Staten Island, NY – Wagner College Athletic Director Walt Hameline has announced that five former student-athletes will comprise the 2014 Seahawk Hall of Fame class: Joe Francisco (Class of 1999, Baseball), Willie Morris (Class of 1989, Football), Rick Sarille, (Class of 1999, Football), Danny Seigle (Class of 1998, Men's Basketball), and Amanda Young (Class of 1999, Women's Basketball).
 
These five former Seahawk greats were selected on the merit of their athletic prowess and will be inducted on October 4, 2014 when the Green & White host Alderson Broaddus at 6:00 pm. The Class of 2014 will be formally inducted at a 2:00 pm ceremony in the VIP Room on the Spiro Center's second floor, before being publicly recognized at halftime.
 
The Hall of Fame, in 2014, will enjoy its 24^th year of nominating, selecting and displaying those Wagner athletes who have distinguished themselves as extraordinary representatives of the Green & White. With the addition of these five individuals, the number of members in the Wagner Hall of Fame will grow to 165, each representing the best among the thousands of student-athletes who have dedicated themselves to competition in the name of Wagner College.
 
Joe Francisco was a two-time All-NEC First-Team Selection (1998, 1999) who set 11 Wagner single-season and career records during his three seasons as an outfield for Seahawks. As a senior in 1999, he turned in arguably the finest season ever by a Wagner position player en route to becoming an NCAA Division I All-Region selection as well as an All-American nominee. Francisco batted a school-record .436, which was eighth in the nation, while recording a then school-record 71 hits. He also finished the season with 46 runs scored and 30 stolen bases, figures that, at the time, both ranked No. 2 in school history. As a sophomore, the Queens, NY native swiped a then school-record 33 bases to go along with 27 as a junior. In each of this three seasons at Wagner (1997, 1998, 1999), he ranked among the Top 15 in NCAA Division I in stolen bases. His .374 career batting average remains the second-best mark in program history while his then school-record 166 hits are currently tied for 13th overall. Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 32nd round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, he went on to play for the Class-A Jamestown Jammers of the NY-Penn League and Johnstown Johnnies of the Frontier League.
 
Willie Morris was one of the most dominant offensive lineman in Wagner history, which speaks volumes given the Seahawks' tremendously-rich history along the O-line. Physically imposing at 6-5, 275 pounds, Morris was a productive, reliable and durable performer throughout a career which spanned from 1985-1988. The ultra-athletic Melrose, NY native played an integral role as a junior in helping lead the Seahawks to the 1987 Division III National Championship. The four teams that Morris helped anchor along the offensive line combined for a sparkling 39-7 (.848) winning percentage as none of those teams lost more than two games in a season. Wagner compiled records of 9-2 in each of his first two seasons on Grymes Hill in 1985 and 1986. In each of those seasons, the Seahawks captured the ECAC Championship. The 1987 team streaked to a 13-1 record, highlighted by the Division III National Title. As a co-captain in his senior year of 1988, Morris helped lead the Green & White to an 8-2 mark and an appearance in the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals. His stellar season earned him Pizza Hut First-Team All-American honors, in addition to being named Football News Third-Team All-American.
 
Rick Sarille was a record-breaking, uncommonly productive and durable running back/kick returner and one of the most accomplished players in Seahawk history. The hard-nosed, Miami, FL native ranks No. 1 in Seahawk history in seven major statistical categories: Rushing yards (5,290), All-Purpose Yardage (7,338), Scoring (334), Carries (965), Touchdowns (55), Kickoff Returns (64), Kickoff Return Yards (1,682).  The 5-10, 195-pound Sarille rushed for 100 yards or more 27 times in his career and exceeded the 200-yard mark on eight different occasions. Sarille was a 1999 Associated Press First-Team All-American All-Purpose Back, a 1997 Associated Press Third-Team All-American kick returner. A three-time All-NEC selection, Sarille was the 1999 NEC Offensive Player of the Year, a season where he also earned First-Team All-NEC honors at both running back and as a kickoff return specialist, after leading the nation in all-purpose yards with a 208.7 average per game. On September 29, 1995, Sarille rushed for a school-record 271 yards on 32 carries against St. Peter's while seeing his first action as a freshman en route to earning ECAC Freshman of the Year honors. His second-highest output was a 28-carry, 235-yard effort vs. Marist (September 28, 1996). The highest rushing game vs. an NEC opponent came on a school-record 47 carry, 220-yard afternoon (November 2, 1996) vs. Robert Morris. The first three-time captain in Seahawk history, Sarille also competed on the Wagner track & field team.
 
Danny Seigle was a multi-dimensional 6-6 small forward and one of the most well-honored and productive players in Seahawk history. Named to the 1994-1995 NEC All-Newcomer Team as a freshman, he went on to earn First-Team All-NEC honors as a junior in 1996-1997 and again as a senior in 1997-1998. The native of Carbondale, PA finished his sterling career ranked No. 6 in school history in scoring with 1,652 points. The 561 points that he tallied during his senior season of 1997-1998 currently ranks No. 10 in school history. Seigle, who also ranks No. 4 all-time in field goals made with 604, had the ability to take over a game on the offensive end. An extremely versatile performer, who could hit deep three-pointers while also possessing the ability to take his defender off the dribble, Seigle was also known as a great finisher around the basket. Following his graduation, Seigle went on to enjoy a long and highly-successful career as a professional in the Philippine National Basketball Association. The 1999 League Rookie of the Year and Conference MVP, he as a member of six championship and several All-Star teams.
 
Amanda Young delivered an impressive four-year career at Wagner from, 1995-1999, scoring 1,550 career points, which ranked fourth all-time at the time of her graduation and currently ranks fifth. Her 13.8 scoring average is tied for fifth in Wagner history. The 5-10 guard ranks sixth on Wagner all-time career list with 167 made three-pointers, while collecting 658 career rebounds, averaging 5.9 boards per game. All four of the Seahawk teams that she competed on qualified for the NEC Tournament. As a junior in 1997-1998, the Salem, NJ native helped lead the Green & White to the NEC Championship game while earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team. A member of the 1995-96 NEC All-Newcomer Team, before going on to earn First-Team All-NEC honors as a sophomore for the 18-10 Seahawks and was a Second-Team All-NEC selection as a senior in 1998-99, helping to lead the Green & White to a 16-12 record and a 13-7 mark in the NEC. In her junior and senior seasons combined, Wagner posted a 25-9 (.735) NEC record and three of the four teams she played on rank among the top 10 seasons (by winning percentage) in Seahawk history.
 
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