ITHACA, N.Y. -- Thirteen new members, including four All-Americans, have been selected for induction into the Cornell University Athletics Hall of Fame.  The induction ceremonies will be held at a future date. 

The All-Americans who will be inducted are Louis Dale '10, men's basketball; Sean Greenhalgh '05, men's lacrosse; Troy Nickerson '10, wrestling; and Ryan Wittman '10, men's basketball.

Also selected to be enshrined in October are Lauren Benson '10, women's basketball; Jim Case, Special Category; Jeff Foote '10, men's basketball; Colin Greening '10, men's ice hockey; Alyson Intihar '10, softball; Elise Menaker '10, softball; Megan Mushovic '10, volleyball; Tracy Quinn '00, softball; and Bryan Walters '10, football.

The Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame was initiated in 1978. It became a reality through the thoughtfulness and generosity of the late Ellis H. Robison, Class of 1918, whose devotion, advice and financial support to his alma mater started immediately upon graduation from the university.

A brief biography of each of the 13 inductees follows.

Lauren Benson '10, Women's Basketball
Benson was a three-time All-Ivy selection, having been named honorable mention as a sophomore and second team as both a junior and senior. She graduated as the school's all-time leader in career assists (515), games played (109), minutes played (3,544) and games started (97). She also held the Big Red record for assists in a game (12) and season (156), the latter coming during the program's first Ivy League championship season (2007-08). Benson was the first player in the history of the Cornell women's basketball program to tally at least 700 points, 500 assists, 300 rebounds and 100 steals in her career, and left the program ranking in the top 20 of 12 statistical categories. She was twice named Ivy League Rookie of the Week as a freshman and was Ivy Player of the Week one other time during her career.

Jim Case, Special Category
Case served more than three decades as associate athletic trainer for the Big Red and was part of the fabric of the football and men's lacrosse programs in particular. He stood tall for the department during some of its most challenging times. Case was instrumental in the response to the death of men's lacrosse student-athlete George Boiardi '04 and helped the program find ways to continue to honor his legacy. His practical sensibility helped the department's reaction to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic crisis before passing away unexpectedly in March of 2020. He joined Cornell in August 1988, just months after receiving his master's degree in physical education from Western Michigan. Case earned his bachelor's in sports medicine with a minor in exercise science in 1986 before spending time as an intern with the Detroit Lions. He served on the training staffs of the 1990, 1994 and 1998 World Lacrosse team tryouts, as well as trainer for the 1994 (Manchester, England) and 1998 (Baltimore, Md.) national teams at the World Lacrosse Championship.

Louis Dale '10, Men's Basketball
A four-time All-Ivy League pick, including a three-time first team selection, Dale was exceptional throughout his career in helping lead Cornell to three conference titles and NCAA appearances. The two-time Bob Cousy Award nominee as the nation's top point guard, Dale set the school's career assist record with 470. He became one of five Ivy League players to post 1,300 points, 400 rebounds, 400 assists and 100 steals in a career. He was named Ivy League Player of the Week five times and Rookie of the Week six times during his four seasons as a starter. Dale was named honorable mention Associated Press All-America as a sophomore in 2008 after being selected as Ivy League Player of the Year. He graduated ranked among the school's top 10 all-time in scoring (third, 1,452), 3-pointers (fifth, 164), 3-point percentage (fifth, .401), free throws made (third, 332) and free-throw percentage (third, .838), among other categories. He was twice named the NABC all-district second team. Dale led the conference in assists (4.7) while also setting a career high in steals (42) in his final season when he posted 12.8 points, 4.7 assists and 2.9 rebounds and shot 47 percent from the floor, 39 percent from 3-point range and 85 percent from the charity stripe. He was outstanding in three NCAA tournament games in helping Cornell to the Sweet 16 in 2010, averaging 21.3 points and 4.0 assists while shooting 51 percent from the floor. Following graduation, Dale played in the top division in Germany before injuries cut his professional career short.

Jeff Foote '10, Men's Basketball
A two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, Foote earned all-district accolades his final two seasons suiting up for the Big Red. A first-team all-Ivy and all-district pick as a senior, he was a second-team selection on both teams as a junior and took home second-team All-Ivy accolades as a sophomore as well. The five-time Ivy League Player of the Week led the team to a 68-19 (38-4 Ivy) overall record, three Ivy titles and three NCAA tournament appearances during his career. Foote was named tournament MVP as the Big Red won the 2009 Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival. Despite playing just two and a half seasons after transferring from St. Bonaventure, Foote amassed 957 points, 634 rebounds, 182 assists and 159 blocks in 87 contests, shooting 57 percent from the floor. He graduated as the school's leader in field goal percentage for a game (1.000, 8-for-8 vs. Boston University in 2008), season (.625 in 2009-10) and career (.573) and was third in career blocked shots (159). His 65 rejections as a senior tied the Cornell single-season record, while his 64 the year before ranks third. He was selected to play in the NABC Senior All-Star Classic at the Final Four. After graduation, Foote was an all-star in the NBA D-League before a short stint with the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA, becoming the first Cornellian in more than 50 years to appear in an NBA game when he scored four points with four rebounds against the Denver Nuggets.

