Northwestern Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Induction
9/16/2022 9:57:00 AM | General, Softball, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball, Wrestling, Women's Fencing
Seven student-athletes and one coach – comprise the 2022 Northwestern Athletic Hall of Fame Class, which will be inducted this Friday
EVANSTON, Ill. – A group of eight remarkable Wildcats – including seven student-athletes and one coach – comprises the 2022 Northwestern Athletic Hall of Fame Class that will be inducted on Friday, September 16 at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The 2022 class includes Emily Allard (softball), Bernie Jefferson (football), Morgan Lathrop (women's lacrosse), Mike McMullan (wrestling), Sabel Moffett (volleyball), Georgia Rose (women's tennis), Dayana Sarkisova (women's fencing), and fencing coach Laurie Schiller.
"This year's class represents the absolute best of Northwestern," said Combe Family Vice President for Athletics and Recreation, Dr. Derrick Gragg. " They have achieved at a truly elite level representing Northwestern Athletics and have built the foundation in which our current programs continue to build upon. There is no higher honor and we are proud to welcome them into our Hall of Fame."
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Additional info on each inductee, along with their full induction speech, can be found below:
Allard's bat control and speed at the top of the lineup set the table for NU's offense for four-plus seasons. After earning All-Big Ten and NFCA All-Region second-team accolades as a first-year in 2010, Allard exploded as a sophomore to shatter the Northwestern school record with a .491 batting average in 2011. She stole 45 bases that season to earn the NFCA's Golden Spikes Award as the top base stealer in NCAA Division I. In addition, she was added to the top-25 finalist list for USA Softball Player of the Year.
In 2012, Allard led the Big Ten in hits and steals, earning her a spot on the USA Softball Player of the Year watch list. She earned a base hit in 53 of Northwestern's 58 games that season, and batted .500 in four games at the NCAA Austin Regional to lead the Wildcats to the championship round.
After medically redshirting in 2013, Allard returned as a fifth-year senior in 2014 to cap her career with a fourth All-Big Ten award. She again led NU to the NCAA Regional championship round, this time batting .533 in four games in Seattle. She finished her career with 306 hits, the fourth-highest total in Big Ten history.
Bernard Jefferson was a pioneering African-American student-athlete for Northwestern, winning a Big Ten Championship with the Wildcats in 1936. A 5-foot-11 halfback, Jefferson led NU in scoring as a senior in 1938, scoring the lone touchdown in a 6-3 victory over second-ranked Minnesota.
After Northwestern, Jefferson was one of many African-American college football stars passed over by the NFL in the 1930s, so he founded his own all-black semi-pro football team, the Chicago Brown Bombers.
During World War II, Jefferson enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and flew more than 100 missions over Europe with the 332nd Fighter Group, better known as the Tuskegee Airmen. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross.
After the war, Jefferson returned to football with the Chicago Rockets while earning a master's degree in education. He worked for 35 years as a teacher and administrator in the Chicago Public Schools and was the first African-American principal of Cook County Jail School.
Jefferson died in 1991 at the age of 73.
The top goalie in Northwestern's program history, Lathrop led the Wildcats to four consecutive national championships during her time between the pipes. She won two IWLCA third-team All-America awards and was a 2007 Inside Lacrosse first-team All-American.
Lathrop's career record of 82-3 as a four-year starter is unparalleled. She is Northwestern's all-time leader in saves after recording a .506 save percentage and a 6.79 goals-against-average, which ranks 10th in NCAA history. In addition to her national accolades, Lathrop was a three-time All-ALC selection and two-time ALC Goalie of the Year.
Her best season came as a sophomore in 2007 when she was named the Inside Lacrosse National Goalie of the Year and ALC Goalie of the Year after recording a nation-best 5.92 goals against average and a .576 save percentage with a school-record 160 saves.
Overall, McMullan compiled a 103-23 record while at Northwestern, and his .817 winning percentage is ninth all-time in program history.
In four trips to the NCAA Championships, McMullan finished on the podium each time – never finishing below third place. In 2015, he claimed his first Big Ten championship and placed no lower than fifth at Big Tens during his career.
