| Athletics & Recreation (8/10/11) |
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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ELECTED TO STOCKTON ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME |
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| In its second year of existence, the Stockton Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome a distinguished class of 2011 that consists entirely of national champions. The 2001 Stockton Men’s Soccer Team, which won the College’s only team national championship to date, will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their crowning achievement with Hall of Fame induction.
Two members of the NCAA championship soccer squad, Jeff Moore ’02 and Greg Ruttler ’03, also will be installed as individuals. Two-time NCAA long jump champion Paul Klemic ’08 and 2005 javelin national champ Tiffany Masuhr ’07 complete the illustrious group of honorees. In addition to winning NCAA titles, Moore, Ruttler, Klemic and Masuhr each earned All-American honors in an Osprey uniform.
The Stockton Athletics Hall of Fame banquet will be held on October 14 at 6 pm in the Stockton Campus Center Event Room as part of the College’s Homecoming Weekend festivities. Tickets are $42 per person. For more information, contact the Stockton Office of Athletics & Recreation at 609-652-4217. The Stockton Athletics Hall of Fame was founded last year to honor those individuals and teams whose distinguished accomplishments have been at the forefront of the College’s athletic program since its inception in 1972. Stockton Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2011: Stockton, coached by Jeff Haines, defeated Redlands (CA) 3-2 in the NCAA title game, which was played at Messiah College in Grantham, PA on November 24, 2001. Stockton’s road to the championship included shutout wins over Mary Washington (3-0), Rowan (1-0) and St. Lawrence (1-0) plus the elimination of Ohio Wesleyan 3-1 on penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie in the Final Four. Paul Klemic ’08 won the NCAA Division III national championship in the long jump in 2005 and 2006. Klemic accumulated a total of six All-American honors in the long jump, high jump and 110-meter hurdles during his two seasons at Stockton. He won five NJAC event titles in the long jump, high jump and 110m hurdles and also earned three victories at the famous Penn Relays (two long jump, one high jump). Klemic, the 2006 Stockton Co-Male Athlete of the Year, went undefeated in the long jump at Stockton and holds school records for the long jump, high jump and 110-meter hurdles.
Tiffany Masuhr ‘07 won the NCAA Division III national championship in the javelin in 2005, one year after finishing as the NCAA runner-up in the event in 2004. With those performances, Masuhr earned All-American honors both years. She also collected a total of four NJAC event titles and won the ECAC championship in the javelin twice. Masuhr, the 2005 Stockton Female Athlete of the Year, was a seven-time NJAC All-Conference performer in the javelin, hammer throw and weight throw, as well as the 2005 NJAC Outstanding Female Field Athlete. Jeff Moore ‘02 played on Stockton’s NCAA champion men’s soccer team and received a Second Team All-America nod in 2001. Moore reached two NCAA Final Fours (1999, 2001) and collected four NJAC All-Conference honors, including NJAC First Team kudos in 2000 and 2001, plus NSCAA All-Region recognition three times. Moore, who later played professionally for the NY/NJ MetroStars and Philadelphia Kixx, holds Stockton records for assists in a season and career and also ranks ninth all-time at Stockton in career points. Greg Ruttler ‘03 was a 2001 Third Team All-American and the leading scorer on Stockton’s NCAA championship team. Ruttler played in two NCAA Final Fours (1999, 2001) and earned NJAC All-Conference First Team and NSCAA All-Region honors three times apiece (1999-2001). He shares the Stockton record for career games played (97) and stands as one of the program’s top scorers, ranking second all-time in points (125), third in assists (39) and fourth in goals (43). |
