DUDLEY, Mass. – The Nichols College Athletic Hall of Fame will induct four former standout student-athletes on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 at Chalmers Field House: Peter Johnson '67, Anthony Monte '09, Pasquale 'Pat' Pio '10, and MaryLynn Skarzenski '09. Additionally, the 1965 men's soccer and men's cross country teams will enter the Hall of Honor.
 
Opened in 1972, the Hall of Fame honors a total of 203 members: 194 former student-athletes and nine honorary members. The Hall of Honor is comprised of four teams: 1973 football, 2002 women's soccer, and this year's inductees.
 
Below is a bio on each of this year's inductees:
 
MaryLynn Skarzenski '09
Skarzenski was a four-year member of the women's basketball program who still ranks as the all-time leader in games played (115), assists (641), and steals (409). She is also No. 4 in points (1,333), No. 6 in free throw pct. (80.6), and No. 10 in rebounds (670).
 
As a freshman, Skarzenski led the Bison in minutes (930), rebounds (188), rebounds per game (6.7), assists (195), blocks (23), and steals (108). She was also third in scoring (11.0 ppg) and reached double-figures in scoring 16 times, highlighted by a 20-point outburst against Wentworth on Feb. 21, 2006. Skarzenski set a program-record with 15 assists against Anna Maria on Feb. 7, 2006.
 
Skarzenski was a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) First Team selection as a sophomore in 2006-07, when she led the Bison in scoring for the second-straight year (14.5 ppg). She also led the conference in assist/turnover ratio (2.68) and finished third in free throw pct. (79.0). Skarzenski – who received the Nancy Rossini Memorial Award as the Outstanding Sophomore Female Athlete of the Year – notched 16 games with five-or-more assists, including a 10-assists effort against Roger Williams on Feb. 15, 2007. She was also honored on National Student Athlete Day.
 
Skarzenski led the conference in assist/turnover ratio for the second-straight year as a junior and finished fifth in the nation in 2007-08. She was named to TCCC First Team and TCCC Academic All-Conference Team, and was tabbed TCCC Defensive Player of the Year after leading the conference and placing sixth in the country in steals (3.8 spg). Skarzenski led the conference in minutes played and was second in assists (5.3 apg). She was the college's Junior Female Athlete of the Year award recipient.
 
The 2008-09 campaign was one of the most decorated for any Nichols student-athlete ever as Skarzenski was named TCCC Player of the Year, TCCC Defensive Player of the Year, TCCC Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year, TCCC First Team, TCCC Academic All-Conference, and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England All-Star Second Team. She reached double figures in scoring in 20 of the team's 30 games and scored her 1,000th career point against Worcester State on November 22, 2008. Skarzenski was the MVP of the Key Largo Classic.
 
Anthony Monte '09
Monte was a four-year member of the men's ice hockey program who guided the Bison to a four-year mark of 76-29-5 (.714) and the first NCAA Tournament berth in program history (2008-09). He ranks No. 2 in career goals (84) and points (159), No. 5 in assists (75), No. 6 in penalties (74), and No. 8 in penalty minutes (172).
 
Monte burst onto the collegiate scene as a freshman in 2005-06, registering a team-high 42 points – including a team-leading 23 goals – to earn Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Northeast Rookie of the Year and ECAC Northeast Second Team honors. The 42 points is the seventh-highest single-season mark at NC.
 
As a sophomore, Monte scored at a goal-per-game clip, potting 26 goals in 26 games and finished with 37 points (26-11-37) to earn ECAC Northeast First Team honors. He finished second in the conference in goals and led the league with four short-handed markers in conference play. Monte scored four goals on three different occasions: Franklin Pierce (Dec. 3, 2006), Assumption (Feb. 10, 2007), and Western New England (Feb. 17, 2007).
 
Monte led the ECAC Northeast in scoring as a junior with 51 points (22-29-51) en route to earning Second Team honors. The 29 assists still stand as the single-season program mark as well as the ECAC Northeast record. Monte tied for the team lead and ranked second in the conference in goals with 22, led the team with nine PP goals & five game-winning goals, and led the conference with six short-handed points. A two-time conference player of the week, Monte was named a finalist for the Joe Concannon Award for the second time in his career.
 
Monte capped his stellar career by playing at a point-per-game clip (29 points in 29 games) and leading the team to their first-ever ECAC Northeast Championship as well as the NCAA Tournament. He was second on the team in PP goals (five), game-winning goals (three), and short-handed goals (one). Nichols finished the season with a program-record 25 wins against four losses.
 
Peter Johnson '67
For a two-year stretch beginning in 1965 and ending in 1967, Peter Johnson was one of the most dominant big men in college basketball. In three years in Dudley, Johnson ranks No. 8 all-time in rebounding with 588.  
 