McMullan was selected to compete in the NWCA All-Star Classic three times during his career, the only Wildcat to do so.
Moffett redshirted as a freshman and became a full-time starter in 2008, but truly broke out as a junior in 2009. That year, she broke the Northwestern single-season record with a .349 hitting percentage while leading the team with 398 kills from the middle. Her 137 block assists and 165 total blocks ranked third-best for single season marks in school history. Moffett was named All-Big Ten and an AVCA honorable mention All-America choice.
She stepped up her game as a senior in 2010, winning an AVCA All-America second-team selection in addition to a unanimous All-Big Ten election. Her .345 hitting percentage ranked second in school single-season history while her 171 total blocks remains tied for the single-season record.
Moffett led Northwestern to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2010, recording the match-winning block in a first-round win over Arizona that was the program's second-ever victory in the NCAA Tournament.
Moffett ended her career with the best hitting percentage in program history with a rate of .307 while her 510 total blocks rank fourth in program history.
Rose concluded her Northwestern career with an all-time singles record of 125-36 including a 29-2 mark in Big Ten dual matches. As a freshman in 2006, she won 29 consecutive matches to beat teammate Cristelle Grier's school record of 28. In 2007, Rose advanced to the round of 16 of both the NCAA singles and doubles tournaments, and earned a No. 13 national ranking as a singles player.
As a senior in 2009, Rose partnered with Lauren Lui to reach the quarterfinal round of the NCAA doubles championship. The pair was critical in Northwestern's advancement to the NCAA quarterfinal round as a team in 2009 with a victory over Fresno State's No. 1 ranked doubles team during the Wildcats' round of 16 match against the Bulldogs.
The fourth four-time All-American in program history, Dayana Sarkisova graduated in 2013 with 384 total wins, the fourth-most all-time for Northwestern.
Sarkisova started her career with an electric rooke campaign in 2009-10, going 98-19 and finishing third at the NCAA Championships. She became NU's first-ever foilist to earn first-team All-America accolades with her bronze medal performance. She also went 11-1 at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to win the bronze medal there as well.
She went on to win an honorable mention All-America honor in 2011 before closing her career with back-to-back second-team All-America awards in 2012 and 2013. As a senior in her final season, Sarkisova again won bronze at the MFC Championships before capturing 13 bouts at the NCAA Championships en route to her fourth-career All-America honor.
Laurie Schiller is not only the most successful fencing coach in Northwestern history, but he is one of the most successful coaches that the sport has ever seen. With a final record of 1,261-459 (.733), Schiller has more wins than all but one other coach in the sport's history. Schiller was the second head coach in the sport to reach 1,000 wins in a career, and he guided the Wildcats to 17-consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships to finish his 38-year career at NU.
In conference competition, Schiller's teams garnered 35 top-three finishes and four Midwest Fencing Conference team championships, including one in his final season of 2015-16. His fencers also earned 14 MFC team weapon titles and 13 individual championships.
Schiller is a two-time National Coach of the Year and 11-time Midwest Fencing Conference Coach of the Year. He coached his student-athletes to 34 All-America honors over his storied tenure.
Prior to 1994-95 when Northwestern's men's fencing team was moved to club status, Schiller coached both the men's and women's squads. In addition to his coaching duties, Schiller has taught history at Northwestern. He has a book published by the Blue and Gray Education Society on the evolution of the Federal cavalry tactics in the Civil War.
The 2022 class includes Emily Allard (softball), Bernie Jefferson (football), Morgan Lathrop (women's lacrosse), Mike McMullan (wrestling), Sabel Moffett (volleyball), Georgia Rose (women's tennis), Dayana Sarkisova (women's fencing), and fencing coach Laurie Schiller.
"This year's class represents the absolute best of Northwestern," said Combe Family Vice President for Athletics and Recreation, Dr. Derrick Gragg. " They have achieved at a truly elite level representing Northwestern Athletics and have built the foundation in which our current programs continue to build upon. There is no higher honor and we are proud to welcome them into our Hall of Fame."
