Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame Welcomes Seven New Members
7/20/2005 8:00:00 AM | General
July 20, 2005
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Six former Bison athletics stars along with legendary lacrosse coach Sid Jamieson have been elected to the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame. The Class of 2005 will be formally inducted at a breakfast ceremony during Homecoming Weekend festivities on Oct. 1. The inductees will also be honored at halftime of the Bucknell-Marist football game later that afternoon.
The Bucknell Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1979 to honor the very best in the history of Bison athletics. Elected to the Class of 2005 - the 27th Hall of Fame class -- are former basketball stars Mike Bright '93 and Harvey Carter '73, record-setting football quarterback Scott Auchenbach, track and field sensation Tameka Hinton '95, wrestling standout Ed Curran '88 and lacrosse scoring machine Justin Zackey '94.
This year's induction brings to 186 the number of outstanding student-athletes, coaches, administrators and friends of Bucknell whose contributions to Bucknell athletics are forever preserved in the Hall of Fame.
SCOTT AUCHENBACH '90 was one of the best passing quarterbacks in Bucknell football history. As a senior in 1989 he was named Most Valuable Player of the Colonial League and was selected as an Honorable Mention All-American. He ranked seventh among all Division I-AA quarterbacks in passing efficiency that season, and he graduated with 13 school passing and total offense records. Auchenbach threw for 2,385 yards and 19 touchdowns in 1989 and had 418 completions for 5,256 yards and 42 touchdowns in his career.
Scott Auchenbach '90 is one of the top passing QBs in Bucknell football history.  |
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A team co-captain and Christy Mathewson Award winner as the top senior athlete at Bucknell, Auchenbach still holds school records for passing yards in a season and career, completions in a career, touchdown passes in a career and total offense in a season (2,511 in 1989) and career (5,404). He is the only quarterback in 119 years of Bison football to throw for over 5,000 yards, and his name is still etched in the NCAA record book for most consecutive completions to start a game (18 vs. Colgate in 1989).
MIKE BRIGHT '93 was the top player on Bucknell's outstanding teams of the early 1990s. He was the Patriot League Player of the Year as a senior in 1993, when he led the Bison to a 23-6 record and the league's regular-season title. Outstanding in all phases of the game, Bright is Bucknell's No. 3 all-time scorer with 1,670 points, trailing only fellow Hall of Famers Al Leslie (1,973) and Bob Barry (1,809). He also remains the school's career steals leader with 286, which is a whopping 113 steals more than any other player in Bison annals. Bright also nabbed 834 career rebounds, seventh all-time at Bucknell, and he is one of only two players in school history to record 1,500 points and 800 rebounds.
Bright graduated as Bucknell's career leader in 3-point field goals with 206 (he now ranks second to current Bison Kevin Bettencourt), and in 1993 he shot an amazing 9-for-10 from 3-point range in a win over Loyola (Md.). A four-year starter and member of the Patriot League's All-Decade Team, Bright also ranks third in school history in both career blocked shots (120) and games played (117).
HARVEY CARTER '73 was a three-year starter and two year captain of the Bison basketball team. Carter was a First Team All-Middle Atlantic Conference selection as a senior in 1972-73, when he led the team in scoring at 14.2 points per game under coach Jim Valvano. In fact, Carter led the team in both scoring and rebounding in each of his last three seasons at Bucknell. He logged 1,013 points and 783 rebounds in his career, making him one of only 13 players in school history to collect 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. He still ranks 29th on Bucknell's career scoring list and eighth on the rebounding chart, and he is one of only four men in the last 50 years to lead the team in scoring and rebounding three straight years.
Bright and Carter now make it 42 members of the Bison basketball program to be enshrined in the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame.
