UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2001

University Of Denver Athletics Hall Of Fame Class Of 2001

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
CLASS OF 2001

HERITAGE ERA INDUCTEES
Name	Years	Sport(s)
Mark Duncan	1938-41	Football
Cecil "Butch" Scheffel	1938-41	Baseball, Football
MODERN ERA INDUCTEES
Name	Years	Sport(s)
Odd Hammernes	1968-72	Skiing, Soccer
Marty Howe	1959-61	Hockey
WOMEN'S INDUCTEE
Name	Years	Sport
Jeanne Hoffman	1988-92	Gymnastics
SPECIAL INDUCTEES
Name	Years	Note
James "JJ" Johnston	1946-pres.	Business professor and longtime supporter
Craig Patrick	1966-69	Hockey, Director of Athletics (1987-89)

HERITAGE ERA INDUCTEES

Mark Duncan
Football (1938-41)
Mark Duncan earned three letters as a guard for the Pioneer football team, but it was after he left the Hill that he made his mark on the game he loved. Duncan was a two-time All-Skyline Conference selection, and then coached as an assistant at Colorado College in 1941 before returning to his alma mater to serve as head coach in the 1942 season. He was an assistant coach at Colorado State until 1955, when he made his move into the professional ranks as an assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers. After a seven-year stint by the Bay, he was hired in 1964 by NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle to serve the league as its supervisor of officials. When the AFL and NFL merged in 1968, he was hired as the league's director of player personnel, a position he also held with the Los Angeles Rams for many years. For these many accomplishments, he was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1974, and he earns the same honor, posthumously, from his alma mater this year.

Cecil "Butch" Scheffel
Baseball (1939-41) and Football (1938-40)
Scheffel was a three-time letterwinner in football as a guard for the Pioneers, scoring four touchdowns over his career, and was an All-Skyline Conference selection in 1939 and 1940. That season, he became one of just three Denver football players in history to earn All-America honors when he was named to the Associated Press Third Team. He also won three letters in baseball, which is the sport he in which he continued his athletic career. He played as a catcher for the Cincinnati Reds and later managed in the Reds' organization for many years.

MODERN ERA INDUCTEES

Odd Hammernes
Skiing (1969-72) and Soccer (1968-71)
Odd earned seven letters in total at Denver: four in skiing, and three in soccer. Although he was an All-Skyline Conference soccer selection in 1968, it was on the slopes where he made his mark in Pioneer history. He twice won the NCAA national title in ski jumping (1969 and '72), and was a three-time All-American. Hammernes was recognized in 1972 for his feats, when he was named the University's Athlete of the Year.

Marty Howe
Hockey (1959-61)
One of the greatest offensive defensemen ever, Marty Howe twice earned All-America honors for coach Murray Armstrong and the Pioneers. He was named the team's outstanding defenseman on a squad that won the 1960 NCAA Championship, and was named to both the 1959 and 1960 NCAA All-Tournament teams. A two-time All-WCHA First Team selection, Howe is the second-leading goal-scorer among defensemen in Denver history, and is eighth in scoring and 10th in assists all-time among Pioneer blueliners. He played one season with Pittsburgh of the AHL after his time in Denver.

WOMEN'S INDUCTEE

Jeanne Hoffman
Gymnastics (1988-92)
Hoffman was the University's first-ever qualifier to the NCAA Division I National Gymnastics Championships, and rewrote many of the records that were set by the Pioneers' first Hall of Fame gymnast, Karen Beer. She started off with a bang her freshman year by setting a school record for highest season average 37.11 and qualifying for the NCAA Midwest Regionals as an individual. Her sophomore season, she broke school marks on the vault, floor, and balance beam, as well as the all-around. The latter two eclipsed marks that had been set 10 years earlier by Beer, Denver's first All-American. Hoffman's junior season culminated with a berth in the NCAA Championships in 1991.

SPECIAL INDUCTEES

James "JJ" Johnston
Professor, Daniels School of Business (1946-present)
JJ Johnston came to the University in 1946 from Iowa, fresh out of law school. He has been teaching business law on the Hill for more than 55 years, and over that time has taught more than 25,000 DU students, some of whom later became clients of his legal practice. He has offered help, support and service to the Division of Athletics in that time, tutoring many student-athletes over the years.

Craig Patrick
Hockey (1966-69), Director of Athletics (1987-89)
Craig Patrick is among the short list of people who have served the University both as a student, and then later as an administrator. A hockey letterwinner from 1966-69, Patrick became a member of the Century Club after only three seasons on the ice (57g-57a-114). He played on Denver's 1968 and 1969 WCHA and NCAA Championship squads, the latter as its captain. Following an eight-year National Hockey League career that saw him play with California, St. Louis, Kansas City and Washington, he made the transition to management and coaching when he landed the dual role of assistant coach and assistant GM of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, which won the gold medal in the "Miracle on Ice" at Lake Placid. He will also serve as GM of the U.S. Olympic team in Salt Lake City in February. Patrick became the youngest general manager in New York Rangers history in 1981, leading the team to the Stanley Cup playoffs in each if his five seasons. Before moving to his current job as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins, in which he has the third-longest tenure of any NHL GM, Patrick served his alma mater as director of athletics and recreation from 1987-89.