Goucher Announces 2022 Athletics Hall of Fame Class
TOWSON, Md. – The Goucher College athletic department has announced the 2022 class of the Goucher Athletic Hall of Fame. Women's basketball and volleyball star CJ (Cass Clemons) Summers '95 and men's soccer standout Stephen Montgomery '95 comprise this year's class. In addition, the 1994-95 men's basketball team will be honored as Goucher's second Team of Distinction.
Started in 2010, the Goucher Athletic Hall of Fame will now include a total of 41 members with the induction of Clemons and Montgomery.
The 2022 Goucher Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Friday, September 23, 2022, as part of the College's annual Blue and Gold Weekend. More details on the ceremony will be announced shortly.
"The Hall of Fame ceremony is always a special event and opportunity to honor some of Goucher's most accomplished former student-athletes. This year, I'm particularly excited to induct two individuals long deserving of this honor who played sports underrepresented in the Hall," said Andrew Wu, Goucher Director of Athletics. "CJ immediately transformed the volleyball and women's basketball teams upon her transfer to Goucher, and Stephen, along with Hall of Famer Percy Moore, was one half of the best scoring duo in Gopher men's soccer history."
"While the men's basketball program had several successful years in the 90's, the '94-'95 team stood out as an obvious choice as the first team to win an NCAA tournament game, against the defending national champions nonetheless. Almost 30 years later, we are still talking about this group and their accomplishments, and I'm thrilled to welcome them back to campus as a group to receive this honor."
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Clemons, a native of Baltimore and graduate of Loch Raven HS, arrived as a graduate transfer from Catawba College with one year of volleyball and two years of basketball eligibility. In her lone season of volleyball for the Gophers in 1993 she led Goucher to a 44-4 record and a Capital Athletic Conference title while earning CAC First Team All-Conference honors. She is one of just two Gopher volleyball players to earn First Team All-Conference accolades. In 48 matches she totaled 356 kills and 169 blocks while hitting .414. She holds single-season program records for blocks and hitting percentage in a season. Clemons ranked No 3 in Division III in hitting percentage and No. 8 in blocks that season. In two seasons in basketball CJ played in 50 career games, starting 45, and averaged 10.9 points and 13.4 rebounds per game. She led the CAC in rebounding both seasons and ranked third nationally in 1993-94. A Second Team All-CAC performer in 1994, the Gophers posted a record of 30-20 over Summers' two seasons. Clemons holds the program record for rebounding average and ranks fifth in the program record books with 672 rebounds |
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Montgomery, who came to Goucher from North East, Maryland and is a graduate of North East HS, was a four-year standout on the pitch from 1991-94 and totaled 33 goals and 47 assists for 113 points in 65 hames over his career. His 47 career assists are a program record, while he ranks second in total points and third in career goals. Montgomery nabbed Second Team All-Capital Athletic Conference honors in 1991 and 1992. Playing alongside current Hall of Fame member Percy Moore '95, Montgomery and the Gophers won 39 games and made a pair of CAC semifinal appearances during his career. |
The 1994-95 men's basketball team made the program's first NCAA appearance and captured the program's second consecutive Capital Athletic Conference championship while posting an 18-9 overall record and a 9-5 mark in CAC play. After defeating York 82-72 in the CAC title game, the Gophers downed defending Division III national champion Lebanon Valley 102-91 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. David Clark '95 was a Fourth Team All-American and a First Team All-CAC selection, while Predrag Durkovic '97 earned Second Team All-Conference accolades. Both Clark and Durkovic are current members of the Hall of Fame.
The 1994-95 men's basketball team finished 18-9 overall and won the program's second straight Capital Athletic Conference championship
and made its first NCAA appearance.