Hall of Fame inducts Oct. 13

By MARY BETH SPINA

News Bureau Staff

THREE OUTSTANDING former athletes and the coaches and members of the 1977-78 wrestling team, the only UB team to win a national championship, will be inducted into the UB Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 13.

They will be inducted by UB President William R. Greiner at a dinner at 7 p.m. in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

The individual inductees are Stephen M. Klein, who won the NCAA Division III All-American wrestling competition in 1986; Lisa Lamey, three-time NCAA All-American swimmer and UB's first female athlete to be named All-American in both Division II and III, and Kenneth J. White, UB's first tennis player to receive the International Tennis Coaches Association All-American Award.

The UB Alumni Association established and administers the Athletic Hall of Fame to acknowledge the importance of intercollegiate and club athletics. It honors outstanding athletes, teams and other individuals who have represented and served UB's athletic program in a professional or participatory capacity in an exemplary manner.

Stephen M. Klein, a 1987 UB graduate, won first place in the NCAA Division III All-American wrestling competition in 1986, becoming a national champion wrestler in his weight class.

That year, he also won the Cornell Open and was named outstanding wrestler in the SUNY Athletic Conference. Co-captain of the UB 1986 wrestling team, Klein was named "Most Valuable Wrestler" and "High Point Wrestler," leading his team with 75 team points, the fastest fall and least number of points surrendered.

Klein, who majored in electrical and computer engineering, is a sales engineer for Zeller Electric.

Three-time NCAA All-American swimmer and UB's first female athlete to be named All-American in both Division II and III, Lisa Lamey was the first UB woman swimmer to place in an NCAA-All American championship.

As a member of UB's first women's SUNY Athletic Conference Champion Team in 1987, she held records for 10 different events during her UB swimming career.

A native of Binghamton, she received a bachelor's degree in exercise science from UB in 1990. A forensic detective with the Broward County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office, she is a graduate student at Florida Atlantic University.

Kenneth James White, a 1988 UB graduate, currently ranks as one of Western New York's top five male tennis players. In 1988, he ranked third nationally in singles and doubles. In 1986, he was UB's first player to receive the International Tennis Coaches Association All-American award.

In singles play, he was the first UB player to win the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. Co-captain of the tennis team from 1984-87, he was named Most Valuable Player in 1985,1986 and 1987.

Ranked as one of Western New York's top five tennis players since 1980, White has played in the U.S. Tennis Association National Amateur Circuit and is in the top 20 in the men's division.

A geography major at UB, he is president of White & Co. Printing Services Inc. in Williamsville.

The 1977-78 UB wrestling team was the only UB team to win a national championship. The team included six 1978 NCAA Division III All-Americans.

Led by Coach Edward W. Michael, the team scored a total of 1,075 match points to their opponents' 755 points; recording 223 takedowns to their opponents' 149.

The team's All-Americans were Michael T. Jacoutot of Centerville, Ohio, a 1988 Hall of Fame inductee; Kirk D. Anderson of Raleigh, N.C.; Paul D. Curka of Edison, N.J.; Jeffrey T. Wheeler of Kennesaw, Ga.; David P. Mitchell of Frewsburg and Bruce L. Hadsell of Twinsburg, Ohio.

Other team members were Edward L. Tyrrell of Spring, Texas; Anthony C. Oliveri of Webster; David Tundo of East Aurora; Stephen H. Zoota of Riverside, Conn.; Allan G. Sluberski of Spring Brook; Walter R. Hellmich of Massapequa Park; Thomas J. Jacoutot of Asburn, Va., and Thomas J. Egan of Cedarhurst. Also: Richard M. Silvestri of Amherst; Kurt A. Linske of Guilford, Conn.; Paul J. Grandits of Sharpsberg, Ga.; Frank J. Massaro of West Hempstead; Chris Guy Ness of Lockport; Joseph B. Cirillo of Tonawanda; Tab B. Mak of Inwood; Francis P. Cirillo of Getzville; Joseph A. Bottone of Plano, Texas; Bernard J. Quinn of Jamestown; Michael Galasso of Centerreach; John H. Hughes of Marion, Ind., and Patrick M. Riley of Orlando, Fla.

The coaching staff included assistant coach Scott Stever of Rochester, manager Anthony Butera of Blasdell and equipment manager Joseph Staebell of Sarasota, Fla.


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