Eastern Michigan Athletics
E-Club to Induct Five into the EMU Athletic Hall of Fame
7/30/2018 10:15:00 AM | General, E-Club
Ceremony will be held Friday, Sept. 28, in the atrium of the Convocation Center
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University E-Club Alumni Chapter, the official varsity athletic letterwinners club, has announced the addition of five new members into the E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame. The Class of 2018 will be honored at the Hall of Fame ceremony Friday, Sept. 28, in the atrium of the Convocation Center.
The Class of 2018 includes: Virgie Bullie (W. Track & Field), Jordan Desilets (M. Track & Field/XC), Catherine Fortin (W. Golf), Korey Mahoney (M. Golf), and Andrew Wellock (Football).
This year's class will mark the 43rd anniversary of the E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame. A strolling reception will begin at 6 p.m. inside the Convocation Center followed by the ceremony at 7 p.m. The Class of 2018 will then be recognized during the EMU football game on Saturday, Sept. 29, against Northern Illinois University.
Reservations are $50 and include the evening reception and ceremony, as well as heavy hors d'oeuvres and beverages. To register online using a credit card please visit true.mu/fame18. For questions, please call Jessica Nietrzeba in the Office for Alumni Relations at 734.487.0264.
Ann Arbor Regent is the Host Hotel of the Hall of Fame and has a code for discounted rates for the weekend of the Hall of Fame. This offer is valid only for Friday and Saturday of Hall of Fame weekend.
The biographies for the Eastern Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame 2018 inductees follow below.
Virgie Bullie
Women's Track: Graduated in 1991…Earned two letters for the women's track and field team…Won the 100-meter title in the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships in 1987 (:11.87) and 1988 (:11.72), earning MAC First Team honors in both years…Won the MAC Outdoor 200-meter title in 1988 (:23.55)…Ran on two outdoor MAC champion relay teams, the 400-meter relay (1987 and 1988)…Member of the 1987 Indoor MAC Champion 1600-meter relay team…Three-time individual indoor MAC Champion, twice in the 55-meter dash (1987 and 1988) and once in the 300-meter dash (1987)…Qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 200-meter in 1988…Appears several times in EMU's all-time indoor and outdoor record books including eight top-10 records.
Jordan Desilets
Track and Cross Country: Graduated in 2005…Four-year letterwinner for the men's track and field and cross country teams from 2000-04…NCAA Division I National Champion in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase in 2004 (8:42.64), and was runner-up in 2003…Four-time NCAA All-American and 10-time Mid-American Conference Champion…Helped the EMU Men's Track and Field team finish 26th in the nation in 2004…Earned the 2004 MAC Indoor Track and Field Championship's Most Valuable Runner…EMU record holder in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase…One of five sub 4:00-milers in EMU history (3:59.83)…Competed in the Olympic Trial Finals twice in the Steeplechase…Won the 2010 Detroit Free Press Marathon with a time of 2:28:30 in his first attempt at running a marathon.
Catherine Fortin
Women's Golf: Graduated in 2009…Four-year letterwinner for the women's golf team from 2004-08…Recorded 116 rounds of golf with a scoring average of 76.79 for a career…Finished career with three tournament titles, 14 top-five finishes and 18 top-10 showings…Won the 2005 Match Play Provincial Championship in Quebec, Canada…Three time Mid-American Conference First Team Selection (2006, 2007, and 2008)…Named to the MAC All-Tournament Team in 2007 while finishing runner-up at the MAC Tournament...Earned MAC Golfer of the Week five times during career…Held the lowest 18-hole average in school history at 74.96 strokes in 2007-08 – eclipsing her own school record set in 2005-06…Shot the lowest round in school-history with a 67 at the Rocket Fall Classic (Sept. 24, 2005)…Holds the lowest 54-hole tournament score at 214 (71-71-72) during the Shootout at the Legends (Oct. 8 , 2007)…Ranks in the top-10 of EMU's all-time record books in season scoring average, season win-loss percentage, career scoring average and career win-loss percentage.
