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University of Massachusets Athletics
Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2007
- Class:
- 1996
Rene Ingoglia finished his collegiate career as one of the greatest running backs in UMass history. A two-time all-America selection (1994 and 1995), he became the school and Yankee Conference's all-time leading rusher with 4,624 career rushing yards.
In all, Ingoglia completed his four years with 10 UMass school records and two Yankee Conference marks to his credit. He became the first UMass player in history to average more than 100 yards per game rushing over a career at 112.8. Ingoglia posted 21 career 100+ yard games, three career 200+ yard performances, and outrushed the entire opposing team 18 times in his career. He also finished second on the all-time Division I-AA career rushing touchdown list (54, one shy of record), fourth among non-kickers on the all-time I-AA scoring list (332 points, ahead of Jerry Rice), fifth on the all-time I-AA rushing yards list and 11th in career rushing yards per game.
A first team all-Yankee Conference selection as a senior in 1995, he was one of a handful of Division I-AA players chosen to participate in the 1996 Hula Bowl All-Star Classic. During his junior season, he rushed for a then-Yankee Conference and school single-game record 313 yards against Rhode Island.
Ingoglia was one of six Minutemen named to the Yankee Conference 50th Anniversary team, announced in June of 1996.
He was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.
