Ten
alumni and two coaches will be inducted into McDonogh School's Athletic
Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 10, as part of the celebration of
the Eagles' football game against MIAA A Conference rival Gilman.
They include Raymond
Stearns (1955 graduate), Don Evans ('88), Kelly Schaaf-Brown ('91), Aimee Gardner Murray ('91),
Alison Schroeder ('94), Kara Kristaldi ('95), Bobby Sabelhaus ('95), Dwayne Stukes
('95), Laurie Schwoy ('96), Lance Clelland ('97), Coach Jack MacMullan and Coach
George "Pee Wee" Harris, the latter, (posthumously).
The school's hall of fame was established in 1985 by the
Class of 1935 on the occasion of their 50th reunion. To date, 191 alumni and 23
coaches have been inducted.
Here, now, are the Hall of Fame inductees.
RAYMOND L. STEARNS, CLASS OF 1955
Ray Stearns ’55 won 11 letters at McDonogh: Three for
football, three for basketball, three for lacrosse, and two for track. Besides
being a member of those teams, Ray was captain of the lacrosse team in his
senior year and helped lead the 1953 football team to the Maryland Scholatic Association championship. He
received MSA honorable mention in all four sports. A true all-around student,
Ray earned the Louis E. Lamborn Award for character and influence for both 1953
and 1954. He was class president for two years and served as cadet corps
commander during his senior year.
Recruited for football, basketball, and lacrosse, Ray
received scholarship offers from the University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins,
William and Mary, Virginia Tech, and Loyola.
He opted for UVA and distinguished himself playing three
years of collegiate lacrosse. In 1958, Ray was named Honorable Mention
All-American. In his senior year, he was selected to the All-South Team for the
annual North-South All-Star game. During that game, in fact, Ray had the most
memorable moment of his athletic career when he scored the tie-breaking goal.
The leadership skills learned from his days at McDonogh
and years of leading sports teams paid off for Ray in his career. He was a
career Army officer, retiring in 1989 as a full colonel.
DON D. EVANS, CLASS OF 1988
The 1988 school yearbook describes Don Evans ’88 as a
"quiet leader" who displayed "confidence without cockiness." These traits enabled Don to lead the Eagles
basketball team to the 1985-86 B Conference championship series against Boys’
Latin School.
In another memorable three-game series, Don scored 33, 26, and 27
points, and was named Metro Player of the Week by the Baltimore Sun.
During his
four-year varsity career, Don scored a total of 1,200 points, averaging 20
points per game and 7 assists per game. That number is even more impressive
considering opposing teams geared their defenses to stop Don.
For his
accomplishments on the court, Don was named First Team All B Conference in 1987
and 1988, as well as All-Metro honorable mention in his senior year. He was
also a member of the cross country team.
His commitment to the team, to coach Paul Smith, and to
his academic career at McDonogh enabled him to succeed both on the court and off.
Don currently works in the insurance industry.
KELLY M. SCHAAF-BROWN, CLASS OF 1991
Kelly Schaaf-Brown ’91 was a leader in field hockey,
tennis, and basketball, and she has carried that leadership into her career as
a teacher-coach. Starting in middle school, Kelly played varsity tennis; in
upper school, she played varsity hockey and basketball in addition to tennis.
She was captain of all three sports as a senior. Also in her senior year, Kelly
earned the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Athletic Service Award and Leadership in
Women’s Athletics Award. As an indicator of her varying interests, she also was
honored with the Theater Arts Award.
Kelly cites her field hockey days as the highlight of her
McDonogh athletic career: "Amazing
coaches, incredible teammates, and indelible memories that I carry with me
today.”
Kelly graduated from the University of Vermont, where she
played three years of Division I field hockey. In her junior year, she was
voted the team’s most improved player. After UVM, Kelly earned her master’s
degree in middle school English from Lesley University.
Kelly went on to teach English and coach at the
Head-Royce School in Oakland, California, where she coached field hockey,
basketball and lacrosse in 1997-98, boys’ basketball and soccer from 1998-2001,
and girls’ basketball from 2001-2004 (winning two championships). Kelly is now
head of the middle school’s English department.
Kelly still keeps her field hockey glove and ball in her
classroom as a reminder of the confidence, sense of empowerment, and strength
athletics has given her.
AIMEE GARDNER MURRAY, CLASS OF 1991
The early years of a sports team at any school are always
tough, but when the teams are for girls at a previously all-boys school, the
early years are even tougher. By 1987, McDonogh’s girls’ soccer team had moved
into the well-established and very competitive Catholic League. Over the next
four years, McDonogh began to assert itself as a force in this league.
