Friars to Induct 9 Into the PC Hall of Fame
Ken Bell
PC news release…
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE TO INDUCT NINE FORMER FRIARS AND
1995 WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
INTO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME
Ceremony Will Take Place On Friday, February 15, 2013.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.
— The Providence College Athletic Department will induct nine members
and the 1995 NCAA Champion
Women's Cross Country Team into its Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday,
February 15, 2013. The 2013 inductees are Dickey Simpkins ‘94 (men's
basketball), Cindy Curley ‘85 (women's hockey), Mike Boback ‘92 (men's
hockey), Keith Kelly ‘01 (men's cross country/track),
Roger Haggerty ‘86 (baseball), Karen Krawchuck ‘91 (field hockey), John
Farren ‘86 (men's soccer), Maria McCambridge ‘98 (women's cross
country/track) and Bob Foley (women's basketball coach). The College
also will induct the 1995 women's cross country team,
which captured the school's only NCAA team title. The eight members of
the cross country team also will be honored at the ceremony.
A
reception to honor the inductees will be held at the Hilton Providence
on Friday, February 15, starting at 6:00 p.m. Tickets for the reception
are $75 per person and can be purchased by calling
Julie Ruggieri at 401-865-1756. The inductees also will be honored at
halftime of the men's basketball game versus Notre Dame at the Dunkin'
Donuts Center in Providence, R.I. on Saturday, February 16. Tipoff is
scheduled for noon. Tickets to the men's basketball
game can be purchased online at friars.com, at the Providence College
Ticket Office in Alumni Hall or by calling (401) 865-GOPC.
Dickey
Simpkins ‘94 competed in more games for the Friars than any other
player in PC basketball history. With 125 games under his belt,
Simpkins ranks 26th all-time in scoring with 1,226 points.
In four seasons, he averaged 9.8 ppg and 6.3 rebounds. He also ranks
10th all-time at PC in rebounding (790) and fourth all-time in offensive
rebounds (312). Simpkins has more career steals (85) than any other
center in Friar history. He also was named
to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team twice (1993 and 1994). He helped
the Friars capture the 1994 BIG EAST title. A first-round draft pick,
Simpkins went on to play six seasons for the Chicago Bulls.
Cindy
Curley ‘85 ranks third all-time in scoring at Providence with 225
career points. She scored more than 60 points in two different seasons
for the Friars. She ranks fourth all-time on PC's
goal scoring list with 110 goals and third on the school's all-time
career assists list with 115. She led the Friars to their first two ECAC
Championship titles, scoring the winning goal in the ECAC Championship
in 1984. She was one of the first women's hockey
players to be named to the ECAC All-Star Team her senior year. Curley
played in the first women's international tournament, the 1987
World Championships, and then in the 1990, 1992 and 1994 World
Championships. She was selected to the All-Tournament Team in 1990 and
still holds the Team USA record for most points in an international
tournament after scoring 23 that year. She was inducted
into the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002.
Mike
Boback ‘92 ranks fourth all-time in points at PC with 201 and second in
assists (128). Boback is one of only four PC players to register more
than 200 points in his career as a Friar and he
set the Providence record with a 19-game point scoring streak. He was
named First Team All-HOCKEY EAST in 1990 and 1992 and to the All-New
England Team in 1992. Boback was a 1990 NHL draft dick of the
Washington Capitals. He helped lead the Friars to two
NCAA appearances, including a run to the ‘88-89 NCAA Quarterfinals, and
four 20-win seasons in his Providence career.
Keith
Kelly ‘01 won the Friars' first men's NCAA Cross Country title in Ames,
Iowa on November 20, 2000. While at Providence, Kelly captured seven
BIG EAST titles (indoor 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters
and distance medley relay and outdoor 10,000 meters and 5,000 meters). A
native of Drogheda, Ireland, Kelly was a five-time All-American, three
in cross country (1999, 2000 and 2001), one in the 5,000 meters at the
2001 NCAA Indoor Championships and one in
the 10,000 meters at the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field
Championships. In addition to his All-America honors and BIG EAST
titles, Kelly claimed IC4A 10,000 meter titles in 1998 and 1999.
Roger
Haggerty '86 is the career slugging percentage leader at PC with a
percentage of .652. He ranks second on the career home runs list (35),
fourth on the career RBI list (146), fifth on the
career total bases list (322) and is tied for eighth on the career
batting average list with an average of .348. Haggerty has the
fourth-best single-season batting average with a .414 mark and has the
fifth-best single-season hits total with 75. He is tied
for third for the best single-season triples total with five, has the
fourth and fifth-best single-season home runs totals with 15 in 1985 and
14 in 1986 and has the second-best single-season RBI mark with 62.
Haggerty also has the ninth-best single-season
total bases mark with 126.
Karen
Krawchuk ‘91 is tied for second all-time in career goals (64), eighth
all-time in career assists (26) and second all-time in career scoring
(154 points) at PC. She earned First Team All-America
(1989) honors, Second Team All-America (1990) honors and was a
three-time First Team All-Northeast Region selection (1988, 1989,
1990). She led the team to three NCAA Tournament appearances and a No. 1
national ranking during the 1987 season. Krawchuk also
helped the Friars win the BIG EAST title in 1989 and the ECAC
Championship in 1988.
John
Farren ‘86 was named the1982 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year and was the
scoring leader in New England as a freshman with 43 points (17 goals,
nine assists). He was an All-New England selection
as a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior and ranks first at PC in
career goals (62), assists (30) and points (154). Farren also holds the
PC single-season goals record (17) and points record (43). He led the
Friars to back-to-back BIG EAST Tournament appearances
in 1983 and 1984, including Providence's first ever title game
appearance in 1984. Farren and the Friars also made the NCAA Tournament
in 1983.
Maria
McCambridge ‘98 was a four-time All-American. In 1995, she finished
sixth overall at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, helping
Providence capture the national title. She also earned
cross country All-America accolades in 1996 and two track All-America
honors. In 2004, McCambridge (5,000 meters) was selected to the Irish
Olympic Team to compete in the Athens Olympics.
Bob
Foley (1985-1996) was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year (1985-86) and
Coached the ECAC Team of the Year in 1990. He guided the Friars to their
first-ever BIG EAST Championship in 1990 and led
the Friars to the “Sweet 16”, as Providence became the first BIG EAST
school to reach the round of 16 (1989-90). He is the winningest women's
basketball coach in the 37-year history of the Providence College
women's basketball program (207-127). Six of his
11 teams finished with 20 or more victories. Four of his 11 teams were
ranked in the Top-25 in the nation and eight of his players earned
All-America recognition.
The
1995 women's cross country team reached the highest level of succes at
Providence College when it captured the NCAA title in Ames, Iowa under
the direction of Head Coach Ray Treacy. Marie
McMahon ‘95, Maria McCambridge ‘98, Krissy Haacke ‘97, Gladys Ganiel
‘99, Susan Murnane ‘97, Moira Harrington ‘95, Sarah Dupre ‘99 and Meghan
McCarthy ‘96 were the eight members of the team. The squad scored 88
points and was led by McMahon, who finished
fourth and was the team's top finisher. The team still stands as the
only Friar squad to ever capture a NCAA team title.
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