ITHACA, N.Y. – Ithaca College Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreational Sports Susan Bassett '79 is pleased to officially announce the 48th Hall of Fame class. This distinguished group of 10 individuals and two teams will be enshrined into the illustrious Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 21, 2017 in the Athletics and Events Center. IC alumnus and ESPN SportsCenter anchor Kevin Connors '97 will return as the Master of Ceremonies for the third straight year.

"The Ithaca College Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony provides a time for the Bomber family to pause and celebrate our rich tradition of excellence in all sports. The 2017 Hall of Fame class represents the best of that tradition and will inspire us all to emulate their outstanding careers and accomplishments," said Bassett.

1989-90 WRESTLING

Ithaca College's first back-to-back team national champions, the 1989 and 1990 wrestling program compiled an overall dual record of 22-10 during the title runs under the guidance of Hall of Fame head coach John Murray and assistant coach Dave Auble.

The Bombers won the 1989 national championship in University Heights, Ohio with 72.5 points, as five grapplers earned All-American recognition – three of which placed second in their respective weight classes – and two other qualified for the championships. All five that wrestled to All-America status won 30 or more bouts during the campaign.

Dan Bieller '90 (177 lbs), Mike Fusilli '91 (190 lbs.) and Rob Gross '90 (142 lbs.) all finished as national runners-up, while Joel Lamson '90 (126 lbs.) and Marty Nichols '90 (150 lbs.) placed fifth. Tim Cotter '90 (134 lbs.) and Randy Cotton '92 (heavyweight) also represented the Bombers as national qualifiers.

The follow year, Ithaca earned hosting rights for the national championships in Ben Light Gymnasium and defended its title from a season prior. The Bombers scored 81 points, which was 17 more than the runner-up from Ausburg. At the time, Ithaca was just the third NCAA Division III wrestling program to repeat as national champions.

Fusilli was an individual national champion in the heavyweight division with a 13-5 victory in the title bout. Lamson and Nichols were runners-up at 126 and 150, while Mike Cronmiller '90 (158) placed third and Gross was fifth at 142.

Cronmiller, Fusilli, Gross and Nichols are in Ithaca's Hall of Fame.

TARIQ AHMAD '04 – FOOTBALL, TRACK & FIELD, BASKETBALL

A three-sport athlete during his time on South Hill, Tariq Ahmad was regarded as one of the top offensive linemen in the football program's history. Ahmad was also an exceptional athlete on the track & field team as a thrower, and played one year of basketball during his senior season.

On the gridiron, Ahmad played in 43 career games with 36 starts, and was a two-time captain under Hall of Fame head coach Mike Welch. He garnered Third-Team Football Gazette All-America honors as a senior during the 2003 season, as the Bombers posted a 10-3 record and reached the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals.

In his sophomore season, Ithaca went 11-2 and averaged 34.3 points per game. Ahmad anchored an offensive line that paved the way for 2,717 rushing yards and 35 touchdowns.

During his four years with the team, Ithaca accumulated an overall record of 35-11 with two Empire 8 championship and a pair of trips to the NCAA Tournament. Ahmad was also selected to play in the Aztec Bowl at the conclusion of his senior season.

As a thrower, Ahmad was a three-time Empire 8 champion during his senior year in the hammer throw, discus and shot put. He was named Athlete of the Meet for his performances. Ahmad also secured five all-state marks in his three years in the throwing circle.

In his one year on the hardwood, he played in 19 games as a post player and scored 42 points with 39 rebounds.

LYNN ANNE BOLTON '96 – FIELD HOCKEY, SWIMMING & DIVING

Lynn Anne Bolton was a multi-sport athlete at Ithaca in the mid-1990s in field hockey and swimming & diving. In her two sports, Bolton competed under the tutelage of Hall of Fame coaches Doris Kostrinsky in field hockey and Paula Miller in the pool.

As a goalie with the field hockey program, Bolton played on four NCAA Tournament teams, as the Bombers posted 46 victories from 1992 to 1995. She was named Third-Team All-American by the CFHCA during her junior and senior seasons, as well as a First-Team North Atlantic All-Region performer.

Bolton quickly progressed to the Bombers' top net minder by her junior season and remained in cage until her graduation. She made 255 saves as a junior with six shutouts, a 1.26 goals against average and .911 save percentage.

Bolton followed that up with a stellar senior campaign with a paltry 0.93 GAA and 11 shutouts in over 1,400 minutes played.

Bolton still owns the program's best save percentage of .910 and is third all-time in goals against average at 1.09, as she allowed just 44 goals in nearly 2,900 minutes of action.

Her 18 career shutouts rank within the top five in school history, while her 447 career saves are within the top 10.

