The William & Mary Athletics Department is excited to announce its 2019 W&M Athletics Hall of Fame Class, presented by Mark Boddy, CFP Northwestern Mutual. This year's class includes eight athletes, one longtime staffer, and an outstanding team. All together, the inductees represent nine different sports.
The Class of 2019 includes
Anna Agbe-Davies '93, volleyball;
Anna Davis Barnes '05, field hockey;
Sonja Friend-Uhl '93, women's cross country and track & field;
Kyra Kaylor Smargiasso '08, women's basketball;
Megan Moulton-Levy '07, women's tennis;
Greg Sexton '08, baseball;
Bob Sheeran '67, sports information director/broadcaster; and the
1997 Women's Soccer Team. Additionally,
George Collins '70 of men's swimming & diving and
Mike Howell '93 of men's track & field, who were originally elected to the Hall of Fame last year but had to defer their official inductions, will also participate in the ceremony.
The event will take place on Saturday, May 4, in the Sadler Center on William & Mary's campus. It will start with reception at 6:30 pm and will be immediately followed by the dinner and formal induction ceremony starting at 7:30pm. Event registration will be available on
TribeClub.com.
For additional information please contact Julia Martin at 757-221-3381 or
jrmar2@wm.edu.
Mike Howell, Men's Track & Field, Class of 1993
The W&M men's track and field team only has five Colonial Athletic Association Championships in its history, and Mike Howell was a big part of the first two. He was a five-time CAA Champion in the throws, and never finished lower than second in seven conference events.
After relatively calm freshman and sophomore seasons, highlighted by a third-place finish in the shot put at the 1990 state indoor championships and a runner-up showing in the hammer at the 1991 CAA Championships, Howell broke through in a big way as a junior in 1992. He took second in the hammer at the Colonial Relays, then swept the heavy throws the following week at the CAA Championships, winning the shot, the discus, and hammer, the latter with a school and conference record throw of 194-4. That was the first of three school records in the hammer for Howell, who was the only athlete to sweep those three events at any CAA Championships until 2017.
Howell also took third in the Penn Relays in 1992, improving his record to 197-6, and then, finished the year with an eighth-place finish at the IC4A Championships. As a senior in 1993, Howell defended his conference titles in the hammer and discus while also taking second in the shot put, and qualified for the IC4A Championships in all three events. W&M was hosting the championship meet that year, and Howell finished his career with another school record, throwing 62.82m (206-1) to take third overall in the hammer and earn All-East honors. He also earned another eighth-place finish in the shot put.
At the time of his graduation, Howell could easily lay claim to the title of one of the greatest throwers in school history, ranking in the top 10 in every throwing event he attempted. In addition to his school record in the hammer, where he owned eight of the top-10 performances in school history, he also ranked second in the weight throw indoors, third in the outdoor shot put, sixth in the discus, and 10th in the indoor shot put. Howell's record in the hammer throw wasn't broken until 2015, 22 years later, and he still ranks third all-time in the event as well as ninth in the weight throw and the outdoor shot put. His conference record of 194-4 in the hammer throw stood until 2014.
To read more about the inductees, please follow the links below:
Anna Agbe-Davies '93, Volleyball
George Collins '70, Men's Swimming & Diving
Anna Davis Barnes '05, Field Hockey
Sonja Friend-Uhl '93, Women's Cross Country and Track & Field
Kyra Kaylor Smargiasso '08, Women's Basketball
Megan Moulton-Levy '07, Women's Tennis
Greg Sexton '08, Baseball
Bob Sheeran '67, Sports Information Director/Broadcaster
1997 Women's Soccer Team
