Athletic Hall

Dulaney will induct nine former student-athletes into its Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Hunt Valley Golf and Country Club. The 2012 inductees are: Lindsay Graham (1969), Ryan Hoff (2005), Kostintinos (Gus) Kosmakos (2002), William Perkins (1969), Debbie Pavik Porter (1977), Gil Schuerholz (1981), Andrew Schlaffer (2003), Chris Steer (1991), and Sandy Gunnerson Thielz (1964). Hunt Valley Country Club is located at 14101 Phoenix Road in Phoenix.

The inaugural class of the Towson High School Athletics Hall of Fame, featuring Michael Phelps (2003), Randy Dase (1972), Sue Beeler (1958), Billy Jones (1964), Jaimee Reynolds (1998) and Jack Thomas (1970), will be honored April 19 at halftime of the Hereford-Towson boys lacrosse game. At 5:15 p.m., five minutes before the opening faceoff of the varsity game, a flagpole and plaque will be dedicated to Mike Godzik (1965), who died in 2008 and in whose name an annual award is given to a boys lacrosse player.

The Mount de Sales Academy Athletic Department will induct six individuals and a team into its Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday, Nov. 10. The Athletic Hall of Fame seeks to recognize the outstanding achievements of past MDSA coaches and athletes with a new class inducted every two years. The 2012 MDSA Hall of Fame Inductees are: Coach Hank Hofmeister, Basketball; Dr. Cynthia Clark '02, Swimming and Softball; Sharon Birkett '86, Basketball; Jenny Held Miller '89, Basketball and Lacrosse; Dr. Linda Justice Teodosio '79, Basketball and Lacrosse; Susan Devlin Switzer '60, Basketball; and the 1985 Lacrosse Team.

The Mount de Sales Academy Athletic Department will induct six individuals and a team into its Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday, Nov. 10. The Athletic Hall of Fame seeks to recognize the outstanding achievements of past MDSA coaches and athletes with a new class inducted every two years. The 2012 MDSA Hall of Fame Inductees are: Coach Hank Hofmeister, Basketball; Dr. Cynthia Clark '02, Swimming and Softball; Sharon Birkett '86, Basketball; Jenny Held Miller '89, Basketball and Lacrosse; Dr. Linda Justice Teodosio '79, Basketball and Lacrosse; Susan Devlin Switzer '60, Basketball; and the 1985 Lacrosse Team.

Babe Ruth, Al Kaline, Jimmie Foxx and Lefty Grove -- some pretty fine company by baseball standards.On Feb. 17, Hampstead native Moose Haas will join that select group when he's inducted into the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame.Haas was an early bloomer, starting at Franklin High in BaltimoreCounty, where he was a dominating hurler even as a sophomore.Drafted right out of high school by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1974, the right-hander was in the big leagues by 1976 at the tender age of 20.He's doing it again with his Maryland Hall induction at the relatively young age of 35 -- becoming its 145th member at a luncheon honoring him and three other 1992 inductees at Martin's West in Baltimore County.

Carlton Bailey was in his Charlotte, N.C., home yesterday when he made far bigger plays than any he ever made in the three Super Bowls he started for the Buffalo Bills. Bailey, 36, changed the dressing on his 82-year-old diabetic grandmother's bandages from insulin injections, and he gave his three cousins who live with him as much love and attention as he could. "I've always said I wanted to care for my grandmothers when they got older because I wanted them to enjoy their final years," said Bailey, who was a first-team All-Metro defensive lineman at Woodlawn High in 1982.

Every pitch evoked a grunt, a piercing aarrgh! on the mound that rode in with the fastball or curve or that confounded changeup. Batters echoed the aarrgh!, flailing away at the offerings of Bill VonDenBosch. For 19 years, VonDenBosch pretzeled many a hitter - enough to win 379 games, compile an ERA of 1.03 and carve a niche as the first softball pitcher ever elected to the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame. He'll be inducted tonight at a banquet, along with former major league slugger Harold Baines, boxer Vincent Pettway and NFL receiver Calvin Williams, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Ravens.

Andy Enfield, the all-time leading scorer in Johns Hopkins men's basketball history and a member of the university's Athletic Hall of Fame, was introduced as the second-ever head coach at Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday. A 1991 Johns Hopkins alumnus, Enfield worked the past five years as an assistant at Florida State, where recruiting and player development were chief among his responsibilities. Prior to his stint with the Seminoles, Enfield was an assistant with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks (1994-1996)

Once again, the spotlight of the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame turns on four native-born sports heroes from the past, plus two nationally prominent team executives in induction ceremonies tonight at Martin's West. Scheduled for enshrinement in the active athletic category are men from four different sports: Lloyd Bunting, a defenseman on four consecutive undefeated Johns Hopkins University lacrosse teams. Bunting also was a premier end on Hopkins football teams that were a dominant factor in the then Mason-Dixon Conference.

