Four SU Greats Selected for Hall of Fame
6/17/2011 4:08:39 PM | Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Football
Syracuse University men's basketball associate head coach Bernie Fine, former Syracuse football players Chris Gedney and John Cherundolo and Orange women's basketball player Sue Ludwig are four of the members of this year's induction class for the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame.
Fine, a native of Brooklyn, graduated from Syracuse University in 1967. He coached basketball and football at Lincoln Junior High. He became the junior varsity coach at Henninger High. After three years, he became Henninger's varsity basketball coach. In 1976, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim made Fine part of his first coaching staff. Fine owns the longest active streak of consecutive seasons at one school among assistant coaches in the NCAA's Division I.
Gedney, a senior associate athletics director at Syracuse, is 1993 Syracuse University graduate and a four-year football letterwinner. A 1992 consensus All-American tight end, Gedney set school records for receptions by a tight end in a season (34 in 1992) and career (91). He was a member of Orange teams that played in the Peach Bowl, Aloha Bowl, Hall of Fame Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl and was named to the SU All-Century Football Team.
Cherundolo, who was an honorable mention All-American offensive tackle and a third-team Academic All-American, lettered for the Orange from 1967 through 1969. He earned his B.A. from SU's College of Arts & Sciences in 1970, his M.P.A. from SU's Maxwell School of Citizenship in 1972 and graduated from the Syracuse University College of Law in 1973. Following his senior year, he earned invitations to play in the North South All-Star Game and the Hula Bowl. In 1993 he was honored as a Syracuse University LetterWinner of Distinction.
Ludwig helped lead the SU women's basketball team to the 1985 and 1988 NCAA Tournaments. She is one of only two players in Syracuse history to play in two NCAA Tournaments. She was named first-team All-BIG EAST her senior year and second-team All-BIG EAST her junior year. The Whitehall, Pa. native ender her career with 1,214 points, 529 assists and 254 steals. Ludwig won her 400th game as the head coach at Westhill H.S. last season.
The four SU greats will inducted during a ceremony on Oct. 17 at Drumlins Country Club with Solvay native Al Romano who played football at the University of Pittsburgh; former Sacred Heart High standout Gene Fisch; former University of Notre Dame president Rev. Theodore Hesburgh and Central Square track star Katy Schilly-Laetsch.
