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Five Tribe Athletes Inducted Into Sports Hall of Fame

Pictured (l-r): Scott Mackesy '91, tennis; Russell "Buzz" Wincheski '90, Ph.D. '99, wrestling; Chris Hakel '92, football; Terry Driscoll, athletics director; Janice Brown Martin '93, track and field/cross country and Lisa Miller '87, lacrosse.

Alumni, friends and family turned out in support of five of the Tribe's most legendary athletes for the William and Mary Hall of Fame dinner on March 20.

Held at the Williamsburg Hospitality House, the event showcased the incredible talent each of these inductees exhibited as student-athletes at the College.

Janice Brown Martin '93 Track and Field
Janice Brown Martin, the Colonial Athletic Association's (CAA) Cross Country Athlete of the Year in 1992, is a five-time All-American. During her tenure on the cross country squad, Brown helped lead her team to four-straight CAA cross country titles (1990-93). In 1992, she captured Academic All-American honors for cross country and set a school record, which holds today, in the 3,000m with a time of 9:18.25. She also secured a second-best record time of 16:08.02 in the 5,000m.

Chris Hakel '92 Football
Leading the football team to the playoffs in 1990, Chris Hakel racked up a single-season best 3,414 yards as the Tribe's quarterback, accounting for 33 touchdowns that fall. Throughout his career at William and Mary, he amassed 7,025 passing yards, good enough for the fourth highest career total in school history, despite only playing 30 games. In 1990, the squad ranked No. 7 nationally and led the nation in total offense, averaging better than 500 yards per game. Hakel graduated to a career with the Washington Redskins (1992) and the Atlanta Falcons (1993).

Lisa Miller '87 Lacrosse
By the time she was named the College's Outstanding Female Athlete in 1987 Lisa Miller had established herself as a force on the lacrosse field. She earned First Team All-American honors in 1987, and today ranks fifth in school history with 145 total points and third with 118 career goals. Miller, who also earned Honorable Mention All-American honors in 1986, made the U.S. Lacrosse Team her senior season and was an alternate on the U.S. World Cup team in 1989.

Scott Mackesy '91 Tennis
An integral part of the men's tennis team's 1990 CAA Championship season, Scott Mackesy holds the school record for single-season winning percentage with an .800 average. The two-time CAA Player of the Year ranks second in career singles wins with a record of 90-42, third in career singles winning percentage with a .682 average, and is tied for third with a .750 winning percentage for doubles wins in a season.

Russell "Buzz" Wincheski '90, Ph.D. '99 Wrestling
Three-time NCAA qualifier Buzz Wincheski holds over 100 career victories under his belt and is an Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association champion. The two-time Virginia State Collegiate Champion was the Virginia Outstanding Wrestler in 1989 and also won the Tribe's Iron Indian (for durability), Most Dangerous (for most pins on team) and Outstanding Wrestler awards that same year. Wincheski earned First Team Academic All-American honors and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in the top 1.5 percent of his class, with high honors in physics, from the College. After graduation, he went on to become a two-time Navy tournament champion.