Joa Claircius: Basketball
Joa Claircius (2012), a Psychology major, has excelled on the court as a captain point guard for the basketball team both in the New England Collegiate Conference and on a national level in Division III athletics. Find out more about this Mountaineer and how life is for her at Southern Vermont College…

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SVC/SJC Hall of Fame

Southern Vermont College / Saint Joseph College - Inducted (1994-Present)

Thank you for visiting the Southern Vermont College (1974-Present) / Saint Joseph College (1924-1974) Hall of Fame! Please take a few moments to browse through the many accomplishments of our prestigious Mountaineers/Redmen. If you would like to nominate someone for the Hall of Fame please click on the link on this page and follow the directions. Thank you once again for your support of athletics at Southern Vermont College and we look forward to seeing you at our future dinners, homecoming, and other events along the way.

Contact with any questions, concerns, and/or suggestions!

Joseph L. Frey ‘08

Sports Information Director
Hall of Fame & Athletics Alumni Coordinator
 
Southern Vermont College 
982 Mansion Drive
Bennington, VT 05201
jfrey@svc.edu
Office Phone: 802.447.4672
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Note to Hall of Famer's...as you can see some of the pictures below are older and a bit fuzzy. Please send new pictures to me and I will promptly post them on this page! Thank you.

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Please note that the stats respresented in the write-ups below reflect records at

the time of the induction and may have since been broken.

William Epstein (1994)

 
 

 

William “Bill” Epstein was the driving force in the development of Southern Vermont College Athletics serving as the Director of Athletics from 1979-1994 and Director of Athletics Emeritus until 2004. During his tenure, Epstein served as a faculty member in the Business Management Program and was instrumental in the growth of SVC Athletics with the $1.2 million dollar Health and Recreation Center (Mountaineer Athletic Center) and the Bill Epstein Athletic Field, which at the time included: a soccer field, a baseball diamond, and a softball diamond. Epstein coached baseball from 1979-1993 and he also filled in when needed coaching men's soccer, women's soccer and women’s basketball.  The entire SVC community was deeply saddened by his death in 2004.

 

 

Tim Baldic (1997)

 
 

Class of 1990

Basketball 1986-1990

SVC Records: 

  • Most Career Blocks: 94
  • Most Single Season Blocks: 53
  • Most Single Game Blocks: 9

Baseball 1987-1990

  • 1987 Rookie of the Year
  • 1988 Most Improved Player
  • 1988 NAIA Player of the Week
  • 1988 NAIA All-Conference Team
  • 1988 NAIA All-Tournament Team
  • 1989 Co-MVP
  • 1989 Captain
  • 1989 NAIA All-Conference Team
  • 1990 MVP
  • Four Year ERA 1.46

 

   

Patrick Monaghan (1997)

 

 

Class of 1987

Soccer 1985-1987

  • 1985 Parade Magazine (High School All-American)
  • 1987 NAIA All-American

SVC Records:

  • Most Career Points: 146
  • Most Career Goals: 62
  • Most assists in a game: 5
  • Most goals in a season: 29
   

Carol Ann Sowden (Murray) (1998)

 
 

 

Class of 1993

Soccer 1989-1992

  • 1991 Colonial States All-Conference Team
  • 1991 Team Player of the Year
  • 1991 Captain
  • 1992 Colonial States All-Conference Team
  • 1992 Team Player of the Year
  • 1992 Captain

Softball 1990-1993

  • 1992 Team MVP, Offense
  • 1992 Co-Captain
  • 1993 Team Player of the Year
  • 1993 Captain
  • Career Batting Average: 462 
   

Colleen Castelluccio (Murray) (1998)

   

Class of 1992

Soccer 1988-1991

  • 1991 Colonial States All-Conference Team
  • 1991 Team Coaches Award

Softball 1989-1992

  • 1992 Co-Captain
  • 1992 Team Player of the year
  • Career Batting Average: .364
  • Career On-Base Percentage: .633
   

Eddie Polk, Jr. (1999)

   

Class of 1995

Basketball 1991-1994

  • Career Points: 709
  • Career Rebounds: 320
  • Career Steals: 117
  • Career Field Goals: 246
  • 1993-1994 Captain
   

Michael Donoghue (2000)

   

St. Joseph College/Southern Vermont College Class of 1971

Basketball 1969-1971

  • SVC Intercollegiate Sports Pioneer
  • Chairman, Alumni Association 1997-2000
  • Three terms SVC Board of Trustees
  • 1998 Mountaineer Athletics Award

