Sports News

Dan Barker '89

Jim Filipovits '93

Jennifer Fry '94

Cheryl Irvine '96 Ruckman

Ron Miller '93

Rob Rohrbach '92

Lloyd "Tres" Wolf '94

The Crusader Sports Hall of Fame will add seven former student-athletes to its ranks at a dinner following the home basketball doubleheader against Albright on Saturday, Feb. 10. With the induction of the new class, membership in the hall will be 175. This year’s inductees are:

Dan Barker ’89 (baseball) - Barker was a two-time MAC Northwest All-Star as a catcher, and was named team Most Valuable Player as a senior. As a junior, he set what is still a school single-season record with a .500 batting average along with nine home runs and 37 runs batted in. He finished with a career batting average of .354 with 14 home runs and 80 runs batted in.

Jim Filipovits ’93 (football) - Filipovits was a three-year starter at quarterback, and led the Crusaders to the NCAA Division III semifinals as a junior. Following his senior season, he was named first-team All-MAC after completing 98 passes for 1,548 yards and 14 touchdowns. Filipovits still ranks among the top 10 in program history in career passing yards (2,569) and touchdowns (24).

Jennifer Fry ’94 (track and field) - Fry holds the school record in the discus with a mark of 132 feet, 8 inches set in 1993 and was the MAC champion in the event as a senior with a throw of 119 feet, 3 inches. She also placed fourth in the discus as a junior and second as a senior, and was named the team’s Top Fieldwoman as both a sophomore and a senior.

Cheryl Irvine ’96 Ruckman (field hockey/lacrosse) - Irvine was a four-year starter in both field hockey and lacrosse, and was a two-time All-MAC selection in field hockey and a three-time All-Star in lacrosse. In field hockey, she ranks fourth in program history with 31 career goals, while in lacrosse she is sixth in program history with 94 goals and seventh in points with 103.

Ron Miller ’93 (football) - Miller was a first-team All-MAC selection on the offensive line as both a junior and senior, as the Crusaders led the conference in both total offense and rushing offense both years. He was an honorable mention All-American as a senior, and following graduation served as the team’s offensive coordinator for eight seasons and as head men’s lacrosse coach for four seasons.

Rob Rohrbach ’92 (golf) - Rohrbach was the first Crusader to compete at the NCAA Division III Men’s Golf championships, finishing tied for 82nd in a field of 120 players in 1992. That year, he was the MAC individual champion and led the team in stroke average at 76.5. As a sophomore, Rohrbach also led the team in stroke average at 79.2.

Lloyd “Tres” Wolf ’94 (basketball) - Wolf was a four-year starter at point guard for the Crusaders and was a third-team All-American as a senior after leading the team in scoring at 17.5 points per game and ranking eighth in Division III with 7.3 assists per game. Wolf scored 1,192 points and is still the program’s career leader with 543 assists and 229 steals.




New Sports Conference Updates
The Landmark Conference, the newly-formed association of NCAA Division III institutions of which Susquehanna University will be a member, has named John A. Reeves as its first commissioner. The conference also announced that The University of Scranton has accepted an invitation to become its eighth member, and will begin competition with the seven other colleges and universities in the fall of 2007.

Reeves, who spent the last 14 years of his 43-year career in college sports as the director of physical education and intercollegiate athletics at Columbia University, was called out of retirement by the conference and began his service on Sept. 1. As commissioner, Reeves will provide a critical link between the presidents, academic leaders, athletic administrators, and coaches of the Landmark Conference. He will oversee all of the conference’s sports programs for men and women, including championships and special events, and he will administer its program-development efforts and day-to-day operational planning.

During his career, Reeves has served at a variety of educational institutions as an educator, coach, and administrator. Prior to his tenure at Columbia University, he was a professor of physical education and director of physical education and athletics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has also served with the University of Rochester, Drew University and Bloomfield College.

Beginning in the fall of 2007, Landmark Conference members will compete in baseball, basketball, cross-country, field hockey, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball. Susquehanna’s football program will compete in the Liberty League.