Eastern Michigan Athletics
E-Club to Induct Five into the EMU Athletics Hall of Fame
11/20/2012 4:03:00 PM | General, E-Club
Ceremony date will be Saturday, March 2, 2013
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University E-Club, a group of former EMU varsity athletic letterwinners, has announced the addition of five new members into the Athletic Hall of Fame. The Class of 2012 will be honored at a Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday, March 2, 2013, in the EMU Student Center on campus.
The Class of 2012 includes: Erik Henriksen (men's track and field), Ivory Hood (football), Sharon (Rose) Schwartz (women's basketball), Brian Tolbert (men's basketball), and Jerry Umin (wrestling).
In addition to the Hall of Fame inductees, the E-Club will present Jim Streeter, recently retired EMU Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations, with the Ron Oestrike Distinguished Service Award. The award, named after former EMU baseball-coaching legend Ron Oestrike, was first presented at the 2008 Hall of Fame ceremony to Oestrike. The award is voted on by the E-Club Executive Board and is presented to individuals that have been instrumental in assisting the E-Club.
This year's class will mark the 37th anniversary of the E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. followed immediately by a buffet luncheon.
Tickets for the Hall of Fame ceremony and luncheon, which also includes tickets for the men's basketball game at the Convocation Center that same day, are $45 each and can be purchased by calling Jessica Nietrzeba at the EMU Office for Alumni Relations, 734.487.0250.
The biographies for the Eastern Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame 2012 inductees follows below.
Eastern Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame 2012 Biographies
ERIK HENRIKSEN
Men's Track and Field/ Cross Country: Was an All-Mid-American Conference performer in both track and field and cross country...Also earned All-American honors in track and field...He ran 1:48.01 in the 800m, still 7th on the all-time list, as well as 3:42.88 in the 1500m, still 6th...Ran on a 4x800m relay team that broke the NCAA record indoors, running 7:21.22 at UM in 1983...Was a member of the outdoor varsity record-holding 4x800m relay outdoors at 7:15.39 and the distance medley record-holding team at 9:35.88. ..At the 1983 MAC outdoor meet at Bowling Green, future Olympian Earl Jones, Erik, and Steve Reighard went 1-2-3 in the 1500 meters, all breaking the MAC, varsity, stadium, and Michigan Intercollegiate records, as well as all automatically qualifying for the NCAA championships, and helping EMU run away with the team title...Earned a 3.96 GPA with majors in Bio-Chemistry and German...Is now a Professor of Physiology at the University of Arizona.
IVORY HOOD
Football: Was a four-year letterman and starter from 1966-69...One of the most outstanding linebackers in EMU history...Led the team in tackles in three of his four seasons as a starting linebacker...Named first-team Collegiate All-State and Small College honorable mention All-America in 1967...NAIA District 23 first-team pick three times, in 1966, 1967 and 1968...Went on to coach and teach in the Willow Run School District.
SHARON (ROSE) SCHWARTZ
Women's Basketball: Graduated in 1987 cum laude...Received an M.B.A. from EMU in 1989...Earned four varsity letters from 1984-87 under the direction of Coach Kathy Hart...Intimidating shot blocker – EMU's all-time career record holder with 144, which stands 10th all-time in the MAC...Also ranks highest in EMU history for blocked shots in a single season with 78. Against Ball State (2-21-1987), achieved the highest single game record of blocked shots (9) without committing a foul... Finished her career ranked then 2nd all-time in rebounds (684) and 8th in points scored (766)... Received Honorable Mention All-Academic in the MAC her junior and senior years... Has worked for Ford Motor Company in the Finance organization since 1990, including a 2-1/2 year foreign assignment in England during which time she played first baseman on the 1996 National Slow-pitch Softball Championship tournament team and was named the female MVP…Inducted into the Montrose High School Hall of Fame in 2007...Proud mother of two sons, William (9-26-1994) and Nicholas (3-22-1998), and one granddaughter, Averie (12-13-2012)…Daughter of Karen and Gary Rose, and sister of EMU teammate Donna Rose.
BRIAN TOLBERT
Men's Basketball: One of the most outstanding shooters in EMU history...Finished his four-year career as the fourth-leading scorer in school history with 1,726 points and was also 35th in rebounding with 412...Named first-team All-Mid-American Conference and the Most Valuable Player in the MAC Tournament in 1995-96...Was a second-team All-MAC selection in 1994-95...Finished his career as the second-leading three-point shooter in EMU history with 204...Scored a game-high 36 points, making 14-of-24 field goals and 7-of-13 three-point field goals in a 95-81 loss to a No. 1 seeded University of Connecticut team in a 1996 NCAA Tournament game played in Indianapolis, Ind....Went on to play internationally in several countries, most recently helping his team win the championship in Israel.
JERRY UMIN
Wrestling: Earned All-American honors in 1986-87 with a seventh place finish at 167 pounds at the NCAA Championships...Recorded the second-best single-season win-loss record in school history with 42 wins in 1986-87...Won the 167-pound MAC title in 1986-87 and captured the 158-pound title in 1987-88.
