Army West Point Athletics
2005 Army Sports Hall of Fame Members
June 30, 2005 | Athletics
Daniel James Browne
Class of 1997
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
The first Army runner to break the four-minute barrier in the mile, Dan Browne earned three All-America certificates in track and field, forged seven Patriot League individual crowns and established six Academy records (four indoors and two outdoors), including one relay mark.
An All-American indoors in 1996 and outdoors in both 1996 and 1997, Browne excelled at distances from the mile to 10,000 meters throughout his career. Indoors, he won Patriot titles in the mile (1994 and 1996) and the 5,000 (1996), while securing outdoor crowns in the 1,500 (1996 and 1997) and 5,000 (1996 and 1997). Browne also captured the IC4A cross country title during his stellar senior season.
Five of Browne's six Academy standards still stand. Browne represented the United States in the 2004 Olympics, participating in both the 10,000-meter run and the marathon.
Joseph Charles Casey
Class of 1967
Men's Soccer
The most prolific scorer that Army soccer has ever seen, Joe Casey established himself as the program's all-time leader with 56 goals and 38 assists, totalling 150 points across 42 career contests, records that stand to this day.
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A three-year starter, Casey set single-season records of 22 goals and 58 points en route to Honorable Mention All-American accolades in 1965. Casey went on to cap his Army career with 20 goals and set the single-season assist record with 15 assists while serving as team captain in 1966.
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Casey's on-field exploits helped the Black Knights craft a three-year mark of 31-7-4 (.786). He led his teams to three consecutive NCAA Final Fours, scoring eleven goals in nine tournament games. His NCAA tournament productivity was highlighted by two goals in the 1966 quarterfinal 3-1 victory over Navy.
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Edgar Doug Kenna Jr.
Class of 1945
Football/Men's Basketball/Tennis
A three-sport standout, Doug Kenna was an All-American quarterback who helped guide Army to its first-ever national football title in 1944 as the Black Knights embarked upon a three-year run in which they dominated the national collegiate grid landscape. Kenna was inducted into the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame in 1984.
In addition to his football prowess, Kenna excelled in basketball and tennis during his undergraduate career. He earned honorable mention accolades in basketball following his junior and senior seasons (1943-44 and 1944-45) and was instrumental in the Black Knights compiling a 27-game win streak that spanned from the final contest of 1942-43 to late in the 1944-45 campaign.
Kenna also served as captain of the undefeated men's tennis team (11-0) in 1945. During his senior year, the football, basketball and tennis teams combined to forge a remarkable 34-1 record.
Deann Rana Machlan
Class of 1996
Volleyball
During a stellar four-year career in which she appeared in more games (462) than all but one previous Army player, Deann Machlan built an impressive resume that included the program's career records for kills (1,718) and digs (1,466).
In all, Machlan had a hand in eight individual records on career, season, match and game levels, with six of those standards having yet to be equaled. She set Army's match record of 43 kills as a senior and remains the only Black Knight with more than two 30-plus kill performances in a career (four). She also remains the Patriot League's career leader in kills, while listing second on the league's all-time digs ladder.
An All-Patriot League first team selection in 1994 and 1995, Machlan was named the Patriot League's "Player of the Year" following her senior year. Machlan helped the Black Knights to Patriot League titles in 1992 and 1994 as Army carved a 22-5 league record between 1992 and 1995.
Steven Goudreau Marshall
Class of 1996
Gymnastics
An athlete who made an immediate impact upon Army's gymnastics program as a plebe and eventually found his way to international competition, Steve Marshall etched his name among the Academy's elite gymnasts during his four-year varsity career.
During his senior season, Marshall became the first Black Knight in 57 years to win the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League's all-around crown, and he was also a finalist for the Nissen Award, collegiate gymnastics' highest athletic honor. As a junior, Marshall copped the EIGL title on the parallel bars. He was the EIGL "Rookie of the Year" in 1993.
