Jan. 23, 2003

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. - Three outstanding former student-athletes, T.R. Keller, Jodi Urich Lavenberg and Barbara Vassallo McNally, and St. Bonaventure's longest-serving coach, tennis mentor Dr. Pat Panzarella, will join the ranks of St. Bonaventure University's athletics greats when they are inducted into the University's Athletic Hall of Fame on Feb. 15, 2003.

"These four inductees embody the pride, accomplishment and service that such an honor represents," said vice president and director of athletics Gothard A. Lane. "They are worthy additions to our storied Hall, taking their place alongside such greats as John McGraw and Hughie Jennings, Ted Marchibroda and Bob Lanier."

The four will be inducted in a ceremony beginning at noon Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, in the Robert R. Jones Board of Trustees Room, Doyle Hall. A reception will follow in the Hall of Fame in the Reilly Center. Keller, Lavenberg, McNally and Panzarella will also be recognized during the men's basketball game against the University of Massachusetts at 7 p.m. that evening. For more information or to receive an invitation to the ceremony, please contact SBU's department of athletics at (716) 375-2282.

Keller holds virtually every St. Bonaventure record on both the one- and three-meter diving springboards. Named the Atlantic 10 Diver of the Year during both his junior and senior seasons, Keller was the conference three-meter champion both years. He also captured the conference title in the one-meter springboard as a senior in 1987. Keller also enjoyed success on regional and national levels, advancing to the Eastern Intercollegiate Championship meet and the NCAA Eastern Regional Championships each of his four years. He capped his career in style by earning Eastern Intercollegiate Diver of the Year honors and finishing fifth at the NCAA Eastern Regionals as a senior. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., he earned a bachelor's degree in finance in 1987. He now resides in Sydney, Australia, where he is a senior business interruption consultant for McKenzie Consulting Group.

Urich Lavenberg was a prolific scorer on the basketball court and a model student-athlete in the classroom. Honored as an Atlantic 10 All-Conference selection both her junior and senior seasons, she scored 1,611 career points. At the time of her graduation, she stood second on St. Bonaventure's all-time scoring chart. She also totaled 522 rebounds, 259 assists and 152 steals and is one of just two St. Bonaventure players to shoot better than 50 percent from the field for her career. She was named to the Academic All-Conference team twice. As a senior in 1992-93, the College Sports Information Directors of America named her an Academic All-American. She earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education in 1993. An elementary school teacher in Eastern, Pa., she resides in her native Elliottsburg, Pa., with her husband Paul and their two children.

An NCAA Championship qualifier in both 1991 and 1993, Vassallo McNally was the finest female diver ever at St. Bonaventure. Her career peaked just as St. Bonaventure joined the Atlantic 10 Conference. In her only chance at the Atlantic 10 Championship meet, which came her senior season of 1992-93, she won both the one-meter and three-meter diving titles and was named the A-10's Female Diver of the Year. She went on to win the 1993 Eastern Intercollegiate three-meter title and was named Most Outstanding Diver at the Eastern meet. Capping her brilliant career, Vassallo earned All-America honors by virtue of her performance at the 1993 NCAA Championship. She is the only St. Bonaventure diver, male or female, to be named an All-American. Vassallo still holds all of the Bona women's diving records. The math and computer science major was equally accomplished in the classroom and was chosen an Academic All-American by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. She is employed by America Online and resides in Sterling, Va.

Panzarella had the longest tenure of any St. Bonaventure coach in any sport. He coached the men's tennis team for 29 years, from 1965 to 1994, and his teams won better than 50 percent of their matches. He also helped found the women's tennis program and was its coach for 21 years beginning in 1973. The Bona women won 64 percent of their matches under Panzarella. Combined, he amassed 333 career victories and along the way, guided both programs' transition into the Atlantic 10 Conference.