Burlington Free Press

  • Award Winning Journalist
  • National Women's Sports Federation
  • Journalist Award 1998

Other Achievments

  • Charter Member
  • New England Press Association Hall of Fame 2000
  • St. Michael's College Journalism Professor
   

Jackie Palandrani (2000)

 

Class of 1995

Women's Soccer 1991-1994

  • 1991 Rookie of the Year
  • 1992 Most Valuable Defensive Player
  • 1993 Captain
  • 1993 Most Valuable Defensive Player
  • 1993 All Conference Team-Defender
  • 1994 Player of the Year
  • 1994 Captain

Women's Basketball 1991-1992, 1994-1995

  • 1991 Coach's Award
  • 1992 Coach's Award

Women's Softball 1992-1993, 1995

   

Tim Nicolis (2001)

 
 

Class of 1998

Cross Country 1997

SVC Records:

  • 8K: 30:12 (8th)

Basketball 1994-1998

  • 1000 Point-Club
  • Most points in a season: 471
  • Career Points: 1,208
  • Most Steals in a season: 75
  • Most Career Steals: 186

Invited to NBA try-out in Chicago

 

   

Denise Land (Welch) (2001)

 
 

Class of 1997

Women's Soccer 1993-1996

SVC Records:

  • Most Career Saves: 488
  • Most Career Shutouts: 12
  • Most Shutouts in a Season: 7
  • Most Career Victories: 21

Women's Basketball 1993-1997

  • 1000 Point-Club
  • Most Career Points: 1,283
  • Most Career Rebounds: 1,015
  • Most Points in a Game: 38
  • Most Rebounds in a Game: 25

Women's Softball 1994-1997

  • 1994 Rookie of the Year
  • 1996 & 1997 MVP
   

Michael J. Tranchida (2002)

 

 

Class of 1976

Baseball (SVC Redman) 1975-1976

SVC Student Athletic Director 1974-1976

SVC Intercollegiate Sports Pioneer Established Baseball & Basketball Teams in 1975

SVC Student Government Association Representative

   

Aimee Becker-Greenslet (2002)

   

 

Class of 1999

Women's Soccer 1994-1997

  • Career Goals: 32
  • Career Assists 18
  • 1996 Captain
  • 1996 Bill Epstein Award
  • 1997 Captain 
  • 1998 Career Achievement Award
  • 1997-1998 The College Sportswoman of the Year Presented by The Community Awards Committee of Vermont & Women's Sports Foundation
  • 1999 William Glasser Award
  • 1999 Edward Everett Award
   

Dennis Green (2002)

   
 

Class of 1997

Basketball 1993-1997

  • Career Points: 1,130
  • Rebound Game-High: 18
  • Career Rebounds: 849 
  • Career Points Per Game: 21.3
  • Career Rebounds Per Game: 9.1
  • Career Blocks Per Game: 1.7

Played Professional Basketball Overseas

   

Cindy Dunican (2003)

   

 

Class of 1999

Women's Soccer 1994-1997

  • Career Assists: 10
  • Career Goals: 12
  • 1996 Defensive Soccer Player of the Year
  • 1998 Career Achievement Award
  • Winner of "Iron Woman Award"
  • Distinction for not missing a single game during her four-year career
  • 1998 Nominated as SVC's NCAA Woman of the Year
   

1995-1996 Men's Basketball Team (2003)

   
  Brain Fruscio: Head Coach
Patrick Filien: Assistant Coach
Richard Hurley: Assistant Coach
Sean Brown
Rafael Salazar:
Dennis Green: 1000 Point Club
Ralph Ehle
Troy August
Jeff Casey
Eduardo Nieves
Tim Nicolis
Shawn Pratt
Ryan Wotherspoon
Paul Bigness
Chris Davis: 1000 Point Club
David Moon
Justin Henderson
   

Ben Patten (2003)

   
  

Class of 1984

Multi Sport Student-Athlete:

  • Soccer
  • Basketball
  • Baseball

1984 Class Valedictorian

Vice-Chair of the Alumni Association 1994-1998

Radio personality for ABC Magic 100.9 FM "Jay &Ben in the Morning Show"

"Voice of the Mountaineers"

   

Wendy Nolan (Littlefield) (2004)

 

 

  

Class of 1992

Women's Soccer 1989-1992

  • Career Goals: 7
  • 1991 Colonial States All-Conference Team

2007 Co-Coach of Women's Soccer Team

   

Rafael Salazar (2004)

   

Class of 1996

Basketball 1994-1996

SVC Records:

  • Most points in a game: 40
  • Most field goals in a game: 18
  • Most assists in a game: 11