Doherty ...... Eason Bio ...... hall program

Donald J. Eason has been elected to the Hall of Fame for his considerable accomplishments in the sport of baseball. Eason, one of the great New England college pitchers of his era, spun a varsity record of 24-7 while taking the hill as a starter, short, middle, and long reliever. Along with his identitical twin, Ron, the five foot, seven-inch Easons formed one of the elite batteries in the East. Don, the lefthanded hurler with the pinpoint control, painted fastball, and dazzling array of breaking balls, took the signals from Ron, the hard-hitting catcher one half hour his senior. Argumentative sibling rendezvouses on the mound eveolved into folklore. Eason still holds the single-game strike out record, 16, which he set against American International in the final game of his junior season. Transportation problems had the Bradford, Ma. native wondering if he'd ever make it to the game, but he arrived in time to punch out 16 Yellow Jackets at Parsons Field--with no warmup. In that 9-1 victory, the Huskies bettered their most wins ever mark, and Eason upped his season K mark to 105, also a University record. Rarely did an Eason delivery not find the strike zone. In a game against Greater Intercollegiate league rival Harvard at the Stadium, Eason preserved a Husky lead in the bottom of the ninth inning by K'ing the side in nine pitches. He was the Huskies number one starter and reliever from 1952 through 1955, and Northeastern's team Most Valuable Player an unprecedented four consecutive seasons. Acclaimed as a starter, Eason was indispensable in relief. During one stretch in his ballyhooed junior year, Eason rescued five games in seven days, allowing no earned runs in 8 2/3 innings with 14 strikeouts. Injuries and a slew of one run defeats led to a disappointing sophomore season for the Eason and the Huskies, but the Red and Black rebounded behind their resilient twin battery from the North Shore for a 13- 5-1 season in 1954. It also marked the third of four appearances on the prestigious GBI All Star squad for the diminutive portsider. In each of his first three varsity seasons Eason posted a sub- 2.50 earned run average, and had winning records while appearing in nearly every game. Coach Gallagher also recognized Eason as a dangerous line drive, contact batter and employed him frequently as a pinch hitter. Such performances as the 16-strikeout capper, and a 3-hit, shutout over Boston College in his junior season were fresh on the minds of area scouts and the brothers signed a professional contract with the Milwaukee Braves of the National league. Ron and Don signed as a package, and both played one year in the Braves system in lawton, Oklahoma. Eason had an impressive 15-8 season and was second in the league in E.R.A. and strikeouts before being drafted into the Army just two weeks before the season ended. The son of Mercedes and Burt Eason, a semi-pro pitcher out of Gloucester, Don Eason and his brother represented the celebrity high school and legion ball battery of their time on the North Shore. An outstanding all around athlete, Eason consented to his father's admonition to drop football for baseball. His impeccable control and sinking fastball became legendary in the high school ranks, where he was an aggregate 24-6. Playing for coach Felix Andress, he pitched Haverhill High School to several State Tournament berths, with brother Ron flashing the signals. Masterful Tourney outings as a senior--when HHS was undefeated in league play- at lynn's Manning Bowl, and at Fenway Park, where he three-hit Natick, brought scholarship overtures from Holy Cross and New Hampshire. However,it was the prodding of fellow Northeastern Hall of Farner Kerkor "Koko" Kassabian, himself a North Shore native, that eventually landed the Easons in the office of Herb Gallagher in August of 1951. The rest is history, as he went on to star on the diamond and in the classroom at Northeastern. Eason received his degree in Business Administration from the University in 1956, and his M.B.A. in 1969. A success in business, he has been an executive with the Raytheon Company for the past 33 years. He and his wife Mary, whom he met while on 30-day leave from the Army, are the proud parents of Douglas, Bruce, and Michael and reside in Brockton. doherty ...... Cameron ...... hall of fame ... . Kymberl y Cameron of New York has been elected to the Hall of Fame for her accomplishments in the sport of basketball. Cameron, one of the top scoring and rebounding presences in