The 2024 Fairfield Athletics HOF Class

[stag76]

[FU73]

Fairfield University Vice President for Athletics Paul Schlickmann has announced the six individuals and one team that comprise the Fairfield Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Ann Burgoyne (Field Hockey), Dr. Wayne Gibbons (Men's Basketball – posthumous induction), Bob Heussler (Service to Athletics), Tyler Nelson (Men's Basketball), Ryan Plourde (Baseball), Paulina Rys (Women's Tennis) and the 1998 Stag Football Team will be officially enshrined into the Hall of Fame on January 27, 2024.

In addition to the Class of 2024, the January event will also honor long-time Director of Athletics Gene Doris, who was elected into the Hall of Fame with the Class of 2023 but unable to attend last year's induction ceremony.

2024 Fairfield University Athletics Hall of Fame
Saturday, January 27, 2024
6 p.m. — Hall of Fame Cocktail Reception
7 p.m. — Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Dinner & Program

The 2024 Fairfield Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony will be held on-campus at Leo D. Mahoney Arena on Saturday, Jan. 27. Registration ($175 individual tickets) is open now. Each ticket purchased includes a cocktail reception at the Hall of Fame in the Leo D. Mahoney Arena, as well as the 2024 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Dinner.

REGISTRATION & SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
fairfield.imodules.com/s/1671/18/interior.aspx?sid=1671&gid=2&pgid=5760&content_id=5195

fairfieldstags.com/news/2023/12/14/friends-of-fairfield-athletics-fairfield-athletics-announces-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024.aspx

[typhaon]

Another year and my intramural QB prowess goes unrecognized...

[stag76]

I think it’s fairly obvious that basketball is my favorite sport, so I was very pleased to see Tyler Nelson and Bob Heussler chosen for the 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame. I was a bit surprised to see Wayne Gibbons ‘70 be a posthumous selection, figured he was already in the Athletics Hall of Fame. He was a sophomore on Bisaaca’s last team and played on the Lynam coached teams his last two seasons. Gibbons and Frank Magaletta were classmates and the leading scorers on those teams. I had no idea he became a medical doctor after his years at Fairfield.

At the time of his graduation, the late Dr. Wayne Gibbons '70 was one of only 11 1,000-point scorers in Fairfield Men's Basketball history. Despite playing only three varsity seasons – and with no three-point line or shot clock – Gibbons amassed 1,016 points for an average of 13.2 points per game in his career. He racked up many of his points from the free throw line, graduating as the all-time leader in both free throws made (360) and attempted (480) for a career percentage of .750 at the stripe. Gibbons, who still ranks in the top 10 in free throws made and attempted more than 50 years later, also still holds the Fairfield single-game record with a 15-for-15 performance at the line in a win over Vermont in December of 1969. After graduation, Gibbons earned a medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1979. He practiced medicine, including mission trips to Guatemala, Nigeria, and Ghana, for nearly 40 years. Gibbons passed away on July 24, 2019 at the age of 70.

fairfieldstags.com/news/2023/12/14/friends-of-fairfield-athletics-fairfield-athletics-announces-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024.aspx

[stag76]

Link is to a minute and a half of highlights from the Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony last week.

x.com/FairfieldStags/status/1753490376030089423?s=20