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Before a crowd of 200, five former Skyhawk and Raider athletic greats entered the Fort Lewis College Athletic Hall of Fame this morning.
Among the inductees were Jeremy Fishbein and Marcy Jung, two coaches who led their teams to a combined seven league championships and three national playoff berths.
Fishbein, who coached men’s soccer at Fort Lewis from 1992-98, was inducted into the Hall of Fame by two of his former players — Ian Dickinson (1991-94) and Calum Robertson (1995-97, ’99) — and one of his former assistant coaches, Jim Callard (1993).
Jung, who coached volleyball at Fort Lewis from 1986-98 and still serves as a professor in the Exercise Science Department, was recognized by three of her former players: Jessica Copp (1993-96), Bridget (Pearson) Dalrymple (1993-96), and Belinda (Anderson) Swope (1986-89).
In addition to the two former coaches, the 2006 Hall of Fame class included former men’s basketball player Jeff Cremers (1986-90), former football player and wrestler Robert DeGuelle (1973-76), and former men’s soccer player Brad Greenwood (1998-2001).
In seven seasons at Fort Lewis (1992-98), Fishbein’s teams posted a 74-47-7 record (.605) and won four league championships — two in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1997, 1998) and two in the Colorado Athletic Conference (1993, 1995). He also guided the Skyhawks to their first two NCAA Division II playoff trips (1997, 1998).
“Coach Fishbein created something out of nothing at Fort Lewis College,” said Skyhawk men’s soccer coach Jeremy Gunn, who replaced Fishbein at Fort Lewis in 1999. “He created a tradition of excellence that set the standard not only for our soccer program, but for every program in the region.”
Since leaving Fort Lewis, Fishbein has coached at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, from 1999-2000 (his teams posted a 21-13-3 record in “rebuilding” years) and at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque from 2002 to present. During his four seasons at UNM, the Lobos have posted a pair of 18-win seasons and a 17-win mark — the three best campaigns in Lobo history. His NCAA Division I mark in four years at UNM is a mind-boggling 61-16-8 (.765). Fishbein’s 2005 squad went 18-2-3 and advanced to the NCAA Division I championship game, where they lost 1-0 to Maryland.
Fishbein’s coaching accolades are numerous. At Fort Lewis, he won NCAA Division II West Region Coach of the Year honors in 1993 and RMAC and CAC Coach of the Year awards in 1993, 1997 and 1998. At UNM, he was chosen as Soccer America magazine National Coach of the Year in 2004, NCAA Far West Region Coach of the Year in 2005, and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2005.
Jung, who coached the Raider and Skyhawk volleyball teams from 1986-98, guided her teams to three RMAC titles (1988, 1990, 1994) and one NAIA national championship tournament (1988). Her teams posted a 218-203 record (.518) during her 13 years at the helm.
“Marcy is a fixture in the success of Fort Lewis College volleyball on and off the court,” said current Skyhawk head volleyball coach Shelly Aaland, who played for Jung from 1994-98. “She has coached many talented players, but also very academically-minded student-athletes.”
Jung’s players earned Academic All-RMAC honors 31 times during her career and received the Troy Bledsoe Scholar-Athlete of the Year (awarded to the Fort Lewis senior student-athlete with the highest grade point average) nine times.
As a volleyball (1977-80) and basketball (1977-78) player for the Raiders, Jung received first team all-conference accolades in 1977 and the school’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Jan Wilson-Hetzler Women’s Athlete of the Year awards as a senior in 1981.
She was previously inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the 1988 volleyball team that qualified for the NAIA national championship tournament in 2001.
Cremers, who competed for the Raiders from 1986-90, was an integral part of two RMAC championship squads (1986-87 and 1988-89). He ranks among Fort Lewis’ all-time leaders in scoring (16th, 1,068 points), rebounds (510, 12th), blocked shots (33, 11th) and field goals (8th, 462).
Cremers was a first team All-RMAC selection as a senior in 1989-90 and set the school record for single-season field goal percentage (.683) in 1987-88.
“Jeff was a multitalented, all-around player that could be relied on every night,” said his younger brother, Jon Cremers, who later played for the Raiders and Skyhawks from 1991-95.
DeGuelle played on the offensive line and wrestled for the Raiders from 1973-76. He earned first team All-RMAC honors as a sophomore and later won the RMAC heavyweight wrestling crown.
Upon graduating from Fort Lewis, DeGuelle served as president of DeGuelle Oil Company from 1977 until his retirement in 1999.
Mike Dent, a local realtor who played football at Fort Lewis the years before DeGuelle arrived, called him a quiet leader. DeGuelle has been a strong supporter of Fort Lewis athletics over the years and currently serves as an assistant football coach. He recently made a large donation to refurbish the weight room with new equipment — something that will benefit all Fort Lewis student-athletes and Exercise Science students for years to come.
