Hall of Fame Inductees 2021

Three new members were inducted into the Castleton University Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 18, 2021, during Homecoming and Family Weekend.

Mathew Parker ’97 was a force for the Castleton men’s basketball team for four seasons in the mid-1990s, still ranking today among the program’s all-time leaders in total points and three-point shooting. He was twice named to the Mayflower Conference’s All-Conference Team, and helped Castleton earn a share of the regular-season title during his senior year in 1995-96 with a 12-2 record in league play. During his final year in the Spartan uniform, Parker netted double-digit point totals in 25 of his 28 games.

Carolyn Brown (Griggs) ’09 helped put a recently-revived Castleton field hockey program on the map when she arrived on campus in 2005. She concluded her career as Castleton’s all-time leading scorer, and currently ranks third on the all-time points list for the Spartans at the time of her induction with 145 points and 63 goals. Her 55-point senior season marks the fourth-most points in a single season by any Castleton field hockey player in the modern era, and helped lift Castleton to its first North Atlantic Conference Championship in 2008.

C. Michael Cronin ’72 got his start at Castleton as a men’s basketball player for two seasons in 1970-71 and 1971-72. He was on the Dean’s List as a student, and was named a tri-captain of the 1971-72 men’s hoops squad. Following his graduation from Castleton with a bachelor’s degree in History, Cronin spent 30 years filling numerous roles in Capital Region high schools in New York. He was named to the American Football Association’s Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Capital District chapter of the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 2013 for his lengthy career as an official. Beyond the athletics arena, Cronin spent 10 years as the mayor of Hudson Falls, as well as two years each as deputy mayor and village trustee for Hudson Falls.