The induction of eight former Blue Streak student-athletes will highlight the 2007 Homecoming weekend at John Carroll University.
The Hall of Fame dinner itself will be celebrated in downtown Cleveland at Windows on the River on the night of Friday, September 28. The inductees will also be honored at halftime of the Blue Streaks football game against crosstown rival Baldwin-Wallace College on Saturday, September 29.
Every year since 1964, the Blue-Gold Club -- the official booster organization of John Carroll University Athletics -- has inducted at least one former athlete, coach or contributor into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
Now entering its 44th year, the JCU Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome eight new members into its elite membership. The 2007 induction class features five first year eligible selections -- the largest number to enter the hall at one time.
The induction of Chris Anderson (football, class of 1997), Matt Colucci (wrestling, class of 1996), Frank D’Angelo (diving, class of 1997), Matt Glovna (golf, class of 1996), Scott O’Donnell (football, class of 1997), Katie Perrone McGrath (volleyball, class of 1997), Darlene Sheehan Neitzel (basketball, class of 1995), and Steve Voinovich (golf, class of 1997) will bring the total number of Hall of Fame members to 195 privileged individuals.
Chris Anderson found much success as a linebacker at John Carroll and his credentials prove it. Following a successful senior season and career, Anderson was named to the American Football Coaches Association Division III All-American team.
Anderson was also awarded Hewlett-Packard Division III All-American in 1996, first team Football Gazette All-American First Team in 1995 and second team in 1996. The Sporting News named him its Preseason Division III Defensive Player of the Year prior to the start of his senior year.
He also received many awards for his play in the Ohio Athletic Conference, including the Bill Edwards Award as the Most Valuable Linebacker in both 1995 and 1996. He also was named First Team All-OAC on two occasions. He was a four-year letterwinner and starter, and led the team in tackles in each of his first three seasons.
Anderson also remains the school’s co-record holder for the most career tackles (536) along with JCU Hall of Famer Dave Rastoka. The Blue Streaks’ record with Anderson starting was 30-8-2.
A former two-time Ohio Athletic Conference champion and two-time All-American at 126 pounds, Matt Colucci finished an accomplished career with an 80-26 record where his 80 wins was ranked 14th in program history.
Colucci was a three-time national qualifier, earning All-American accolades in both 1994 and 1997. During his senior year, Colucci was ranked as high as #2 in the nation before placing sixth at his weight class in the national tournament. He was 6-6 all-time at the NCAA Division III Championships.
As a team, the Blue Streaks finished in the top 20 all three years in which Colucci was a national qualifier (18th in ’94, 15th in ’95, and 12th in ’97).
Throughout his career at John Carroll, Colucci compiled a record of 21-3 against OAC competition. His outstanding contributions helped the team earn an OAC title in 1994.
Over the course of a brilliant four-year career as the preeminent diver at both John Carroll and in the Ohio Athletic Conference, Frank D’Angelo captured eight Ohio Athletic Conference titles (four each on the 1- and 3-meter boards) and managed to set both the school and conference records in both events. In 1997, he earned OAC Diver of the Year in what was the inaugural year for the award.
On a national level, D’Angelo was a top 16 finisher on six occasions. D’Angelo’s best national finish at the NCAA Division III Championship was 8th place on the 3-meter board at the 1996 Division III Championships to earn first team All-American honors. Five other times, D’Angelo garnered honorable mention All-American status. He was a national qualifier all four years at John Carroll.
D’Angelo helped lead the Blue Streaks to OAC titles in 1994, 1995, 1996. At the time of his graduation, D’Angelo held the school record in both 1- and 3-meter diving (a record he still holds). In 1997, he shared the team Most Valuable Athlete award with Jeff Juergens.
An embodiment of the student-athlete, D’Angelo was John Carroll’s male nominee for the OAC Clyde Lamb Award in 1997.
Matt Glovna joins teammates Steve Voinovich and Brian Unk as Hall of Fame members from the powerhouse John Carroll teams of the mid 1990’s. A three-year letterwinner, Glovna helped the Blue Streaks finish third nationally in his sophomore and junior years, and fourth in his senior year.
