OMAHA, Neb. – Omaha Athletics will welcome its three newest inductees into the UNO Athletics Hall of Fame next week. The induction will be held in conjunction with the UNO Alumni Association's annual Night of Honor on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Thompson Alumni Center.
This year's inductees include Bryan Marshall, a member of the hockey team from 2004-08;
Evan Porter, a member of the baseball team from 2006-2009, and Amy Price, a member of the women's soccer team from 2002-06.
"Our inductees this year were outstanding representatives of our department and university as student-athletes, and they continue to be great ambassadors for UNO as alumni," said
Trev Alberts, UNO's vice chancellor of athletics.
"This year's group includes an all-conference selection, two All-Americans and a national champion," Alberts added. "All three are among the best to have played their respective sports at UNO, and they are certainly worthy of a place in our Hall of Fame."
A four-year letter winner from 2004-2008, Marshall ranked second in career scoring for UNO hockey at the time of his induction with 150 points. He averaged better than a point per game while playing in 147 games in his Maverick career. He was second all-time in assists with 101, ranked ninth all-time with 49 goals and was tied for third all-time with 10 game-winners. He led the team in scoring as a senior with 43 points and was a part of UNO's nation-leading powerplay unit that had 53 goals that season. He was named a CCHA Second Team All-Conference selection as a senior.
Porter was a two-time All-American who started four years at shortstop from 2006 to 2009 for the Omaha baseball team. At the time of his induction, Porter was UNO's all-time leader in games started (239), games played (239), at-bats (869), hits (323), doubles (75), home runs (43), RBI (249) and total bases (527). For his career, he batted .372 to rank sixth in school history, as well as second in career runs scored (215) and seventh in slugging percentage (.606). Porter holds single-season records for games started (61), games played (61) and hits (97).
Price was named an NSCAA Second-Team All-American as a freshman in 2002 and led the Mavericks to the 2005 Division II national championship as a senior where the goaltender was named defensive MVP of the NCAA Tournament. Price earned NSCAA all-region and NCC all-conference honors twice in her career. At the time of her induction, Price was UNO's career leader in saves (288), save percentage (.837), wins (70) and shutouts (41.5), and she finished her career with a 51-8-4 record. She was also an academic standout, earning academic all-district honors in 2003, academic all-conference in 2004 and NSCAA Second-Team Academic All-American in 2005.
The UNO Athletics Hall of Fame was begun as a joint venture between athletics and the alumni association. Marshall, Porter and Price will join 116 other inductees enshrined in the Hall.
