ELMIRA, N.Y. – The Elmira College Department of Athletics announced the 2023 Hall of Fame Class on Friday afternoon. Amongst the honorees for this year’s class are Kurt Kalweit ’84 (Men’s Ice Hockey Player/Coach), Kayla Coady ’09 (Women’s Ice Hockey), Mary Kay Babcock ’82 (Women’s Basketball), Courtney Diehl ’12 (Cheerleading), and the 1997 Women’s Soccer Team (head coach Tim Barrera). For those on the 1997 Women’s Soccer team, we are seeking contact information for all. Please email Director of Athletics Rhonda Faunce (rfaunce@elmira.edu) if you were an athlete, coach, or administrator with the team and would like to attend the event.
The Hall of Fame Class of 2023 will be the fourth group enshrined. The first-ever class, which included the 2001 and 2002 NCAA Division III national champion women’s ice hockey teams, the 2000 and 2007 NCA national champion cheerleading teams, former Vice President of Athletics Pat Thompson ’75, Joey Spinelli ’92, and the late Laura Hurd ’05, was welcomed in the fall of 2019.
In 2021, Glenn Thomaris (Men’s Ice Hockey), Carol McClelland Dopp ’79 (Softball, Women’s Basketball, Women’s Volleyball), Bob Basel ’80 (Men’s Basketball, Golf, athletic department benefactor, former Board of Trustee member), and Helen B. Downes ’03 (Track & Field) were inducted following a one-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2023 class, featured Robert Barsamian ’82 (Men’s Soccer), Bernie Herceg ’87 (Men’s Golf), Tony Bego ’94 (Men’s Basketball), Sasha Zavadska ’13 (Women’s Volleyball), the 1977-78 Men’s Ice Hockey Team, and the 1999 Women’s Volleyball Team.
The 2023 induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at Stephans Lounge inside of Meier Hall on the campus of Elmira College.
More information will become available soon.