She lettered two seasons on the swimming & diving team.

RYAN CIOTOLI '02 – WRESTLING

Ryan Ciotoli wrestled for five seasons on South Hill for Hall of Fame coach Marty Nichols and helped the Bomber program to 45 dual victories during that time. Individually, Ciotoli posted an overall record of 91-22 and was a perfect 17-0 in dual bouts as a junior in 2001.

Cotoli was a three-time All-American and was a four-time ECWC champion in the 149 and 157-lb. weight classes. He also garnered Ithaca's Tiny Marella Outstanding Wrestler Award twice, and at the conclusion of his senior season, was presented with the John Murray Award for making the greatest impact on the wrestling program. Ciotoli would be tabbed captain his final two seasons for IC.

In his first All-American season as a sophomore, Ciotoli went 25-4 overall and finished second at the NCAA Championships. He followed that up with a 33-2 mark as a junior and was the national runner-up once again at 157 lbs.

Despite an injury-plagued senior campaign, Ciotoli went 12-4 and finished sixth in the country.

At the time of his graduation, Ciotoli ranked 14th all-time in victories and is just one of a handful of three-time All-Americans in the program's decorated history. Out of is 91 career victories, 13 came by major decision, 12 by fall and seven by technical fall.

JOE FITZGERALD '93 – FOOTBALL, OLYMPICS

Joe Fitzgerald played three seasons as a quarterback under legendary Hall of Fame coach Jim Butterfield in the early 1990s and was a member of the 1991 national championship team that went 12-1. Fitzgerald continued his athletic career as a handball player from 1993 to 2004 on the USA National Team after graduating from Ithaca.

Fitzgerald appeared in 22 games at quarterback, but stepped into the starting role as a senior in 1992. During that 9-2 campaign, Ithaca led all of Division III in rushing offense with 306.5 yards a game and was third in the nation in total offense at 419.9 yards per outing. The Bombers eclipsed 40 or more points in six contests and finished the season with an average of 38.6 points per game.

As a senior, Fitzgerald ran for 593 yards and four touchdowns and passed for 845 yards with 11 more scores. He led Ithaca in total offense that season with an average of 143.8 yards per game.

On the world stage, Fitzgerald competed in the 1996 Olympics Games in Atlanta – the last handball team to qualify for the Olympics – as part of his 12-year professional handball career. He was named the USA Team Handball Athlete of the Year in 2001, and was on the Pan-American Team in 1999 and 2003. That 2003 squad was a bronze medalist in the Games. Fitzgerald also played one year professionally in Sweden.

BONNIE J. MCDOWELL O'KANE '96 – VOLLEYBALL

A member on four of the most successful years in Ithaca College volleyball history, Bonnie McDowell guided the program to an overall record of 168-34, three NCAA appearances and back-to-back trips to the NCAA Semifinals.

During her junior season in 1994, Ithaca posted a school record 53 victories as McDowell tallied 269 kills and 100 blocks. She ranked second on the team in blocks and hitting percentage, and was third in kills.

She followed that up with a then school-record 614 kills and 67 blocks as a senior, as the Bombers went 41-4. Ithaca reached the national semifinals in both of those seasons.

In those back-to-back semifinal runs, Ithaca only lost a combined 42 of 281 sets played.

During her senior campaign, McDowell posted a career-best 24 kills in a four-set win over Cortland on October 21, and in the NCAA Tournament, she posted more than 20 kills in all three matches against Springfield, Wisconsin-Whitewater and Washington-St. Louis.

She would be named First-Team All-American by the AVCA and ASICS in 1995 and finished within the top 10 nationally in kills.

Her 614 kills as a senior rank fourth all-time on the single-season list, while her 1,348 career kills are ninth all-time.

TYLER SCHULZ '04 – MEN'S BASKETBALL

One of just 22 players to score more than 1,000 points in the program's 87-year history, Tyler Schulz ranks 13th on the all-time scoring list with 1,196 points.

Schulz was a three-time all-conference honoree and was named Empire 8 Player of the Year during his senior season. He would also secure First-Team All-Region honors by D3hoops.com and the ECAC.

A four-year starter as a post player, Schulz also amassed 784 rebounds and 86 blocks. He finished his career with a 51.8 shooting percentage, 12.3 points per game and 8.1 rebounds per contest in 97 games played.

Schulz ranks fourth all-time in single-season and career blocked shots, and is fifth in career rebounds.

During his senior campaign, Schulz averaged 17.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per contest in 26 games played en route to his player of the year nod.

