
ECC
The Tigers’ freshman
guard Bill Leonard was
named as the East Coast
Conference "Rookie of
the Year” for his fine
performance this past
winter for Coach Terry
Truax’s men’s basket¬
ball team. A native of
McKeesport, Pa., the 6-
2 business administra¬
tion major was TSU’s sec¬
ond leading scorer this
season with an average
of 11.3 points pergame.
His .806 free throw per¬
centage led the team
and placed him among
the ECC leaders. Leon¬
ard showed quite a
knack for last-minute
heroics when he hitthe
game-winning shot in
the final minute of four
Tiger victories. He was
also named as the
league’s "Rookie of
the Week” five times. ■
Psoras. £
KELLER
NAMED ECC
SCHOLAR-
ATHLETE
For the second year in
a row, junior Sharon
Keller has been named
as the East Coast Con¬
ference Scholar-Athlete
for women's indoor
track. A nursing major,
t h e Ove rl ea High
School graduate has
compiled a 3.96 grade
point average in her
academic career at TSU.
Forthe second year in a
row, she won the 1,000-
Ann Rogers Rider,
yard run at the ECC
indoor track champion¬
ships and she was also
part of TSU’s medley
distance relay team
which won that event
for Coach Jim Penning¬
ton. Keller also com¬
petes in women’s out¬
door track and cross
country for the Tigers.
The ECCannually names
a scholar-athlete for
each of the 21 sports in
which it sponsors inter-
collegiate athletic
competition. ■
LACROSSE TEAM
CELEBRATES
ANNIVERSARY
The Tiger men’s lacrosse
team will honor the 10th
anniversary of Towson
State’s 1974 college divi¬
sion national champion¬
ship at its final home
game of the season on
Friday, May 11 when
TSU hosts Maryland at
Minnegan Stadium at
7:30 p.m. The Tigers of
Coach Carl Runk, the
1974 "Coach of the
Year,” defeated Hobart
for the ’74 champion¬
ship by an 18-17 score.
Midfielder Jim Darc-
angelo was honored as
the Outstanding Col¬
lege Division Player in
the nation that year
while Wendell Thomas
was named the Out¬
standing Defenseman.
En route to the cham¬
pionship, Towson de¬
feated Baltimore (22-1),
Adelphi (22-9), and
Hobart as the Tigers
capped a 14-1 season,
the best record in
school history. The
1974 championship is
theonly national cham¬
pionship in men’s ath¬
letics won by Towson
State. ■
ECC
TO RETURN TO
TOWSON
CENTER
The 1985 East Coast
Conference men’s bas¬
ketball championships
will return to the Tow¬
son Center, it has been
announced by ECC offi¬
cials. Rider won the ’84
championship at the
Towson Center by beat¬
ing the league’s regular
season champion,
Bucknell, 73-71, in
the overti me final
game before an en¬
thusiastic crowd of
nearly 2,000. Rider
advanced to the NCAA
Tournament where the
Broncs lost a first-round
game to the University
of Richmond. ■
TIGER FOOTBALL
TEAM HONORED
AT
MEADOWLANDS
The 1983 Tiger football
team, which posted a
10-2 overall record and
made the NCAA Divi¬
sion 1 1 playoffs, was hon¬
ored at the Meadow-
lands in New Jersey
twice during the win¬
ter. The first time Coach
Phil Albert and his staff
went to the Garden
State, they received the
award forthe ECAC Di¬
vision II "Team of the
Year” in a dinner hosted
by the ECAC. In mid-
March, the Tigers re¬
turned to pick up the
Lambert Plaque,
awarded to the top
Division II team in
the East. ■
FOUR TO
CAPTAIN
GRIDDERS
Seniors Allen Argent,
Terrance Brooks, Mike
McCabe, and Sheldon
Nelson will captain
the 1984 Towson State
University football
team, Coach Phil Albert
has announced. Argent,
a starter at inside line¬
backer, and Nelson, a
two-year starter at de¬
fensive tackle, will rep¬
resent the defense while
Brooksand McCabe, the
right and left offensive
guards, are on offensive.
Brooks, from Union
Bridge, Md., was named
as an honorable men¬
tion Associated Press
All-American in 1983.
The Tiger football team
opens its season on Sat¬
urday, September 1 at
Minnegan Stadium at
7:30 p.m. ■