Korey Mahoney
Men's Golf: Graduated in 2006…Four-year letterwinner for the men's golf team from 2002-06…Ranks second in school history in scoring average at 73.46 posting 9,403 strokes in 128 rounds…Won the 2002 Michigan Amateur Championship at Jackson Country Club…Competed in three US Amateur Championships (2002, 2003, 2005), US Public Links Championship (2005) and the British Amateur Championship at St. Andrews (2004); making it to the Sweet 16 in both the US Amateur and US Public Links in 2005…Selected as the Men's Player of the Year by the Golf Association of Michigan in 2003…Two-time Mid-American Conference First Team selection and Academic All-MAC (2005 and 2006)…MAC Golfer of the Year in 2006…Two-time Academic All-American (2005 and 2006)…Two-time NCAA Qualifier (2005 and 2006)…Held the school record for season scoring average with 72.2 set in 2005…Finished career with four tournament victories, four top-five showings and six top-10 finishes in his career…Ranks in the top-10 of EMU's all-times records several times including, two-round tournament scores, three-round tournament scores, season scoring average, season win-loss percentage, career scoring average and career win-loss percentage...Won the 25th Annual Tournament of Champions Title at Boyne Mountain in 2016 (64).
Andrew Wellock
Football: Graduated in 2007…Four-year letterwinner for the football team from 2003-07…Three-time All Mid-American Conference First-Team Selection (2004, 2005, and 2006)…Named Third-Team All-American by the Associated Press in 2004…Earned Academic All-MAC honors in 2004, 2005, and 2006 while earning CoSIDA Academic All-District Second-Team in 2005 and 2006…Selected as Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Oct. 21, 2004…Runner-up for the Lou Groza Award in 2004 as a sophomore; this award is given annually to the top placekicker in the NCAA Division I ranks, he was also on the Groza Watch List his other three years…Named Player of the Week four times during his career…Finished his college career as the second-most prolific kicker in MAC history with 69 career field goals and the fourth-best field-goal percentage at .795 (69-of 87)…Was the starting placekicker in all 46 games during his career and also handled the starting punting duties for two seasons…Named one of four collegiate kickers to participate in the State Farm College Football All-Star Challenge after his senior year winning the long-kick championship title…Appears over 25 times in the EMU all-time record books, holding the top spot in field goals in a season (21 in 2004), field goals made in a career (69), and career scoring (299).
Book A Hotel for the Event.
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University E-Club Alumni Chapter, the official varsity athletic letterwinners club, has announced the addition of five new members into the E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame. The Class of 2018 will be honored at the Hall of Fame ceremony Friday, Sept. 28, in the atrium of the Convocation Center.
The Class of 2018 includes: Virgie Bullie (W. Track & Field), Jordan Desilets (M. Track & Field/XC), Catherine Fortin (W. Golf), Korey Mahoney (M. Golf), and Andrew Wellock (Football).
This year's class will mark the 43rd anniversary of the E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame. A strolling reception will begin at 6 p.m. inside the Convocation Center followed by the ceremony at 7 p.m. The Class of 2018 will then be recognized during the EMU football game on Saturday, Sept. 29, against Northern Illinois University.
Reservations are $50 and include the evening reception and ceremony, as well as heavy hors d'oeuvres and beverages. To register online using a credit card please visit true.mu/fame18. For questions, please call Jessica Nietrzeba in the Office for Alumni Relations at 734.487.0264.
Ann Arbor Regent is the Host Hotel of the Hall of Fame and has a code for discounted rates for the weekend of the Hall of Fame. This offer is valid only for Friday and Saturday of Hall of Fame weekend.
The biographies for the Eastern Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame 2018 inductees follow below.
Virgie Bullie
Women's Track: Graduated in 1991…Earned two letters for the women's track and field team…Won the 100-meter title in the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships in 1987 (:11.87) and 1988 (:11.72), earning MAC First Team honors in both years…Won the MAC Outdoor 200-meter title in 1988 (:23.55)…Ran on two outdoor MAC champion relay teams, the 400-meter relay (1987 and 1988)…Member of the 1987 Indoor MAC Champion 1600-meter relay team…Three-time individual indoor MAC Champion, twice in the 55-meter dash (1987 and 1988) and once in the 300-meter dash (1987)…Qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 200-meter in 1988…Appears several times in EMU's all-time indoor and outdoor record books including eight top-10 records.