Marshall qualified for the NCAA Championships three times and set Academy records for the all-around (57.45), parallel bars (9.6) and high bar (9.8). During the summer of 1995, he earned a spot on the U.S. Senior National Team, becoming the first Army gymnast since 1960 to secure that prestigious honor.
Michael Mayweather
Class of 1991
Football
The only Army football player to have compiled multiple 1,000-yard rushing seasons, Mike Mayweather eclipsed the 1,000-yard plateau three times in his career en route to establishing the Academy's career rushing record with 4,299 ground markers.
So dominant was Mayweather that he eclipsed Army's career rushing record--held by legendary running back Glenn Davis--in the final game of his junior season. In a sparkling senior campaign, Mayweather set the Academy's single-season rushing standard with 1,337 yards, was named a first-team All-American and finished 10th in the Heisman Trophy voting.
In addition to his rushing record, Mayweather forged Academy standards for all-purpose yards (5,594) and 100-yard rushing games (21). He also ranked second in kickoff return yards (1,114) and fourth in scoring (230). Mayweather amassed 1,022 ground yards in 1988, helping the Black Knights to a date opposite Alabama in the John Hancock Sun Bowl, before compiling 1,177 markers as a junior in 1989.
Dennis Mahan Michie
Class of 1892
Football
Head Coach: Football (1890, 1892)
Considered the "Father of Army Football," Dennis Michie served as team captain and head coach of the Black Knights' first football team in 1890. Michie convinced a group of Navy students to issue a "challenge" to West Point officials for a football game, and he later persuaded Academy leadership to accept the challenge, laying the foundation for what has become one of the nation's classic grid rivalries.
Michie served as team captain in 1891 when the Black Knights opened the season with the program's initial victory, a 10-6 verdict over Fordham, and later avenged their 1890 loss to Navy with a 32-16 trouncing of the Midshipmen.
Upon graduation, Michie remained at the Academy, directing Army to a 3-1-1 record as head football coach in the fall of 1892. Michie, who had reached the rank of captain, was killed in action on San Juan Hill in 1898 during the Spanish-American War.
Leo V. Novak
Head Coach
Track and Field (1925-49), Cross Country (1928-1949), Men's Basketball (1927-1939)
As Army's all-time coaching victories leader in both men's basketball and outdoor track and field, Leo Novak compiled an overall record of 326-115-1 (.739) during his quarter-century tenure at the Academy. In a combined 68 competitive seasons, spanning four sports, only three Novak-led Army squads suffered through a losing campaign.
Novak guided men's basketball from 1927-1939 (crafting a record of 126-61), outdoor track from 1925-1949 (96-24) and cross country from 1928-1949 (93-28). In addition, he was the driving force behind the creation of Army's indoor track and field program, directing the team to an 11-2 mark during the initial eight years of its existence (1942-49).
Under his tutelage, Army teams captured nine major indoor and outdoor track championships, including three IC4A titles and six Heptagonal crowns. In cross country, his teams won IC4A titles on three occasions. In addition, two cadets established world records while more than 50 athletes won Eastern and NCAA crowns.
Pamela Denise Pearson
Class of 1986
Women's Basketball/Track and Field
The only female two-sport All-American in Army history, Pam Pearson parlayed her vast athletic talents into standout careers in both basketball and track and field. She graduated as Army's all-time leading rebounder (881) on the hardwood while also setting the Academy's triple jump standard (40-4 ).
In 1984, Pearson, who led Army to an Academy-record 25 victories and the program's first NCAA appearance, capped a brilliant sophomore season by becoming the first Black Knight women's basketball player to earn All-America honors. Named to the second team in 1984, she repeated that honor in 1985. In three varsity seasons, Pearson ascended to fourth on Army's career scoring ladder while establishing a rebound record that would stand for 18 years.
Additionally, Pearson copped track and field All-America accolades outdoors in both the long jump and triple jump during her senior season, finishing third in the triple jump event at the 1986 NCAA Division II meet. During her plebe year, she set an Academy long jump record as well.