After averaging 3.1 ppg and 3.0 rpg in 10 contests during the 1964-65 season, Johnson averaged a double-double in each of his next two seasons at Nichols. As a junior in 1965-66, Johnson scored 14.6 ppg and pulled down 11.4 rebounds in 20 games, highlighted by a 19-point, 14-rebound effort against Westfield State on December 4, 1965.
 
Johnson took his game to another level as a senior, averaging 18.1 ppg and a program-record 15.7 rpg to earn Team MVP honors. The 6-6, 225 lb. captain registered four 20-20 games:
 
Dec. 1, 1966 vs Quinnipiac: 20 points & 26 rebounds
Jan. 6, 1967 at Bridgewater St.: 28 points & 29 rebounds
Feb. 2, 1967 vs Babson: 25 points & 25 rebounds
Feb. 22, 1967 vs Sacred Heart: 27 points & 25 rebounds
 
The 29 rebounds Johnson snared against the Panthers still stands as a single-game record. Johnson finished the season with 330 rebounds, which is the second-highest season mark in program history.
 
Pasquale 'Pat' Pio '10
Pio was a four-time New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) All-New England selection. Following his senior campaign, he was named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar, an honored bestowed upon on 60 Division III golfers nationwide. Pio was the only representative from the TCCC.
 
Pio claimed the ECAC Division III Championship and TCCC Championship individual titles in his senior campaign, winning the TCCC title for the second time in his career. He was a PING Division III Third Team All-American and All-Region honoree, becoming the school's first All-American in any sport in over five years in 2009.
 
In 2008, he led the Bison to the program's first-ever NEIGA Division III title with a career-best eighth-place finish on the individual leaderboard. In 2007, Pio led Nichols to the TCCC Team Championship title while winning the Individual title as a sophomore.
 
In 49 career events, Pio finished in the top-10 on 42 occasions, the top five in 28 events, and placed first 13 times. He finished in the top-10 in all eight fall matches in 2009, and medaled at the Trinity Invitational for the second-consecutive year. Pio earned the College's Hal Chalmers Memorial Athletic Award for Dedication and Sportsmanship as a senior and was named the Nichols College Sophomore (2008) and Junior (2009) Male Athlete of the Year.
 
Pio volunteered his time with the Catch the Spirit Golf Clinic at Longmeadow Country Club and with Relay for Life. He was also a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Council.
 
1965 Men's Soccer Team*
On the strength of the strongest scoring team in college history, along with an outstanding defense, the Nichols College men's soccer team finished the 1965 campaign a perfect 12-0. The season began with a 6-1 win over Massachusetts Maritime and closed with a 3-0 win over Fairleigh Dickinson (Madison). Head coach Roland Gaudette's squad scored a program-record 81 goals and held opponents to just 16 – including four shutouts. The Bison scored 10+ goals on four occasions: 13 against both American International College and New England College, and 10 against Salem State and Westfield State.
 
The forward grouping of Jim Rattigan, co-captain Donn Norton, co-captain Adam Kreuter, and Brad Babb accounted for 51 goals, while center halfback Bob Weldon accounted for another 13. On defense, goalkeeper Bill Matulewicz made 120 saves with the help of backs Steve Potter, John Davis, Chris Willits, Bob Dublin, and Veroon Techaphaiboon.
 
Adam Kreuter led the Bison in both goals (23), assists (14), and points (37). Rattigan was next with eight goals, 18 points, and 26 points while Norton tallied 21 points (11-10-21) and Weldon went for 19 points (13-6-19).
 
1965 Cross Country Team*
The 1965 cross country program became the first in program history to go undefeated (8-0). The Bison opened the season with a resounding win over St. Anselm College and proceeded to secure two wins over both Bryant and Bridgewater State as well as wins over Barrington, Assumption, New England College, and Fairleigh Dickinson (Madison).
 
Head coach Ray White's squad was led by sophomore Dick Patterson, captain Fred Erwin, and a host of fine young runners. Patterson captured first place in every meet of the season. The North Carolina native broke the school-record for the 4.6 mile course in the first meet of the season, then proceeded to surpass his own record three times during the season, highlighted by a personal-best 24:11 in the final meet. Patterson also broke the course record at both Bridgewater State and Barrington College.
 
Erwin recorded six second-place finishes, as well as one third-place and one fourth-place finish. He ran a personal-best 24:53 against New England College. Sophomores Jim Conwell and Peter Sullivan placed high in all the meet and helped secure many of the victories. Freshmen Bill Herbert and Don MacQuarrie provided additional strength. White referred to seniors and first-time runners Hollis Morris and Bob Gardner as, "The spark that the club needed on several occasions."
 

 *reprint from 1965 Nichols College yearbook, with edits