On Valentine’s Day 2015, a few of La Salle’s most outstanding alumni athletes felt the love as they were inducted into the University’s Hall of Athletes.

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La Salle Athletic Director Tom Brennan, Ed.D., Russ Bono, ’84, and Alumni Association President Beth Harper Briglia, CPA, CAP, ’80

A four-year letter winner in men’s soccer from 1979 to 1982, Russ Bono, ’84 set the school record for career goals and career points. A three-time All-ECC selection, Bono also earned All-Region and All-Philadelphia Soccer 7 honors twice and scored the game-winning goal in overtime to help the Explorers to the 1982 ECC Championship.

Fred Morris, ’77, was a four-year letter winner in baseball and remains the highest professional draft pick in program history (11th round, Houston Astros). As a senior, he earned all-ECC honors after going 4–1 with a 1.72 ERA, the lowest in school history. He pitched the first no-hitter in program history vs. Hofstra. Morris played three seasons of professional baseball, reaching as high as Double-A.

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Fred Morris, ’77 and Crista Ricketts, ’07

A three-time All-Atlantic 10 selection and four-time All-Philadelphia Big 5 pick in women’s basketball, Crista Ricketts, ’07, finished her career third on La Salle’s all-time scoring list. She was the 2004 A-10 and Big 5 Rookie of the Year and her scoring average of 15.1 points per game is third all-time. A 2014 inductee into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame, Ricketts played professionally in Portugal, Austria, Australia, and Spain following graduation.

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La Salle’s first Varsity 4 Dad Vail Champions composed of stroke John Fitzpatrick, ’91, stroke Dan Hoover, ’96, bowman Russ Mellott, ’91, coxswain Tim Curran, ’93, and stroke Austin Kuebler, ’93, and coach Pete Sigmund.

The men’s Varsity 4, coached by Pete Sigmund, became La Salle’s first Varsity 4 Dad Vail Champions in 1991. Composed of stroke John Fitzpatrick, ’91, stroke Dan Hoover, ’96, bowman Russ Mellott, ’91, coxswain Tim Curran, ’93, and stroke Austin Kuebler, ’93, the boat was undefeated during the entire spring of 1991.