Holly Anne Pedley
Class of 1998
Women's Soccer
Holly Pedley, a second-team All-American in 1994, remains the only Black Knight women's soccer player ever accorded All-America accolades at the Division I level. In addition, she was a three-time first-team regional All-American.
Pedley put forth the finest season ever by a Black Knight during her 1994 plebe campaign, establishing single-season records of 52 points and 18 assists, to go with 17 goals, en route to earning Patriot League "Rookie of the Year" and "Player of the Year" laurels in the same season. Still listed atop the Academy's career assists list with 48, Pedley also graduated in second place on the career points ladder (144) while occupying fourth spot on the goals chart (48).
During her four-year varsity career, the Black Knights forged an impressive 54-29-1 mark. As a senior in 1997, Pedley was named the Patriot League's "Offensive Player of the Year" as well as "Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year."
David Clayton Rost
Class of 1977
Hockey
No player in NCAA hockey history has scored more points than Dave Rost, who compiled an astounding 330 points during his remarkable four-year career at Army.
Rost was tabbed a first-team All-East selection in 1977, capping a sparkling senior season in which he set an Academy record with 108 points, while jointly setting the NCAA single-season scoring mark with Clarkson's Dave Taylor. The Black Knights' career assist leader with 226, Rost tallied 104 career goals to graduate in third place in that category. His 66 assists in 1974-75 remain an Academy record.
The Black Knights won at least 18 games during each of his four years on the varsity, compiling a 78-31-3 (.709) record and earning four successive trips to the ECAC Division II Tournament. Rost led the team in scoring during each of his final three campaigns.
Joseph Benton Steffy Jr.
Class of 1949
Football
Army's only Outland Trophy winner, Joe Steffy dominated the trenches as a two-way lineman when Army ruled the college football landscape during the 1940s.
Steffy capped his brilliant career by accepting the 1947 Outland Trophy, awarded to college football's most outstanding lineman. That same year, Steffy served as football team captain and was named a first-team All-American guard.
During his three-year varsity career, Steffy helped the Black Knights to a 23-2-3 (.875) record, including national championships in 1945 and 1946. He was part of the front line that opened holes for back-to-back Heisman Trophy winners Felix "Doc" Blanchard (1945) and Glenn Davis (1946).
Eric Gordon Tipton
Head Coach
Baseball (1958-77)/Sprint Football (1957-1976)
Following a stellar undergraduate gridiron career at Duke and a 15-year stint in the professional baseball ranks that included 501 Major League game appearances, Eric Tipton carved a sterling head coaching career at Army, becoming the Academy's all-time wins leader in both baseball and sprint football.
On the diamond, Tipton guided the Black Knights to three Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League titles (1960, 1965, 1966) over 20 years, finishing with a 234-201-5 (.538) record. Although his victory standard has since been passed, Tipton's teams posted double-digit victory totals 16 times, including an 18-win campaign in 1960 that tied the Academy single-season record for victories.
As the first coach of Army's sprint football program, Tipton observed his lightweight gridders win or share 13 league titles during his 20 years along the sidelines. Army forged a stellar 104-14-1 (.878) mark under Tipton's tutelage. Tipton was inducted into the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame in 1965 and the Duke University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976.
Gary Joseph Winton
Class of 1978
Men's Basketball
Head Coach: Softball (1990)
By the time he received his West Point degree, Gary Winton had virtually rewritten the Army men's basketball record book, establishing a dozen records on game, season and career levels.
Winton led Army in both scoring and rebounding during each of his four varsity campaigns, and graduated as the program's career leader in points (2,296) and rebounds (1,168). He shattered the existing scoring mark by nearly 1,000 points (956), while his rebounding standard still stands 27 years after his departure.
He earned honorable mention All-America citations in both 1977 and 1978. Winton forged 14 30-point scoring performances in his career, along with 17 contests in which he garnered 15 or more rebounds. He later returned to the Academy to serve a one-year stint as head softball coach, crafting a 29-10 record in 1990.
