Centrepiece Online | Spring 2008

2007 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

Neil Sterba ’81
Cleveland
After Centre: Regional sales
director at Bisys Fund Services
Athletic accomplishments: District All-American in basketball, leader on 1978-79 NCAA Division III “final four” team, among Centre’s top 10 players in nine different categories.

Jeff Leonard ’87
Cincinnati
After Centre: Managing principal at Buck Consultants
Athletic accomplishments: Co-captain of 8-1, top-20 football team (1986), Kodak All-American (1986), three-time all-conference, four-year starter, twice named team Most Valuable Offensive Lineman.

Janie Robinson ’88
Mount Sterling, Ky.
After Centre: Teacher and coach at McNabb Middle School
Athletic accomplishments: Leader on the first two Centre women’s basketball teams to qualify for NCAA tournaments, career leader in free-throw percentage, holds single-game records and single-season records for free-throw accuracy. She started in 99 consecutive games and was the team leader in assists all four years.

Honorary Inductee
Lea Wise-Prewitt
Mount Sterling, Ky.
Centre accomplishments: As women’s basketball coach from 1984 to 1989, she led the Colonels to three NCAA Division III playoffs, including the first-ever “final four” tournament in 1989, held in Danville, with a team that achieved a 23-8 record and had a player named to the Kodak All-America first team.

 

 

—D.F.J.

 

 

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