WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College announced its 17th Athletic Hall of Fame class on Thursday and five new members will be inducted on Sept. 11, 2015 in a ceremony at the Rossin Campus Center Allen Ballroom. 

The five members of the class of 2015 are: Audrey (Taylor) Bores '03 (Water Polo), Ray Simms '58 (Football, Basketball, Track & Field -- Robert M. Murphy Award Winner), Ron Snee '63 (Wrestling), Stephan Swentkowsky '91 (Football) and R. Barry Trew '59 (Rifle).

Bores helped usher in an era of water polo excellence for W&J, starting with her Division III All-America award in 2000.  She established school records for goals (174), assists (97) and points (271), all of which stood until finally being topped in 2009.  Bores was a three-sport athlete as she also was a four-year swimmer as well as being a member of the school's field hockey team in 2002.  Following each water polo season, she was selected to the Division III All-Academic Team and was a two-time Collegiate III National Championships All-Tournament Team choice. 

Simms is the recipient of the Robert M. Murphy Award.  The Robert M. Murphy Award is named in honor of Robert M. Murphy, graduate manager of Washington & Jefferson athletics for nearly two decades.  Murphy, a 1906 Washington & Jefferson College graduate, was general secretary and graduate athletic trainer at W&J from 1906 until the time of his death in 1925.  The award bestows special recognition, in Murphy's name, to selected athletes, male or female, who exemplify outstanding lifetime achievements and induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame.  Like Bores, Simms was a three-sport standout at W&J who competed in football, basketball and track & field.  In football, Simms was selected to the All-District Team following the 1956 and 1957 seasons.  Alongside co-captain Ray Johnston, a member of the 1999 W&J Athletic Hall of Fame class, Simms was a three-year letter winner.  He earned six collegiate varsity letters overall. 

Snee claimed the 147-pound Presidents' Athletic Conference championship in 1963 with a perfect 14-0 record, becoming the fifth wrestler in school history to capture a league title.  Overall, Snee compiled one of the best records in school history at 42-10-1.  As a junior, Snee posted an 11-1 record helped W&J win its first-ever PAC team championship.  That championship also marked W&J's first PAC team title in any sport.  After receiving his PhD in Applied and Mathematical statistics from Rutgers University, he was appointed to the faculty at Rutgers, later moving to the DuPont Company where he worked for 24 years prior to starting his management consulting career.

Swentkowsky, the 1989 PAC and Observer-Reporter Defensive Player of the Year, remains W&J football's career sack leader with 43.  He is also still fourth in school history with 56.5 tackles for a loss.  Swentkowsky was a two-time All-America defensive lineman for the Presidents having been selected to the 1988 Pizza Hut and 1990 Champion All-America squads.  During the 1988 season, Swentkowsky set a then single-season record with 15.5 sacks.  He was a two-time First Team All-PAC performer and a four-year letter winner who guided the Presidents to a 35-5-1 record and four conference championships.  W&J also made three NCAA Division III playoff appearances during his years on the squad. 

Trew became the first marksman in collegiate rifle history to earn NRA Intercollegiate All-America honors in four straight seasons at Washington & Jefferson College. In his four years as a member of the W&J varsity rifle team, he won three straight national indoor championships and back-to-back national outdoor titles. He also won the overall national championship five times and was an alternate on the 1960 U.S. Olympic team.  He became the first to achieve a perfect score in the Pittsburgh-Suburban Rifle League in which he once fired six consecutive perfect scores.  In 1992, Trew was inducted into the Washington-Greene County chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. 

The W&J Athletic Hall of Fame was instituted to honor and to memorialize those individuals or teams who have made outstanding contributions to Washington & Jefferson College athletics and who have helped to bring recognition, honor, excellence, and distinction to the college and its intercollegiate athletic programs.  To be eligible for the Athletic Hall of Fame, an alumnus must have participated in a minimum of two full seasons of varsity intercollegiate competition at W&J.  Coaches, trainers, managers and any other persons who have made outstanding contributions or offered extraordinary service to W&J athletics are eligible.  In addition, alumni may be eligible for the Robert M. Murphy Award if they have made outstanding contributions or offered extraordinary service to athletics at W&J after graduation.  A public display of the plaques honoring each of the inductees will be maintained in the Eaton/Gentile Hall of Fame at Towler Hall in Cameron Stadium.