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Class of 1997
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
The first Army runner to break the four-minute barrier in the mile, Dan Browne earned three All-America certificates in track and field, forged seven Patriot League individual crowns and established six Academy records (four indoors and two outdoors), including one relay mark.
An All-American indoors in 1996 and outdoors in both 1996 and 1997, Browne excelled at distances from the mile to 10,000 meters throughout his career. Indoors, he won Patriot titles in the mile (1994 and 1996) and the 5,000 (1996), while securing outdoor crowns in the 1,500 (1996 and 1997) and 5,000 (1996 and 1997). Browne also captured the IC4A cross country title during his stellar senior season.
Five of Browne's six Academy standards still stand. Browne represented the United States in the 2004 Olympics, participating in both the 10,000-meter run and the marathon.
Joseph Charles Casey
Class of 1967
Men's Soccer
The most prolific scorer that Army soccer has ever seen, Joe Casey established himself as the program's all-time leader with 56 goals and 38 assists, totalling 150 points across 42 career contests, records that stand to this day.
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A three-year starter, Casey set single-season records of 22 goals and 58 points en route to Honorable Mention All-American accolades in 1965. Casey went on to cap his Army career with 20 goals and set the single-season assist record with 15 assists while serving as team captain in 1966.
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Casey's on-field exploits helped the Black Knights craft a three-year mark of 31-7-4 (.786). He led his teams to three consecutive NCAA Final Fours, scoring eleven goals in nine tournament games. His NCAA tournament productivity was highlighted by two goals in the 1966 quarterfinal 3-1 victory over Navy.
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Edgar Doug Kenna Jr.
Class of 1945
Football/Men's Basketball/Tennis
A three-sport standout, Doug Kenna was an All-American quarterback who helped guide Army to its first-ever national football title in 1944 as the Black Knights embarked upon a three-year run in which they dominated the national collegiate grid landscape. Kenna was inducted into the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame in 1984.
In addition to his football prowess, Kenna excelled in basketball and tennis during his undergraduate career. He earned honorable mention accolades in basketball following his junior and senior seasons (1943-44 and 1944-45) and was instrumental in the Black Knights compiling a 27-game win streak that spanned from the final contest of 1942-43 to late in the 1944-45 campaign.
Kenna also served as captain of the undefeated men's tennis team (11-0) in 1945. During his senior year, the football, basketball and tennis teams combined to forge a remarkable 34-1 record.
Deann Rana Machlan
Class of 1996
Volleyball
During a stellar four-year career in which she appeared in more games (462) than all but one previous Army player, Deann Machlan built an impressive resume that included the program's career records for kills (1,718) and digs (1,466).
In all, Machlan had a hand in eight individual records on career, season, match and game levels, with six of those standards having yet to be equaled. She set Army's match record of 43 kills as a senior and remains the only Black Knight with more than two 30-plus kill performances in a career (four). She also remains the Patriot League's career leader in kills, while listing second on the league's all-time digs ladder.
An All-Patriot League first team selection in 1994 and 1995, Machlan was named the Patriot League's "Player of the Year" following her senior year. Machlan helped the Black Knights to Patriot League titles in 1992 and 1994 as Army carved a 22-5 league record between 1992 and 1995.
Steven Goudreau Marshall
Class of 1996
Gymnastics
An athlete who made an immediate impact upon Army's gymnastics program as a plebe and eventually found his way to international competition, Steve Marshall etched his name among the Academy's elite gymnasts during his four-year varsity career.
During his senior season, Marshall became the first Black Knight in 57 years to win the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League's all-around crown, and he was also a finalist for the Nissen Award, collegiate gymnastics' highest athletic honor. As a junior, Marshall copped the EIGL title on the parallel bars. He was the EIGL "Rookie of the Year" in 1993.
