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2009 Athletic Hall of Fame Class Inducted
Colby-Sawyer College inducted
two individuals and an entire
team of student-athletes as new
members of its Athletic Hall of
Fame in October. This year’s honorees
include equestrian Suzanne
Horrigan Campbell ‘78, men’s
basketball player Matthew George
‘98, and the 1998–1999 Chargers
women’s basketball team.
Suzanne Horrigan Campbell
of Bow, N.H., is one of the most
accomplished equestrians in
Colby-Sawyer’s history. She qualified
to compete as an individual
rider in the Intercollegiate Horse
Show Association (IHSA) National
Championships in all four of her
years on the team and served as captain
for three years. She was twice selected as
the team’s most valuable rider.
As a freshman, Suzanne placed first
in the IHSA National Championship in
the Open over Fences category. She was
also the IHSA National Champion Reserve
in the Open on the Flat category and
the Cacchione Cup National Champion
High Point Rider in 1975. The following
year, she was again the IHSA National
Champion in the Open on the Flat and
Open over Fences categories, as well as
the Region III Reserve High Point Rider.
She received an award of merit from
Sports Illustrated and was featured in the
magazine’s “Faces in the Crowd” for her
Cacchione Cup win.
Matthew George, of Brookfield, Vt.,
was an outstanding guard for four years
on the Chargers men’s basketball team,
demonstrating leadership on and off the
court. He is the college’s all-time leader in
free throws (476) and one of its all-time
leaders in total points (2,050), steals (157),
three-pointers (284), assists (374) and
field goals (645). He was also a member
of the Eastern College Athletic Conference
(ECAC) New England Championship team
in 1997–1998.
In the 1994–1995 season, among
other honors, Matt was selected as the
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Rookie of the Year. In 1995–1996,
his honors and awards continued to
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Suzanne Horrigan Campbell ’78 and
Joseph Forest, who coached her when
she was a Colby-Sawyer student rider.
Matt George ’98 is welcomed to the
Athletic Hall of Fame by his former
coach, Bill Foti.
accumulate, and, in 1996–1997, he
was selected as the most valuable player
for the men’s team and First-Team All-
Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC).
In his final year, Matt was chosen as
Colby-Sawyer’s Male Athlete of the Year
and honored again as his team’s most valuable
player. He garnered many other honors,
including his selection to participate
in the New England Basketball Coaches
Association (NEBCA) Senior All-Star game
and as New Hampshire Division III Coaches
Association First-Team All-Star. Matt was
also named to the National Association
PHOTOS: Gil Talbot
Basketball Coach’s Second-Team
All-Northeast District and First-
Team All-CCC.
Also inducted into the
Athletic Hall of Fame was the
1998–1999 Chargers women’s
basketball team which set 14
records, including six that still
stand. Among them are the season
records for points (2,082),
field goals (774), free-throws
(428) and rebounds (1,381). The
Chargers won 25 games, which
is still the school record for most
wins in a season.
The 1998–1999 team was
Colby-Sawyer’s first to go undefeated
in the regular season in
the conference, and the Chargers forged
a 17-game winning streak to advance to
the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Championships. In the NCAA
tournament, the Chargers defeated Hunter
College 74–60 at home to advance to
the second round, a first for Colby-Sawyer
women’s basketball.
If you would like to nominate someone for
the Colby-Sawyer College Athletic Hall of
Fame, nomination forms and details can be
found at www2.colby-sawyerathletics.com/
hof.aspx. The deadline is April 1, 2010.
On floor in front: Head Coach George Martin. Front row (l to r) Julie Sheehan O’Neill ‘02, Heather St. Louis
‘99, Leisa Jesser Tripp ‘01, Ashley Bramwell Arruda ‘02, Michelle Dailey ‘99, Tasha Beaudin ‘02, Amy Callahan
‘02. Back row (l to r) Assistant coaches Nate Camp ‘98, Brian Beauman ‘99 and Beth Chartier Tower ‘97.
Team members Hillary Cross Hagerty ‘02, Sara Hammond Misiano ‘01, captain Kristen Diachisin ‘99, Megan
Donnelly Hydock ‘99, captain Melissa Eckman Binette ‘99, captain Alison Gulubicki ‘99, and Cheryl Carr ‘00.
Not pictured, Katarzyna Fadrowski ‘01, Elise Johnson Korbet ‘02, and Katie Moynahan Burke ‘02.