Aimee Gardner was an important member of the team, being
named captain three of the four years she played. According to coach Ted
Scocos, “Aimee Gardner was the first true soccer player in the McDonogh School
fall women's program. … If the women's
soccer team had a "Hall of Fame" - Aimee would certainly be a
founding member.”
Her teammate, Bridget Collins reinforced the coach’s
opinion when she said, “Aimee was the best player we had on varsity, hands
down. But her talent was not what made
her a great teammate. Her humility and kindness made her wonderful to play
with. She embodied the best of what high school athletics are about: pushing yourself to achieve your highest
potential, not for your own glory, but for your teammates, and for the school
you love. There is a wonderful quote by
Deborah Palmore, ‘Even when you've played the game of your life, it's the
feeling of teamwork that you'll remember.
You'll forget the plays, the goals, and the scores, but you'll never
forget your teammates.’ Aimee is the
teammate I remember most."
For her efforts in advancing women’s soccer, Aimee was
awarded the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Trophy as outstanding female athlete, in
addition to the four-year trophy for both fall and winter soccer.
Aimee returned to McDonogh to coach middle school girls’
lacrosse. She also coached for Baltimore County. She also became a distance runner, literally
going the extra mile by competing in three marathons, in Dublin, Ireland,
Nashville, Tennessee, and Washington, DC. Just recently, Aimee completed the
Baltimore marathon. This time it wasn’t a solo effort, as she pulled Mac (her
oldest son, who is fighting metachromatic leukodystrophy or MLD) with her in
his wagon the entire way!
ALISON M. SCHROEDER, CLASS OF 1994
Alison Schroeder ’94 was a two-season, five-year soccer
player at McDonogh. A member of the
Dirty Dozen (12-year McDonogh student), Alison played JV soccer in the eighth
grade. In the Upper School, Alison played both fall and winter soccer, scoring
27 career goals and 25 career assists.
She played lacrosse in the spring. In
recognition of her leadership, she was named captain of the fall soccer team in
1992 and 1993, captain of the winter team in 1991, 1992, and 1993, and captain
of the lacrosse team in 1994. She was also awarded the Ensign C. Markland Kelly
Trophy for Excellence in Athletics that same year.
Alison was also recognized by the media for her
achievements on the field.
The Baltimore Sun selected her as Player of the Year in
1993, and in November 1993, Fox News picked her as Prep Player of the Week, and
she was twice named to the first team All-Metro, All-State, All-County, and
All-Catholic league soccer teams.
Outside interscholastic sports, Alison was involved with
the Maryland State Olympic Soccer Development Program from 1989 to 1994. She
was on the under-16 Olympic regional soccer team in 1992.
After graduating from McDonogh, she attended North
Carolina State University, where she played on the women’s soccer team from
1994 to 1997.
KARA A. CRISTALDI, CLASS OF 1995
Scholar-athlete is a term that fits Kara Cristaldi ’95 to
a T. Following her graduation from McDonogh in 1995. Kara earned her bachelor’s degree in finance
from William and Mary College then earned her master’s degree in architecture
from Georgia Institute of Technology. And from her days at McDonogh until the
present, Kara has remained active in athletics.
Kara was a leader on the McDonogh soccer field and in the
track lanes. She was a four-year letter winner in fall and winter soccer,
captaining both teams in her senior year. She was a member of five championship
teams and received All-Metro and All-State recognition in her junior and senior
years. Kara also lettered in track all four years and finished second in the
15- to 20-year-old age bracket in the 1993 Constellation Classic race.
She still holds several top 10 McDonogh records.
During her career at William and Mary, Kara won four
letters for the Colonial Athletic Association soccer champions. In 1998, the
team was ranked #4 in the country.
Since college, the Atlanta-based architect has
successfully mixed athletics with her sense of
“doing the greatest possible amount of good.”
Kara has volunteered with the Hands on Atlanta community
service organization, in the Pediatric Oncology unit of Children’s Healthcare
of Atlanta, and for Arthur Andersen’s tax preparation program for families in
need. Continuing her interest in soccer, Kara is a member of the Sting Soccer
Club of Atlanta, which has won several league championships.
In addition, Kara was the first-place finisher of her age
group in the Annapolis Ten Mile Run in 2000 and 2001, and third place finisher
in her age group in 2002. In 2002 and 2003, she participated in the Columbia
triathlon.
BOBBY SABELHAUS, CLASS OF 1995
The name Bobby Sabelhaus is synonymous with McDonogh
football. The accomplished quarterback broke many McDonogh, metro, state
passing records. Bobby also lettered for four years in basketball, one year in
baseball, and one year in lacrosse.
In 1993, Bobby led the Eagles to an undefeated 9-0
season, the highlight of his career.
