WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College will celebrate its 16th Athletic Hall of Fame Induction class on Friday night (Sept. 5).  Burleigh Cruikshank '15 (Football - Posthumous), Kevin DeJuliis '03 (Wrestling), Terry Evans '70 (Basketball),  Bobby Swallow '09 (Football) and Rebecca Webb '93 (Swimming) will be honored in the hall of fame banquet at the Rossin Campus Center Ballroom. 

The 2014 class will also be recognized at halftime of the Presidents' season-opening football game versus Wooster at Cameron Stadium the following evening (7:00 pm). 

Cruikshank had one of the most memorable careers in the history of W&J football.  A two-time All-America center, Cruikshank helped guide the Presidents to one of the top two-year runs in school history in 1913 and 1914.  The 1913 Presidents finished the year with a 10-0-1 record and the top-ranked scoring offense in the country (32.9 ppg).  W&J set a school record for points during a 100-0 victory over Grove City and tied Yale (0-0) for the only non-win of the year.  A 17-0 victory over Penn State snapped the Nittany Lions' 17-game win streak.  In 1912, W&J won eight games and also played Jim Thorpe's Carlisle Indians to a 0-0 tie.  In his final season in 1914, W&J posted a 10-1 record with the only blemish being a 10-9 loss to Harvard in the "mythical national championship game".  

DeJuliis is the W&J wrestling program's all-time wins leader, having produced 117 during his career.  He held the single-season record for victories (36) for a decade and made two appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament.  As a junior, he became the fifth wrestler in school history to earn All-America laurels after placing seventh in the 133-pound bracket at the national championships.  He was selected as the Presidents' Athletic Conference Most Valuable Wrestler in 2003 after winning the 133-pound championship.

Evans was a standout guard on two Presidents' Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship teams for the Presidents.  The 1969 and 1970 W&J teams claimed two of the nine conference basketball titles in school history.  Evans is one of 22 players in school history to score 1,000 points after finishing his career with 1,064.  Her played and started all 72 games of his career and was a three-time All-PAC honoree.  The Presidents won 42 games during his career and he served as a team captain during his junior and senior seasons. 

Swallow is one of two football players in W&J history to have been named to the American Football Coaches Association All-America Team twice during a career.  The school record holder for passing touchdowns (104) and career completion percentage (.681), Swallow was a member of two PAC championship teams (2006, 2007) and the Presidents made four NCAA Division III playoff appearances during his career.  In 2008, W&J advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals under Swallow's leadership and during an undefeated regular season in 2007, he tossed a school-record 46 touchdown passes.  He is the NCAA Division III record holder for lowest interception percentage among quarterbacks with at least 1,000 pass attempts (only 15 INTs thrown in 1,023 attempts).  Swallow also ranks eighth in NCAA DIII history in career pass efficiency (172.8) and 15th all-time in touchdown passes.  

Webb is one of the most dominant swimmers in school history and the 1992 Presidents' Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Year.  She won 12 PAC championships in her three seasons as a President and set 11 school records.  Webb also added five conference record-breaking times.  The 1992 Paul Reardon Award winner won the 200 backstroke championship three times and claimed two 100 backstroke and 400 individual medley crowns.  Webb spent three years at W&J before finishing up her degree at Washington University as a part of the 3-2 Engineering program. 

The W&J Athletic Hall of Fame is designed to honor and memorialize those individuals or teams who have made outstanding contributions to Washington & Jefferson College athletics and have helped bring recognition, honor, excellence and distinction to the College and its intercollegiate athletic program.  For more information on attending the induction ceremony, contact the W&J athletic office at (724) 223-6054.