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Wildcat
Athletic Council to induct three into UNH Hall of Fame June 5
Azumah, Fisher, Krog make up WAC Class
of 2005
The UNH athletics department is proud to announce that three individuals
will be inducted into the Wildcat Athletics Council Hall of Fame
this year.
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Jerry
Azumah |
Jerry
Azumah (Football), Brandy Fisher (Women's Hockey) and Jason Krog
(Men's Hockey), all of whom were named national Player of the Year
in their respective sport, will make up this special three-member
class. The Class of 2005 will be inducted Sunday, June 5 at the
Whittemore Center. The social hour will begin at 6 p.m. and the
dinner and program begins at 7 p.m.
Tickets for the event are $75 and are available by calling Julie
Appolloni at 2-3741. Sponsorship opportunities for this one time
event are also available by calling Julie Appolloni. Jim Jeannotte,
longtime radio voice of the UNH Sports Network, will serve as the
Master of Ceremonies for the event.
Azumah won the 1999 Walter Payton Award as the top offensive player
in NCAA Div. I-AA football. Azumah led the Wildcats as a four-year
starter breaking virtually every UNH rushing record. He was named
Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and First-Team All-America in 1998
and became the all-time leading scorer, rusher and all-purpose yardage
leader in NCAA Div. I-AA history in his senior campaign. Azumah
finished his UNH career with 6,193 career rushing yards and 60 touchdowns,
both of which are still school records. He also holds UNH's single-season
rushing record with 2,195 yards and the single-game rushing mark
with 329 yards. Azumah is only one of two players in Div. I-AA to
ever to post four seasons of 1,000 rushing yards.
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Fisher |
Fisher,
the all-time goal scorer in the history of UNH women's hockey with
129, was the 1998 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Winner as the top
player in women's college hockey. Fisher amassed 240 points in her
Wildcat career in 139 games, which ranks third on UNH's all-time
scoring list. In her senior season she led the nation in all three
statistical categories with a school-record 42 goals and 39 assists
for a school-record 81 points and was named a First-Team All-America
selection leading UNH to the 1998 AWCHA national championship. She
was also named ECAC Player of the Year, an ECAC First-Team All-Star
and was the New England Player of the Year in 1998.
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Jason
Krog |
Krog
led UNH to two Frozen Fours and one national championship game appearance
as the 1999 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner. Krog was the first
UNH player, along with Mark Mowers, to be named a finalist for the
award and he was the first and only UNH player in the program's
history to win the top honor in college hockey. Krog was a two-time
All-American in 1997 and 1999 and ranks second on the Wildcat all-time
scoring list with 238 points. Krog's 144 assists in his career is
the best total in school history and his 94 goals rank fourth in
the program's history. In his senior season, Krog led the Wildcats
with 85 points, which is the third best mark in UNH hockey history.
His 2.07 points per game led the nation and his goal and assist
totals were also best among the national leaders. He was named Hockey
East Player of the Year in 1999 and he was selected to the All-Hockey
East Team in three of four seasons with the Wildcats.
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