THE SU ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME welcomed new members to its Class of 2024. This year’s seven-person class includes Coach Gerry DiBartolo, Gabby (Long) Watkins ’10, Andrew Miller ’10, Kandice (Hancock) Bond ’11 & ’13, Erika Brittingham ’12, Katie (Bollhorst) Hanson ’13 and Ashton (Wheatley) Illian ’14.
Few left as big of an impression on Sea Gull Athletics as did DiBartolo across his 44 years at the institution, first as a men’s soccer coach and then as athletic director. Across his 34 seasons leading the men’s soccer program, DiBartolo’s Sea Gulls won 412 games and seven conference championships. As athletic director, DiBartolo led the Sea Gulls to win five team national championships and 10 individual national titles, as well as 36 conference championships across all sports.
Arguably the greatest defensive player in the history of Sea Gull volleyball, Long holds the SU records for digs in a career (2,469), season (779), and match (46). She also graduated ranking fourth in program history with 239 career service aces (now fifth).
An elite presence in the Sea Gull batting order for three years, Miller helped the Sea Gulls reach new heights in 2009 when they earned their first-ever No. 1 ranking in the weekly D3baseball. com/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) poll. Salisbury won the CAC championship twice (2008-09) with Miller in the lineup and qualified for three NCAA Tournaments (2008-10).
Hancock provided a strong midfield presence for field hockey across a four season stretch that saw Salisbury win a trio of conference championships (2007- 09) and make four NCAA Tournament runs (2007-10). Although injured for most of the Sea Gulls’ 2009 national title campaign, she was among the first to hoist the trophy after SU’s 1-0 win over Messiah in the championship tilt.
One of the most fearsome arms in a program known for choice pitching, Brittingham graduated with the second most wins (60, now third) and second most strikeouts (573, now third) in Sea Gull softball history and boasted a 0.98 career ERA. She shares the single-game team record with a pair of 17-strikeout performances. Brittingham authored 12 career no-hitters in her four years at SU.
Bollhorst played outsized roles on a pair of national championship sides (2010, ‘13), one national runner-up (2012) and a national quarterfinalist (2011), as well as four conference titles. The 2013 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) National Attack Player of the Year, she made a pair of IWLCA All-America and All-Region First Teams (2012-13).
A prolific scorer through her four years, Bollhorst graduated as Salisbury’s all-time leader in career assists (171, now second) and ranks third in career points (297). She recorded two of SU’s seven 100-point seasons and owns two of the top seven single-season assist campaigns in Sea Gull history.
Wheatley is without equal among Salisbury goalkeepers and one of the greatest netminders in the history of collegiate women’s lacrosse. She won a program-record 66 games across four seasons in the cage, scooped up its second-most ground balls (136) and graduated with its fourth-most saves (412, now fifth).