Wesley Announces Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2011
A total of 14 former student-athletes representing nine different sports comprises the 2011 class of the Wesley College Athletic Hall of Fame.
The sports of baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, field hockey, football, golf, men's lacrosse, softball and wrestling each will have at least one of its all time greats inducted in a ceremony to be held Friday, October 7 at the Schwartz Center for the Arts as part of Wesley's Homecoming festivities.
In alphabetical order, the 14 members of the 2011 class of the Wesley College Athletic Hall of Fame.
James Binder - Football - Class of 1993 (1988-91)
Football Gazette National Player of the Week...Member of
ECAC Bowl Championship team...Ranks in Wesley's top 10 in tackles,
tackles for loss and interceptions...Four-year letterwinner.
Lynda Carey - Field Hockey/Softball - Class of 2002
(1997-00)
Two-time All-PAC selection...Member of PAC Championship
team...Earned six varsity letters...Among the field hockey team's
all-time leaders in points, goals and assists.
Chris Chaffinch - Baseball - Class of 2001 (1998-01)
Three-time All-PAC selection...PAC Tournament MVP...Member
of Wesley's PAC Championship team...Member of team that set school
win record with 26 (since broken)...Four-year letterwinner...Left
Wesley holding its career records for hits, runs, games, runs
batted in, and home runs...Held season records in hits, triples,
stolen bases and batting average...Currently serves as the head
coach at the Gatewood School...Former head coach at St. Andrews
Presbyterian College...Served as an assistant coach at Wesley.
Member of two ECAC Championship teams...Ranks in Wesley's top 10 for goals in a season...Holds single season points record...Third in career goals...Rates among all-time point leaders...Three varsity letters...Led the team in points all three seasons...Set school's single season assist record and rates among its all-time assist leaders...Led the team in goals twice...Team captain...Dean's List student...President's List student.
Trevor Holbrook - Men's Lacrosse - Class of 1998
(1994-98)
Member of two ECAC Championship teams...Four-year
letterwinner and starter...Long stick midfielder routinely drew
opponent's top scorer...Member of 1996 team that set school record
for winning percentage...Dean's List student...Three-time team
captain.
Derek Hunter - Men's Basketball - Class of 1971 (Junior
College, 1970-71)
All-conference...Scored over 800 points...Twice scored
over 40 points in one game...Two-year starter and
letterwinner...Was a starter at Delta State and played on their
Gulf South Conference Championship team that advanced to the
College Division Elite 8...Went on to become a successful high
school coach in Memphis, Tennessee, winning numerous conference
championships in multiple sports and entered the year as the active
wins leader in women's basketball among Memphis High School
coaches.
Craig LaBarbera - Golf - Class of 2002 (1997-00)
Three-time All-PAC performer...Two-time
All-American...Member of Wesley's first team to advance to NCAA
Championships...Member of three PAC Championship teams...Three-time
PAC Individual Champion...Four-year letterwinner...All-region...Won
seven individual titles in his career...Dean's List student.
Duane Manson - Football - Class of 2001 (1994,
96-98)
ECAC All-Star...Football Gazette All-American...CoSIDA
All-American...Named All-ACFC at two different positions (defensive
back and kick returner)...Still holds Wesley's interception record
with 17, interception returns yards and longest interception return
(100 yards for a TD)...Second at Wesley in pass
breakups...Four-year letterwinner...Team captain...Later served as
an assistant coach at Wesley.
Duane Martin - Football - U. Phoenix Class of 2011
(1993, 95-97)
Football Gazette All-American...Two-time all-region
selection...ECAC All-Star...ECAC Rookie of the Year...Tied an NCAA
record with a 99-yard touchdown catch...Member of ACFC Championship
team...Finished his career as the all-time leader at Wesley in
receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns and still
rates among the all-time leaders in each category...Four-year
letterwinner.
Stephen Pound - Wrestling - Class of 1966 (Junior
College 1965-66)
Tri-State Champion in wrestling...Took Second place at the
NJCAA Wrestling Regional...NJCAA National Wrestling Championship
Qualifier...Member of Wesley's first wrestling team...Went
undefeated at 152 pounds...Also a two-year starter of the Wesley
College baseball team...Went on to win 100-meter championship for
Western Maryland College...Played semi-pro baseball for Catonsville
AA.
Earl Passwaters - Football - Class of 1971 (Junior
College 1970-71) (Posthumous)
All-Conference selection...Member of JUCO All-Star
team...All-American...Member of two conference championship
teams...Two-year letterwinner...Went on to become a two-year
starter at Florida State.
Bruce Reinert - Football/Wrestling - Class of 1971
(Junior College 1970-71)
Two-time All-American in football...All-American in
wrestling...Two-time All-Conference pick in football...Wesley
Athlete of the Year...Went on to start at Wake Forest and was a
team captain for the Demon Deacons...Won Bill George Award at Wake
Forest.
Joe Roberts - Football - Class of 2004 (1995-98)
All-ACFC selection...All-American...Member of ACFC
Championship team...Played in three ECAC Bowls...Four-year
letterwinner...Three-time team captain...Team MVP...Still rates in
Wesley's top 10 in career tackles...Later served as an assistant
coach at Wesley and is a coach at Cape Henlopen.
Kim Smith - Field Hockey/Women's Basketball/Softball -
Class of 2002 (1998-02)
Two-time All-PAC selection in women's basketball...All-PAC
once each in softball and field hockey...Named all-region in field
hockey...Co-MVP of the PAC Field Hockey Championships...Wesley
College Co-Female Athlete of the Year...Ranks in the top 20 at
Wesley in assists in field hockey...Scored over 1,000 points in
basketball...Rates among the women's basketball program's all-time
leaders in points, rebounds, assists and steals, while holding the
career and season records in three-point field goals made...Earned
four letters each in field hockey and basketball...Dean's List
student...NFHCA National Academic Team.