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Y! MyWebSix to be inducted into Wittenberg's Hall of Honor
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Six Wittenberg University greats will be inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Honor during 2008 Homecoming Weekend ceremonies,
Oct. 10-12.
Bruce Borland (1969 graduate), Pat Williams Clouse (1964), Wendel Donathan (1989), David Helm (1969), Don Lynam (1975) and Jennifer Parsons (1994) will join 172 other Wittenberg greats in the university's Hall of Honor.
They'll be formally inducted at a banquet on Friday, Oct. 10.
Borland is known as one of Wittenberg's finest linebackers. A four-year letterwinner and starter, Borland led the Tigers in tackles in '67, and he added team MVP and Golden Helmet honors a year later as a senior.
Borland was a member of Tiger teams that compiled four-year records of 30-7 overall and 14-5 in the Ohio Athletic Conference and won the 1966 conference title.
Clouse is one of the most influential people in the history of women's sports at Wittenberg. After excelling in a number of sports during her undergraduate career, including field hockey, volleyball, basketball and softball, she returned to her alma mater in 1968 to join the Physical Education Department faculty. Clouse, who lives in South Vienna, went on to serve as the first coach in three varsity sports: women's swimming and diving (1970), women's lacrosse (1972) and women's golf (2003).
Donathan is the most decorated wrestler in Witt history. A four-year letterwinner, he posted a career record of 106-28-4, making him the only Wittenberg wrestler to ever win 100 career matches. He was Wittenberg's team MVP in each of his four years and was the first and only Tiger wrestler to earn All-America honors with a third-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships.
A four-year letterwinner in track and field, Helm became one of just three Tigers to score more than 100 individual points in two consecutive OAC Championship meets. Helm served as team captain and earned team MVP honors in both the 1968 and 1969 seasons. He still holds the Wittenberg stadium record in the long jump with a mark of 22 feet, 2 inches.
Lynam, a Springfield resident, was a standout on the basketball court at Witt, earning three letters while starting on teams that compiled records of 61-16 overall and 30-7 in the OAC. Lynam helped the Tigers to two consecutive OAC regular season championships in '73 and '74. Wittenberg won four NCAA Division III tournament games in Lynam's years as a starter as well.
Parsons is one of a select group of Witt student-athletes to earn 12 varsity letters, a salute to her contributions to the volleyball, basketball and softball programs between 1990-94. She was also a Tigers volleyball and basketball assistant coach for seven years. Her name appears on school volleyball record lists for career kills, attack percentage, blocks and digs. In softball, Parsons had the second-highest career batting average ever at Witt. She's currently an assistant volleyball coach at Ashland University.
