Six national champion wrestlers, two Olympians and four All America athletes are among the 13 inductees for the St. Lawrence University Athletic Hall of Fame for 2015.

The induction ceremony will take place Saturday, Oct.10 at noon in the Eben Holden Center and is open to the public. Tickets are $25 per person and must be reserved in advance. Please call 315-229-5418 to make reservations.

The St. Lawrence Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1979 and will induct its 37th class this year. With the new inductees it will include 241 athletes, 12 coaches/administrators and 21 teams.

The national champion wrestlers to be inducted include Phil Lanzatella '83, Dr. Tod Northrup '86, Lelan Rogers, N86, Mark Shortsleeve '87, Pat Conners '88 and Jason Bovenzi '92. They will be joined by men's hockey All Americas Brian McColgan '88 and Hank Lammens '88, women's hockey All America Gina Kingsbury '04, soccer All America Laura LoGuidice Pecchia '01, track star Amy Farrell '99, football standout Richard "Dick" Cootware '79 and baseball and football star Andy Gustafson '75.

Most Valuable Player of the baseball team and the Coaches Award winner in football,Andy Gustafson was an excellent outfielder in baseball and an offensive lineman in football. He helped the baseball team challenge for its first NCAA bid since 1958 in his senior season. Gustafson hit .413 with 21 runs scored, five home runs and 17 runs driven in for the 1975 baseball team, helping the squad to a 16-4 record. In football, he also played on teams which recorded three straight winning seasons including the 7-2 1975 team which helped set the stage for the program's first NCAA appearance the following year.

Richard "Dick" Cootware was one of the key factors in the first two NCAA Division III football tournament appearances for the St. Lawrence program and helped the team to 31 wins in his four seasons on the team.An Air Force veteran prior to starting his collegiate career, Cootware stepped right in as a freshman and helped the Saints to a 7-2 season. He went on to start every game in his four year career and was consistently among the leaders in total tackles, assists and sacks

A two-time All ECAC player, All America and captain of the 1988 national runner-up men's hockey team, Hank Lammens also played for the Canadian National Team, professional ice hockey, sailed in the Olympics and is a world-class sailor with a number of championships to his credit. He played in 131 games for the Saints and went on to play 211 games in the American Hockey League, 27 games with the Ottawa Senators. He was captain of the 1993 Canadian National Team. In Sailing, he is a two-time Finn Class World Champion in 1990 and 1991, sailed in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and is a 15 time national champion in the 420, Laser, Finn, 5.5 and Etchells classes.

A first-team All America and first-team All ECAC selection as a senior, Brian McColgan helped the Saints to back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances as a small, but clever defenseman who was the quarterback of the Saint power play.He helped the 1987-88 team to the NCAA championship game and a 29-9-0 season and a ECAC Championship, and at the time of induction is one of just three defensemen in program history to score 100 or more career points. The leader among Saint defensemen in career goals with 31, he also had 69 assists in 113 career games, joining the team at mid-point in his freshman season after transferring from Army.

The Atlantic Region Runner of the Year as a senior and captain of the cross country and indoor and outdoor track teams, Amy Farrell has gone on to become a world-class triathlete since her graduation from St. Lawrence. During her undergraduate career, she set records in the 1500, mile and 5,000 meters and was part of record-setting relay teams. She was a three-time New York State Collegiate Track and Field Conference track Most Valuable Performer and the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association Track Athlete of the Year. She was a consistent winner in distances from 800 meters through 5,000 meters in addition to running 4x800 and 4x400 relays. She still held the SLU program record in the 1500 meters indoors at the time of her induction.

One of two first-team All Americas in Saint women's soccer history, Laura LoGuidice Pecchia earned that honor as a defender in the 1999 season and was named third team All America as a forward in the 2000 season. A three-time regional All America, three-time all-conference selection, three-time All-State honoree and the 1998 Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year, Laura scored 23 goals and had 21 assists for 67 points in 81 career games and helped the Saints to the best record in program history in her senior year as the team went 14-4-3. She scored seven career game winning goals.

One of the most prolific scorers in St. Lawrence University Division I women's hockey history despite missing a number of games while participating on Canadian National Teams, Gina Kingsbury earned ECAC honors in each of her four years and was All America as a senior. Internationally, she won two Olympic gold medals with team Canada (2006 and 2010), played on six World Women's Championship medalist teams including gold medal teams in 2001, 2004 and 2007 and was on six Four Nations Cup gold medal teams and two silver medalist teams. She played professionally for the Calgary Oval Extreme and the Montreal Axion and is currently the director of the women's national teams for Hockey Canada.