Additional info on each inductee, along with their full induction speech, can be found below:
EMILY ALLARD (2010-14), Softball
A four-time All-Big Ten selection and 2011 finalist for the USA Softball Player of the Year Award, Emily Allard holds the Big Ten record and ranks 25th in NCAA Division I softball history in stolen bases with 154.Allard's bat control and speed at the top of the lineup set the table for NU's offense for four-plus seasons. After earning All-Big Ten and NFCA All-Region second-team accolades as a first-year in 2010, Allard exploded as a sophomore to shatter the Northwestern school record with a .491 batting average in 2011. She stole 45 bases that season to earn the NFCA's Golden Spikes Award as the top base stealer in NCAA Division I. In addition, she was added to the top-25 finalist list for USA Softball Player of the Year.
In 2012, Allard led the Big Ten in hits and steals, earning her a spot on the USA Softball Player of the Year watch list. She earned a base hit in 53 of Northwestern's 58 games that season, and batted .500 in four games at the NCAA Austin Regional to lead the Wildcats to the championship round.
After medically redshirting in 2013, Allard returned as a fifth-year senior in 2014 to cap her career with a fourth All-Big Ten award. She again led NU to the NCAA Regional championship round, this time batting .533 in four games in Seattle. She finished her career with 306 hits, the fourth-highest total in Big Ten history.
BERNARD "BERNIE" JEFFERSON (1936-38), Football
Bernard Jefferson was a pioneering African-American student-athlete for Northwestern, winning a Big Ten Championship with the Wildcats in 1936. A 5-foot-11 halfback, Jefferson led NU in scoring as a senior in 1938, scoring the lone touchdown in a 6-3 victory over second-ranked Minnesota.After Northwestern, Jefferson was one of many African-American college football stars passed over by the NFL in the 1930s, so he founded his own all-black semi-pro football team, the Chicago Brown Bombers.
During World War II, Jefferson enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and flew more than 100 missions over Europe with the 332nd Fighter Group, better known as the Tuskegee Airmen. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross.
After the war, Jefferson returned to football with the Chicago Rockets while earning a master's degree in education. He worked for 35 years as a teacher and administrator in the Chicago Public Schools and was the first African-American principal of Cook County Jail School.
Jefferson died in 1991 at the age of 73.
A pioneer in every sense of the word:
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Student-athlete. Decorated veteran. Lifelong educator.
Honored to induct Bernard Jefferson into the Northwestern Athletics Hall of Fame.
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MORGAN LATHROP (2006-09), Women's Lacrosse
The top goalie in Northwestern's program history, Lathrop led the Wildcats to four consecutive national championships during her time between the pipes. She won two IWLCA third-team All-America awards and was a 2007 Inside Lacrosse first-team All-American.Lathrop's career record of 82-3 as a four-year starter is unparalleled. She is Northwestern's all-time leader in saves after recording a .506 save percentage and a 6.79 goals-against-average, which ranks 10th in NCAA history. In addition to her national accolades, Lathrop was a three-time All-ALC selection and two-time ALC Goalie of the Year.
Her best season came as a sophomore in 2007 when she was named the Inside Lacrosse National Goalie of the Year and ALC Goalie of the Year after recording a nation-best 5.92 goals against average and a .576 save percentage with a school-record 160 saves.
MIKE McMULLAN (2010-2015), Wrestling
Named an All-American all four years of his career, Mike McMullian is one of only four Wildcats to accomplish this feat.Overall, McMullan compiled a 103-23 record while at Northwestern, and his .817 winning percentage is ninth all-time in program history.
In four trips to the NCAA Championships, McMullan finished on the podium each time – never finishing below third place. In 2015, he claimed his first Big Ten championship and placed no lower than fifth at Big Tens during his career.
McMullan was selected to compete in the NWCA All-Star Classic three times during his career, the only Wildcat to do so.
