Washington College Magazine
Eight Inducted Into Hall of Fame
It was like a big family reunion. Young and old, male and female, they turned out in record numbers to recognize the achievements of their friends and classmates and coaches, and to celebrate a distinctive college athletics culture that has inspired fierce intercollegiate competition and equally fierce loyalties to their alma mater.
Inducted into the Hall of Fame were (left to right): Bob Reck '63, Peter Boggs '72, Fred Wyman, Holly Bramble '74, Greg Baker '85, Mareen Duvall '62, Dave Marshall '88 and Bob Martino '90.
This year's Athletic Hall of Fame Induction in early October lured back former tennis players from Mexico and Canada, and a former lacrosse player from Scotland. The tennis coaching duo of the 1980s and 1990s—Fred Wyman and Holly Bramble—had a big following. And everyone had something nice to say about Washington College's living legend: Coach Ed Athey '47, who earlier this year was inducted in the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame.
Despite lousy weather that weekend, the Hall of Fame ceremonies sparkled with the fun of friendships rekindled.
This year's inductees were: Mareen L. "Rene" Duvall '62 (basketball and baseball), Robert L. Reck '63 (soccer and baseball), Peter L. Boggs '72 (lacrosse), Dorsey Hutton "Holly" Bramble '74 (special); Gregory R. Baker '85 (lacrosse), David H. Marshall '88 (tennis), Robert J. Martino '90 (lacrosse) and Frederick N. Wyman P'93 (special).
Rene Duvall was the leading scorer on the basketball team in his junior and senior years, and was one of the top pitchers on the baseball squad. The three-year class president received the Thomas Reeder Spedden Metal and the Eldridge Eliason Award for excellence in athletics and scholarship.
Bob Reck played center halfback and forward, with deadly accuracy, on the soccer team. He aided the Shoremen to win the northern division of the Mason-Dixon Conference, and then scored the only goal against Lynchburg College for the overall conference championship. He was also a powerhouse baseball player, batting .300 in each of his three seasons. During his junior year, he led the Mason-Dixon Conference in home runs.
In only five years as coach, Holly Bramble took the women's tennis program from obscurity to national prominence—accomplishing more than most coaches do in an entire career. She is the only female coach in school history to have produced a national finalist—Tracy Peel Coutts '92 advanced to the championship match in the NCAA Division III singles tournament in 1990—and she coached the first and greatest number of female All-Americans in school history.
Goalie Greg Baker was a member of the first Shoremen lacrosse team to defeat Navy, and later set a NCAA record of 30 saves in the 1982 championship game. In 1984 he was a first team All- American, as well as NCAA Division III's Outstanding Goalie and Player of the Year. He played club lacrosse before earning his law degree.
David Marshall was feted as the College's first "blue chip" tennis player recruited by Coach Wyman. The first nationally ranked tennis player in Washington College history, he set the standard by which future players were measured. Marshall served as captain for the 1988 team that earned a first-place ranking, and was a Player of the Year Finalist for Division III.
Bob Martino was one of the most outstanding lacrosse midfielders to have played for the College. Each of the teams he played for advanced to post-season NCAA play. He was a first team All- American in his junior and senior years, and capped a career scoring record of 119 points. After playing club and professional league lacrosse, Bob joined Lax World, Inc., where he works as national sales manager. Peter Boggs, a brilliant midfielder skilled at the fast break, provided the catalyst for teams that won two South Atlantic Lacrosse Division Championships and finished in the finals of the first USILA national lacrosse championship—the forerunner to the present NCAA championship. An MVP and All-American, he represented the college in the annual North/South All-Star game in 1972. Soon after graduation, he was back on campus as an assistant coach, and helped take the 1974 team to the USILA national championship finals.
In his seven years as men's tennis coach, Fred Wyman never had a losing season. His teams won 20 or more matches six years running, and the 1987 team established a program record that still stands at 28 wins in a single season. Along the way, he coached nine All-Americans, a national Arthur Ashe Award recipient, a NCAA Division III National Player of the Year, a National Rookie of the Year and a Division III National Champion. A tireless recruiter, Wyman built the tennis program into an elite power. The Shoremen under his guidance reached the NCAA playoffs during each of his final six seasons, advancing to the Final Four in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1991. Their best finish was in 1987, when they placed third in the tournament and third in the final rankings. In each of the years from 1986-1991, Washington finished seventh or better in the final national poll.
Bryan Matthews '75, director of athletics, asked the audience to remember a past inductee, Hurtt Deringer '59. "Hurtt was a fountain of knowledge for the Hall of Fame Committee, and his wit, wisdom and integrity— which he freely shared with all of us—will truly be missed."
Matthews also recognized Coach Athey. "This past May, the State of Maryland agreed that not only is he emblematic of WC athletics, but he is worthy of the state's highest athletic honor, its Lifetime Achievement Award."
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