Trinity College Director of Athletics Drew Galbraith announced the 2023 Trinity Athletics Hall of Fame class, listed below. The Hall of Fame was created to celebrate the rich history of athletic excellence, honoring the individuals who, through athletics participation, coaching, or service, distinguished themselves in the field of intercollegiate athletics, brought honor and acclaim to Trinity, and contributed to the success and advancement of intercollegiate athletics at the College. The group was set to be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame at an on-campus ceremony on September 30.<\/p>\n
Bruno was a four-time All-American and the NESCAC, ECAC, and IWLCA National Midfielder of the Year in 2012, when she led the Bantams to the first NCAA Division III Championship title and the first women\u2019s NCAA crown in school history. Bruno is Trinity\u2019s all-time leader in ground balls and caused turnovers. She helped the Bantams play in three NCAA tournaments, and Trinity posted a 54\u201311 record in her four years. Decker served as Trinity\u2019s head baseball coach for 22 seasons, football defensive coordinator for eight years, and football head coach in 1999. He is Trinity\u2019s winningest baseball coach, and under his lead, the Bantams made\u00a0NESCAC\u00a0tournament appearances nine times, winning five, and claiming the\u00a0DIII National Championship in 2008.<\/p>\n Baxter was Trinity\u2019s first-ever Olympian. He competed in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, where he took home three silver and two gold medals, winning both the high-jump and pole-vault competitions. When he retired, he had never lost a high-jump contest.<\/p>\n LeBrun Dineen is the all-time leading scorer for Trinity women\u2019s basketball, with 1,258 points. In softball, she batted .366 with a 31\u201312 record, a 2.25 ERA, and 182 strikeouts in more than 295 innings pitched. LeBrun Dineen helped the Bantam softball squad to four postseasons and NIAC Championship titles in 1987 and 1989.<\/p>\n Porter was a member of the 1976 undefeated squash team. He was named the Brian Foley Captain winner and MVP of the team multiple times. Porter competed for the Bantams in five sports and earned the Blanket Award for being a 10-time varsity letter winner, which in 1976, no other athlete in Trinity\u2019s history had received.<\/p>\n Proctor captained Trinity women\u2019s rowing to an undefeated season and the Dad Vail Regatta title in 1980.\u00a0She was a three-year oarswoman in Trinity\u2019s varsity eight, also helping the boat go undefeated in 1979 and finish second at the Dad Vail\u00a0Regatta\u00a0and first in the Dad Vail overall points trophy standings that year.\u00a0Proctor competed for Team USA in the pairs event in 1981, 1982, and 1983.<\/p>\n Rhoten scored more than 2,000 points during his time at Trinity. He was the all-time leading scorer by more than 300 points. Rhoten was awarded All-American three times, National All-Rookie in 2003, All-District\/All-Region three times, and All-ECAC three times. He also was NESCAC Player of the Year in 2006.<\/p>\n Weiss, the NESCAC Women\u2019s Ice Hockey Player of the Year in 2011, is Trinity\u2019s all-time leading goal scorer for a single season and for a career. She is the only women\u2019s ice hockey player in program history to total more than 100 points in her career. Weiss earned All-NESCAC honors four times and led the Bantams to a 70\u201324\u201311 record and their first NCAA Division III Championship Tournament in 2010.<\/p>\n Brown and Ricci won the pair-without-coxswain event at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship in 1972 and 1973. They were\u00a0finalists in the event at the 1972 Olympic Trials and the Henley Royal Regatta in England.\u00a0Brown, who passed away in 2006, served as president of Friends of Trinity Rowing and had a Trinity crew\u00a0shell that bears his name christened in 2014.\u00a0Ricci was a Trinity captain and has coached rowing at Connecticut College for nearly five decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Trinity College Director of Athletics Drew Galbraith announced the 2023 Trinity Athletics Hall of Fame class, listed below. The Hall of Fame was created to celebrate the rich history of athletic excellence, honoring the individuals who, through athletics participation, coaching, or service, distinguished themselves in the field of intercollegiate athletics, brought honor and acclaim to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":719,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-954","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\nBILL DECKER (head baseball coach, football coach)<\/h3>\n
IRVING KNOTT BAXTER 1899\u00a0<\/strong>(track and field)<\/h3>\n
LEANNE LEBRUN DINEEN \u201989 (women\u2019s basketball, softball)<\/h3>\n
HOBIE PORTER \u201976 (men\u2019s soccer, men\u2019s squash, men\u2019s swimming and diving, men\u2019s tennis, men\u2019s track and field)<\/h3>\n
SUSAN\u00a0PROCTOR \u201980\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(women\u2019s rowing)<\/h3>\n
TYLER RHOTEN \u201906 (men\u2019s basketball)<\/h3>\n
KIM WEISS \u201911 (women\u2019s ice hockey)<\/h3>\n
Inducted in the Team, Group, or Boat Category<\/h4>\n
DAVID BROWN \u201973 and RIC RICCI \u201973 (men\u2019s rowing)<\/h3>\n