Marshall qualified for the NCAA Championships three times and set Academy records for the all-around (57.45), parallel bars (9.6) and high bar (9.8). During the summer of 1995, he earned a spot on the U.S. Senior National Team, becoming the first Army gymnast since 1960 to secure that prestigious honor.
Michael Mayweather
Class of 1991
Football
The only Army football player to have compiled multiple 1,000-yard rushing seasons, Mike Mayweather eclipsed the 1,000-yard plateau three times in his career en route to establishing the Academy's career rushing record with 4,299 ground markers.
So dominant was Mayweather that he eclipsed Army's career rushing record--held by legendary running back Glenn Davis--in the final game of his junior season. In a sparkling senior campaign, Mayweather set the Academy's single-season rushing standard with 1,337 yards, was named a first-team All-American and finished 10th in the Heisman Trophy voting.
In addition to his rushing record, Mayweather forged Academy standards for all-purpose yards (5,594) and 100-yard rushing games (21). He also ranked second in kickoff return yards (1,114) and fourth in scoring (230). Mayweather amassed 1,022 ground yards in 1988, helping the Black Knights to a date opposite Alabama in the John Hancock Sun Bowl, before compiling 1,177 markers as a junior in 1989.
Dennis Mahan Michie
Class of 1892
Football
Head Coach: Football (1890, 1892)
Considered the "Father of Army Football," Dennis Michie served as team captain and head coach of the Black Knights' first football team in 1890. Michie convinced a group of Navy students to issue a "challenge" to West Point officials for a football game, and he later persuaded Academy leadership to accept the challenge, laying the foundation for what has become one of the nation's classic grid rivalries.
Michie served as team captain in 1891 when the Black Knights opened the season with the program's initial victory, a 10-6 verdict over Fordham, and later avenged their 1890 loss to Navy with a 32-16 trouncing of the Midshipmen.
Upon graduation, Michie remained at the Academy, directing Army to a 3-1-1 record as head football coach in the fall of 1892. Michie, who had reached the rank of captain, was killed in action on San Juan Hill in 1898 during the Spanish-American War.
Leo V. Novak
Head Coach
Track and Field (1925-49), Cross Country (1928-1949), Men's Basketball (1927-1939)
As Army's all-time coaching victories leader in both men's basketball and outdoor track and field, Leo Novak compiled an overall record of 326-115-1 (.739) during his quarter-century tenure at the Academy. In a combined 68 competitive seasons, spanning four sports, only three Novak-led Army squads suffered through a losing campaign.
Novak guided men's basketball from 1927-1939 (crafting a record of 126-61), outdoor track from 1925-1949 (96-24) and cross country from 1928-1949 (93-28). In addition, he was the driving force behind the creation of Army's indoor track and field program, directing the team to an 11-2 mark during the initial eight years of its existence (1942-49).
Under his tutelage, Army teams captured nine major indoor and outdoor track championships, including three IC4A titles and six Heptagonal crowns. In cross country, his teams won IC4A titles on three occasions. In addition, two cadets established world records while more than 50 athletes won Eastern and NCAA crowns.
Pamela Denise Pearson
Class of 1986
Women's Basketball/Track and Field
The only female two-sport All-American in Army history, Pam Pearson parlayed her vast athletic talents into standout careers in both basketball and track and field. She graduated as Army's all-time leading rebounder (881) on the hardwood while also setting the Academy's triple jump standard (40-4 ).
In 1984, Pearson, who led Army to an Academy-record 25 victories and the program's first NCAA appearance, capped a brilliant sophomore season by becoming the first Black Knight women's basketball player to earn All-America honors. Named to the second team in 1984, she repeated that honor in 1985. In three varsity seasons, Pearson ascended to fourth on Army's career scoring ladder while establishing a rebound record that would stand for 18 years.
Additionally, Pearson copped track and field All-America accolades outdoors in both the long jump and triple jump during her senior season, finishing third in the triple jump event at the 1986 NCAA Division II meet. During her plebe year, she set an Academy long jump record as well.