SABEL MOFFETT (2006-10), Women's Volleyball
Sabel Moffett's athletic brand of volleyball led the 6-foot tall middle blocker to dominate a position usually reserved for student-athletes who are several inches taller. Moffett won two All-Big Ten awards (one unanimous), two AVCA All-America honors and became the first player in program history to be a two-time AVCA All-Mideast Region first-team selection.Moffett redshirted as a freshman and became a full-time starter in 2008, but truly broke out as a junior in 2009. That year, she broke the Northwestern single-season record with a .349 hitting percentage while leading the team with 398 kills from the middle. Her 137 block assists and 165 total blocks ranked third-best for single season marks in school history. Moffett was named All-Big Ten and an AVCA honorable mention All-America choice.
She stepped up her game as a senior in 2010, winning an AVCA All-America second-team selection in addition to a unanimous All-Big Ten election. Her .345 hitting percentage ranked second in school single-season history while her 171 total blocks remains tied for the single-season record.
Moffett led Northwestern to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2010, recording the match-winning block in a first-round win over Arizona that was the program's second-ever victory in the NCAA Tournament.
Moffett ended her career with the best hitting percentage in program history with a rate of .307 while her 510 total blocks rank fourth in program history.
GEORGIA ROSE (2005-09), Women's Tennis
Georgia Rose qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship in all four years of her career, and was the second Wildcat in NU history to do so. She earned four All-Big Ten awards, was a two-time ITA singles and two-time ITA doubles All-American, and was named the 2006 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and 2007 Big Ten Player of the Year.Rose concluded her Northwestern career with an all-time singles record of 125-36 including a 29-2 mark in Big Ten dual matches. As a freshman in 2006, she won 29 consecutive matches to beat teammate Cristelle Grier's school record of 28. In 2007, Rose advanced to the round of 16 of both the NCAA singles and doubles tournaments, and earned a No. 13 national ranking as a singles player.
As a senior in 2009, Rose partnered with Lauren Lui to reach the quarterfinal round of the NCAA doubles championship. The pair was critical in Northwestern's advancement to the NCAA quarterfinal round as a team in 2009 with a victory over Fresno State's No. 1 ranked doubles team during the Wildcats' round of 16 match against the Bulldogs.
DAYANA SARKISOVA (2009-13), Women's Fencing
The fourth four-time All-American in program history, Dayana Sarkisova graduated in 2013 with 384 total wins, the fourth-most all-time for Northwestern.Sarkisova started her career with an electric rooke campaign in 2009-10, going 98-19 and finishing third at the NCAA Championships. She became NU's first-ever foilist to earn first-team All-America accolades with her bronze medal performance. She also went 11-1 at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to win the bronze medal there as well.
She went on to win an honorable mention All-America honor in 2011 before closing her career with back-to-back second-team All-America awards in 2012 and 2013. As a senior in her final season, Sarkisova again won bronze at the MFC Championships before capturing 13 bouts at the NCAA Championships en route to her fourth-career All-America honor.
LAURIE SCHILLER (1978-2016), Fencing Coach
Laurie Schiller is not only the most successful fencing coach in Northwestern history, but he is one of the most successful coaches that the sport has ever seen. With a final record of 1,261-459 (.733), Schiller has more wins than all but one other coach in the sport's history. Schiller was the second head coach in the sport to reach 1,000 wins in a career, and he guided the Wildcats to 17-consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships to finish his 38-year career at NU.In conference competition, Schiller's teams garnered 35 top-three finishes and four Midwest Fencing Conference team championships, including one in his final season of 2015-16. His fencers also earned 14 MFC team weapon titles and 13 individual championships.
Schiller is a two-time National Coach of the Year and 11-time Midwest Fencing Conference Coach of the Year. He coached his student-athletes to 34 All-America honors over his storied tenure.
Prior to 1994-95 when Northwestern's men's fencing team was moved to club status, Schiller coached both the men's and women's squads. In addition to his coaching duties, Schiller has taught history at Northwestern. He has a book published by the Blue and Gray Education Society on the evolution of the Federal cavalry tactics in the Civil War.
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