women's eastern college basketball in the early nineteen eighties, graduated as the University's all-time point leader, and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Respiratory Therapy in June, 1986. A dynamic player from both the perimeter and inside the paint, she still holds the game, season, and career University records for blocked shots. Her defensive efforts set up Northeastern's vaunted transition game of that era and contributed to her wide acclaim as one of the complete players in women's collegiate basketball. Eye-opening performances were run of the mill for Cameron, and they usually came against the iron. She had 26 points and 12 rebounds against Syracuse, 25 points and 13 boards versus Boston University, and 22 points and 11 caroms in a contest against the University of North Carolina. A great player with a flair for the dramatic, she blocked a shot in the closing seconds against Providence to vault the Huskies into a post-season match with Providence, and followed that effort with another double-double against Rutgers, the eventual AIAW Regional Champion. She is currently the University's second all-time scorer with over 1,300 points, and its fourth all-time rebounder. On top of all her physical skills, Cameron was a natural leader and a player of considerable popularity amon g:_ ~ J) athletic peers and classmatesJ - she was a co-captain of the ~n Huskies as a sophomore, junior, and senior. ~ ~ . · Predictably, accolades fell her way in the course of an ~71 -' extraordinary four-year hoop tenure in which her game got better ~t~ and better each fa l l . She made the EC A C a l l s t a r team a s a j u n i or ~"~ v~ and senior, the Fast Break all region first team as a senior in 1984, and the prestigious Kodak district All America team three straight seasons. She was also a multiple conference Player of the Week selection, and earned a berth on the Dial Classic All Tourney Team. She capped her senior season by accepting the Northeastern Black Alumni Athlete of the Year Award. Cameron was also a player who elevated her game in the face of ad v e r s i t y . ..S.ocv h CYYY\ o~ e._ Diagnosed as diabetic after her ~ AiSd year, she proceeded with her intense academic/athletic agenda to reach new levels of achievement in both the classroom and on the hard wood. Showtime status applied to Cameron in her high school days in the Big Apple's Lower East Side, as well, but not to just one endeavor. She lettered in basketball, volleyball, softball, and track at McBurney High School, where she set the school record with a remarkable 36 point, 25 rebound performance. She previewed her zealous career as a college student at McBurney, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. The Robert Ross McBurney medal went to Cameron as a senior in 1980. Kym is a successful product of the Co-operative Education ranks, as a Respiratory Therapist in the Neonatal Practitioner Care unit of Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx. doherty ...... Hall Bio ...... Walsh

James H. Walsh IV has been elected to the Hall of Fame for his achievements in football and hockey. Walsh an elite member of the short list of New England college athlet;s who played both sports, was a superb middle linebacker and punter and an all star defenseman in hockey. His collegiate concentration on the ice and gridiron precluded his attention to baseball, track and field, and tennis, endeavors in which he excelled during his high school days at Catholic Memorial. s Walsh, a 1984k graduate of Northeastern's College of Criminal Justice, played five seasons of professional hockey with the , Hartford Whalers and Los Angeles Kings organizations. Acclaimed as one of the fiercest hitters in Eastern college football, Walsh was a walkon freshman who went on to call the defensive signals for four seasons as a middle linebacker. As a junior he recorded nine interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns. He was also an exceptional punter who had a string of 40 punts with negative yardage returned. A senior co-captain with Dan Ross, Walsh was a second team All New England pick at linebacker. In hockey, Walsh was also an indispensable impact player as a rugged defenseman with a blurry shot from the point. He was one of the ECAC's premier blueliners and overcame a near­ career ending eye injury to make the prestigious Pre-Olympic Sports Festival Team in Colorado Springs in 1979. He played well enough in the Rocky Mountains to be one of the last defensemen cut, enticing Buffalo General