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DATE: August 3, 2005
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CSM ATHLETICS ANNOUNCES 10TH ANNUAL HALL OF FAME CLASS
Four Individuals and Two Wrestling Teams to be Enshrined

GOLDEN, Colo. - The 10th Annual Colorado School of Mines Athletics Hall of Fame Class has been announced and includes four individuals and two teams.

Entering as individuals will be diver Judy Abrahams, football player Tim Baer, wrestler Roy Dillow and soccer player Reine Huber. Huber’s older brother, Danny, was enshrined into the CSM Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004. In addition, the 1961 and 1964 CSM Wrestling Teams will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Both squads finished as National Runners-Up.

The 2005 Hall of Fame Banquet, Dinner and Induction Ceremony will take place on Friday, Sept. 9 in the Ben Parker Student Center. The inductees will also be honored at halftime of CSM’s football game against Western State at Brooks Field on Sept. 10.

Abrahams, a four-year letterwinner, is arguably the best female diver to compete at CSM. She won the conference championship in the 3-meter her first three years and captured the conference championship in the 1-meter as a junior. Abrahams broke her own Intermountain Swimming and Diving League record on the 1-meter (351.60 – 10 dives) and her own ISL record on the 3-meter (386.55 – 11 dives) at the conference championships her junior year. She holds the school-records in the 1 and 3-meter boards.

Baer was the punter on the football team from 1986-89 and earned four letters. The Outstanding CSM Freshman in 1986, Baer garnered First Team All-RMAC as a freshman and sophomore, NAIA First Team All-District honors in 1986 and 1987, KODAK First Team All-American accolades in 1986 and NAIA First Team All-American honors in 1986-87. He led all of NCAA II and NAIA Division I with 44.9-yard punting average in 1986, served as a team captain and won Team MVP honors during his senior season. Baer’s 89-yard punt is a school-record.

Dillow wrestled at 177 pounds as sophomore and junior, 167 pounds as a senior. During that time, he posted a 52-20 mark and captured the National Championship at 167 pounds his senior season to help Mines finish seventh in the nation as a team. Dillow defeated four seeded wrestlers to earn the national title in what was his first trip to nationals. He ended senior year at 18-5 overall after going 14-7 as a sophomore and 20-8 as a junior. Dillow is one of eight CSM wrestlers to win a national title.

Huber, the Outstanding CSM athlete as a senior, played on three conference championship teams in three years. He led the RMAC in scoring (34 points) as a senior as he finished second in RMAC in both goals (13) and assists (8). Huber was named the RMAC Player of the Year in 1996 and was a First Team All-Far West Region selection. He was named to the RMAC All-Academic Team in 1995 and 1996 and won the All-American Scholar Collegiate Award in 1996. He finished seventh in the Colorado Athletic Conference in scoring (23 points) as a junior and led league with nine assists en route to Second Team All-CAC in 1995. Huber garnered First Team All-RMISL in 1994 when he tallied 27 points on nine goals and nine assists.

The 1961 and 1964 wrestling teams are being inducted after each placed second at the NAIA National Championships. The 1961 championships were contested on the campus of Colorado School of Mines.

The 1961 squad had five place winners, including Don Meyers who was national runner-up, Tom Tisone and Glen Hasse who each placed third, and Dan Fix and Bill Seery who were each fourth. The 1964 had four place winners and two national champions. Dave Linder and Rich Hickman each won national titles, while Fix and Dewayne Schreoder were both national runner-ups.

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