Holy Family Announces Hall of Fame Class of 2019

7/8/2019 12:00:00 AM

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Philadelphia, Pa. - The Holy Family University Athletic Department is proud to announce the induction of five members to the Holy Family Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2019 as announced by Director of Athletics, Tim Hamill. Three former student-athletes along with two legendary coaches comprise the Hall of Fame Class of 2019.

"I am very excited to announce not only the return of the Holy Family Athletics Hall of Fame but also the impressive induction class," said Hamill. "These five individuals exemplify what it means to be a Holy Family Tiger not only with what they accomplished on the field of play but also in the class room and in the community. I am looking forward to them returning to campus and celebrating their respective careers at our Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in December."

The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. The event coincides with the men's and women's basketball doubleheader versus city rival Jefferson. More information on the induction ceremony will be available in the coming weeks along with registration and ticket information.

Holy Family Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2019 Inductees

Catherine Carr '11 | Women's Basketball
The program's first-ever NCAA Division II All-American, Carr is the Tigers' all-time leading scorer with 1,995 career points after averaging 16 points per game in her career. During her four years at Holy Family (2007-11), Carr accumulated a number of honors, as she was a four-time All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) honoree, CACC Rookie of the Year (2007-08) and CACC Player of the Year (2008-09). She even received All-Region honors three times and capped her career with WBCA All-America accolades her senior season. Holy Family appeared in the CACC Tournament all four years of Carr's career and raised the championship banner in 2008. The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Division II tournament all four years and were East Region finalists in 2008 and 2010.

Mike McLaughlin (1995-2009) | Women's Basketball Head Coach
One of the most successful coaches in program history, McLaughlin served as head coach of the women's basketball team at Holy Family for 14 seasons from 1995 to 2009. During that span McLaughlin produced over 400 victories (407-61) becoming the fastest women's basketball coach in NCAA history to reach 400 wins, doing it in 459 games. During his tenure at Holy Family, McLaughlin won six CACC Tournament Championships (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007 & 2008) and qualified for the NCAA Division II Tournament six straight seasons (2004-2009). One of his most successful seasons while at Holy Family came in 2007-08 when he led the Tigers to an undefeated regular season and advanced all the way to the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional final. Holy Family's only blemish that year came in the regional final versus Franklin Pierce University as the Tigers finished the season 32-1 overall. An eight-time CACC Coach of the Year, McLaughlin also coached 27 All-CACC honorees, three CACC Rookie of the Years and five CACC Player of the Years. In addition, McLaughlin's rosters featured three NAIA All-Americans and his teams advanced to eight NAIA Tournaments before Holy Family became a full-time NCAA Division II member.

Allison Maddock '01 | Softball
Eighteen years after throwing her final pitch, Maddock still ranks as the program's all-time leader in wins with 74 and with a 1.10 earned run averaged. Over her four-year career, Maddock appeared in 116 games, including 92 starts and over 658 innings of work; the most in program history. She is also the career leader in opponent batting average (.163), starts, appearances, complete games (84), shutouts (31), wins and saves (3). Maddock is the single season leader in wins after winning 22 games in both 1999 and 2000. She won 18 games in 2001, which is third-most in program history. In 2000, Maddock finished with 22 victories and a career-low 1.17 era to go along with 124 strikeouts and nine shutouts. She helped lead the Tigers to a 38-14 season with appearances in the CACC Tournament and NAIA Regional.

Melissa Murphy '03 | Women's Soccer
Murphy was a member of the women's soccer program from 1999-2002 and a stellar player in net for the Tigers during that span. She is the only goalkeeper in program history to hold a career goals against average under 1.00 (0.99) while recording a program record 426 career saves. During the course of her career she compiled a won-loss record of 43-18-4, including a program record 19 victories in 2000. Murphy is a three-time All-CACC selection and was named the CACC Player of the Year in 2002; the first in program history. She was also selected to the All-Region team in her senior season and was a NAIA All-American Honorable Mention honoree. Murphy was part of three CACC Tournament Championship teams (1999-2001) and appeared in the NAIA Regional all four seasons of her career.

Dan Williams (1986-2003) | Men's Basketball Head Coach
The first head coach in the program's history, Williams is the men's basketball winningest coach with 375 victories over the course of 17 seasons at Holy Family. Williams built the program from the bottom to one of the elite city college programs during its NAIA era. In just his third season, the Tigers finished 30-9 and went on to the KAC Tournament Finals and won the NAIA District 19 Championship. As a result, Holy Family appeared in its first-ever NAIA National Tournament. The Tigers would go on to appear in the NAIA National Tournament four more times under Williams in 1996, 1999, 2002 and 2003. The 30 victories from the 1988-89 season are still the most in program history to date. Williams coached 14 NAIA All-Americans and 18 1,000 career point scorers during his tenure. He was also named Coach of the Year 12 times.

Throughout the rest of the summer we'll take a closer look at each honoree and feature them on the Holy Family athletics website (athletics.holyfamily.edu). Be sure to check out the latest updates on our social media platforms as well on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram; all at GoHFUTigers.

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