The 1968-69 DU Pioneers hockey team won the NCAA championship and held the No. 1 ranking the entire season. The team will be inducted in the University of Denver Athletic Hall of Fame in October.
Five individuals and the 1968–69 NCAA championship hockey team will be inducted to the University of Denver Athletic Hall of Fame’s class of 2010.
Gordon Cooper, Lee Courkamp, Sara Fadenrecht, Carlene Petersen and Nancy Sampson join the 1968–69 DU hockey team, which was led by captains Keith Magnuson, Craig Patrick and Tom Miller.
The Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. Oct. 14 at DU’s Daniel L. Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness. For ticket information, contact Ruth Lipson at ruth.lipson@du.edu or 303-871-3397.
With these additions, the Athletic Hall of Fame now includes 111 individuals and eight DU teams.
2010 inductees:
Gordon Cooper was a three-sport athlete who earned nine varsity letters in baseball, football and track & field from 1949–51. He was named to the all-Skyline Conference football first team for three straight years from 1949–51. Cooper holds DU football career records for receptions (113), receiving yards (1,577) and receiving touchdowns (18), and season records for receptions (46), receiving yards (607) and receiving touchdowns (8).
Lee Courkamp was a standout on the DU cross country and track & field teams from 1961–66. He earned six varsity letters and six all-conference honors during his four years at DU. Courkamp was named the most outstanding cross country and track & field athlete from 1963–65. He holds 17 DU cross country and track & field records.
Sara Fadenrecht is the only male or female Denver basketball player to amass more than 1,800 points and 1,000 rebounds. Fadenrecht ranks first all-time in the Denver women’s basketball record book for rebounds (1,060); second in points (1,826) and free throws made (405); and third in scoring average (15.9), games (115) and 3-pointers made (131).
Carlene Petersen Chrisman started the DU women’s tennis program and turned it into a regional and national power. DU won the Colorado Tennis Conference championship in 1976 and claimed the Intermountain Division II title and placed third at nationals in 1977. Under Petersen’s leadership, the Pioneers won the Colorado Tennis Conference AIAW District II crown in 1978. Denver also placed eighth at nationals in 1982. Petersen was elected to the Colorado Tennis Hall of Fame in 2007.
Nancy Sampson has helped student-athletes succeed academically and professionally for 38 years since joining the DU business faculty in 1972. Sampson has served on the Faculty Athletics Affairs Committee, the Board of Trustees Faculty and Educational Affairs Committee, and has served as the faculty athletic representative to the NCAA for the past 15 years. Sampson actively attends and supports every DU varsity sport. She has been an advocate and champion of hundreds of DU student-athletes during her career.
The 1968–69 Pioneers hockey team won the NCAA championship after defeating Cornell and legendary goaltender Ken Dryden, 4-3, in the final. Captains Keith Magnuson, Craig Patrick and Tom Miller, and goaltender Gerry Powers, led the Pioneers to a 26-6 record, the WCHA playoff championship and a wire-to-wire No. 1 ranking during the season. Team members included: Rich Blanche, Frank Daly, Allan Genovy, Tom Gilmore, Tim Gould, Ed Hamilton, Dan Helm, Gerry Jonasson, Terry Leifson, George Morrison, Bill Pettinger, Lynn Powis, John Saville, Don Thiessen, Bob Trembecky, Randy Ward, Dale Zeman, assistant coach Harry Ottenbreit, athletic trainer Gene Bradshaw, manager Tom Sampson, and head coach Murray Armstrong.
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