A four time All America with two third place finishes, a second and the 1982 NCAA Division III championship, Phil Lanzatella compiled a 136-7-1 record in wrestling and was a four-year starter in football. Lanzatella was a two-time New York State wrestling champion, competing against both Division III and Division I wrestlers. He won the 177 weight class in 1981 and was named the Most Valuable Wrestler in the meet and the 190 class in 1983. He was the first and only Saint wrestler to win a match by pin at the Division I nationals. He also qualified for the Division I nationals in 1983 despite finishing second in Division III. He was ranked as one of the top six wrestlers at 190 pounds in 1983 regardless of Division and his loss with eight seconds to go in the championship match was the only loss in a 34-1-1 season. He won a bronze medal in the World Greco-Roman championships in Stockholm, Sweden in his sophomore year at SLU.

The 1985 NCAA Division III Champion at 190 pounds and a national runner up at 177 pounds as a freshman, Lelan Rogers was a star in three sports for St. Lawrence and went on to earn two trips to the Division I national championships as he completed his collegiate career at Syracuse. Lelan played football and lacrosse for the Saints in addition to wrestling and still shares the St. Lawrence record for touchdowns (14) and points (84) in a season set in 1982. He earned All America honors as a Saint wrestler in both 1983 and 1985 and captained the Saint team. He went on to captain the Syracuse wrestling team and was a two time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association finalist and a three time New York State wrestling champion. He was also a member of the 1987 Syracuse final four lacrosse team. He went 24-2-1 in his freshman season on the mat and was 4-1-0 in the NCAA tournament, losing in the final 12-8. He was injured as a sophomore, but came back strong in 1985, winning the national title on criteria as his match with Centre's Dale Lawrence was tied at 5-5 in overtime in the 190 pound class.

Dr. Tod Northrup was a two-time New York state collegiate champion, the 1983 NCAA Division III 167 pound champion and the first Saint to win a national title in his sophomore year. He won the 167 state title, competing against both Division III and Division I wrestlers in both 1982 and 1983 and went 28-2-0 in 1983, beating previously undefeated Bruce Arnold of Augsburg College 6-3 in the finals of the Division III nationals, his fifth straight win in that tournament. He was the fourth national champion in program history and the first to win a title in his sophomore year. His win and three other All America finishes helped the 1983 team finish fourth nationally. While his collegiate career was impacted by injury, he finished with a 78-12 record and held the SLU record with a six-second pin. A two-time All America, he was the 1982 St. Lawrence outstanding freshman scholar-athlete.

A transfer from the University of Nebraska who joined the Saint wrestling program in the 1985 season, Mark Shortsleeve was the 1986 NCAA champion at 134 pounds, the fifth straight Saint to win a national title from 1982-86. Shortsleeve won his championship with a 4-3 win over Scott DeTore of SUNY Brockport with two seconds left in the third overtime period of the championship match. A two-year starter at 126 pounds for Nebraska, he wrestled just the one season for the Saints, but made it to the pinnacle of Division III wrestling, He was one of eight qualifiers for the Saints for the NCAA Championship that season, making the final of the NCAA Eastern Regional Qualifying tournament at 134 pounds. He forfeited his final match in that tournament after sustaining a broken nose in the semifinals. He went 29-5 in his lone season in a Saint singlet.

The 1988 NCAA Division III heavyweight national champion and a key contributor to the 1988 team national championship in wrestling, Pat Conners joins his brother Mike as the only brothers to win national championships and the two become the second pair of brothers to be inducted in Hall of Fame history. A four-time NCAA Division III tournament qualifier, Pat was a four-time All-State wrestler, a two-time NCAA East Regional Champion and a two-time All America, placing third at heavyweight as a junior. He beat Kip Crandall of Millikin College 3-2 in the championship match of the 1988 tournament, putting a cap on the Saints' team title. After a 4-2 win in the opening round, he had three straight one point wins en route the title, which was decided in the final seconds of the match. Pat won the East Regional Championship at 190 in 1986 and as heavyweight in both 1987 and 1988. He wrestled as a heavyweight in the NCAA tournament in his freshman season. He also played four years of football for the Saints. He was captain of the 1988 national champion wrestling team.

A four-time national qualifier Jason Bovenzi had the distinction of being a national champion for both St. Lawrence and Ithaca College during an outstanding collegiate athletic career. Bovenzi, who earned his degree from St. Lawrence in 1994, was a national qualifier at 177 in 1990-91, finished third at 190 pounds in 1991-92 and won the 1992-93 190 pound title as a Saint team captain. He injured his shoulder and had surgery following the 1993 football season, sitting out the 1994 wrestling season. He transferred to Ithaca College for his final year of eligibility and went 25-0 to win the NCAA Championship at 190 pounds for the second time in 1995. He finished his collegiate wrestling career with an overall record of 101-16-1 including a 76-16-1 mark in his three seasons at SLU. He was a three time All America with two of the three All America finishes national titles. He was also a standout at defensive end for the Saint football program.