Welcome to the Hall of Fame
Athletics Department inducts new class
From left to right: Golfers Brian Trucksess, Carl Kukoda, Tom Hagerty, and Arthur Kukoda are parents, relatives and friends of Centenary student-athletes
Two legendary Centenary teams joined the Athletics Department Hall of Fame during the 2012 Homecoming & Alumni Weekend: the 1979 Equestrian Team and the 1957 Brotherton Basketball Team. The Equestrian Team was honored for its outstanding performance under great duress at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) national championships in 1979. The evening before the championships, team coach Ralph Gillis died suddenly. The team rode in the coach’s honor and captured the National Hunt Seat Title, a feat not repeated again until 2009. The Brotherton Team, a squad of 14 seniors, enjoyed an undefeated season when the College was Centenary College for Women. The team defeated Lotte Hall and North and won the Inter-Dorm Championships in 1957. The season also included a win over the men of Alpha Delta House from Lafayette.
Golf Outing Raises Funds for Athletic Turf Field Project More than 65 golfers took to the links on October 12, 2012 for the fifth annual Cyclone Golf Outing at Panther Valley Golf & Country Club in Allamuchy, N.J. Organized by the Athletics Department, proceeds from the event benefited the Athletic Turf Field Project.
Below: Members of the IHSA Team accepting the Hall of Fame award from Director of Athletics Billie Jo Blackwell ’97/09. From left to right: Barbara BabbinMulvey ’81/82, Cathee Covington Nochimson ’80, Stephanie Siegel ’82, Linora Stevens-Gula ’80 and Concetta Saporito Alpers ’79/81.
The inductees were honored on October 13, 2012, as part of a Hall of Fame awards recognition and luncheon ceremony held in the Sitnik Theater of the David and Carol Lackland Center.
The Cheesiest Mascot Centenarians love the irrepressible Cyclone mascot and, apparently, PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay Division does, too. In August, Chester Cheetah, the brand spokescat for Cheetos, named the Centenary Cyclone to the Top 25 Cheesiest Mascots in America list. Weighing in at No. 17, the Cyclone finished ahead of MIT’s Tim the Beaver (No. 21) and a few places behind Carnegie Mellon’s Scotty, the Scottish Terrier (No. 8). The Centenarian 11