Manager Scotty Bowman to offer him a three-year contract with a signing bonus. A product of the playgrounds and ponds of the Chestnut Hill section of Newton, Walsh foreshadowed a prolific college tenure at Northeastern as a multi-sport phenom at Catholic Memorial. nn At C. M. u n d e r he ad c o a c h J i m ....C...o !!:; e r , Wa l s h wa s a g u a r d and defensive end on a squad that lost Just one game in four seasons. As a senior, he earned All Scholastic honors and led C.M. to the High School Superbowl in 1974. In hockey, he captained the squad and helped carry it to the State semifinals at Boston Garden as a freshman. Walsh also showcased his prowess in sports by lettering four years in varsity tennis and three years in track and field. As a junior, he was third in the State Meet in the javelin competition. He went on to the Taft School, where he starred both ways on the undefeated, New England Prep School Championship team, while also lettering in baseball, tennis, and track. A success on and off the playing surface--be it ice, gravel, hardwood, tartan, macadam, or grass--Walsh is a reflection of one of the respected 1 i neages in Newton. He is currently an officer in the family-owned Walsh Brothers Construction, a 90-year-old firm founded in Cambridge by his great grandfather and grand uncle, emigrees of County Cork, Ireland. The current Walsh clan is run by Jim Walsh Ill, a former basketball letterman at Holy Cross, and the family's best athlete, the former Annellen Comerford, a tennis player and the daughter of former Boston College All America end, Tony Comerford. Jim is single and resides in Cohasset, the bbase for his frequent deep-sea fishing expeditions .

• doherty ...... Hall Bio ...... Holmes ... .

Michael E. Holmes has been elected to the Hall of Fame for his achievements in . Holmes, a 1978 graduate of Northeastern's Business Administration program, is the University's all-time leading scorer for defensemen and a former two-time captain of the Huskies. With career totals of 25 goals and 127 assists in four varsity seasons, Holmes stands in ninth place on the all-time scoring list, and also holds the University career assist record. A Montreal native who grew up in California, Holmes emigrated to the Right Coast to establish himself as one of the dominant players in the mid-seventies. His impact upon eastern college hockey was immediate, as he won the team Rookie of the Year Trophy with record­ shattering numbers. As a freshman in 1974, he fashioned a 6-30-36 aggregate to set single-season records for assists and points. The Huskies of Fern Flaman benefited immensely from Holmes' blueline choreography, as they went 15-11-2 and defeated several top twenty squads. Along the way of a most conspicuous Eastern College Athletic Conference debut, Holmes set another record when he set up five goals against Clarkson. Holmes had barely scratched the surface as one of the emerging players in the division 1 ranks. Railro~d tie tough and the owner of superior ice vision and stick-handling skills, Holmes proved his rookie season was no fluke as he came back with a 4-29-33 sophomore campaign when the Huskies dropped seven one-goal contests. His leadership skills had become obvious, too. The 6'1, 190 pounder was appointed captain as a junior, an uncommon college hockey privelege. He responded to the challenge with his marquee season, canning 10 goals en route to rewriting the Northeastern record books. By no coincidence, he was also one of the Huskies best penalty killers. As a junior, He set five records for defensemen: most points in a season (43); most assists in a season (33); most goals in a career (92); most goals in a season (10); and most points in a career (112). He packaged his amazing junior season with the Most Valuable Player Award for the 11-16-0 Huskies. Re-elected to the captaincy again, Holmes was on to bigger and better things as a senior in 1977-78. Again, he commanded ice time with regular shift, powerplay, and penalty­ killing duties, and more and more attention from scouts. He registered a six-point night against Colgate, and was spectacular in his commonly unspectacular style. Rangy number 3 re-edited the record books a final time with a second straight (5-30-40) 40-point-or-better season. A career that was amazingly consistent paved the way to a successful tryout with the Boston Bruins. He went on to play two full seasons in the Bruins organization (1978-79, 1979-80) with the International Hockey league's Grand Rapids club, while earning Best Defenseman team honors both seasons. Mike is a 1972 graduate of El Cerrito High School in Richmond, California and opted to play two seasons of Junior B hockey in Canada with the Penticton (British Columbia} Broncos before heading to the collegiate rank~!"~ N~;~~~astern. He and his wife Patricia ·"(\' ~ :-J "-....YVV\)t\' and young son Christopher reside in San Ramon, California, where Mike is a Computer Corporation Account Manager and pursuing a Masters Degree in Business Administration . DOHERTY ...... Hall Bio ...... Shea

