SIUE Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2005

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Athletics
Hall of Fame

SIUE Athletics Homecoming Week Features Hall of Fame Ceremonies

October 18, 2005

         EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Intercollegiate Athletics will induct 16 individuals and four teams into its inaugural Hall of Fame Class this Saturday night at the Vadalabene Center Gymnasium.
         The class will be inducted at a dinner and ceremony beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $25 each and may be reserved by calling Theresa, (618) 650-3273.
         The 12 student-athletes being inducted include Mike Allen (Granite City/now lives in Midwest City, Okla.), SIUE’s first track and field All-American. Three representatives from the men’s soccer program are Chris Carenza (St. Louis), a member of SIUE’s first national champion in 1972, Ed Gettemeier (St. Louis), a member of the national championship team in 1979, and Greg Makowski (St. Louis/now lives in Lake Mary, Fla.), a three-time, first-team All-American for the Cougars.
         Pete Delkus (Collinsville/now lives in Plano, Texas) was an All-American pitcher in 1985 and is tied for the all-time lead in wins with 26.
         The men’s and women’s tennis teams were power houses during the 1970s and 1980s with Arjun Fernando (Sri Lanka), a seven-time men’s tennis All-American, Portia George-Morrow (Columbia, S.C./now lives in O’Fallon) an eight-time All-American for the women’s tennis Cougars, Christina Bokelund (Gothenburg, Sweden), an eight-time women’s tennis All-American in singles and doubles.
         Amy Frey (Edwardsville/Edwardsville) was a two-sport standout for the Cougars in softball and field hockey, and Denise Schaake (Edwardsville/Edwardsville) was named the first-ever softball All-American in 1981 and was the Cougars’ first female player with 1,000 points in women’s basketball.
         Wrestlers Al Sears (Huntsville, Ala./now lives in Belleville), a four-time All-American in the heavyweight class, and Tim Wright (Rock Island/now lives in Indianapolis), the only four-time NCAA Division II champion at SIUE, round out the first class of the SIUE Hall of Fame.
         All 12 of the student-athlete inductees earned bachelor’s degrees at SIUE.
         Four administrators are being inducted; Rosemarie Archangel (Maryville), the first director of Intercollegiate Athletics for women, Harry Gallatin (Roxana native/now lives in Edwardsville), who served as the first director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Bob Guelker (posthumous induction), laid the foundation for the tradition of men’s soccer at SIUE, and Roy Lee (posthumous induction) the founder of the SIUE baseball program in 1967.
         The four teams are1972 men’s soccer, 1978 men’s tennis, 1986 women’s tennis, and 1984 wrestling. All four were the first national titles in their respective sports.



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