Norwood Spencer Sothoron, a retired lacrosse coach and athletic director at the old Charlotte Hall Military Academy, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Feb. 4 at his old school, now a veterans home in St. Mary's County. He was 93. Born in Charlotte Hall, Mr. Sothoron earned a business administration degree at the University of Maryland. He was the 1934 senior class president at College Park and earned letters in football, lacrosse, basketball and baseball. He waited tables at the dining hall to pay his tuition.

Kenwood will induct 10 new members into its Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 12 prior to the Bluebirds' homecoming football game against Franklin. Grace Dohmeir, Barry Drew, Tim Johnson, Charles Koester, Dave Leonhard, Tom O'Conner, Jackson Palmer, Michael Sheely, Vance Strausberg and Susan Wunder will be inducted at a reception in the Kenwood library at 5 p.m. Special recognition will also be given to Hall of Fame coach Mildred Murray and her 1948...

Et cetera Ovechkin says he's ready to play full season in Russia While he has yet to sign a contract, there is little doubt that Alex Ovechkin will play in Russia's Kontinental Hockey League during the NHL lockout. It's just a matter of where. On Monday, the Washington Capitals star left wing told Sovetsky Sport that he believes the lockout could cost the NHL a full season. Via Yahoo blogger Dmitry Chesnokov , Ovechkin told Sovetsky Sport's Pavel Lysenkov : "If the [NHL]

Johnny Unitas, considered by many to have been the greatest quarterback of all time, will be inducted posthumously into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame with six others at the 53rd enshrinement ceremony Nov. 8 at Michael's 8th Avenue in Glen Burnie. Unitas, the Pro Football Hall of Famer who led the Baltimore Colts to NFL championships in 1958 and 1959 and Super Bowl V in 1971 over 17 seasons with the team, will be honored along with golf legend Carol Mann as a result of a change in the organization's by-laws.

Former Terps men's basketball star Juan Dixon headlines the Class of 2012 for the University of Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame, officials announced Friday. Dixon, Maryland's all-time leading scorer with 2,269 points, was the Most Outstanding Player in the 2002 NCAA tournament after leading the Terps to the national championship. Football player Paul Vellano, father of current Terps defensive lineman Joe Vellano, field hockey player Carla Tagliente and women's lacrosse players Jen Adams and Sarah Forbes, as well as former baseball coach Tom Bradley and former women's lacrosse coach Cindy Timchal, will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 5, during a ceremony at Riggs Alumni Center.

Former Ravens offensive lineman Jonathan Ogden is considered a strong candidate to be part of the 2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. But before that, Ogden learned that he'll be enshrined into another Hall of Fame. The former UCLA star was one of 14 players to be selected for the College Hall of Fame. He'll be inducted in September. Ogden was a four-year starter at left tackle for the Bruins. In his final season at UCLA, Ogden was awarded the Outland Trophy, given to college football's top lineman, and named a unanimous first-team All-American.  He was then drafted by the Ravens with the fourth overall pick in the 1996 draft.

Organizers of the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame are looking for ways to rejuvenate a proud institution that has been around since 1956. They're hoping this helps: one of the Hall's most star-studded classes will be inducted at an upcoming ceremony Nov. 10 at Michael's 8th Avenue in Glen Burnie. This year's inductees include former NBA All-Star Sam Cassell (Dunbar High, Florida State), former NFL punter Sean Landetta (Loch Raven, Towson University), PGA golfer Fred Funk (University of Maryland)

Nameplates of the 152 men and women thus far elected to the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame have been placed on public display by the Baltimore Orioles in a gesture that at first reaction merits generous applause. It was the proper thing for a rich and prosperous organization to do. But then you look at where they put the plaques -- between two restrooms.Small engraved renderings list the year each individual was enshrined and the sports they played. The Hall of Fame commission, headed by Ed Athey and Chester O'Sullivan, which also includes ex-athletes, sportswriters and sportscasters, is a non-paid group that, by its charter, is only supposed to provide a public service.

Powell Burger Sheffey, a longtime science teacher at Booker T. Washington Junior High School and one of the first inductees of Morgan State University's athletic hall of fame, died in his sleep Friday at Glen Meadows retirement community in Glen Arm. He was 96. Friends and family remembered Mr. Sheffey as a dapper, witty man, but also as a hard worker who overcame deprivation and segregation. Mr. Sheffey was born in Wytheville, Va., and raised in West Baltimore. The oldest of 12 children, he dropped out of Douglass High School to support his siblings.