WAYNE, N.J. (AUGUST 11, 2011) – Six individuals and one team will become the newest members of the William Paterson University Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame when they are inducted Sunday, Sept. 25, at 11:30 a.m. at a ceremony to be conducted in the University Commons Ballroom, located on the William Paterson campus. The cost for the ceremony and brunch is $25 per person, and those wishing to attend should contact the William Paterson Alumni Association at 973.720.2175. The ceremony will help to cap the University's Homecoming festivities that will include home football (1:00 p.m.) and men's soccer (6:00 p.m.) events on Saturday, Sept. 24, and a home field hockey game (5:00 p.m.) and alumni softball game (3:30 p.m.) on Sept. 25.

Stephanie Arrigo '00 (women's basketball), Bryan Graham '06 (baseball), Kristin Clegg Bell '06 (women's swimming), Krista Hinshillwood-Faust '05 (field hockey), Kyle Lubrano '00 (women's soccer) and Lauren Shears '06 (volleyball) will be enshrined, along with the 1996 national-championship baseball team.

The 1999 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Co-Player of the Year, Arrigo scored 1,390 career points to rank fifth in Pioneer history. A first-team all-conference and all-ECAC selection after leading William Paterson with 14.7 points, 4.6 assists and 3.2 steals per game as a senior, she collected 357 assists, 245 steals and 246 three-pointers made during her illustrious career. Named to the 1997-98 All-NJAC, All-New Jersey Collegiate Basketball Coaches Association (NJCBCA) and All-Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) First Teams, she had a team-high 11.7 points and 4.0 assists per contest as a junior. Nine shy of the single-season record with 72 three-pointers made as a sophomore in 1996-97 when she posted averages of 12.0 points and 2.4 assists per game, she paced the Pioneers with 14.0 points and 2.5 steals per contest as a freshman during the 1995-96 campaign. Arrigo helped to lead WP to an 82-27 (.752) four-year record, including trips to the 1998 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, the 1997 NCAA Sweet Sixteen and three straight berths in the NJAC Tournament championship game (1996-98).

Graham had one of the most outstanding senior seasons in the history of William Paterson's fabled baseball program, hitting .445 to lead the NJAC and rank 29th in Division III that year and fourth all time in the Pioneers' record books. The 2003 NJAC, ECAC Metro Region and New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) Division II/III Player of the Year, the outfielder also paced the Pioneers in 2003 with 13 doubles, a .700 slugging percentage, 27 walks and a .561 on-base percentage to garner first-team all-region accolades. Selected in the 16th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft by the Kansas City Royals, Graham left the program atop the William Paterson career doubles list (52, now ranked second), tied-second in hit by pitches (18, now tied-third), third in RBI (158, now fourth) and ninth in hits (179) and at-bats (526) while starting 138 of 144 games and hitting .340 overall. The 2000 NJAC Rookie of the Year when he hit 17 doubles, he led the Pioneers with 51 RBI and tied for second on the club with five home runs in 2001. As a junior in 2002, Graham was a first-team all-state and second-team all-conference pick thanks to his team-leading 12 doubles, six home runs, 49 RBI and .523 slugging percentage.

Clegg-Bell was one of the most accomplished Pioneer women in the pool, leaving the program as the all-time points leader while eight times earning all-America laurels. Honored as an academic all-American by the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) during each of her four seasons, she also was acknowledged four times for her exploits at the NCAA Championships. The 2003 NJAC and Metropolitan Conference Rookie of the Year, Clegg established new school records in the 50 backstroke (28.50), and in winning the 100 (58.56) and 200 (2:07.95) backs at the Met Championships. She finished 16th at the 2003 NCAA Championships in the 100 back (59.30) to garner all-America laurels as a freshman, and just missed out on an all-America finish with her 17th-place effort in the 200 back (2:08.98) at the 2004 NCAA Championships. Clegg won the Mets 100 back title (58.90) and placed second in the 200 back (2:09.57) while also breaking her own school record in the 50 back (27.59) during the 2003-04 season. She had her greatest season as a junior in 2004-05, finishing seventh in the 100 back (59.27) and 14th in the 200 back (2:09.23) at the NCAA Championships, and breaking her own school records to win the 100 (57.91) and 200 (2:06.13) backs and earn the distinction as the Metropolitan Championships' Most Outstanding Swimmer. She capped her career as an all-American in the 100 back (15th, 59.59) at the 2006 NCAA Championships, placed second in the 200 (2:08.62) and third in the 100 (59.14) backs at Mets, and was selected as the winner of the 2006 Metropolitan Conference Dick Krempecki Outstanding Senior Award. The five-time Mets champion still holds three school records in the 50 back (27.39, 2004-05), 200 back (2:06.13, 2004-05) and 100 individual medley (1:04.39, 2005-06).

