University of Massachusets Athletics
UMass Athletics Announces 2019 Hall of Fame Class
June 27, 2019 | Field Hockey, Football, Men's Basketball, Softball, Athletics Department
Representatives of men’s basketball, field hockey, football and softball included
AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts Athletics announced the 2019 George "Trigger" Burke UMass Athletics Hall of Fame Class on Thursday. The latest additions to the hall of fame include Brandice Balschmiter (softball; 2006-09), Todd Bankhead (football; 1998-99), Clarence Hill (men's basketball; 1962-63, '64-66) and Jenn Salisbury (field hockey; 1990-93).
UMass Athletics will host an on-campus induction ceremony for Balschmiter, Bankhead, Hill and Salisbury on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium.
In addition, during the ceremony, UMass Athletics will also honor Bob Goodhue '70 as the Martin Jacobson Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient and Ron Nathan as the John Francis Kennedy Maroon Leadership Award Recipient.
Contact Jason Germain in the Minutemen Club for more information on the 2019 Hall of Fame Induction. Online registration for the induction ceremony will be available by August 1.
Brandice Balschmiter • Softball • 2006-09
Four-year starting pitcher Brandice Balschmiter led the Minutewomen in the circle from 2006-09. She helped the team post a 163-43-1 combined record (.790) and 71-5 Atlantic 10 mark (.934) during her four seasons and won the Atlantic 10 Championship and participated in the NCAA Regional in all four of her seasons.
Balschmiter was a four-time Easton All-American, including first team in 2009, second team in 2007 and '08 and third team in '06. She was also a four-time Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year, NFHCA Northeast All-Region First Team choice, Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team selection and Atlantic 10 Tournament Most Outstanding Pitcher.
She currently ranks among the program leaders in the career records for wins (126; first), appearances (178; first), games started (153; first), complete games (137; first), innings pitched (1,089.0; first), saves (6; first), shutouts (68; second), earned run average (0.99; third), total strikeouts (1,218; third), strikeouts per game (7.83; third) and fewest walks allowed per game (1.68; fifth).
Balschmiter threw 10 no-hitters and three perfect games while she posted a sub-1.00 ERA in three of her four seasons (0.97 in 2006, 0.66 in 2008 and 0.96 in 2009). She won 29 games as a sophomore, 31 as a junior, 32 as a freshman and 34 as a senior while she averaged more than one strikeout per inning pitched in all four of her seasons. For her career, hitters only batted .166 against her (646 hits in 3,892 at bats).
Todd Bankhead • Football • 1998-99
Two-year starting quarterback Todd Bankhead guided UMass to its 1998 Division I-AA National Championship victory as one of the most prolific passers in school history. A classic pocket passer with great arm speed, Bankhead owns many of the top-10 single-game passing marks in school history. He set single-season records for passing yards (3,919), completions (303), attempts (525) and touchdowns (34) during the 1998 season, then broke the mark for completion percentage (.635) in 1999.
Bankhead finished his career with school-record totals of 7,018 passing yards, 561 completions, 931 attempts, 51 touchdowns and a .603 completion percentage. A third-team all-America selection during the 1998 season, Bankhead also earned All-Atlantic 10 honors in 1998 and 1999.
He still holds UMass season records for passing yards (3,919), passes attempted (525), completions (303), passing touchdowns (34) and offensive plays (622).
Clarence Hill • Men's Basketball • 1962-63, '64-66
Three-year All-Yankee Conference selection and two-time NABC All-District choice Clarence Hill scored 1,369 points in his career, the 16th-most in program history and tops on the scoring list upon his graduation. He appeared in 69 career games, including 59 starts while he averaged 19.8 points per game during his career, including 24.1 as a senior and 22.2 as a junior.
Hill twice ranked in the top five in program history for single-season scoring average with 24.1 points per game in 1965-66 (then No. 1 in program history, now No. 3) and 22.2 during 1964-65 (then No. 3, now No. 5 historically). He played the fewest games per season (23 each in 1964-65 and 1965-66) and still ranks No. 18 for his 554 points in 1965-66 and No. 26 for his 511 points in 1964-65.
