HARTFORD, Conn. - Trinity College Director of Athletics Drew Galbraith has announced the 2023 Trinity Athletics Hall of Fame class. The Trinity College Athletics Hall of Fame was created to celebrate the rich history of athletic excellence at Trinity College that spans more than 160 years. The Hall of Fame honors the men and women who, through athletics participation, coaching, or service, have distinguished themselves in the field of intercollegiate athletics, brought honor and acclaim to Trinity, and contributed to the success and advancement of intercollegiate athletics at the college. The group will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame at an on-campus ceremony on September 30. 

"In 2019, we inducted our first Trinity Athletics Hall of Fame class and the reaction of our community has remained resoundingly positive. The chance to properly honor some of the greatest Bantam athletes of all-time brings our athletic, campus and alumni/ae communities together," said Galbraith. "With each successive class, we are reminded of the depth of talented student-athletes and coaches to wear the blue and gold. The time and extensive deliberation by our Hall of Fame Committee is greatly appreciated. This year's class continues in the tradition of outstanding honorees and we congratulate the entire class on this honor."  

The 2023 Trinity College Athletics Hall of Fame Class

Elizabeth Bruno '12 (Women's Lacrosse)
Bruno was a four-time All-American and the NESCAC, ECAC and IWLCA National Midfielder of the Year in 2012, when she led the Bantams to the first NCAA Division III Championship title and the first women's NCAA crown in school history. Bruno is Trinity's all-time leader in ground balls and caused turnovers. Bruno helped the Bantams play in three NCAA Tournaments and Trinity posted a 54-11 record in her four years.
Bill Decker (Baseball Head Coach, Football Coach)
Decker served as Trinity's baseball head coach for 22 seasons, football defensive coordinator for eight years, and football head coach in 1999. As Trinity's most winning baseball coach, under Decker's lead the Bantams made NESCAC tournament appearances nine times, winning five and won the DIII National Championship in 2008.
Irving Knott Baxter '1899 (Track and Field)
Baxter was Trinity's first-ever Olympian. Baxter competed in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, France where he took home three silver and two gold medals, winning both the high jump and pole vault competitions. When he retired, he had never lost a high jumping contest.
Leanne LeBrun Dineen '89 (Women's Basketball, Softball)
LeBrun Dineen is Trinity women's basketball's all-time leading scorer with 1,258 points and batted .366 with a 31-12 record, a 2.25 ERA and 182 strikeouts in over 295 innings pitched in her softball career.  LeBrun Dineen helped the Bantam softball squad to four post-seasons and NIAC Championship titles in 1987 and 1989. 
Hobie Porter '76 (Men's Soccer, Men's Squash, Men's Swimming and Diving, Men's Tennis, Men's Track and Field)
Porter was a member of the 1976 undefeated squash team. He was named the Brian Foley Captain winner and MVP of the team multiple times. He competed for the Bantams in five different sports and was awarded the Blanket Award for being a ten-time varsity letter winner, which in 1976, no other athlete in Trinity's history had received.
Susan Proctor '80 (Women's Rowing)
Proctor captained Trinity women's rowing to an undefeated season and the Dad Vail Regatta title in 1980.  She was a three-year oarswoman in Trinity's varsity eight, helping the boats also go undefeated in 1979 and finish second at the Dad Vail Regatta and first in the Dad Vail Overall Points Trophy Standings that year.  Proctor competed for Team USA in the pairs event in 1981, 1982 and 1983.
Tyler Rhoten '06 (Men's Basketball)
Rhoten scored over 2000 points during his time at Trinity. Rhoten was the all-time leading scorer by over 300 points. He was awarded All-American three times, National All-Rookie in '03, All-district/all-Region three times, All-ECAC three times. Rhoten was NESCAC player of the year in 2006.
Kim Weiss '11 (Women's Ice Hockey)
Weiss, the NESCAC Women's Ice Hockey Player of the Year in 2011, is Trinity's all-time leading goal scorer for a single season and for a career.  She is the only Trinity women's ice hockey player in program history to total over 100 points in her career.  Weiss earned All-NESCAC honors four times and led the Bantams to a 70-24-11 record and their first NCAA Division III Championship Tournament in 2010.

Inducted in the Team, Group or Boat Category
David Brown '73 and Ric Ricci '73 (Men's Rowing)
Brown and Ricci won the pair without coxswain event at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship in both 1972 and 1973. They were finalists in the event at both the 1972 Olympic Trials and the Henley Royal Regatta in England.  Brown, who passed away in 2006, served as president of Friends of Trinity Rowing and had a Trinity crew shell that bears in name christened in 2014.  Ricci was a Trinity captain and has coached rowing at Connecticut College for almost 50 years.