Jan. 31, 2008

WASHINGTON - The American University Department of Athletics and Recreation honored the athletic achievements of Gabrielle Csepe, `96, Scott Pearson, '98, and Stacey Siu-Butt, '98, with induction to the Stafford H. 'Pop' Cassell Hall of Fame as its 39th class. The ceremony took place on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 6 p.m. in the University Club at Mary Graydon Center on AU's main campus.

The Stafford H. Cassell Hall of Fame was created in 1969. Sponsored by the Cassell Family, the Hall of Fame was developed to recognize the achievement of individuals associated with American University Athletics and Recreation. The Hall of Fame's first induction class included basketball and football standouts W. James Birthright and Bruce R Kessler, football, track and boxing star Joseph P. Carlo, and former Athletics Director, head coach, and three-sport athlete Hugo "Dutch" Schulze.

The inductees, Csepe, Pearson and Siu-Butt, each made countless contributions to the women's swimming team, men's soccer team, and field hockey team, respectively. Csepe holds the distinguished honor as AU's first female All-American and is still the only All-American and Olympian from the women's swimming team. Pearson is among AU's top-10 in career goals, career assists, career points, single-season goals and single-season points. Siu-Butt remains to this day the most prolific scorer in AU field hockey history with 247 career points on 103 career goals and 41 career assists.

For a photo gallery of the night's events, click here.