Hall of Fame Inductions Class of 2021
Joey Fink | Hall of Fame Class of 2021
Equestrian | 2011-2015 | Photo Gallery
Fink is one of the most accomplished collegiate riders in Goucher Equestrian team history. He is the only two-time National Champion in program history after taking home the honor in open flat in 2014 in the team competition and then earned the individual top national honor in 2015. The Pikesville, Md., native was also a Reserve National Champion in novice flat in his freshman year. He also finished eighth in the Cacchione Cup in his senior year. He was the Reserve Zone Champion in the novice flat in 2013, in open fences in 2014, and he was the Zone Champion in both open fences and open flat in 2015. During Fink's four years, the equestrian team advanced to the IHSA National Championships each season, and the Gophers finished a program-best fifth in 2013.
"I was never coordinated enough for sports like basketball or lacrosse, and I was thus never recognized as a 'real athlete,'" said Fink. "Growing up, I had hoped one day I would find a college where I could continue to pursue my athletic passion while qualifying for the first time by my institution as an athlete. Not only did I graduate from Goucher feeling like I had accomplished a lifelong dream, but being inducted into Goucher's Hall of Fame is an honor I am so humbly in awe to receive."
Jaclyn Kellon | Hall of Fame Class of 2021
Track and Field | 2009-2013 | Photo Gallery
Kellon is one of the most decorated track and field athletes in Goucher history. She earned nine conference championships (six outdoor, three indoor) and five second-place finishes from 2009-13 for the Blue and Gold. She was the first athlete in track and field history to win five conference titles and the first female to win four titles in the same event for four years with the 400m hurdles. The Cleveland Heights, Ohio, native, was named the Landmark Conference Female Track Athlete of the Year after winning the 400m, the 400m hurdles, and participating in the winning 4x400m relay and the second-place 4x100m relay. She holds Gopher outdoor records in the 400m, 400m hurdles, and the 4x400m relay, and indoor records in the 300m, 400m, and 500m. She finished her standout career with 16 career medals after also earning a pair of third-place finishes.
"Being a member of the track and field team exposed me to some wonderfully kind, generous, and fun people," said Kellon. "Running helped build my self-confidence, gave me something to look forward to every weekend, and I am greatly honored to be inducted into the Hall of Fame."
1996 Women's Lacrosse Team | Hall of Fame Class of 2021
Inaugural Team of Distinction
The 1996 Goucher women's lacrosse team is the only team in school history to advance to the NCAA Division III Final Four. The team went 15-1 in the regular season with a 3-0 record in Capital Athletic Conference play. They defeated St. Mary's (15-7) and Salisbury (18-3) in the first-ever conference tournament. There was no automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but the Gophers received an invitation to the eight-team NCAA Division III postseason. The Blue and Gold defeated Roanoke 28-16 in Baltimore to advance to the national semifinals. Goucher Hall of Famer Courtney Crangi registered a new tournament record with 10 goals and six assists in the victory against the Maroons. Fellow Gopher Hall of Fame members Michele Mohlman (six goals and two assists) and Kristin Carey (six goals and one assist) also had big days to help establish the most goals combined scored in a game. Goucher would lose to Middlebury 21-12 in the NCAA Division III Final Four. Crangi and Mohlman earned NCAA Division III All-America first-team honors, while Crystal Butcher received third-team recognition. The trio also earned All-Region first-team accolades, while Carey earned all-region second-team honors. Crangi, Butcher, Carey, Mohlman, and Beth Edwards were selected to the All-CAC first team, while Meredith Brown and Kim Donoghue received second-team recognition. Crangi and Mohlman joined the Hall of Fame in 2011, and Carey joined the group two years later.
"It is giving me chills," said Donoghue. "Everyone had such an important role in that program and in that success. To be the first team to go to the Final Four and to go into the Hall of Fame is pretty awesome."
"It was a team effort, and as a team, we didn't do it for the accolades," said Mohlman. "It's a chance to celebrate something really special. It's a moment that we all look back on, and we don't realize how special it was."