• Lasting Legacy
• Wittenberg Announces 2005 Athletic Hall of Honor Class
• Student-Athlete Represents Wittenberg at Conference

Atchison	Croci	Grammas	Kirkpatrick
Sturtz	Sutter	Varble	Cathey

Tom Atchison ’82, Matt Croci ’94, Margaret Grammas ’88, Gayle Goettman Kirkpatrick ’84, Paul Sutter ’87, Randy Sturtz ’72, Bill Varble ’55 and Melinda Wigton Cathey ’82 will be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Honor during Homecoming & Reunion Weekend, Oct. 28-30.

A three-year team captain and MVP in men’s golf, Atchison led the Tigers to two OAC titles, earning All-OAC honors all four years and three All-America honors.

Croci claimed team MVP and first-team All-NCAC honors twice in his Wittenberg basketball career. In 1994, Croci led the Tigers to the only undefeated regular season in school history and a third-place national finish while earning NCAC Player of the Year and third-team All-America honors.

Grammas and the women’s basketball Tigers went from last place in the OAC in 1987 to a perfect 11-0 mark in the NCAC in 1990. A two-time team MVP, Grammas holds several school records and ranks third in career points and fourth in career rebounds.

Kirkpatrick is the most accomplished women’s tennis player in school history, and she becomes the first daughter of a Hall of Honor inductee to earn the same recognition as her father, Bill Goettman ’54. Kirkpatrick earned team MVP honors as the No. 1 singles and doubles player two straight years and finished a school-record sixth in the 1983 national tournament.

Sturtz played errorless baseball as a first baseman in three of his four collegiate seasons, batting .396 to go along with his 1.000 fielding percentage in 1972. That combination earned Sturtz first-team all-conference, all-district and All-America honors following his senior season.

Sutter remains Wittenberg’s most accomplished distance swimmer with yet unbroken school records in the 500-, 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle events. The team MVP three times, Sutter was a two-time NCAA Division III national meet qualifier.

Varble earned three football varsity letters, All-OAC honors and team MVP honors as a senior. He also played two years of baseball, and he even ran in the 1954 OAC track championships after baseball. Varble later won 24 conference championships in football and track in 31 years as a high school coach.

Cathey is the only athlete in Wittenberg women’s basketball history to earn first-team Academic All-America honors. She averaged double figures in scoring all four years in the Red & White, including 1979-80, when she earned team MVP honors by pouring 16.9 points per game and setting a school record for points in a game (35).

– Ryan Maurer