Holly Anne Pedley
Class of 1998
Women's Soccer
Holly Pedley, a second-team All-American in 1994, remains the only Black Knight women's soccer player ever accorded All-America accolades at the Division I level. In addition, she was a three-time first-team regional All-American.
Pedley put forth the finest season ever by a Black Knight during her 1994 plebe campaign, establishing single-season records of 52 points and 18 assists, to go with 17 goals, en route to earning Patriot League "Rookie of the Year" and "Player of the Year" laurels in the same season. Still listed atop the Academy's career assists list with 48, Pedley also graduated in second place on the career points ladder (144) while occupying fourth spot on the goals chart (48).
During her four-year varsity career, the Black Knights forged an impressive 54-29-1 mark. As a senior in 1997, Pedley was named the Patriot League's "Offensive Player of the Year" as well as "Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year."
David Clayton Rost
Class of 1977
Hockey
No player in NCAA hockey history has scored more points than Dave Rost, who compiled an astounding 330 points during his remarkable four-year career at Army.
Rost was tabbed a first-team All-East selection in 1977, capping a sparkling senior season in which he set an Academy record with 108 points, while jointly setting the NCAA single-season scoring mark with Clarkson's Dave Taylor. The Black Knights' career assist leader with 226, Rost tallied 104 career goals to graduate in third place in that category. His 66 assists in 1974-75 remain an Academy record.
The Black Knights won at least 18 games during each of his four years on the varsity, compiling a 78-31-3 (.709) record and earning four successive trips to the ECAC Division II Tournament. Rost led the team in scoring during each of his final three campaigns.
Joseph Benton Steffy Jr.
Class of 1949
Football
Army's only Outland Trophy winner, Joe Steffy dominated the trenches as a two-way lineman when Army ruled the college football landscape during the 1940s.
Steffy capped his brilliant career by accepting the 1947 Outland Trophy, awarded to college football's most outstanding lineman. That same year, Steffy served as football team captain and was named a first-team All-American guard.
During his three-year varsity career, Steffy helped the Black Knights to a 23-2-3 (.875) record, including national championships in 1945 and 1946. He was part of the front line that opened holes for back-to-back Heisman Trophy winners Felix "Doc" Blanchard (1945) and Glenn Davis (1946).
Eric Gordon Tipton
Head Coach
Baseball (1958-77)/Sprint Football (1957-1976)
Following a stellar undergraduate gridiron career at Duke and a 15-year stint in the professional baseball ranks that included 501 Major League game appearances, Eric Tipton carved a sterling head coaching career at Army, becoming the Academy's all-time wins leader in both baseball and sprint football.
On the diamond, Tipton guided the Black Knights to three Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League titles (1960, 1965, 1966) over 20 years, finishing with a 234-201-5 (.538) record. Although his victory standard has since been passed, Tipton's teams posted double-digit victory totals 16 times, including an 18-win campaign in 1960 that tied the Academy single-season record for victories.
As the first coach of Army's sprint football program, Tipton observed his lightweight gridders win or share 13 league titles during his 20 years along the sidelines. Army forged a stellar 104-14-1 (.878) mark under Tipton's tutelage. Tipton was inducted into the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame in 1965 and the Duke University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976.
Gary Joseph Winton
Class of 1978
Men's Basketball
Head Coach: Softball (1990)
By the time he received his West Point degree, Gary Winton had virtually rewritten the Army men's basketball record book, establishing a dozen records on game, season and career levels.
Winton led Army in both scoring and rebounding during each of his four varsity campaigns, and graduated as the program's career leader in points (2,296) and rebounds (1,168). He shattered the existing scoring mark by nearly 1,000 points (956), while his rebounding standard still stands 27 years after his departure.
He earned honorable mention All-America citations in both 1977 and 1978. Winton forged 14 30-point scoring performances in his career, along with 17 contests in which he garnered 15 or more rebounds. He later returned to the Academy to serve a one-year stint as head softball coach, crafting a 29-10 record in 1990.
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