South Mountaineer Volume 28, Issue 24

              Vol.28— No. 24'
May 14,1986
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Annual Award Winners Issue
(Photo by JOE RYAN)
THE WINNERS of Lehigh's major annual athletic awards were feted at a special luncheon May 5.
Sitting (left to right): Mary Weiner, Mary O. Hurley Award; Gail Jacobs, John S. Steckbeck
Award; Cathy Engelbert, Hall foundation Award; Dodi Lucarelli, representing field hockey, A.C.
Zettlemoyer Triple "A" Award. Standing: Lee Blum, J. Daniel Nolan Award; Mike Androlewicz,
Beta Theta Pi Cup; Paul Diekel, Hall Foundation Award; Eric Galcher, ECAC Award. Missing are
Darryl Burley, Bobby Weaver Award; and Mary Ann Way, ECAC Award.
Alumni Reunion Schedule
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LEHIGH REUNION ■
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Thursday
June 5
Friday
June 6
Saturday
June 7
John Whitehead, director of athletics, will be the speaker at the Back Every Year
Club Dinner on Saturday, June 7 on campus.
The dinner, to be held in Packer Hall-University Center at 6 p.m., will be the
highlight of BEYC activities during the "Salute to Liberty" reunion June 5-8.
Other Reunion Highlights Include
•Reception and buffet dinner with retired and active
faculty members
*Alumni College events: Asa Packer Mansion Tour;
Historic Bethlehem Tour;
Mini-College Seminars
'Class Ice breakers
'Champaign Reception/Awards Dinner Dance
"Annual Meeting and Breakfast
"Spouses' breakfast program
•Sixth Alumni 5,000-Meter Fun Run
*Presentation-Ben Franklin & CAD-CAM programs
"Update on athletics at the Coaches' Corner
"All-class Lunch
"Parade of Classes
"Back Every Year Club and 50  Dinner
Diekel, Engelbert and
Burley Head Long List
The following is a list of the
winners of athletic awards for
1985-86. The Weaver, Hall Foundation, ECAC, Nolan, Steckbeck, Beta Theta Pi, Hurley and
Zettlemoyer awards were presented at a special luncheon May
5.
Bobby Weaver Award, "to a member of the
Lehigh University family who has exemplified personal qualities of courage, determination and perserverance in combination
with extraordinary athletic talent. The recipient has distinguished himself in performance and in selection to the highest honors
in his sport during the year 1985." Won by
Darryl Burley '83. Burley received his undergraduate Lehigh degree in 1983 and a master's degree in 1985. He is eminently qualified
to receive the inaugural Bobby Weaver
Award as the 1985 136.5-pound U.S. national
freestyle wrestling champion. As an undergraduate, Burley distinguished himself as
few collegiate athletes ever have. A two-time
NCAA champion, he is one of a few men to
reach the national finals four times. He is one
of six men to win four EIWA titles. He compiled a career record of 94-5-1 and was chosen
Wrestler of the Year in 1982-83 by .4mcin.nr
Wrenttirig Hen-*. As a freshman he won the J.
Daniel Nolan Award, and as a senior he won
the Hall Foundation Award.
Hall Foundation Award, sponsored by John
Newton Hall '30. to the most outstanding
senior male athlete. Won by Paul Diekel '86
(Whitehall. N.Y.). Diekel took his place this
season among the greats of Lehigh wrestling.
He is one of an elite group of 11 Lehigh men to
PAUL DIEKEL
achieve All-America status three or more
times, with NCAA finishes of sixth, third and
fifth place. He is also one of just a dozen
Lehigh wrestlers to win three or more EIWA
titles. His overall career record of 77-9,
including 29-3 last season and 29-2 in 1984-85,
puts him in ninth place on the Lehigh list of
total career wins.
Hall Foundation Award, sponsored by John
Newton Hall '30, to the most outstanding
senior female athlete. Won by Cathy Engelbert '86 (Collingswood, N.J.). Engelbert
capped a stellar career in basketball and
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CATHY ENGELBERT
lacrosse with fabulous campaigns in both
sports in 1985-86. She led the lacrosse team in
scoring with 29-13-42 and was named to the
ECC all-star team. She enjoyed an equally
fine season last year in helping lead Lehigh to
its first ECC lax title. On the basketball court.
Engelbert. a co-captain, was voted MVP of
the '86 ECC tournament, in which the Engineers capped a 24-4 season by winning the
conference title, crushing Bucknell. Rider
and Delaware on the way to the crown.
Eastern College Athletic Converence
(ECAC) Award for outstanding scholarship
and athletic prowess by a man. Won by Eric
Galcher '86 (Colts Neck. N.J.). A dean's-list
student in industrial engineering, Galcher
has been solidly dependable and richly successful as a mainstay of the tennis team for
four years. He is a three-time ECC singles
champion, winning crowns in 1983, 1984 and
this year. He has served as co-captain and
played at the No. 1 position for two years. In
'84, when he won ECC titles in both singles
and doubles he led his team to the conference
championship. His overall career mark in
singles is 62 wins, 19 losses. Off the court he is
scholarship chairman of Lambda Chi Alpha.
Eastern College Athletic Conference
(ECAC) Award for outstanding scholarship
and athletic prowess by a woman. Won by
Mary Ann Way '86 (Phoenixville, Pa.). A
dean's-list student in mechanical engineering, Way was voted her team's MVP this
year. She was Lehigh's most consistent performer and one of the best defensive players
in the ECC. The importance of her contributions can be measured by the team's success,
winning 45, losing just 23, with two ties, winning two ECC titles and attaining the championship game three times. Off the field. Way
is secretary of Gamma Phi Beta, and is the
winner of the Wilbur Mathematics Prize and
the Richard K. Melon Scholarship.
J. Daniel Nolan Award, sponsored by
Sigma Nu, to the most outstanding freshman
male athlete. Won by Lee Blum '89 (Staten
Island, N.Y.). Blum stepped into the starting
football backfield and made a significant
LEE BLUM
impact, leading the team's rushers with 714
yards and seven touchdowns on 176 attempts.
It was the second-best total by a Lehigh man
of any class in the past decade. His most outstanding performance came at Bucknell,
where he gained 189 yards, best showing by a
Lehigh rusher since 1973. and he also gained
100 yards against Rhode Island. In addition to
leading the team in rushing, Blum caught 21
passes for 182 yards, placing fourth on the
squad.
John S. Steckbeck Award, sponsored by
Robert Kaufman '68, to the most outstanding
freshman female athlete. Won by Gail Jacobs
'89 (Boca Raton. Fla.). Now that Jacobs has
arrived.   Lehigh  women's  swimming will
GAlL JACOBS
never be the same. The list of her accomplishments is overwhelming. During the dual-
meet season. Gail swam nine of the 14
individual events. In all nine she set Lehigh
rerords. She finished first in 27 of the 28 individual races she swam, placing second once.
Swimming the maximum-allowed four individual events at the ECC championship meet.
Jacobs won four ECC titles, setting conference records in all four events. And in each
race her margin of victory was greater than
three seconds.
Beta Theta Pi Cup for all around achievement by a senior male. Won by Mike Androlewicz '86 (Turnersville. N.J.). A three-year
letterman. Androlewicz enjoyed a very' successful season this year as captain and team
leader. Asked by his coach to switch positions
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