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Durham Lords Media Release
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Durham College Greats to be Inducted into the Hall of Fame!!!
Oshawa, Ont. The Department of Athletics at Durham College and the Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee is pleased to officially announce the inductees for the 2008 DC Sports Hall of Fame! The class of 2008 will feature former student-athletes Mario Bruno (Soccer) and Ron Winterink (Basketball and Soccer), both of which are Oshawa natives.
The 13th annual Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is by invitation only and is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, November 26 on campus at the beautiful Upper Gallery of the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre at 7 p.m.
³We are very excited to welcome both Mario and Ron into the Durham College Sports Hall of Fame,² commented Athletic Director Ken Babcock. ³They were outstanding student-athletes and are very deserving of this honour. On November 26th, we are going to look back and celebrate two great collegiate careers at Durham College!²
The Durham College Sports Hall of Fame was founded in 1997 and exists to honour those individuals who have contributed significantly to sport through the participation on varsity teams at Durham College as athletes, coaches or as builders/administrators.
Ron Winterink, a graduate of Paul Dwyer was an outstanding two sport student-athlete during his time at Durham College, playing for both the Men¹s Basketball and Men¹s Soccer teams from 1979-82. Winterink was a key contributor in the 1980 soccer season, as the Lords went on to win the school¹s first OCAA gold medal in men¹s soccer. That season, Winterink was an OCAA All-Star, leading the team in scoring as well as being was named Durham¹s Most Valuable Player. Overall, he scored 21 goals in his OCAA career and averaged 1.11 goals per game. On the hard court, Winterink led the Durham College Men¹s Basketball team in scoring in 1979-80 and was an OCAA Men¹s Basketball League All-Star in 1981-82. He sits 16th all-time on the DC scoring list, while playing in just 39 games. He was named Durham College¹s Athlete of the Year in 1981-82.
Mario Bruno, who joined Durham after a great high school career at Central Collegiate played on the Men¹s Soccer team from 1984-87. The Lords won three consecutive OCAA East Region Championships while going on to win an OCAA silver medal in 1984 and two OCAA bronze medals in 1985 and 1986. Bruno led the Lords in scoring every year he played and was the OCAA Scoring Champion in 1986-87, scoring 17 goals in 10 games for an average of 1.70 goals per game. Bruno was also the Most Valuable Player for Durham College in his last year of play. In his career, Bruno tallied a remarkable 32 career goals during the regular season ranking number one all-time in Durham College Men¹s Soccer history and fifth in OCAA scoring.
PREVIOUS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES (32)
The Durham College Sports Hall of Fame officially opened in the spring of 1997 in order to recognize significant achievements and accomplishments of Durham student-athletes, coaches and builders. On behalf of Durham College and the Durham College Athletic Department we are pleased to announce the formal induction of outstanding individuals into the Durham College Sports Hall of Fame and we salute their many contributions and achievements during their time at Durham.
DAVID STEWART inducted in 1997
GERRY PETTIT inducted in 1997
VASO VUJANOVIC inducted in 1997
TED HARRISON inducted in 1997
CAROL HART (Cruwys) inducted in 1997
LESLIE PELLERIN (Seeley) inducted in 1997
HERB KIRKCONNELL inducted in 1998
JILL DRINKWATER inducted in 1998
RICHARD SNOWDEN inducted in 1998
ERNIE RAINBOW inducted in 1999
SUSAN SCOBIE (Smith) inducted in 1999
ALLEN GATES inducted in 1999
JULIE HORNSBY inducted in 2000
RYAN HUGHES inducted in 2000
JAMES BUCK inducted in 2000
STAN MARCHUT inducted in 2001
MICHAEL STAUFFER inducted in 2001
GARY POLONSKY inducted in 2002
AUGUSTO DUQUESNE inducted in 2002
DAVE DOBSON inducted in 2003
JOANNA VAN DYKE inducted in 2003
ANNE WEIR inducted in 2004
JULIE GOEDHUIS inducted in 2004
DAVE CUTLER inducted 2005
TAMMY BAKER inducted 2005
SAMANTHA LANGFORD inducted on November 18, 2005 10th Anniversary Edition
O'NEIL BROWN inducted on November 18, 2005 10th Anniversary Edition
LAURENCE BISHOP inducted 2006
BILL CROWDIS inducted 2006
MIKE TIMPANO - inducted 2007
DARLENE COOK (ANDERSON) - inducted 2007
LAURIE CASTATOR (THOMPSON) - inducted 2007
PRIDE, TRADITION and EXCELLENCE of Durham College Athletics, since 1971.
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