| COLUMBIA ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2016 |
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| Male Student-Athletes, Heritage Era |
| Howie Hansen '52CC, Football |
| Bob Hartman '52CC, Wrestling |
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| Male Student-Athletes, Modern Era |
| Steve Charles '82CC, Men's Soccer |
| Paul Kaliades '73CC, Football/Baseball |
| James Margolis '58CC, Fencing |
| Matt Palmer '07CC, Wrestling |
| Johnathan Reese '02CC, Football |
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Jeff Spear '10CC, Fencing
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| Female Student-Athletes |
| Allison Buehler '03CC, Softball |
| Liz Cheung-Gaffney '98CC, Soccer |
| Ylonka Dubout-Wills '84BC, Track & Field |
| Megan Griffith '07CC, Basketball |
| Judie Lomax '10BC, Basketball |
| Sara Ovadia '09CC, Golf |
| Sophie Reiser '10CC, Soccer |
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| Team, Heritage Era |
| 1954 Men's Fencing |
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| Team, Modern Era |
| 1979 Men's Soccer |
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| Team, Female |
| 2006 Women's Soccer |
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| Athletics Staff |
Kevin DeMarrais '64CC, Director of Sports Information
(1965-67, 1969-84) |
| Paul Fernandes, Associate AD/Baseball (1977-2008) |
Ron Russo, Wrestling (1972-91)
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| Special Category |
| Rocco B. Commisso '71SEAS, Men's Soccer |
| Roone Arldege '52CC |
NEW YORK - A sold-out audience witnessed the induction of the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2016 on Thursday, October 20, in the Low Library Rotunda. Chair, University Trustees, Jonathan Schiller, and Campbell Family Director, Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education Peter Pilling joined alumni, fans, and friends of Columbia Athletics to comprise the enthusiastic guests for the ceremony.
The NFL Network's Ian Rappaport '02CC emceed the black-tie event.
Columbia's athletics program has featured some of the most notable names in American sports history. Among the members of the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame's inaugural class, inducted in 2006, were baseball Hall of Famers Lou Gehrig 1921-23CC and Eddie Collins 1907CC, college football legends Sid Luckman '39CC and Lou Little (head coach), as well as former Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer and Honda-Broderick Award-winner Cristina Teuscher '00CC.
The Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2016 will be recognized at halftime of Saturday's Homecoming football game against Dartmouth at midfield Saturday, October 22.