Over three years, he led the Eagles to a record of 22-6, including two
wins over rival Gilman. Bobby still ranks the win over Gilman that capped the
undefeated season as the biggest thrill of his athletic career.
The honors and awards Bobby earned for football include: First team All-Metro in 1993 and 1994; Baltimore and
Maryland Player of the Year in 1994; first team All-State in 1994; Parade
Magazine All-American; Street and Smith’s Magazine All-American QB; USA Today
Maryland Player of the Year; Gatorade Maryland Player of the Year; Maryland
record holder for most yards passing (5,826), and most completions (338),
including 49 touchdowns; rated the #1 drop back passer in the country by the
Tom Lemming Recruiting report.
In addition, Bobby was a Baltimore Sun Athlete of the
Year finalist and Owings Mills Times 1993 Athlete of the Year.
In addition, Bobby helped lead Eagles to the MSA B
Conference basketball championship in 1994. He was the team captain in 1994-95,
and an all-tournament selection from the Private School tournament. Bobby
played varsity baseball in 1994, when McDonogh won the Private School
championship and was the MSA runner up. During his freshman year, Bobby
lettered in lacrosse.
After McDonogh, Bobby went on to the University of
Florida where he played one year of football for the Gators and was a member of
the team that won the SEC championship. He moved on to the University of
Maryland and earned his degree in sociology. Today Bobby works for a film
production company in Los Angeles, and was a co-producer of X-Men III, among others.
DWAYNE LEMAR STUKES, CLASS OF 1995
To say that football has been the keystone of Dwayne
Stukes’s life so far would be an understatement. Beginning with McDonogh,
through college, and beyond, football, and Dwayne’s abilities, have carried him
far.
Dwayne played four years of football at McDonogh. He also
played three years of basketball and was on the track team for a year. He
helped lead the teams to championships in each sport. The football and track
teams were MSA champions in 1993, the basketball team in 1994. Dwayne was also
football team captain in 1993.
As his skills grew each football season, so did the
honors Dwayne won. He was voted All-Metro honorable mention as a freshman;
All-City/All-County second team as a sophomore; All-City/All-County first team
and All-Metro first team as a junior; and All-Metro first team, Super Prep All
American, and Tom Lemmings All American as a senior.
Dwayne moved on to the University of Virginia. During his
five years there, the Cavaliers were ACC football champions in 1995, and Dwayne
won all ACC honorable mention in 1997. He was also ranked as the 25th
cornerback in the country by Lindy’s Atlantic Coast Football Magazine.
Dwayne earned his bachelor’s degree in history, was on
the all ACC Honor Roll, and was awarded UVA’s Gretchen Savin Macillwaine
Football Scholarship, given for outstanding academic achievement.
From 2000 until the present, Dwayne has remained in
professional football.
He has played with the Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh
Steelers, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
Colorado Crush of the Arena Football League, and the NFL Europe Berlin
Thunder, where his team won World Bowl IX and X. Right now, he is back with the
Buccaneers as a coach’s assistant. Dwayne credits much of his success to the
lessons and values learned at McDonogh, and the foundation it provided. He
especially values the lasting friendships formed with players and coaches.
LAURIE SCHWOY, CLASS OF 1996
If one name is associated with girls’ soccer at McDonogh,
it is Laurie Schwoy ’96. Even though Laurie played basketball, softball, and
track, it is soccer where she made her mark. During her career, Laurie scored
an astounding, state-record 198 goals, including 69 in one season! As if that
weren’t enough, Laurie also lettered in basketball for three years (league
champion in 1993), softball two years, track two years, and winter soccer one
year.
For her outstanding play and scoring abilities Laurie
received numerous awards. The Baltimore Sun chose her as Athlete of the Year
for 1996. She was voted All-Metro and high school All-American for three years.
The National Soccer Coaches’ Association picked her as the high school player
of the year.
For her leadership abilities, Laurie was chosen as
captain of the soccer team in 1994 and 1995. Laurie led the team to the
Catholic League championship in 1993 and an undefeated season and Catholic
League tournament championship in 1994.
As a starter for the University of North Carolina women’s
soccer team, Laurie led the team to four ACC championships. She was selected
All-ACC three times, Rookie of the Year her freshman year, Soccer America
magazine’s National Rookie of the Year, All-American for three years, and was a
Herman Award (college player of the year) finalist.
From 1996 to 2000, Laurie played for the U.S.
national team. She was a
World Cup alternate for the 1999 team. In 2001-02, Laurie
played for the Women’s United Soccer Association Philadelphia Charge.
After that, Laurie returned to McDonogh as assistant
girls’ soccer coach for five years so she could help instill her desire, and
teach her skills to another generation of McDonogh soccer players.