Medford native Kevin Francis Shea has been elected to the Hall of Fame for his considerable accomplishments in the sport of basketball. Shea, one of the University's acclaimed all around players, helped establish Northeastern as a dynamic program in the early days of its division 1 status. He was a major factor in one of the most successful varsity runs in Northeastern hoop history, as the Huskies went 47-17, including a 17-4 ledger under his senior year captaincy, the 1970 -71 campaign, which matched the University record for fewest defeats in one season. Shea's senior season featured a 10-game winning streak, and a pair of lopsided victories over arch-rival Boston University. Shea typically had virtuoso performances that showcased his rebounding, shooting, and defensive skills. He was annually among the team leaders in both scoring and rebounding, and was one of Dick Dukeshire's ironmen, having made the starting tap in every varsity contest. Husky basketball recognized his eclectic play after the stunning 17-4, 1971 season, in which he led the team in assists and scored 13 points per game. A 6'4 schoolboy center at Malden Catholic, Shea also managed nearly five rebounds per game from his point guard position en route to garnering the Alumni Trophy as Most Valuable Player. Shea's impact on New England college basketball came long before his final season, however. He earned a starting job at guard in his first varsity season, 1968-69, and was the team's third-leading scorer behind Leo Osgood and Carleton Chandler. He also swept the backboards for over six caroms per game. With their precocious sophomore guard playing with great confidence, the Huskies knocked off Boston University twice, including the title game of the Colonial Tournament when Shea rebounded a Husky miss and scored with time running out . As a junior, Shea made the permanent shift to guard, and was the squad's best shooter, canning 53 percent from the floor. His jumping ability and knack for positioning once again made him a huge factor at both ends of the glass, as he was third in rebounding with 6.2 per game. The Huskies went what Shea considered a "disappointing" 14-8 but they had their moments with talent like Fran Blais, Bill Moore, Jim Moxley, and Jack Maheras roaming the hardwood. Northeastern blasted BU, 89-71, and took long-time rival Springfield to task, 97-74. As a senior, he capped a brilliant career with the team Most Valuable Player Award, and the MVP trophy in the Scranton Holiday Tournament, in which the Huskies defeated Buffalo, 80 -61, and host Scranton, 66-56, for the title. As team captain, he was a concensus All New England selection. Shea was a high school hoops legend before he earned that status at the collegiate level . He was a forward, center, and sometimes guard for former Husky star John Malvey at Malden Catholic, where he also captained the baseball team as a fleet-footed outfielder. He was All Scholastic in basketball as a senior and made the All Catholic Tournament team. Collegiate overtures were made by Boston College, but Malvey's influence and the opportunity to take part in a program on the acute upswing landed Shea on Huntington Avenue to play before packed Cabot Gymnasium crowds. He would commute with fellow Northeastern undergrads on a daily basis, and perform for many of them at once a week at Cabot Gym. While the success of the Dick Dukeshire-led teams closed Cabot Gym doors to overflow crowds, it opened many for Shea, who was also an outstanding student in the Political Science curriculum. He left Northeastern to play professionally as a player-coach In Portugal from 1971- 1973, when he was invited to try out for the Baltimore Bullets of the National Basketball Association. In his European stint, Shea averaged 46 points per game. Following tenures as an assistant basketball coach at Framingham State and with the Bureau of Pupil Services in the Cambridge School Department, he is a Vice President with the Owens Companies. Kevin is single and resides in Belmont.