Hinshillwood-Faust became the program's fourth all-American when she was selected to the 2003 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-America Third Team. Second in Pioneer history with career totals of 50 goals and 121 points, the forward's 19 scores as a senior tied the school record. A first-team all-region and all-NJAC pick in 2003, she paced William Paterson with 19 goals, eight assists, 46 points and four game-winning goals to garner second-team all-ECAC accolades and earn an invitation to the NFHCA Senior All-Star Game. Hinshillwood's team-leading 10 goals and 24 points helped her gain spots on the All-NJAC First Team and NFHCA All-Region Second Team in 2002. As a sophomore in 2001, she tallied 28 points (third in WP history) and 12 goals (sixth in school history) and was a first-team all-region and all-conference honoree. The 2000 NJAC Rookie of the Year, she produced nine goals and five assists for 23 points in helping to lead the Pioneers to the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. During her four-year career, William Paterson was 53-19 (.736) overall, made its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance (2000) and secured its first-ever postseason victory with a 2-1 win against Juniata in the opening round of the 2003 ECAC Tournament.

A two-time NJAC Player of the Year (1998-99), Lubrano remains the Pioneers' career assists leader with 36. A three-year Pioneer after transferring from the University of Vermont, she helped to put the fledgling women's soccer program on the map with back-to-back trips to the national tournament. As a senior in 1999, the midfielder tied for third on the William Paterson single-season chart with nine assists (now tied-fourth) while earning third-team all-region honors from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). The team leader in 1998 with 12 assists (second in school history) and 20 points, she was a first-team all-region pick as a junior while collecting her first of two NJAC Player of the Year awards. During her first season as a Pioneer in 1997, she established a new school record with 15 assists, adding two goals for 19 points as a first-team all-conference and third-team all-region honoree. William Paterson had a 46-8-3 (.833) record during her three years on the pitch. The Pioneers advanced to the 1997 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen, the first NCAA bid in the program's four-year existence, and was ranked as high as 11th nationally. In 1998, WP won its first NJAC championship, reached 21st in the national polls and returned to the NCAA Tournament.

The only four-time first-team all-NJAC honoree in the volleyball program's history, Shears finished her career 12th in Division III history (now 20th) with 2,160 kills. Also one of 21 Division III players to post career totals of at least 1,500 kills and 1,500 digs (1,557), she ranked 13th in the national statistics with 4.61 kills per game as a senior in 2005, adding 2.77 digs per game. She was eighth in Division III in kills per game as both a sophomore (4.99) and junior (5.04), adding a career-best 4.12 digs-per-set average during the 2004 season, and was named a 2004-05 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar. Playing in 130 matches and 449 games during her career, Shears averaged 4.81 kills and 3.47 digs per game while hitting .293 and collecting 198 service aces and 244 blocks (182 solos, 62 assists).

The 1996 William Paterson baseball team earned the school's second national championship in a five-year span (1992) by defeating California Lutheran University on May 29 in Salem, Va. Following a three-run homer by sophomore outfielder Mark DeMenna in the bottom of the eighth, two more hits put the go-ahead run on for junior first baseman Greg Cimilluca, who singled in both base runners and put the Pioneers on top, 6-5. William Paterson retired the Kingsmen in the top of the ninth to take home the national championship. Posting a 39-5-1 overall record and a 17-1 mark in league play, seven Pioneers earned all-conference accolades, four were all-Americans and three team members went on to sign professional contracts. Senior shortstop Brian Linder was a first-team all-America honoree and the NJAC and NJCBA Player of the Year after leading Division III with 79 RBI, junior Bob Slomkowski was singled out as the NJAC Pitcher of the Year (9-0, 2.86 ERA), and DeMenna was the College World Series Most Outstanding Player after hitting .500 during CWS play. Along the way, the Pioneers won their 10th New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) crown and their fifth NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional title under the direction of head coach Jeff Albies.

Members of the 1996 baseball team:
Joe LaManna
Dan Lauterhahn
Mike Scher
Paul Bumbaco
Brian Lindner
Brian Kelly
Scott Wolfe
Dan Egbert
Mark DeMenna
Bill Zabotka
Craig Cutler
Brenden Lago
Brian Appelman
Bob Slomkowski
Ismael Alsina
Colin Bristow
Nick Franklin
Brian Monacelli
Greg Cimilluca
Marc Salvatore
Rich Bozich
Jason Hawkes
Mark Maire
Steve Cook
Eduardo Gomez
Matt Piccini
Pete Banach
Jeff Albies (head coach)
Bob Lauterhahn (assistant coach)
Tom Kraljic (assistant coach)
Ron Van Saders (assistant coach)
Sean Rooney (assistant coach)
Garett Teel (assistant coach)
Hector Lopez (team manager)

Founded in 1978, the William Paterson University Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame honors student-athletes, coaches and support persons who have made outstanding contributions to Pioneer athletics. In all, 130 individuals and one team have already been enshrined in the Hall of Fame, and are honored with plaques that are displayed in the lobby of the Recreation Center on campus.

In order to be considered for induction into the Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame, former student-athletes and coaches must be at least five years removed from competition at William Paterson. Teams will become eligible for induction five years after the completion of that season.