Sean Greenhalgh '05, Men's Lacrosse
Greenhalgh earned All-American honors twice during his career, taking home a third-team selection as a senior after an honorable mention nod as a sophomore. He was the 11th Cornellian to earn Ivy League Player of the Year honors when he won the award in 2005, joining Paul Schimoler '89 as just the second player in program history to follow up an Ivy Rookie of the Year accolade with the league's top honor. As a senior, the attackman led all active Division I players in career goals with 139 and was second on the team during his season in both goals (32) and points (47). Greenhalgh claimed All-Ivy recognition in each of his four seasons with the Big Red, including first-team nods in 2003 and 2005. He ended his career with 136 goals, which at the time of his graduation was second all-time in Cornell history, while his 169 career points was good for fourth all-time.

Colin Greening '10, Men's Ice Hockey
Greening was the 2010 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award winner. A second-team Academic All-American as a junior, he garnered the ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year award in 2010. The first-team All-Ivy League honoree was a candidate for the Hobey Baker Award as a senior. He was a three-time second-team All-ECAC Hockey choice and earned all-tournament team honors in 2010. Greening appeared in 137 consecutive games over the course of his Cornell career, one shy of tying the school record. He finished with 118 career points, tying him for 33rd all-time at Cornell. A two-year captain, Greening earned the department's Richie Moran Award as a junior. He finished his senior campaign with 35 points in 34 games, scoring 15 goals and adding 20 assists. Six of his goals came on the power play, while three were game-winners. Following the season, Greening, who was a 2005 draft pick of the Ottawa Senators, made his NHL debut during the 2010-11 season and played with the Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs. He earned a spot in the NHL YoungStars game in 2012. In 286 NHL games, Greening has accumulated 45 goals and 57 assists for 102 points. He won a pair of Calder Cups in the AHL with the Binghamton Senators (2011) and the Toronto Marlies (2018)

Alyson Intihar '10, Softball
Intihar, a two-time Ivy League Player of the Year, helped the Big Red to a pair of Ivy League titles and NCAA tournament appearances. The three-time first-team All-Ivy and NFCA all-region selection established 12 single-season and career records while starting all 205 career games for the Big Red. She graduated with Ivy League and school records in career hits (257), established a Cornell mark for runs scored (175) and ranked in the top 10 in batting average (.377) and doubles (47) as well as 12 other categories. Intihar was also widely regarded as one of the top defensive players at any position in the Ancient Eight. A 2010 second-team Academic All-American, she was a three-time Academic All-District team member was also a two-time Academic All-Ivy League pick. She earned All-Ivy accolades all four seasons (first team as a freshman, junior and senior; second team as a sophomore). Intihar was named to the ECAC first-team as a freshman after she led the team and placed second in the Ivy with 11 home runs. Her sophomore year she paced the conference in hits (68) and doubles (17), setting a school record, while hitting .393. She upped that average to .394 as a junior, setting a Big Red record and pacing the circuit with her 51 runs scored. As a senior, she was the toughest player in Division I to strike out (just twice in 188 at bats) while leading the conference in hits and ranking in the top 10 in five offensive categories. In her four seasons, Cornell posted a 154-52 record (61-17 Ivy) with two Ivy titles and NCAA appearances.

Elise Menaker '10, Softball
Menaker was a three-time first-team All-Ivy pick who graduated with the school's career record for doubles (53) and ranked in the top five all-time in home runs (second, 37), slugging percentage (second, .643), RBI (second, 188), runs scored (third, 156) and batting average (fourth, .363). A third-team CoSIDA Academic All-American as a senior, she was a three-time first-team Academic All-District selection. She earned first-team NFCA all-region accolades as a sophomore after leading the Ancient Eight in triples (5) and RBI (55), pacing the Big Red with home runs (12), total bases (121), and slugging percentage (.766) and hitting .399. Menaker was twice named Ivy League Player of the Week during her career. As a junior in 2009, Menaker batted .369 with a team-high 16 doubles to go along with nine home runs, 47 RBI and 41 runs scored while starting all 55 contests in helping Cornell to a conference championship. She ranked second nationally in Division I in doubles (20) as a senior, a school and Ivy season record as Cornell repeated as Ivy champs. In her four seasons, Cornell posted a 154-52 record (61-17 Ivy) with two Ivy titles and NCAA appearances.