Schulz posted career-highs of 32 points on two occasions against Oneonta on Jan. 27, 2004 and Jan. 29, 2002 – 19 rebounds against St. Lawrence on Dec. 12, 2013 and six blocks versus Utica on Jan. 23, 2004.

He would lead Ithaca in scoring each of his final two seasons and was tops on the team in rebounding all four years on South Hill.

HANNAH SHALETT QUINTANA '07 – SOFTBALL

One of the most successful players in softball history, Hannah Shalett played an integral part in Ithaca's four trips to regionals and two appearances at the NCAA College World Series under Hall of Fame coach Deb Pallozzi.

Ithaca went 133-45 with Shalett behind the plate during her four seasons, which included being named NFCA Catcher of the Year, Empire 8 Woman of the Year and First-Team NFCA All-American in 2007. She was also part of the battery in the team's 40-7 season in 2006, which remains the program standard for most victories.

Shalett was also a four-time all-region and all-conference performer, as well as an all-tournament selection at regionals and the World Series.

She hit .417 during her senior season with 55 hits, 31 RBI, 26 runs scored and 12 doubles. The year prior, Shalett scored 46 runs to go along with a .362 average and 54 hits.

Shalett posted career totals of 175 hits (.351 average), 107 runs scored, 102 RBI and 43 doubles. Defensively, she made just five errors in 958 total chances.

Her 46 runs scored in 2006 rank third on the single-season list, while her 107 career runs scored are eighth all-time, and 102 runs batted in rank fifth in program history.

JOSEPH CAMPO '49 – FOOTBALL, WRESTLING, TRACK & FIELD (POSTHUMOUSLY)

Known by most as "The Gov", Joseph Campo was a three-sport athlete at Ithaca and was one of the most successful coaches at any level of competition.

At Ithaca, he competed in football, wrestling and track & field, but made his mark in athletics as a high school football and wrestling coach.

As a grappler on South Hill, Campo helped Ithaca to a 14th place finish at the NCAA Championships in 1949, just three years after the college reinstated wrestling as a collegiate sport on campus.

Campo started wrestling programs at three different schools over his 52-year career and amassed an astonishing 453-38 record during that time. He would guide his teams to 20 league championships and three Section III titles. Campo also mentored nine New York State champions and 27 state place finishers.

He has been inducted into four different wrestling hall of fames – the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1995, the New York State Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1987, the Long Island (Suffolk County – Section 11) Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Section III Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016.

Ithaca College wrote a feature on Campo, titled the "Brentwood Boys" in 2016. The full feature can be read here.

Campo passed away in California in 2010 at the age of 85.

MARIA J. HUTSICK '75 – ATHLETIC TRAINING

A trailblazer for women in the athletic training profession, Maria Hutsick was the first woman to head an NCAA Division I athletic training department at Boston University from 1980 to 2007.

After serving as an assistant at Boston for her first two years, Hutsick took over the reins of the department in 1982 and remained there for 25 more years. Prior to her arrival at BU, Hutsick was an assistant athletic trainer at Yale University.

While at Boston, Hutsick was hired as the head athletic trainer for the USA Women's National Hockey Team for eight seasons – 1998 to 2007. She was the team's athletic trainer during the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games when the USA claimed silver medal honors.

She then moved on to Medfield High School in Medfield, Mass. in 2007 where she remains today. Hutsick also serves as an injury spotter for the NFL Network.

While at Ithaca, Hutsick was a team manager for the women's swimming team from 1972-76 and played on the field hockey (two seasons) and women's lacrosse (three seasons) teams as a goalie. She made more than 100 saves over three years between the pipes in lacrosse.

BRIAN PARROTTE '88 – BASEBALL

A three-year standout on the Ithaca College baseball team, Brian Parrotte was one of the best hitters in program history and played in two NCAA College World Series, including the 1988 national championship team that went 36-11-1.

Parrotte was on the diamond from 1986-88 and finished his career with a .369 batting average with 171 hits, 127 RBI, 112 runs, 26 doubles, 16 home runs and 11 triples.

As a junior, Parrotte was named Second-Team All-American after a season in which he batted .398 with 53 hits in 133 at bats. He also drove in 40 runs and scored 33 more. The next season, he swung at a .376 clip with a team-best 63 RBI and nine homers.

Parrotte remains in the program's top 10 all-time in runs batted in, and his 63 during the 1988 season is second on the single-season list. The 65 hits he produced during the junior campaign place him 10th on the single-season list. He also ranks among the program's best in career home runs and triples.

He would go on to sign a professional contract with the Cincinnati Reds organization where he played for two seasons with the Billings Mustangs. In 84 career games, Parrotte batted .278 on 75 hits, to go along with 38 runs scored, 32 RBI and four home runs.