Official Publication of Wayne State University Athletic Department Winter 2018 HALLOF FAME WAYNE STATE ATHLETICS CLASS OF 2018 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Rob Fournier, esq EDITOR Jeff Weiss, Senior Associate A.D./Media Relations GRAPHIC DESIGNER 3 Amanda St. Juliana, Creative Services Coordinator WRITER Cameron Weidenthaler, Assistant Sports Information Director PHOTOGRAPHERS Mark Hicks, WestSide Photographic Chuck Andersen Michael Dubicki Jason Clark PRINTING Whitlock Business Systems 4 Madison Heights, Mich. SEND CHANGE OF ADDRESS INFORMATION TO: Office of Development Wayne State University Athletics 5101 John C. Lodge, 101 Matthaei Detroit, MI 48202
[email protected] The Warrior Within is compiled and edited by the WSU Sports Information Office. 12 TABLE OF CONTENTS From the Athletic Director 1-2 FOLLOW US Alison (Allen) Ortega and Catherine Leix, Hall of Fame Inductees 3 WSUATHLETICS.COM Joe Long & Josh Renel, Hall of Fame Inductees 4 Andrey Seryy and S. Gary Spicer, Sr., Hall of Fame Inductees 5 Athletic Performance Center Update, Tartar Twelve 6 "W" Week Information, Warriors For Life 7 Top 100 for 2017 8-9 Fall sports Academic All-GLIAC 10-11 Feature Story: Scott Perry 12-13 Hall of Fame Inductees List (1976-2018) 14-15 Alumni Weekends, Compliance Corner 16 When Jose Feliciano Lit a Fire That Almost Singed Ernie Harwell By Rob Fournier, esq, Director of Athletics The following is one of a group of stories written by Rob Fournier that appear in the Harwell Museum. This is the first of those stories -- in this case detailing when Ernie Harwell selected the national anthem singers for the 1968 World Series home games in Detroit and the "non- traditional" performance by Jose Feliciano almost cost Ernie his job.