Megan Mushovic '10, Volleyball
A four-time All-Ivy League selection, Mushovic graduated with the Ivy League record for career digs (2,040). She earned first-team All-Ivy honors as a sophomore and junior and second-team accolades as a freshman and senior. After her four- year career was completed, Mushovic had four of the top six single-season records for digs and registered school marks for digs in three-game, four-game and five-game contests. She ranked eighth nationally in digs per set as a sophomore (6.16), breaking the school single-season mark of 5.98, as well as the single-game total of 50 against Harvard. The 50 digs were the most by any player in a Division I match that season, and she had the only three matches in school history with at least 40. Mushovic also led the Big Red in service aces all four seasons, including a personal-best of five in an NCAA Tournament contest against Hofstra in 2006. She graduated with the eighth-most aces in school history (111).

Troy Nickerson '10, Wrestling
Nickerson was an NCAA champion as a junior, a two-time NCAA finalist and four-year All-American while wrestling at 125 pounds. The three-time EIWA champion received the prestigious Fletcher Award in 2010 as the senior who contributes the most team points at the EIWA tournament throughout his career. With a 97-8 career record, Nickerson ranked sixth all-time in winning percentage at Cornell in a career (.924). A four-time first-team All-Ivy pick, he earned EIWA Wrestler of the Year accolades in 2009. Nickerson was a two-year captain who finished with 38 career pins, second in school history, and received the 2009 Sheridan Award given to the wrestler that wins the most matches by fall in the least amount of time at the EIWA meet. He graduated with the two fastest falls in school history, including a record-setting 13-second win during a dual meet against Eastern Michigan as a junior. As a freshman, Nickerson burst onto the scene, winning Ivy League Wrestler and Rookie of the Year, the first male athlete in any Ivy sport to capture both awards in the same season. He also was EIWA Freshman of the Year in 2006. Nickerson was a member of four Ivy and three EIWA championship teams.

Tracy Quinn '00, Softball
Quinn was a three-time All-Ivy and NFCA All-Region selection for the Big Red. She was named to the All-Ivy first team at second base as a junior and senior after capturing second team accolades as a sophomore. She earned first-team all-region accolades in 1998 with second team nods in her final two seasons. A first-team All-ECAC pick as a sophomore and senior, Quinn graduated holding school records for games played (192) and started (188), runs scored (128), hits (207), doubles (48), RBI (96) and total bases (294) and ranking second in batting average (second, .347) and triples (second, 9). Quinn hit .408 as a sophomore as Cornell won a school-record 37 games, a mark that they broke a year later when she earned first-team honors en route to 41 victories. As a junior, Quinn was part of a Big Red squad that won its first-ever Ivy League title. In all, Cornell went 143-51 overall and 31-17 in Ivy play over her four seasons with one NCAA tournament appearance and an ECAC title. She earned Ivy League and ECAC Player of the Week accolades once each. Her six RBI in a game against LeMoyne was a single-game school record.

Bryan Walters '10, Football
Walters graduated with Ivy League records for career punt (972) and kick return (2,790) yards, and finished second on the conference's all-purpose yardage list (5,795 yards). He graduated fourth on Cornell's career reception (144) and receiving yardage (2,032) charts as well. Walters led the Ivy League and finished fifth nationally in all-purpose yards per game (171.6 ypg.), the second-best mark in a season at Cornell behind Marinaro's magical 1971 campaign that saw him finish as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. Walters earned second-team All-Ivy receiver and return specialist as a senior before embarking on an eight-year career in the NFL playing for San Diego, Minnesota, Seattle and Jacksonville. He appeared in two Super Bowls with his hometown Seattle Seahawks, becoming the third Big Red football player to earn a championship ring in 2014.

Ryan Wittman '10, Men's Basketball
Wittman was an Associated Press honorable mention All-American in men's basketball as a senior after becoming the third Cornelian to earn Ivy League Player of the Year honors, doing so unanimously. The four-time All-Ivy selection and three-time first-teamer graduated as the school's career scoring leader (2,028 points), becoming the Ivy League's fifth 2,000-point scorer overall. He graduated with school and Ivy records for 3-pointers in a season (109 in 2009-10) and career (377) and was named to the collegeinsider.com's Mid-Major All-Decade team. Wittman helped the Big Red to three Ivy titles, three NCAA tournament appearances and the school's first-ever spot in the Sweet 16 during his final campaign. The USBWA and NABC first-team all-district pick averaged 17.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists while setting an Ivy League record with his 109 3-point field goals as a senior. The eight-time Ivy League Player of the Week during his career was the MVP of the Legends Classic Regional and an all-tournament pick at the Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival in 2009-10. He ended his career as a three-time NABC and two-time USBWA all-district honoree after capturing Ivy League Rookie of the Year accolades in 2006-07. Wittman was selected to play in the NABC Senior All-Star Classic at the Final Four and was the runner-up in the 3-point contest at the event. He played for the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks in the NBA summer league team and overseas in Italy and Poland, as well as the NBA D-League, before retiring from professional basketball.