University of Massachusets Athletics
Hall Of Fame Induction Set For Jan. 7
December 07, 2004 | General
The University of Massachusetts cordially invites you to a special evening honoring:
Marjorie Anderson `82
John Calipari
Bob Foote `62
Dick MacPherson
Mark Millon `94
Michael Quinn `79
This special event will take place Friday, January 7, 2005 Campus Center Auditorium, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Reception - 6 p.m. (Cash Bar)
Dinner - 7 p.m.
Induction Ceremony - Following Dinner
Event Packages
Hall of Fame Benefactor -- $1,000
Minuteman Benefactor -- $500
Table Package -- $300
Individual Package -- $40
Please Call Jason Germain in the UMass Athletic Development Office at 413-577-0267
About the Hall of Fame Class
Three former All-Americans, a two-sport standout and a pair of former head coaches comprise the UMass Athletic Hall of Fame's Class of 2004. This year's class includes All-Americans Bob Foote (Class of 1962, football), Mark Millon (Class of 1994, lacrosse) and Michael Quinn (Class of 1979, cross country, track and field); two-sport star Marjorie Anderson (Class of 1982, lacrosse, soccer); and head coaches John Calipari (men's basketball) and Dick MacPherson (football).
In all, 43 nominations were received for consideration this year. The Class of 2004 is scheduled to be honored on the UMass campus this winter. The Hall of Fame was resurrected in 1996 following a 15-year period of dormancy, and today boasts 73 members.
Anderson played attack for the women's lacrosse team and forward on the women's soccer team, earning a total of seven letters from 1978-1982. In 1982, she was the captain of the women's lacrosse team that captured UMass' first NCAA title. She led the team to a 10-0 record in 1982 and was named team MVP, while scoring a goal in NCAA final victory over the College of New Jersey.
Over the course of her four years, Anderson led the Minutewoman lacrosse team to an overall record of 46-8, including the 1982 national championship and a national runner-up finish in 1979. She still ranks among UMass' all-time leaders in career points (180 / fourth), career goals (121 / third) and career assists (59 / third), while standing second on the single-season list for goals scored (47 in 1981), fifth on the single-season chart for points (65 in 1981) and 10th on the single-season list for assists (18 in 1981).
On the women's soccer team, Anderson totaled 71 career points on 30 goals and 11 assists, while leading the team to an overall record of 41-9-4 during her three seasons. She held the school records for both goals and points scored at the time of her graduation, and still ranks 10th in goals and 11th in points today. In 1978, Anderson scored 12 goals while leading the Minutewomen to an overall record of 15-0-1, which remains the only undefeated season in school history.
Following her graduation from UMass, Anderson was a member of the Unites States women's lacrosse national team from 1981-1990. She scored the winning goal in sudden death overtime to lead the U.S. team to the gold medal at the 1989 World Cup, and was the leading scorer of the 1986 World Cup when the U.S. won the silver medal. Anderson also served as the head women's lacrosse coach (1985-1993) and head women's soccer coach (1985-1995) at the University of New Hampshire. She compiled a 75-36-1 record in lacrosse, leading the Wildcats to six ECAC and three NCAA appearances (1985, 1986 and 1991) as well as two ECAC championships (1986 1987). As a soccer coach, Anderson compiled an 86-80-12 record.
Calipari led the UMass men's basketball team to an overall record of 193-71 in his eight seasons as head coach from 1988-1996. His .731 career winning percentage remains the best in school history, and he ranks second all time at UMass in victories with 193. Calipari led the Minutemen to five straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 1992-1996, after UMass had gone to the NCAAs only once in the first 81 years of the program. His Minutemen made the Atlantic 10's first and only Final Four appearance during the 1996 season, during which they went 35-2 overall and spent 10 weeks ranked No. 1 in the nation. Following the 1996 season, Calipari was named National Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, The Sporting News and Boost / Naismith.
UMass won five straight Atlantic 10 Conference regular season and tournament titles under Calipari from 1992 1996, becoming only the second team in NCAA history to win its conference championships in both the regular and postseason for five consecutive years. A three-time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year selection in 1992, 1993 and 1996, Calipari coached a National Player of the Year (Marcus Camby, 1996), two first team All-Americans (Lou Roe, 1995; Camby, 1996), three Atlantic 10 Players of the Year (Harper Williams, 1992; Roe, 1995; Camby, 1996) and a total of 24 All-Atlantic 10 selections during his eight seasons at UMass.
Following his time at UMass, Calipari served as head coach of the New Jersey Nets in the National Basketball Assocation from 1996-1999. He led the Nets to a second-place finish in the NBA's Atlantic Division and the playoffs in 1998, ending a five-year postseason drought for the franchise with the club's highest league finish at the time. Calipari's Nets also had a 17-game turnaround in 1997-1998, the best that season in the NBA.
After spending one season as an assistant coach for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers in 1999-2000, Calipari took over as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Memphis. During his first four seasons at Memphis, Calipari has compiled an overall record of 93-39, winning over 20 games each season.
Foote earned three letters as a defensive tackle on the UMass football team in 1958, 1960 and 1961. He became only the second All-America selection in school history during the 1961 season, being honored by Williamson's Ratings for Mid-Bracket Colleges after leading UMass to a 5-4-0 record.
Foote also earned first team All-Yankee Conference honors as a senior, and was a first team All-New England Major Schools team selection by UPI. In addition, he was named second team All-New England and honorable mention All-East by the Associated Press, while being chosen to Connecticut's All-Opponent team.