Only the second player in program history to earn NABC All-District, Hill also averaged 5.4 assists per game in 1965-66 and 4.5 in 1964-65, respectively, the No. 20 and No. 30 best single-season averages all-time as of the conclusion of the 2018-19 season.
Jenn Salisbury • Field Hockey • 1990-93
A four-year letterwinner for Pam Hixon from 1990-93, Jenn Salisbury helped Hixon accumulate a 70-19-1 combined record (.783) in her four seasons, including a 16-1-0 Atlantic 10 mark (.941). The Minutewomen reached the NCAA Tournament in all four of Salisbury's years, including trips to the Elite Eight in 1990 and 1993 and a Final Four appearance in 1992.
Salisbury was an NFHCA All-America Third Team pick in 1991 and 1992 before she won NFHCA First Team All-American in 1993. The Co-Atlantic 10 Player of the Year alongside teammate Ainslee Press in 1992, Salisbury repeated as the A-10 Player of the Year in 1993. Additionally, she took home three Atlantic 10 All-Conference selections and won Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team in three seasons as well.
Salisbury still stands tied for first all-time at UMass in assists (50), second in points (132) and tied for fifth in goals (41). Her assists total ranked as the program record upon graduation while she stood tied for third in goals.
In particular, Salisbury's 1992 season total of 46 points is the ninth-most all-time at UMass in one year while her 23 assists in that season holds as the third-greatest total in one year in program history and set the program record at the time. She also posted 23 assists during the 1993 season, which went down as the second-most in one year in program history at the time. Salisbury is also one of only two players in program history in the 30-30 Club (30 goals, 30 assists) alongside Izzie Delario (2013-16).
Martin Jacobson Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient: Bob Goodhue '70
Goodhue's passion for UMass runs deep. In addition to being a loyal supporter of UMass Athletics and a member of the Athletic Council, Bob served the University of Massachusetts in a variety of roles during his illustrious career. At varying times, he held the positions of Alumni Association President, Special Assistant to the President for Alumni Affairs, General Counsel for the UMass Foundation and Interim Director of Athletics.
John Francis Kennedy Maroon Leadership Award Recipient: Ron Nathan
Nathan has been the driving force behind the UMass Court Club spanning the last three decades. He served as the Executive Director for 31 years and worked with seven different head coaches and numerous board members all while helping successfully fundraise for a host of program-supporting UMass Basketball initiatives.
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UMass Athletics will host an on-campus induction ceremony for Balschmiter, Bankhead, Hill and Salisbury on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium.
In addition, during the ceremony, UMass Athletics will also honor Bob Goodhue '70 as the Martin Jacobson Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient and Ron Nathan as the John Francis Kennedy Maroon Leadership Award Recipient.
Contact Jason Germain in the Minutemen Club for more information on the 2019 Hall of Fame Induction. Online registration for the induction ceremony will be available by August 1.
Brandice Balschmiter • Softball • 2006-09
Four-year starting pitcher Brandice Balschmiter led the Minutewomen in the circle from 2006-09. She helped the team post a 163-43-1 combined record (.790) and 71-5 Atlantic 10 mark (.934) during her four seasons and won the Atlantic 10 Championship and participated in the NCAA Regional in all four of her seasons.
Balschmiter was a four-time Easton All-American, including first team in 2009, second team in 2007 and '08 and third team in '06. She was also a four-time Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year, NFHCA Northeast All-Region First Team choice, Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team selection and Atlantic 10 Tournament Most Outstanding Pitcher.
She currently ranks among the program leaders in the career records for wins (126; first), appearances (178; first), games started (153; first), complete games (137; first), innings pitched (1,089.0; first), saves (6; first), shutouts (68; second), earned run average (0.99; third), total strikeouts (1,218; third), strikeouts per game (7.83; third) and fewest walks allowed per game (1.68; fifth).
Balschmiter threw 10 no-hitters and three perfect games while she posted a sub-1.00 ERA in three of her four seasons (0.97 in 2006, 0.66 in 2008 and 0.96 in 2009). She won 29 games as a sophomore, 31 as a junior, 32 as a freshman and 34 as a senior while she averaged more than one strikeout per inning pitched in all four of her seasons. For her career, hitters only batted .166 against her (646 hits in 3,892 at bats).
