10/4/2003 8:00:00 AM | Terrapin Athletics
Oct. 4, 2003
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Six former Terrapin greats were inducted into the University of Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame ceremonies held Friday night at the campus' Inn and Conference Center.
Norman "Boomer" Esiason (football), Chris Stauffer (track and field), Rosalind Taylor-Sheppard (track and field), Ray Altman (lacrosse), Tom Young (basketball) and Chris Weller (women's basketball coach) were enshrined in the hall.
Esiason was a second team All-America and first team All-ACC quarterback in 1983. He set 17 school records for passing and total offense, and led Maryland to the ACC title in 1983. He was a 14-year pro in the NFL, earning MVP and four Pro-Bowl selections.
Stauffer was a two-time All-America hurdler for Maryland in the 1960s. He won two IC4A championships and six Atlantic Coast Conference titles in his career. He was the outstandingt performer in the ACC in 1963.
A five-time All-American in three sports, Taylor-Sheppard ranked second and fourth nationally in the 1,500 meters and third nationally in the mile run. She remains the only Terrapin to win an ACC cross country title and still holds five school records.
Altman was a two-time All-American in lacrosse for the Terps. He ranks second all-time in career points, and is the career record-holder in assists and points per game.
Young was a member of Maryland's 1953-54 men's basketball team and co-captain of the '57-58 team that won the Terps' first ACC championship and finished sixth nationally. Young coached for 34 seasons, earning 534 victories. His teams went to seven NCAA and eight NIT tournaments.
Weller coached the Maryland women's basketball team for 27 seasons, from 1975 to 2002. She averaged nearly 20 wins per season and earned 499 games in her career. Weller directed the Terrapins to four Final Four appearances and eight ACC titles.
In addition, Athletics Director Deborah A. Yow received the Robert C. James Distingiushed Citizen Award, honoring the tremendous accomplishments of the department under her nine-year tenure in College Park.
Honorary M Club Memberships were given to Cynthia A. Flanders, John Llewellyn, University President C.D. Mote Jr., and University Archivist Anne S.K. Turkos.
There were a number of student-athlete awards given to the most recent Maryland senior class:
Talbort T. Speer Award - Drew Nicholas (men's basketball)
Charles P. McCormick Award - Natalie Dye (women's track and field)
John William Guckeyson Memorial Award - Steve Blake (men's basketball)
Founders Award - Tahj Holden (men's basketball)
Charles H. Beebe Jr. Award - Natalie Dye (women's track and field)
James H. Kehoe Award - Toni Jefferson (women's track and field)
Gerry F. Eppley Award - Eric Fehnel (wrestling)
Sylvester Watch Award - E.J. Henderson (football)
Maryland Watch Award - E.J. Henderson (football)
Suzanne Tyler Award - Carissa Messimer (field hockey)