As a defender, Greenwood helped guide the Skyhawk men’s soccer team to four straight league titles from 1998-2001 and three NCAA Division II playoff appearances (1998, 1999, 2001). His career-defining moment was recovering from a fractured orbital bone sustained in Fort Lewis’ first-round victory over St. Edwards (Texas). Just two weeks later, he claimed Defensive Most Valuable Player honors and an all-tournament team selection in the 1999 NCAA Final Four, as his Skyhawks lost 2-1 in double overtime to Southern Conn. St.
“The courage Brad displayed in the 1999 postseason, playing through a horrific facial injury, epitomizes everything that he gave to the program,” said Gunn, who coached Greenwood for three years. “Brad was an incredible defender whose one-versus-one and aerial abilities were second to none.”
Greenwood earned second team All-Midwest Region honors in 2000, first team All-RMAC accolades in 1999 and second team All-RMAC awards in 2000 and 2001. He ranks fifth in school history in games played (78), 23rd in assists (5), 25th in goals (7) and 29th in total points (19).
The induction ceremony and breakfast will take place at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19 in the College Union Ballroom.
The Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony was attended by a dozen past inductees: Dickinson (inducted in 2001), Robertson (2005), Lynn Barngrover (1996) Luc Cisna (2005), Jessica Copp (2003), Rich Hansen (2005), Rich Hillyer (1996), Lloyd Moore (1995), Robert Overturf (1999), Scott Sanders (2000), Duane Smith (2004), and Swope (a member of the 1988 volleyball team that was inducted in 2001).
Dona Guy, a longtime Fort Lewis employee who worked in the Records Office and Athletic Department, returned to campus to serve as emcee.
Nearly 200 Fort Lewis alumni returned to campus for the day’s slate of events, which also included alumni volleyball, men’s soccer, and women’s soccer games.
In men’s soccer alone, 35 past players and coaches returned to face the defending NCAA Division II national championship Skyhawk side in an exhibition game. (NCAA rules do not allow for official scores to be kept in exhibition soccer games, but unofficial scoring had the alumni leading 2-1 with nearly 30 minutes remaining in the game; three late scores by the current Skyhawks changed the unofficial outcome.)
Eight players from Fishbein’s 1993 league title team were among those who returned for alumni weekend.
In the volleyball alumnae game, Jung donned a uniform for the first time in years to help the 14 volleyball alumnae square off against the current Skyhawk team.
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The Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2006 (L-R): Brad
Greenwood, Jeremy Fishbein, Jeff Cremers, Robert
DeGuelle, Marcy Jung.
Jeff Cremers (left) was welcomed into the Athletic
Hall of Fame by his friend and former teammate,
Scott Sanders. Sanders was previously inducted into
the Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
Marcy Jung (second from right) was inducted into the
A thletic Hall of Fame by three of her former players
(from L-R): Jessica Copp, Belinda (Anderson) Swope,
and Bridget (Pearson) Dalrymple. Copp and Swope
are also members of the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Jeremy Fishbein (center) was joined by several of his
former players and coaches at the Athletic Hall of
Fame ceremony (from L-R): Tom Meintzer, Calum
Robertson, Fishbein, Ian Dickinson, former assistant
coach Jim Callard. Fishbein joins Robertson and
Dickinson in the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Five decades of Fort Lewis College volleyball were
represented at the 2006 alumnae match on Aug. 19.
Past players and coaches are listed with years of
participation in parentheses. Back row (L-R): Lynn
Barngrover (1969-72), Temple Levings, Jessica
Bailey, Katherine Sumrall, Nichole Schwab, Tori
McKinley, Jennifer Buckner, DeAnne Ficklin, Melissa
Childs, Teri Winfrey (2004-05), Moreen Baylis
(2000-03), Pam Adams (head coach from 1999-
2003), Anna Mapes (current assistant coach).
Middle row (L-R): Marcy Jung (player from 1976-
80, head coach from 1986-98), Dixie (Davis)
Wadlington (1993-96), Sara Feehan, Bridget
(Pearson) Dalrymple (1993-96), LeeAnne
Greenwade, Alana Freese (2000-02), Maureen Bryan
(2000-03), Cora Vorwald, Shelly Aaland (player from
1995-98, head coach from 2004-present). Bottom
row (L-R): Anna Mekeel, Carly Lacey, Adrianne
Dettler, Brittany Lang, Laura (May) Whitaker
(1995-98), Chrissy (Bartlett) Jaworsky (1994-97),
Shirl (Hamblin) Gale (1994-97), Jessica Copp
(1993-96).
Among the numerous alumni to return for the
Athletic Hall of Fame were (from L-R): Marc Petit,
Shirl (Hamblin) Gale, and Greg Jensen. Petit and
Jensen were former men's soccer players
coached by Jeremy Fishbein; Gale was a former
volleyball player coached by Marcy Jung.
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