Todd Bankhead • Football • 1998-99
Two-year starting quarterback Todd Bankhead guided UMass to its 1998 Division I-AA National Championship victory as one of the most prolific passers in school history. A classic pocket passer with great arm speed, Bankhead owns many of the top-10 single-game passing marks in school history. He set single-season records for passing yards (3,919), completions (303), attempts (525) and touchdowns (34) during the 1998 season, then broke the mark for completion percentage (.635) in 1999.
Bankhead finished his career with school-record totals of 7,018 passing yards, 561 completions, 931 attempts, 51 touchdowns and a .603 completion percentage. A third-team all-America selection during the 1998 season, Bankhead also earned All-Atlantic 10 honors in 1998 and 1999.
He still holds UMass season records for passing yards (3,919), passes attempted (525), completions (303), passing touchdowns (34) and offensive plays (622).
Clarence Hill • Men's Basketball • 1962-63, '64-66
Three-year All-Yankee Conference selection and two-time NABC All-District choice Clarence Hill scored 1,369 points in his career, the 16th-most in program history and tops on the scoring list upon his graduation. He appeared in 69 career games, including 59 starts while he averaged 19.8 points per game during his career, including 24.1 as a senior and 22.2 as a junior.
Hill twice ranked in the top five in program history for single-season scoring average with 24.1 points per game in 1965-66 (then No. 1 in program history, now No. 3) and 22.2 during 1964-65 (then No. 3, now No. 5 historically). He played the fewest games per season (23 each in 1964-65 and 1965-66) and still ranks No. 18 for his 554 points in 1965-66 and No. 26 for his 511 points in 1964-65.
Only the second player in program history to earn NABC All-District, Hill also averaged 5.4 assists per game in 1965-66 and 4.5 in 1964-65, respectively, the No. 20 and No. 30 best single-season averages all-time as of the conclusion of the 2018-19 season.
Jenn Salisbury • Field Hockey • 1990-93
A four-year letterwinner for Pam Hixon from 1990-93, Jenn Salisbury helped Hixon accumulate a 70-19-1 combined record (.783) in her four seasons, including a 16-1-0 Atlantic 10 mark (.941). The Minutewomen reached the NCAA Tournament in all four of Salisbury's years, including trips to the Elite Eight in 1990 and 1993 and a Final Four appearance in 1992.
Salisbury was an NFHCA All-America Third Team pick in 1991 and 1992 before she won NFHCA First Team All-American in 1993. The Co-Atlantic 10 Player of the Year alongside teammate Ainslee Press in 1992, Salisbury repeated as the A-10 Player of the Year in 1993. Additionally, she took home three Atlantic 10 All-Conference selections and won Atlantic 10 All-Championship Team in three seasons as well.
Salisbury still stands tied for first all-time at UMass in assists (50), second in points (132) and tied for fifth in goals (41). Her assists total ranked as the program record upon graduation while she stood tied for third in goals.
In particular, Salisbury's 1992 season total of 46 points is the ninth-most all-time at UMass in one year while her 23 assists in that season holds as the third-greatest total in one year in program history and set the program record at the time. She also posted 23 assists during the 1993 season, which went down as the second-most in one year in program history at the time. Salisbury is also one of only two players in program history in the 30-30 Club (30 goals, 30 assists) alongside Izzie Delario (2013-16).
Martin Jacobson Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient: Bob Goodhue '70
Goodhue's passion for UMass runs deep. In addition to being a loyal supporter of UMass Athletics and a member of the Athletic Council, Bob served the University of Massachusetts in a variety of roles during his illustrious career. At varying times, he held the positions of Alumni Association President, Special Assistant to the President for Alumni Affairs, General Counsel for the UMass Foundation and Interim Director of Athletics.
John Francis Kennedy Maroon Leadership Award Recipient: Ron Nathan
Nathan has been the driving force behind the UMass Court Club spanning the last three decades. He served as the Executive Director for 31 years and worked with seven different head coaches and numerous board members all while helping successfully fundraise for a host of program-supporting UMass Basketball initiatives.
Follow Massachusetts Athletics on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (@UMassAthletics) for the most up-to-date information on all 21 varsity programs.
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