Jordan Desilets
Track and Cross Country: Graduated in 2005…Four-year letterwinner for the men's track and field and cross country teams from 2000-04…NCAA Division I National Champion in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase in 2004 (8:42.64), and was runner-up in 2003…Four-time NCAA All-American and 10-time Mid-American Conference Champion…Helped the EMU Men's Track and Field team finish 26th in the nation in 2004…Earned the 2004 MAC Indoor Track and Field Championship's Most Valuable Runner…EMU record holder in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase…One of five sub 4:00-milers in EMU history (3:59.83)…Competed in the Olympic Trial Finals twice in the Steeplechase…Won the 2010 Detroit Free Press Marathon with a time of 2:28:30 in his first attempt at running a marathon.
Catherine Fortin
Women's Golf: Graduated in 2009…Four-year letterwinner for the women's golf team from 2004-08…Recorded 116 rounds of golf with a scoring average of 76.79 for a career…Finished career with three tournament titles, 14 top-five finishes and 18 top-10 showings…Won the 2005 Match Play Provincial Championship in Quebec, Canada…Three time Mid-American Conference First Team Selection (2006, 2007, and 2008)…Named to the MAC All-Tournament Team in 2007 while finishing runner-up at the MAC Tournament...Earned MAC Golfer of the Week five times during career…Held the lowest 18-hole average in school history at 74.96 strokes in 2007-08 – eclipsing her own school record set in 2005-06…Shot the lowest round in school-history with a 67 at the Rocket Fall Classic (Sept. 24, 2005)…Holds the lowest 54-hole tournament score at 214 (71-71-72) during the Shootout at the Legends (Oct. 8 , 2007)…Ranks in the top-10 of EMU's all-time record books in season scoring average, season win-loss percentage, career scoring average and career win-loss percentage.
Korey Mahoney
Men's Golf: Graduated in 2006…Four-year letterwinner for the men's golf team from 2002-06…Ranks second in school history in scoring average at 73.46 posting 9,403 strokes in 128 rounds…Won the 2002 Michigan Amateur Championship at Jackson Country Club…Competed in three US Amateur Championships (2002, 2003, 2005), US Public Links Championship (2005) and the British Amateur Championship at St. Andrews (2004); making it to the Sweet 16 in both the US Amateur and US Public Links in 2005…Selected as the Men's Player of the Year by the Golf Association of Michigan in 2003…Two-time Mid-American Conference First Team selection and Academic All-MAC (2005 and 2006)…MAC Golfer of the Year in 2006…Two-time Academic All-American (2005 and 2006)…Two-time NCAA Qualifier (2005 and 2006)…Held the school record for season scoring average with 72.2 set in 2005…Finished career with four tournament victories, four top-five showings and six top-10 finishes in his career…Ranks in the top-10 of EMU's all-times records several times including, two-round tournament scores, three-round tournament scores, season scoring average, season win-loss percentage, career scoring average and career win-loss percentage...Won the 25th Annual Tournament of Champions Title at Boyne Mountain in 2016 (64).
Andrew Wellock
Football: Graduated in 2007…Four-year letterwinner for the football team from 2003-07…Three-time All Mid-American Conference First-Team Selection (2004, 2005, and 2006)…Named Third-Team All-American by the Associated Press in 2004…Earned Academic All-MAC honors in 2004, 2005, and 2006 while earning CoSIDA Academic All-District Second-Team in 2005 and 2006…Selected as Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Oct. 21, 2004…Runner-up for the Lou Groza Award in 2004 as a sophomore; this award is given annually to the top placekicker in the NCAA Division I ranks, he was also on the Groza Watch List his other three years…Named Player of the Week four times during his career…Finished his college career as the second-most prolific kicker in MAC history with 69 career field goals and the fourth-best field-goal percentage at .795 (69-of 87)…Was the starting placekicker in all 46 games during his career and also handled the starting punting duties for two seasons…Named one of four collegiate kickers to participate in the State Farm College Football All-Star Challenge after his senior year winning the long-kick championship title…Appears over 25 times in the EMU all-time record books, holding the top spot in field goals in a season (21 in 2004), field goals made in a career (69), and career scoring (299).
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