HACKENSACK, N.J. - Fairleigh Dickinson University Athletics announced Tuesday the members of the 2022 FDU Athletics Hall of Fame class. The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is scheduled to be held on Friday, February 11, at the Marriott Saddle Brook. The induction will be the first since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joining the ranks of the greatest in Knights history are four student-athletes, one coach and one team as they earn immortality as become forever enshrined in the FDU Athletics Hall of Fame.
 

On the pitch, former men's soccer student-athlete Brian Ainscough '87 made two NCAA tournament appearances ('83, '84) in the Burgundy and Blue. He captured the single-season assists record in 1983 with 14 assists, which is still first in program history. Ainscough's 109 career points rank fifth all-time. Scoring 40 goals (sixth at FDU) over his four-year career on the Hackensack, Ainscough also logged 29 assists (third). Going 3-2 in NCAA tournament fixtures played between 1983 and 1984, Ainscough was an All-American in 1986 and was also an All-NEC performer following his senior campaign.
 

1995 graduate Shane DeGannes won a program-record six NEC titles during as an indoor track performer. The two-time indoor NEC Most Outstanding Performer was a three-time champion in the 800m ('91, '93, '95), a two-time conference champion in the 1500m ('93, '95) and an NCAA qualifier in the 800m in his senior season. DeGannes finished second all-time in outdoor track and field with three NEC titles under his belt, winning the league crown in the 800m twice ('92, '93) and once in the 1500m ('93) in the elements.

A 2012 graduate of FDU, Mariyah Laury was a dominant force on the hardwood as a member of the Knights women's basketball team. The Orange, N.J. native started 24 of 30 games played her freshman season in 2008-09 and led the team in scoring, averaging 14.5 points per game (which was fourth best in the nation for all freshmen). Laury was a named a member of the All-NEC Rookie Team, scoring in double-figures in 23 games. The only Knight to start all 29 contests her sophomore season, Laury dropped 510 points. The NEC Second Teamer finished fifth on the Knights' single-season points list and second in the NEC, while averaging 17.6 points per game. In her junior season, the 5'7 guard was named to the First Team All-NEC and averaged 15.6 points per game, second in the NEC behind only the NEC Player of the Year. She was one of the top 10 shooters in the conference, ranking eighth in field-goal percentage, fourth in free-throw percentage and fourth in three-point field-goal percentage. In her junior season, Laury played in all 30 games with 26 starts and a team-leading 928 minutes. To close out a stellar intercollegiate career in the Burgundy and Blue, Laury was named to the First Team All-NEC in 2011-12 and scored a season-high 42 points at Monmouth. She averaged 17.3 points per game that season. Laury finished with a total of 1,920 career points - good for the second on the program's all-time scoring list.

A beloved figure on the diamond, former baseball head coach John Orsino will be posthumously inducted into the Knights' Hall of Fame. Amassing 125 wins in eight seasons ('70-'76, '80) as the program's head coach, Orsino led the Knights squad to a .500 or better record in five-consecutive seasons from 1972-76. During that stretch, Orsino's Knights finished with 20 or more wins three times. In 1974, Orsino led the Knights to a 22-9 record, a .710 winning percentage, which is the highest mark in program history for a season of at least 25 games played. He led the Knights to a combined 62-39-1 record across the 1973-75 seasons, including an impressive 35-12 mark in the Metro Conference. His best season resulted in 23 victories and a 12-4 conference record. Orsino coached Steve Dembowski, Bob Droste, Lou Turco, Joe Rigoli and Tom Gattoni, who are all members of the hall of fame.

Former women's bowling national champion Erica (Perez) Creutz '10 made an immediate impact when she arrived "on the Hackensack" in the fall of 2006. Creutz earned a role in the starting lineup as a freshman – one of just three on Mike LoPresti's side to compete in every event that season – and was selected to the NEWCBC Second Team in 2006-07. The first four-time All-American bowler in program history, Creutz was the 2009-10 Northeast Conference Bowler of the Year, earning the right-handed Carteret, N.J. native a back-to-back slot on the First Team All-NEC. Creutz boasted a conference-high overall frame average in league play her senior season (20.30) and recorded the highest traditional scoring average in the conference, bowling a 207.8, en route to the team's 2010 national championship title. On April 26, 2010, Creutz was featured in the "Faces in the Crowd" section of Sports Illustrated.