The WPI Varsity Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 1983 to honor the best that WPI Varsity Athletics has to offer. It was conceived and founded on the basis that many individuals have bestowed honor and recognition upon both themselves and WPI as a result of their involvement in WPI Varsity athletics. The WPI Varsity Athletics Hall of Fame was created to appropriately recognize those people who have distinguished themselves and WPI.
The WPI Athletic Department, Poly Club, and Hall of Fame Selection Committee are proud to announce its 41st Class, the Class of 2024. The six newest members were inducted on Friday, September 27, 2024 as part of Homecoming Weekend. They include: pictured below (l-r)
Emily (Doherty) Hard '16, Joe Phelan '83, Peter Krzyzewski '05, Ryan Flynn '06, Leo Kaabi '80, and Laura (Pumphrey) Kane '15
Photos
EMILY (DOHERTY) HARD ’16 - Women's Soccer
- Women’s Soccer’s first United Soccer Coaches All-America in 2015
- Consecutive NEWMAC First Team All-Conference awards in 2014 and 2015
- Single season school records of 18 goals and 41 points as a senior in 2015
- 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-America and United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America
- 2014-15 WPI Poly Club Award recipient as top female junior student-athlete
- Earned her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees at WPI
RYAN FLYNN ’06 - Men's Basketball
- Member of Chris Bartley’s first recruiting class that won 20 or more games last three seasons
- Three-time NEWMAC regular season and two-time NEWMAC Tournament Champion
- Iconic four-point play in final minute to secure program’s first NEWMAC Tournament title in 2005
- First-Team All-New England and All-NEWMAC honoree
- Three NCAA tournament appearances and reached the Sweet 16 in 2005
- Game-winning shots at Williams, Endicott, and Wheaton; Served four years as an assistant coachÂ
LEO KAABI ’80 - Men's Soccer
- Burst onto the collegiate soccer scene with 10 goals as a freshman in 1976
- Helped 1976 squad advance to NCAA Division III quarterfinals before falling in 2OT to eventual champions
- Bounced back from an injury plagued sophomore season to score five goals and dole our three assists in 1978
- 40 points as a senior captain for 1979 squad that was tops in Division III New England soccer
- 17 goals during 1979 campaign is still the fourth-most in a single season in school history
- Two-time All-New England selection
PETER KRZYZEWSKI ’05 - Wrestling
- Made an immediate impact on Boynton Hill, capturing 2003 New England Championship at 174 pounds
- Three straight All-New England citations
- One of only two wrestlers in WPI history to have a pair of undefeated dual meet seasons
- Career win percentage of .961 (49-2) is the highest of any wrestler in Crimson and Gray history
- Fifth in team points in a season and tied for first in pins in a season with 11 falls in 2003-04
- 49 career dual meet wins placed him in the top 10 in WPI history at time of graduationÂ
JOE PHELAN ’83 - Football
- Key member and leader of a class that led the resurgence of WPI’s football program in the early ‘80s
- Second on the team in tackles as a sophomore in 1980, Engineers first winning season in 12 years
- 94 tackles en route to All-New England honors on top-ranked defense in New England in 1981
- Co-captain and team-leader in tackles with 110 tackles as a senior linebacker in 1982
- 1982 AP All-American Honorable Mention and runner-up for NE Football Newsletter DPOY
- Helped Engineers to a 19-13 overall record, including three straight winning seasonsÂ
Laura (Pumphrey) Kane ’15 - Women's Track & Field
- Two-time NCAA Division III Championships runner-up in the high jump
- Four-time All-America; Most Women’s Track and Field All-Americas at time of graduation
- WPI program record holder in the indoor high jump (5’7.75)
- Two-Time New England Champion; Captured NEWMAC and ECAC championships
- CoSIDA Academic All-District and NEWMAC All-Academic Team awardee
- 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year nomineeÂ