Click Here for the HOF Response Card (PDF).
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University E-Club, a group of former EMU varsity athletic letterwinners, has announced the addition of five new members into the Athletic Hall of Fame. The Class of 2012 will be honored at a Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday, March 2, 2013, in the EMU Student Center on campus.
The Class of 2012 includes: Erik Henriksen (men's track and field), Ivory Hood (football), Sharon (Rose) Schwartz (women's basketball), Brian Tolbert (men's basketball), and Jerry Umin (wrestling).
In addition to the Hall of Fame inductees, the E-Club will present Jim Streeter, recently retired EMU Associate Athletics Director for Media Relations, with the Ron Oestrike Distinguished Service Award. The award, named after former EMU baseball-coaching legend Ron Oestrike, was first presented at the 2008 Hall of Fame ceremony to Oestrike. The award is voted on by the E-Club Executive Board and is presented to individuals that have been instrumental in assisting the E-Club.
This year's class will mark the 37th anniversary of the E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. followed immediately by a buffet luncheon.
Tickets for the Hall of Fame ceremony and luncheon, which also includes tickets for the men's basketball game at the Convocation Center that same day, are $45 each and can be purchased by calling Jessica Nietrzeba at the EMU Office for Alumni Relations, 734.487.0250.
The biographies for the Eastern Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame 2012 inductees follows below.
Eastern Michigan University Athletics Hall of Fame 2012 Biographies
ERIK HENRIKSEN
Men's Track and Field/ Cross Country: Was an All-Mid-American Conference performer in both track and field and cross country...Also earned All-American honors in track and field...He ran 1:48.01 in the 800m, still 7th on the all-time list, as well as 3:42.88 in the 1500m, still 6th...Ran on a 4x800m relay team that broke the NCAA record indoors, running 7:21.22 at UM in 1983...Was a member of the outdoor varsity record-holding 4x800m relay outdoors at 7:15.39 and the distance medley record-holding team at 9:35.88. ..At the 1983 MAC outdoor meet at Bowling Green, future Olympian Earl Jones, Erik, and Steve Reighard went 1-2-3 in the 1500 meters, all breaking the MAC, varsity, stadium, and Michigan Intercollegiate records, as well as all automatically qualifying for the NCAA championships, and helping EMU run away with the team title...Earned a 3.96 GPA with majors in Bio-Chemistry and German...Is now a Professor of Physiology at the University of Arizona.
IVORY HOOD
Football: Was a four-year letterman and starter from 1966-69...One of the most outstanding linebackers in EMU history...Led the team in tackles in three of his four seasons as a starting linebacker...Named first-team Collegiate All-State and Small College honorable mention All-America in 1967...NAIA District 23 first-team pick three times, in 1966, 1967 and 1968...Went on to coach and teach in the Willow Run School District.
SHARON (ROSE) SCHWARTZ
Women's Basketball: Graduated in 1987 cum laude...Received an M.B.A. from EMU in 1989...Earned four varsity letters from 1984-87 under the direction of Coach Kathy Hart...Intimidating shot blocker – EMU's all-time career record holder with 144, which stands 10th all-time in the MAC...Also ranks highest in EMU history for blocked shots in a single season with 78. Against Ball State (2-21-1987), achieved the highest single game record of blocked shots (9) without committing a foul... Finished her career ranked then 2nd all-time in rebounds (684) and 8th in points scored (766)... Received Honorable Mention All-Academic in the MAC her junior and senior years... Has worked for Ford Motor Company in the Finance organization since 1990, including a 2-1/2 year foreign assignment in England during which time she played first baseman on the 1996 National Slow-pitch Softball Championship tournament team and was named the female MVP…Inducted into the Montrose High School Hall of Fame in 2007...Proud mother of two sons, William (9-26-1994) and Nicholas (3-22-1998), and one granddaughter, Averie (12-13-2012)…Daughter of Karen and Gary Rose, and sister of EMU teammate Donna Rose.
BRIAN TOLBERT
Men's Basketball: One of the most outstanding shooters in EMU history...Finished his four-year career as the fourth-leading scorer in school history with 1,726 points and was also 35th in rebounding with 412...Named first-team All-Mid-American Conference and the Most Valuable Player in the MAC Tournament in 1995-96...Was a second-team All-MAC selection in 1994-95...Finished his career as the second-leading three-point shooter in EMU history with 204...Scored a game-high 36 points, making 14-of-24 field goals and 7-of-13 three-point field goals in a 95-81 loss to a No. 1 seeded University of Connecticut team in a 1996 NCAA Tournament game played in Indianapolis, Ind....Went on to play internationally in several countries, most recently helping his team win the championship in Israel.
JERRY UMIN
Wrestling: Earned All-American honors in 1986-87 with a seventh place finish at 167 pounds at the NCAA Championships...Recorded the second-best single-season win-loss record in school history with 42 wins in 1986-87...Won the 167-pound MAC title in 1986-87 and captured the 158-pound title in 1987-88.
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