HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Fairleigh Dickinson University Metropolitan Campus will formally induct nine individuals and one team into the Division I Athletic Hall of Fame this fall. Louis Alberto, Jack DeRosa, Lisa Friscioni, Rebecca Ketcham, Orce Kozeski, Alex Passucci, Ephraim Serrette, Kristina Szalay and Sharline White will enter the Hall of Fame as members of the 2017 class along with the 1993 NEC Champion men's cross country team.

This year's event will take place on Saturday, October 21 at the Clinton Inn.

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2017 Fairleigh Dickinson Hall of Fame Class
 
Louis M. Alberto (1959-63) – Men's Basketball
The captain of the 1962-63 team, Alberto helped capture the Tri-State Conference title and earn a spot in the NE NCAA tournament. Selected as team MVP that season, Alberto played for Dick Holub serving as the team's point guard. Over the 1962-63 campaign he led the team in field goal percentage at 48.6 percent across his 22 games played connecting on 105 of 216 field goal attempts. Despite breaking his wrist early in his senior season, he came back two weeks later and helped lead the team back to the NCAA Tournament. He made the Second Team NCAA Northeast Regional All-Star Team, was FDU's Outstanding Player at the sports banquet, and Tristate Conference Second Team. Alberto averaged 14.1 points per game over that final senior season.
 
Jack DeRosa (1963-65) – Baseball
A member of the FDU baseball 1960s All-Decade Team, DeRosa is one of the program's greatest pitchers. DeRosa was a highly-regarded prospect out of high school, but suffered an arm injury and after a few years of rest, he was able to resume his career at FDU where he pitched three seasons recording a 2.48 earned run average over 137.5 career innings. DeRosa's best season came in 1964 when he pitched 48.2 innings with a 1.48 ERA and limited his opponents to just 29 hits. He completed his career by recording career-highs in innings pitched (57.1) and strikeouts (55), while posting a 2.19 ERA as a senior. For his career, DeRosa was just one strikeout shy of exactly a 2:1 strikeout to walk ratio. He also recorded one of the few no-hitters in FDU baseball history.
 
Lisa Friscioni (2002-2006) - Bowling
Friscioni ranks as one of Fairleigh Dickinson's top bowlers of all-time. Her 206.96 average is 10^th all-time and her career average of 200.24 is seventh in program history. Across her career with the Knights, Friscioni knocked down more pints than any other bowler, amassing a pinfall of 77,492. The three-time NCAA Tournament participant (2004-2006) took home the NCAA Championship in 2006 and was named NCAA All-Tournament Team in both 2004 and 2006. In 2006, she nabbed the NCAA Most Valuable Player honors as well as NTCA All-American First Team, NTCA All-Region MVP and NEWCBC Player of the Year. Additionally, she was a Second Team NTCA All-American Second Team honoree in 2005.
 
Rebecca Ketcham (2003-07) – Bowling
Ketcham was a key member of the 2006 NCAA National Championship team as well as a two-time All-America selection, two-time All-Conference honoree and NEC Bowler of the Year. The standout student-athlete earned NTCA All-America First Team Honors following the 2007 season and was a NTCA All-America Honorable Mention following the 2006 NCAA Championship season. Additionally, in 2007 Ketcham earned NEWCBC Player of the         Year honor and was selected as All-NEWCBC First Team in 2006 and 2007. Ketcham not only excelled on the lanes but also in the classroom where she was a three-time NTCA Academic All-American (2005-07).
 
Orce Kozeski (1999-2002) – Men's Soccer
Kozeski helped the Knights to three consecutive NEC Championships (2000-02) as the starting center midfielder. He played a key role on the 2001 NCAA Elite 8 team and in 2002 when the Knights advanced to the NCAA Second Round. Kozeski returned to FDU as an assistant coach from 2003-2015 where he helped coach the team to three NEC Championships (2003, 2008, 2012) and the 2012 NCAA Sweet 16.
 
Alex Passucci (1988-1992) – Men's Soccer
Passucci was the starting center midfielder on the 1988 and 1989 Fairleigh Dickinson NEC Championship teams, and a key contributor for the 1988 and 1989 NCAA Tournament teams. Team captain of the 1990 and 1991 squads and a All-NEC First Team honoree, Passucci parlayed his leadership skills into the coaching ranks as he rejoined the Knights in 1994 as an assistant coach. The Knights' captain served as assistant coach until 2015, guiding the team to six NEC Championships and four NEC regular season championships. Passucci's efforts culminated in the Knights' most successful season to date when the team advanced to the Elite 8 round of the NCAA Tournament in 2001. Under his tutelage, the team also made an appearance in the 2012 NCAA Sweet 16 round.
 
Ephraim Serrette (1980) – Men's Track and Field
In 1980, Serrette set the indoor school record in the 60m with a time of 6.12. The speedster went on to set the outdoor school record in 100m with a time of 10.20 and both marks still stand as tops in school history. As a junior in the 1980-81 season, Serrette won the State, Metro, and IC4A Championships in the 100m. Additionally, he placed third in the 1980 NCAA Indoor championships in Detroit in the 60m with a time of 6.23 and won the 60-yard in 6.28 at the 1980 ECAC Championships.
 
Kristina Szalay (2002-06) – Bowling
In 2005-06, Szalay was a member of the Knights first-ever NCAA National Champion women's bowling team and part of the eight-member squad that captured the NEWCBC Championship and the ECAC Championship, while posting a regular season record of 86-15. Szalay earned NCAA All-Tournament honors, NTCA Second Team All-American and All-Conference First Team selections for the NEWCBC. For her career, Szalay ranks second in career pinfall (72,956) and eighth in career average (199.33) across her 366 games.
 
Sharline White (1993-96) – Women's Track and Field
White, who was inducted in the Northeast Conference Hall of Fame back in February of this year, was a four-time NCAA Qualifier during her time as a Knight and was an All-American in the triple jump at the 1996 NCAA Indoor National Championships. From 1993-96, White won eight NEC titles – both indoors and outdoors – and was named the Most Outstanding Performer at both the 1996 NEC Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Championships. White still holds the school record in the triple jump both outdoors (13.16m) and indoors (13.08m). Those eight NEC titles were five in the triple jump, two in the long jump and one 200m.  After her senior campaign in 1996, White was named the Harriet McCormick Female Athlete of the Year at Fairleigh Dickinson.
 
1993 Men's Cross Country – Head Coach: Mike Shea
The 1993 men's cross country team etched its mark in school history by placing six of the top eight finishers at the 1993 NEC Championships. The effort resulted in a score of 21 points and arguably the best performance by a team in the NEC's history. With their performance, the 1993 Knights earned a Top 25 National Ranking, finished fifth at the IC4As and earned a Metropolitan Championship. Over the course of the season the team had signature victories over Kansas, Texas, Alabama, Boston College and Dartmouth.