A two-time ECAC Player of the Week selection in his senior season, Foote recovered a fourth-quarter fumble in mid-air and returned it six yards for a touchdown in UMass' 25-0 win over Rhode Island in 1961. As a junior in 1960, Foote was a member of the UMass team that won a share of the school's first Yankee Conference title and fashioned a 7-2-0 record, the school's best since the 1932 season. Foote is currently the owner of Cook Builders Supply in Western Massachusetts.
MacPherson served as the head coach of the UMass football program for seven seasons, from 1971-1977, leading the team to four Yankee Conference championships (1971, 1972, 1974 and 1977). During his seven seasons, MacPherson recorded a 45-27-1 record and led UMass to its only postseason bowl victory, as his 1972 squad defeated the University of California at Davis 35-14 in the 1972 Boardwalk Bowl.
MacPherson's 45 victories rank third all-time in UMass history. His squads also posted a 28-8-1 mark in Yankee Conference games, and his .778 winning percentage ranks fifth-best in league history. The first coach in UMass history to win eight or more games in three different seasons, his nine-win campaign in 1972 tied the school record for single-season victories first set in 1901.
In 1977, MacPherson's Minutemen were the first team in school history to play in the NCAA playoffs, losing to Lehigh, 30-23, in the NCAA Division II playoffs. He produced 55 first team all-conference selections, as well as seven first team All-Americans in his tenure, with seven of his players going on to play professionally.
Following his time at UMass, MacPherson went on to have a successful stint as the head coach at Syracuse University, appearing in five bowl games (3-1-1) in his 10-year career and retiring as the second-winningest coach in Syracuse history (66-46-4). His 1987 Syracuse team was undefeated (11-0-1) and he was a unanimous choice for National Coach of the Year. He later spent two seasons as head coach of the New England Patriots. Now retired from coaching, MacPherson serves as a color analyst on radio broadcasts of Syracuse football games.
Millon, considered one of the greatest players in the history of lacrosse, was a four-year letterwinner for the Minutemen from 1990-1993. He earned first team All-America honors in 1992 and 1993, becoming the first UMass player to be selected to the first team twice. He was also an honorable mention All-America selection in 1991, while earning All-New England honors three times.
During his four-year career, Millon totaled 213 points on 155 goals and 58 assists, making him the fourth leading scorer in UMass history. He also ranks second on the school's all-time goals scored list and is 15th on the assists chart. The team's leading scorer as a sophomore, junior and senior, Millon tallied 58 goals in 1993, the third-best one-season mark in school history. His 45 goals in 1992 rank as the 10th-best single-season performance in school history, while his 81 points in 1992 stand as the 11th-best one-year effort at Massachusetts.
The MVP of the 1993 North-South All-Star Game, Millon played on UMass teams which qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1990, 1991 and 1993, and was a member of New England championship clubs in both 1990 and 1993. He captained the Minutemen as a junior and senior, with the team posting an overall record of 38-17 during Millon's career. UMass won at least nine games during each of Millon's four seasons, and finished the season ranked in the top 10 three times.
After he graduated from UMass, Millon went on to be named the MVP of the 1994 World Games, and was the United States' leading scorer in the 1998 World Games with 20 goals scored. He was named the event's Most Valuable Attack player in 1998 and earned All-Tournament honors. A two-time MVP of the U.S. Club Lacrosse Association, Millon was a three-time All-Pro selection in the National Lacrosse League and ranks as the all-time leading regular season goal scorer.
Millon is currently in his fourth season with the Baltimore Bayhawks in Major League Lacrosse, and was named the Warrior MLL Offensive Player of the Year in both 2002 and 2003. He also serves as a sales and marketing representative for Warrior Lacrosse, Inc.
Quinn was a four-year member of the UMass cross country and track and field teams from 1975-1979. He earned All-America honors in cross country in both 1976 and 1977, while qualifying for the NCAA Championship five times in his career (three times in cross country and twice for the 5,000 meters in outdoor track).
A six-time All-Yankee Conference selection, Quinn captured individual cross country titles at the league championship meets in 1976, 1977 and 1978, while leading UMass to team titles every season. He also captured the Yankee Conference title in the indoor mile run in 1979, and was third in the indoor two mile (1976) and third in the outdoor three mile (1976).
A four-time All-New England selection, Quinn was the New England outdoor 5,000-meter run champion in 1979 and finished second at the 1976 New England cross country meet. A six-time All-IC4A performer, his best finish was third in the 5,000 at the 1979 IC4A outdoor meet. Quinn captained the UMass cross country team as a junior and senior, and led the program to NCAA appearances as a team both years.
Quinn still has times which rank among UMass' all-time top performances in the outdoor mile run (second), the 5,000 meters (second) and three mile (third), while owning the school's second-best indoor mile time and third best 3,000 meter mark. He also anchored distance medley relay teams that own the fourth and fifth-fastest times in school history.
Following his time at UMass, Quinn went on to compete in numerous international competitions around the world. He recorded first-place finishes in both the 1984 Hong Kong International and Hong Kong national cross country championships, and the 1985 Hong Kong national cross country championship. He is currently employed by Nike in Beaverton, Ore., where he serves as the company's director of product creations for the women's footwear division.
The 10-member Hall of Fame selection committee includes: Dick Bresciani, Boston Red Sox Vice President for Publications and Archives; Thorr Bjorn, UMass Senior Associate Athletic Director; George "Trigger" Burke, Hall of Fame Member; Bob Goodhue, UMass Executive Director of Alumni Affairs; Tim Kenney, UMass Associate Athletic Director for Advancement; Peter Lewenberg, Former University Trustee; John McCutcheon, UMass Athletic Director; James Mulcahy, Former Varsity "M" Club President; Elaine Sortino, UMass Associate Athletic Director for Sports Programs and Student Services; and Bill Strickland, former UMass Associate Athletic Director for Administration and Operations.