In both his junior and senior year, Glovna topped very talented fields -- including future Hall of Famers on his own roster -- to capture medalist honors at the OAC Championships. As a sophomore, he was the OAC runner-up. He played a vital role in leading John Carroll to an OAC championship crowns in both 1994 and 1995.
Nationally, Glovna was awarded second team GCAA All-American his junior year and third team GCAA All-American his senior year. His best showing in the NCAA Division III Championships was a 15th place finish as a senior. Over the course of his career, Glovna tallied thirteen top ten finishes and ten top five finishes between his junior and senior seasons.
Scott O’Donnell remains one of the most decorated football players on the defensive side of the ball in the history of the John Carroll program. In 1996, O’Donnell became the first -- and still only -- Blue Streak to earn the Paul Hoernemann Award as Most Valuable Defensive Lineman in the OAC. In 1995 and 1996, he was voted by the league head coaches to the All-OAC First Team.
O’Donnell earned many national honors as well. He was named Football Gazette National Division III Defensive Lineman of the Year and an All-American for Football Gazette and Hewlett-Packard in 1996.
In all four of the seasons in which he played and started for the Blue Streaks as a defensive end, O’Donnell led the team in sacks. He remains the school record holder for the most sacks in a game (5.0 on two occasions), season (19.0 in 1996), and career (48.5). In 1994, he helped lead the team to a share of the OAC title. The teams record with O’Donnell as a starter was 30-8-2.
A former Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Year and First Team All-OAC honoree in 1996, Katy Perrone was a guiding force behind the Blue Streaks’ three NCAA tournament teams in the mid 1990’s.
One of the top all-around players in the program’s history, Perrone helped John Carroll reach the NCAA round of 16 in 1993 and Elite Eight in both 1994 and 1995. Out of a possible 153 matches in her four years John Carroll won 120, including 30 of 36 OAC regular season matches.
Perrone made an immediate impact on the JCU program, as she teamed with fellow Hall of Famer Stacey Mullally to lead the Blue Streaks to an OAC regular season and tournament title in 1993.
Her individual play earned her accolades such as the team’s Outstanding Newcomer in 1993 and Outstanding Defensive Player in 1994, and team captain in 1995 and 1996. Perrone was named to AVCA All-Great Lakes Region team in 1996. At the time of her graduation, Perrone held the record for career games played (438) and the conference record with 1,684 digs.
Darlene Sheehan, who was named a Kodak and AWSF All-American in 1994, was part of the most successful era of women’s basketball in school history. During her career, the Blue Streaks posted back-to-back 20 win seasons (1992-93 and 1993-94) for the first and only time since the sport’s inception at John Carroll in 1970.
Sheehan, who was part of the last senior class to be a part of four consecutive winning seasons, was recognized three times on the All-OAC women’s basketball team. She was named first team as a junior and second team as a senior, and honorable mention as a sophomore.
The team’s Most Valuable Player as both a junior and senior, Sheehan finished her career ranked second all-time in JCU history with 1,494 career points and 281 assists. To this day, she remains the school record holder for career three point field goals made and attempted in a career, and three-point field goal percentage in a season — and is still third all-time in points scored.
Sheehan was the high scorer in 14 of the Blue Streaks 26 games as a junior and 12 of 25 games as a senior. She is a four-year letterwinner and starter.
A three-time Division III All-American, Steve Voinovich was a member of one of the most accomplished golf teams in the history of the sport at John Carroll. Voinovich was a three-time All-OAC golfer and was the runner-up in the OAC Championship tournament in both 1995 and 1997.
Voinovich had his best finish at the national tournament in 1995, when he tied for second in the nation. Voinovich’s skills also helped the team place in the top ten of the nation in all four years of his career. Over the course of his four years, Voinovich tallied 30 top ten finishes. He also won a number of regular season tournament titles.
Not only did Voinovich leave an impact on John Carroll’s golf team, but he did so on the national scale as well. Voinovich participated in two US Amateur Championships, was a member of the Tarheel Tour in 2003-2004, and has also played in a number of Nationwide Tour events such as the 2004 Lake Erie Charity Classic.