LANCE M. CLELLAND, CLASS OF 1997
From McDonogh to the Big Ten, to pro football, to
football coach are all big steps, but not so big that Lance Clelland couldn’t
handle them. Coming to McDonogh in 1993, Lance immediately became a starter on
the offensive line and helped the 1993 team become Maryland Scholastic
Association champs.
Lance was not a one-sport wonder. He played four years of
varsity football, three years of varsity basketball, three years of varsity
track, and three years of varsity lacrosse. He was captain of the 1996 football
team and the 1996-97 basketball team. In his senior year, he was also the
league and state discus champion.
Lance was named an All-American in football as well as
first team All-Metro and All-State. the Owings Mills Times Athlete of the Year.
After McDonogh, Lance attended Northwestern University,
where he earned his bachelor’s degree in education. He was also a four-year
starter for the Northwestern Wildcats, the Big Ten Conference champions in
2000. In 2001, Lance was named to the
All Big-Ten team.
Lance played briefly for the New York Jets and our own
Ravens, as well as the Philadelphia Soul in the Arena Football League.
Following his pro stint, Lance returned to McDonogh as an assistant football
coach, teacher and dorm parent. Earlier this year, he was hired as an assistant
football coach at Dartmouth College.
With all the honors Lance has won, his favorite memory of
his playing days is beating Gilman at Gilman his senior year at McDonogh!
COACH GEORGE “PEE WEE” HARRIS
Belying his nickname, George was a big man not only
physically, but also in his devotion to McDonogh and his students. For thirty
years ‘Pee Wee’
served as teacher, coach and mentor to countless students
until his untimely death in 1978 at age 59.
Pee Wee grew up in Norwin, Pennsylvania, where he was
captain of his high school football team. From there he attended Admiral
Farragut Academy. He received a football scholarship to St. Joseph’s College in
Philadelphia and graduated in 1941. After college, he worked for Bendix Radio
Corporation and played minor league football for the Wilmington Clippers.
In 1947, he was drafted by the newly-formed Baltimore
Colts but chose to teach industrial arts at McDonogh instead. In 1972, he was
named head of the department.
Pee Wee was head coach of the JV football team and an
assistant coach for varsity football. During the off-season, he taught swimming
to children at Camp Red Eagle. He also officiated football and basketball games
at both the high school and college level. Pee Wee is remembered by former
students as one of their most loved and respected teachers. His insistence on
quality, precision, and discipline, both on and off the field, characterized
him as a Renaissance man.
He and his wife, Virginia, served as houseparents for
lower school boarding students for many years in addition to raising four sons
of their own, all McDonogh graduates.
Outside teaching and coaching, Pee Wee loved the
outdoors, especially hiking, canoeing, and camping. The fitness enthusiast was
a member of the Baltimore Canoe Club. He also enjoyed square dancing.
COACH JACK MACMULLAN
Growing up in a small town outside Philadelphia, Jack
considered gym class, recess, lunch, and playing sports his favorite subjects.
Ordinarily, this would not bode well for a boy’s future,
but in Jack’s case, they were the keys to his success. Throughout his 42+- year
career at McDonogh, West Chester University, and Columbus Academy, Jack used
sports as the vehicle to teach life lessons.
As head basketball coach at Columbus Academy in Ohio,
Jack’s team won 75% of its games over a ten-year period, including 33 straight.
During that time, he was voted Central Ohio Coach of the Year. He was also the
line coach for the football team that became
undefeated Ohio State champions.
While at West Chester University, Jack was both the
freshman and varsity basketball coach. His frosh team had the only undefeated
season in the school’s history, 17-0, with wins over Temple, Penn, and
Villanova. As a player at West Chester, he finished his career scoring only
with 1,000 fewer points than Donta Evans ‘94!
Coming to McDonogh in 1994, Jack wore many hats: athletic
director, chair of the physical education department, lower and middle school
physical education teacher, middle school football coach, assistant varsity
football coach, head varsity basketball coach, and junior varsity golf coach.
More than scores, won-lost records, and championships,
however, were the lessons Jack felt he wanted to teach using sports. In his own
words, “A coach must have the players honestly feel that the strength and
importance of the TEAM is much greater than the strength and importance of any
individual. Something really special can happen when kids buy into this idea.
Some people call it chemistry; some call it spirit."
"I do know that when people
get along, camaraderie develops. Out of this camaraderie will come a respect
for one another, and, in many cases, friendships that last a lifetime," MacMullan said. "Teaching
children to see the value in putting aside personal agendas for the good of a
group is not any easy thing to do. However, I really do not think there is
anything, in any curriculum, in any discipline, more important than this
lesson.”