COLUMBUS, Ohio – Capital University announced on Homecoming Weekend that it will add four members to its Athletic Hall of Fame while also honoring two others with special awards at an upcoming awards dinner scheduled for Oct. 25.
The new inductees to the Athletic Hall of Fame are Kristin (Long) Clement ’97 (women’s basketball), Joe Glassco ’83 (men’s basketball, baseball), Tim Mueller ’88 (men’s basketball), and Jill (Walker) White ’98 (women’s basketball). Also, Michael Sammons ’68 P’99 (football) will be given the Hugo T. Wenzel Award of Merit posthumously, while senior cross country and track & field runner Shelly Gaines will be honored as the Berea Boots Award recipient.
Clement played in 125 games and started 84 for the Crusader women’s basketball team and was part of two NCAA Championship squads (1994, 1995) and another NCAA Final Four team as a senior in 1997. She is eighth all-time in scoring at Capital with 1,252 career points, as well as eighth in career rebounding with 564. Clement was a two-time All-OAC First Team selection (1995, 1997) and a two-time OAC All-Academic team pick (1996, 1997). Her career record on the court was 115-10 including a 30-1 mark as a freshman and an unbeaten 33-0 record as a sophomore.
Glassco scored 1,148 career points to rank 20th all-time in school history for the Capital men’s basketball team. He finished his career as the most accurate shooter in Crusader history with a .565 field goal percentage and still holds records for assists in a season (149, 1982-1983) and career free throw percentage (.871). Glassco guided Capital to a 20-9 record as a junior while defeating two different teams that were ranked No. 1 in the nation and advancing to the NCAA Elite Eight. He was the winner of the 1981 Kneel Costello Award (Most Improved Player), 1983 Gene Mechling MVP award winner and an All-OAC First Team selection in 1983.
Mueller played in 103 games on the hardwood for the Crusader men’s basketball team and scored 1,278 career points for an average of 12.4 ppg. He finished his career ranked 11th on the Capital career scoring list on the strength of a 491-point effort as a junior (third best in Capital single-season history) and a 483-point campaign as a senior (fifth best in Capital single-season history). Mueller was the 1986 Kneel Costello Award (Most Improved Player) recipient as well as the Gene Mechling MVP Award winner in both 1987 and 1998. He was an All-OAC First Team and OAC All-Academic Team selection in both 1987 and 1988. Mueller is one of just four All-America recipients in Crusader men’s basketball history after being honored in 1988. He was also named as the 1988 Mike Gregory Award winner (OAC Player of the Year) and 1998 Clyde Lamb Award winner (OAC Male Student-Athlete of the Year).
White started 115 of 116 games played at Capital and led the Crusaders to an unblemished 33-0 record and aational championship as a freshman point guard in 1995. She also took the team to the NCAA Final Four as a junior and three OAC Championships. White is Capital’s all-time leader in assists with 508, while ranking 10th all-time in scoring with 1,068 career points. She was a four-time All-OAC honoree and an Honorable Mention All-America recipient as a senior. White was also named the Clyde Lamb Award winner (OAC female athlete of the year) and Bernlohr Award winner for achievement in athletics in 1998.
Sammons was a three-year letterwinner on the gridiron at Capital University and graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in education. From there, he served as teacher, coach and high school football official at Pickerington Junior High as well as River Valley and Reynoldsburg high schools while also serving as an assistant football coach at Capital University from 1982-1984. Sammons then moved into several administrative roles while continuing to be an active member of the community. He volunteered with the Reynoldsburg Community Action Network and a Reynoldsburg Recreation Commission, amongst many other groups. Sammons was diagnosed with an advanced form of prostate cancer and founded the “First Friday Foundation” to bring about awareness and education concerning the disease. His memory lives on after his death in 2007, as this was the third year that all Ohio high school football teams held a prostate cancer awareness night in September.
Gaines is a two-time All-OAC selection in cross country and is serving as a team captain her senior season for the Crusaders. The Dean’s List member has led Capital in all three races so far this season and set the meet record while winning the Otterbein Invitational as a sophomore. Gaines is on track to graduate with a degree in nursing and plans on working in pediatrics.
The athletic awards dinner is scheduled for Oct. 25 in the Mezzanine of the Harry C. Moores Campus Center beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person and there is no cost for children under 10 years of age. Call the Alumni Relations Office at (614) 236-6701 for more information.