28th Annual
Washington College Athletic Hall of Fame Celebration

Schedule of Events

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Sho'men Shooting Birdies
Hopkins Game Farm, Kennedyville
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Hall of Fame Annual Alumni, Parents & Friends Golf Tournament
Chester River Yacht & Country Club, Chestertown
11:30 a.m. shotgun start

Hall of Fame Crab Feast
Lelia Hynson Pavilion
5:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Athey Baseball Park Groundbreaking
Athey Field - 10:00 a.m.

Baseball Alumni Game
Athey Field - 10:30 a.m.

Volleyball Tri-Match: Shorewomen v. Rowan & Marymount
Cain Athletic Center - 11:00 a.m.

Men's Lacrosse Alumni Game
Practice Field - 12:00 p.m.

Women's Soccer Game: Shorewomen v. Hood
Kibler Field at Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium - 12:00 p.m.

Chat & Light Buffet with Baseball Authors Bob Greenberg '74 & Mark Millikin
Casey Academic Center Forum - 2:00 p.m.
Mark R. Millikin has written about Sudelersville native and Baseball Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx as well as other Major League players from the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. Robert A. Greenberg is a 1974 graduate of Washington College who has written a book about WC alum and former Major Leaguer “Swish” Nicholson. Millikin and Greenberg are members of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Men's Soccer Game: Shoremen v. McDaniel
Kibler Field at Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium - 3:00 p.m.

Hall of Fame Reception
Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium Skybox, Washington College
6:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Sho'men Club. Hors douvres and cash bar.

Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony
Casey Academic Center Gallery, Washington College
7:15 p.m.
This year's inductees are Bob Appleby '54, Pam Hendrickson '94, Damian Polla '97, Eric Stoll '74, and Eboni Taylor '97. The 1998 NCAA Division III National Championship men's lacrosse team will also be honored at the ceremony. More information about the inductees and honored team can be found below.

FOR REGISTRATION AND OTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT THE ALUMNI OFFICE AT 410-778-7846 or rhawkins2@washcoll.edu.

2008 Hall of Fame Inductees

Bob Appleby ('54)
In the storied history of Washington College Athletics, no individual may have been more of a "jack of all trades" than Bob Appleby. An impressive all-around athlete, Appleby participated in six different varsity sports while attending Washington College - football, cross country, soccer, basketball, track and field, and lacrosse. His many athletic accomplishments at Washington College include earning All-South All-America honors in soccer, playing on the 1954 Laurie Cox Division Co-National Championship lacrosse team, serving as a basketball team captain, and playing on the final football team in Washington College history.

Pam Hendrickson ('94)
Pam Hendrickson starred for four years for the Washington College women's tennis team and was a team captain of the first-ever Washington College varsity women's basketball team in 1994. Hendrickson qualified for the NCAA Division III Individual Championships all four years, earning All-America honors in doubles in 1991. She won conference championships in both singles and doubles and was named the Centennial Conference Player of the Year as a senior. She was a member of the 1991 Middle Atlantic Conference Championship team and the 1992 NCAA Division III Tournament team. As captain of the women's basketball team, she helped lead the Shorewomen to 11 wins in their first varsity season.

Damian Polla ('97)
Over the past quarter-century, many accomplished men's tennis players have come through Washington College. Damian Polla is one of those individuals who still stands out among such a talented group. Polla led the Shoremen to two NCAA Division III Team Championships in 1994 (the first-ever NCAA Division III Championship by any WC sport) and 1997. He also won two NCAA Division III Singles Championships in 1995 and 1997. Polla was a four-time All-American in both singles and doubles and a four-time All-Centennial Conference first-team selection. In Polla's four years at Washington College, the Shoremen also won four Centennial Conferece Championships while posting an incredible 72-9 dual match record. From 1994-1997, the Shoremen lost just three matches against Division III opponents with two of those losses coming in the NCAA Division III Tournament (including once in the 1995 NCAA Division III Championship match).

Eric Stoll ('74)
In a sport where individual recognition is hard to come by, Eric Stoll left a major mark on the Washington College rowing program. Stoll was a member of the Washington College men's rowing team in its first years as a varsity sport, serving as team captain and earning Most Valuable Rower honors as a senior. He also helped lead the Shoremen into their first two appearances at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta. He later became the head coach of the Shoremen for the 1976-77 season and remained in that position through the 1980-81 academic year, elevating the program to new heights. Stoll went on to a successful career in rowing and coaching, including stints as the head coach at Villanova, as the National Program Director and Associate Executive Director for the United States Rowing Association, and as the Executive Director of the Indianapolis Rowing Center.

Eboni Taylor ('97)
Eboni Taylor was a freshman on the first-ever Washington College varsity women's basketball team and, by the conclusion of her career, set some lofty standards for future Shorewomen. Taylor remains the all-time leading scorer (1,478 points) and rebounder (1,103) in Washington College women's basketball history. She also collected a school-record 24 rebounds in a single game, a mark that is tied for the Centennial Conference record. Taylor was consistently excellent all four years, averaging a double-double each year and earning All-Centennial Conference honors all four years. Taylor's play helped the Shorewomen to a Centennial Conference Playoff berth in 1995, their second varsity season.

2008 Honored Team

1998 Men's Lacrosse Team
Before 1998, the Washington College men's lacrosse team had played in NCAA Championship games eight times and had come up just short of an elusive national championship each time. Heading into the NCAA Division III Tournament, the 1998 men's lacrosse team may have seemed to be an unlikely contender to finally bring an NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship home to Chestertown. The Shoremen, who had lost to Nazareth, Roanoke, Gettysburg, and Salisbury State during the regular season, were seeded low enough to not play a single tournament game at home. The Shoremen peaked when it mattered, however, avenging their loss to Roanoke with a first-round win, beating Hampden-Sydney in the quarterfinals, avenging their loss to Salisbury State in the semifinals, and exacting the ultimate revenge against Nazareth in the form of a 16-10 victory in the NCAA Division III Championship game to capture the men's lacrosse team's first-ever NCAA Championship.