ED CURRAN '88 was a three-time East Coast Conference wrestling champion. Hall of Famer Tom Scotton is the only other Bucknell wrestler to make that claim. He qualified for the NCAA Tournament three times and was a quarterfinalist in 1986. As a senior, Curran posted a 23-4 record at 134 pounds, and he finished with an impressive career record of 71-20-1, which was then the second-highest victory total at Bucknell. He was the Outstanding Wrestler at both the Bloomsburg Invitational and Cornell Invitational in 1987.
Curran was just as successful off the wrestling mat, where he made the Dean's List every semester, won the prestigious University Prize for Men and was a Second Team Academic All-American. He also earned the ECAC Medallion and graduated magna cum laude.
TAMEKA HINTON '95 is a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer and quite simply one of the top woman athletes in school and Patriot League history. She graduated with a whopping 19 conference track and field gold medals, including four straight in the 55-meter dash, 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash. Proving her versatility and incredible athleticism, she also earned a league title in the shot put. Hinton was named Outstanding Performer of the Patriot League Championships three times and was elected to the Patriot League All-Decade Team. Thanks in large part to her lofty point totals, Bucknell captured two Patriot League indoor championships during her career, as well as three second-place finishes outdoors.
Hinton still holds school records in the indoor 55-meter dash (7.12), 300-meter dash (41.54 in an event that is no longer held) and sprint medley relay (4:08.7). She also broke the indoor mark in the 200-meter dash (24.95) and now ranks second by just .01 seconds. Outdoors Hinton still ranks second in the 100 meters (12.09), third in the 200 meters (24.85) and sixth in the shot put (42-10 ¼). She captured the 1995 Christy Mathewson Award as the top athlete in her class.
The only head coach in the 38-year history of Bison lacrosse, Sid Jamieson retired from coaching following the 2005 season. Tenth among all collegiate lacrosse coaches with 242 career victories, Jamieson led his Bison teams to seven championships in three different conferences, including four straight Patriot League titles from 2000 to 2003. He was named the USILA National Coach of the Year in 1996 after directing Bucknell to a perfect 12-0 season, and he led the Bison to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 2001. In addition to the tremendous on-field success, Jamieson was extremely active in on-campus issues throughout his four-decade tenure at Bucknell. He won the prestigious Burma-Bucknell Bowl, given for "outstanding contributions to intercultural and international understanding."
Sid Jamieson is recognized as one of the top college lacrosse coaches of all-time. |
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He has also been a dynamic force on the international lacrosse scene through his involvement with the Iroquois National Team, and he has served as an avid spokesman for the Native American influence on the sport. From 1983-86 Jamieson served as head coach of the Iroquois Nationals and led the team to the 1984 World Lacrosse Games. He took the team to the World Lacrosse Championships in Perth, Australia, in 1990 while serving as the team's executive director, and he is currently an emeritus member of its executive board. Many of lacrosse's most prominent honors have been bestowed upon him. He won the highly esteemed Gen. George M. Gelston Award in 1985, as the person who most represents the symbol of the game of lacrosse. He received the Howdy Myers Memorial Award as college lacrosse's "Man of the Year" in 1986 and 1996, and just this spring he received the Spirit of Tewaaraton Award for his contributions to the sport.
One of Jamieson's all-time great players was JUSTIN ZACKEY '94, who still holds the Bucknell records for goals in a season (63) and career (138) and points in a season (79 in 1993). A two-time Honorable Mention All-American who led the nation in goals per game (4.20) in 1993, Zackey was a First Team All-Patriot League pick in 1993 and 1994 and was a two-time Academic All-American (third team in 1993 and first team in 1994). He is the only player in school history to have two seven-goal games. A biology and geography double major, he earned a prestigious Luce Foundation Scholarship and studied ethnic issues in China during a year-long project. During his undergraduate days he served as a teaching assistant for summer geography courses in Eastern Europe and West Africa, and he also studied in London for one semester. Zackey, who is the seventh Bison lacrosse player to be enshrined in the Hall, was a 1994 winner of the Christy Mathewson Award, the first from his sport to be so honored.
The 2005 Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1 in Bostwick Dining Hall.
