This year’s class will be officially inducted at the 44th Annual UM Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet to be held Thursday, March 29, 2012 at Miami’s Jungle Island. For information on tickets, go to UMSportsHallofFame.com or call 305-284-2775.
The University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame is a non-profit, 501c3 corporation whose sole purpose is to recognize those student-athletes, coaches and administrators who have excelled at their sports and brought acclaim to the university through their accomplishments and championships. All tax-deductible donations help showcase their achievements for Hurricanes fans to enjoy for generations to come.
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Six time All-American, tied for 2nd most in school history … Only Hurricane to earn All-America honors in four different events (55-meter hurdles, 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, 4×100-meter relay) … Gained three All-America honors as a freshman, the only Hurricane to accomplish the feat … Won six BIG EAST outdoor titles during her career -more than any other Hurricane – including three consecutive 400-meter hurdles titles from 1996-98 … Two-time Olympian (1996, 2000) for her native Jamaica.
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First Team All-America selection by The Sporting News in 1999 … Two-time All-BIG EAST First Team selection (1998-99) … Team leader in pancake blocks in both his junior and senior seasons … Tied Mike Sullivan for the UM record in career starts (48) … Invited to play in the Senior Bowl, Hula Bowl, East-West Shrine Game and Florida Citrus All Star Gridiron Classic … Fifth round NFL draft pick of the Baltimore Ravens in 2000.
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Outland Trophy winner as college football’s outstanding interior lineman in 2001 … Named a First Team All-American by The Football News in 2000 and a consensus first team Al-American by every national service in 2001, including the Associated Press, Football Writers Association, The Football News, The Sporting News and the Walter Camp and the National Football Foundations … The 2001 National Player of the Year by CNNSI.com … The 2001 College Football Offensive Player of the Year by The Football News … Did not allow a quarterback sack during his entire UM career … A two-time unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection at left tackle … First round NFL pick by the Minnesota Vikings in 2002.
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Consensus First Team All-America and All-BIG EAST selection in 2000 and 2001 … Set UM career records for interceptions (21) and interception return yards (389) … His nine interceptions in 2001 is the second-highest single-season total in UM history … Recorded eight interceptions in 2000 (third-best in UM history) … Key factor in a defense that recorded a record 45 takeaways during the 2001 National Championship campaign … Also excelled in track & field, winning the javelin at the 1999 BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships … A first round NFL draft pick by the Baltimore Ravens in 2002.
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The Hurricanes’ all-time leader in both three-point field goals made and three-point field goals attempted … A two-time All-Big East Third Team member, Thomas Bateast scored 1,284 points over her four seasons to rank 11th on the school’s all-time list … Holds UM’s single-game record for most free throws made (18) and attempted (22) … Upon graduating from UM in 1997 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Sports Management, Thomas Bateast set out to play professionally … She joined the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA in 1997 and went on to play in Italy, Sweden and Turkey before returning to the United States to play for the Birmingham Power of the NWBL in 2002 … Currently an assistant basketball coach at FIU.
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One of the best players during Miami’s school record streak of consecutive College World Series appearances from 1994-99… Third-most career saves at UM (34) … Collegiate Baseball First Team All American with eight saves and 1.49 ERA in 1997 … Freshman All American and Baseball America Second Team All American in 1996 with 14 saves and 1.68 ERA …Third Team All American in 1998 by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball after recording 12 saves … holds school career record for strikeouts per nine innings (13.9) with 237 K’s in 143 innings … Played for Team USA in 1997 … Second round MLB Draft pick (47th overall) by the Kansas City Royals in 1998.
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Miami’s all-time winningest coach with a 202-61 (.768) overall record … Has led Miami to the NCAA’s `Elite Eight’ five of last six seasons … Led the Canes to the 2006 NCAA Finals … Has coached four players to ACC Player of the Year honors since UM joined the ACC in 2005 … Coached eight different players to 17 All-America honors and one (Audra Cohen) to an NCAA Singles National title in 2007 … Won 20 matches in seven of last eight years …Has led UM to eight straight Top 15 ITA finishes and four Top 10 finishes in the last six seasons … Becomes part of the first father-daughter duo selected to the Hall as her father Ernie Yaroshuk (baseball) was inducted into the Class of 1992.
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Miami’s first African-American football player … Endured hardships and led the way for future African-American athletes … Chose Miami over Florida, Florida State, Nebraska and Indiana, among other schools … From Palmetto, Florida … Lettered in 1968 and 1969 … In 1968, had 37 receptions for 549 yards and two touchdowns … Had eight receptions for 121 yards vs. Auburn in `68 .. In 1969, caught 45 passes for 712 yards … Near-fatal auto accident limited his career … Was voted Miami’s first African-American Student Body President in 1971 … Works at Florida A&M University.
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