SPORTS NEWS
30th HALL OF FAME Class Inducted In November, the Athletics Hall of Fame inducted football and wrestling star Ray Dodson ’69, football and basketball captain Brent Rusnak ’98, and tennis standout Patrick Gee ’06, and awarded special citations to lacrosse goalkeeper Rick Bagby ’79 and retired lacrosse coach Ray Rostan. 1 Ray Dodson was an outstanding two-sport athlete, playing defensive end on the football team and grappling at heavyweight for the wrestling team. On the gridiron, Dodson was a three-time All-Mason Dixon selection, a three-time All-Virginia Small College selection, and a 1968 All-American. A captain in 1968, he helped the Tigers to a 1966 Mason-Dixon Conference Championship. On the wrestling mat, he was a two-time Ray Moore Award Winner, given to the most valuable wrestler. He also received the Otis Bradley Outstanding Wrestler Award and the Outstanding Freshman Athlete Award. Dodson was a captain of the wrestling team as a senior and held a career record of 34-5-1. 2 Brent Rusnak was also a two-sport athlete who played four years of football and two years of basketball, serving as a team captain for both teams as a senior in 1998. On the football field, Rusnak was a four-time All-ODAC honoree, receiving First Team honors in both 1995 and 1997. As a senior, the defensive back recorded 139 tackles, four interceptions, five pass breakups, three fumble recoveries, and one touchdown. That year, he was named First Team All-ODAC, Second Team AllSouth, and was named the Division II-III Defensive Back of the Year by the Richmond Touchdown Club. Rusnak ended his career with 316 total tackles and 14 pass interceptions. 3 Patrick Gee had an impressive tennis career for the Tigers, starting all four years at number-one singles. As a freshman, he finished second in the ODAC in singles and third in doubles while being named Second Team All-ODAC and ODAC Rookie of the Year. As a sophomore, he made Second Team All-ODAC with a second-place finish in singles. Gee broke through as a junior, winning the singles championship while being named the 2005 ODAC Player of the Year and earning First Team All-ODAC honors. He capped off his career with a third-place finish in the singles championship.
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4 Rick Bagby, a standout goalkeeper in the early years of H-SC lacrosse, helped the Tigers to their first winning records; the two-time All-Southern League goalkeeper was also honored by In the Crease magazine as a senior. Bagby’s mark on the sport of lacrosse has been immense: he boasts a 291-89 record as a high school coach, helped start several youth programs, and founded the “21 Lacrosse” organization. He served as athletic director at Emerson College and Bellarmine University, helping establish a Division I lacrosse program at the latter. Bagby, who coached club teams at Emerson, Northeastern, and Georgia, currently serves as head lacrosse coach at Massachusetts Maritime. 5 Head coach Ray Rostan spent 32 seasons at the helm of Hampden-Sydney lacrosse, compiling a record of 302-172 with the Tigers. Rostan led Hampden-Sydney to eight NCAA Tournament appearances and four ODAC Championships, and 17 of his teams finished the season with a top20 national ranking. He coached 66 All-Americans, five Academic All-Americans, and has seen 13 players be inducted into the Hampden-Sydney Hall of Fame. Rostan was named ODAC Coach of the Year five times—most recently in 2016—and was twice voted National Coach of the Year by his peers. Rostan’s career record of 342-197 ranks eighth in all-time collegiate victories in all NCAA divisions. If you would like to nominate someone for the Hall of Fame, please contact Davis Yake ’08, assistant athletic director for media relations and compliance, at dyake@hsc.edu. Former athletes are eligible for consideration when at least ten years have elapsed since their most recent season of participation.
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