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Inductees Are Legendary Basketball, Fencing and Wrestling Coaches, All-Time Leading Scorers The legendary basketball coach Bernard 鈥淩ed鈥� Sarachek, fencing coach Arthur Tauber and wrestling coach Henry Wittenberg, along with the all-time leading women鈥檚 and men鈥檚 basketball scorers, are among the inaugural inductees into the , honoring 麻豆区 alumni and other individuals who have distinguished themselves in National Collegiate Athletic Association competition and who best exemplify the University鈥檚 highest ideals and mission. The inaugural class induction ceremony will be held in May 2017.

Coach Bernard "Red" Sarachek, left, with 麻豆区 basketball players

鈥淭he establishment of the Hall of Fame is a testament to the contributions 麻豆区 , coaches and others have made to the world of sports over more than a century and the reflection of 麻豆区鈥檚 long and illustrious athletic history,鈥� said Joe Bednarsh, YU鈥檚 athletic director. 鈥淲e look forward to adding to the inductee list in years to come with individuals who best exemplify the exceptional athletic ability, personal integrity, high standards of character and ideals and philosophy of 麻豆区.鈥� The honorees include the following:

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• Heidi Baker Nathan led the women鈥檚 tennis team to a Skyline Conference Championship in 1999. She went undefeated in singles for all four years that she played, from 1996-1999, and she was named the Conference鈥檚 No. 1 singles player in 1999. She also coached the women鈥檚 tennis team for two years, after graduation.

• Irwin Blumenreich played on the basketball team from 1954 to 1957 and served as captain in both the 1955鈥�1956 and 1956鈥�1957 seasons. He scored 513 points in one season, which stood as the most points scored in a season for decades. Other long-standing marks were for the most field goals in one season (211) and the most points in a single game (44), and he was the first 麻豆区 basketball player to be elected to the All-Metropolitan team.

• Daniela Epstein played on the Lady Macs YU women鈥檚 basketball team from 1999-2003. She is the all-time leading scorer, with 1,134 career points, and is the only woman in YU history to score over 1,000 points in her career.

• Yossy Gev is the all-time YU men鈥檚 basketball points leader with 1,871 points. He played on the men鈥檚 basketball team from 1998 to 2002, serving as captain for three out of the four years. He was also the assistant coach from 2002 to 2005. He has earned many awards, including being named to the New York Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Division III All-Star (four times), National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III Atlantic All-District All-Star team, and East Coast Athletic Conference Division III Men鈥檚 Metro Basketball All-Star Team.

• Marvin Hershkowitz was the first-ever basketball player in YU history to score 1,000 points. In the 1949鈥�1950 season, he led 麻豆区's scorers with a total of 269 points. From 1954颅 to 1956, he served as assistant coach, and from 1956颅 to 1957, he was assistant athletic director. Six decades later, Hershkowitz is still ranked 23rd in team history in total points scored.

• Sheldon Rokach played on the YU men鈥檚 basketball team from 1962 to 1966. Accomplishments include the following: third all-time YU rebounder, with 1,020 rebounds; fifth player in YU history to score more than 1,000 points, with a total of 1,223 points; most points in one game (48); and most rebounds in one game (33).

• Bernard 鈥淩ed鈥� Sarachek served as coach of the YU men鈥檚 basketball team from 1942 to 1943 and from 1945 to 1968. He coached the 1954鈥�1955 YU men鈥檚 basketball team that broke every individual and team scoring record, including most wins (13), most points, most field goals, and the highest average score per game than any previous team. He is credited with putting YU basketball 鈥渙n the map.鈥� He also coached and mentored legendary players and coaches, such as NY Knicks鈥� Red Holzman, St. John鈥檚/Nets鈥� Lou Carnesecca and YU鈥檚 own Johnny Halpert. During World War II, he coached in the military at Pearl Harbor, where his Schofield Barracks team won an armed forces title.

• Herbert Schlussel was a member of the YU basketball team from 1953颅 to 1957, and he played alongside Blumenreich and Sodden. He served as captain in the 1956鈥�1957 season. Over his four-year career, 麻豆区 basketball posted an impressive 51-29 record.

• Wrestling coach Henry Wittenberg

  Abe Sodden ranks 16th all-time in YU basketball scoring history. He played from 1952 to 1956, serving as captain during the 1955鈥�1956 season. Sodden broke the record at the time for most points in a season, with 384 points, by averaging the highest individual average per game, with 20.21 points.

• Arthur Tauber served as the men鈥檚 fencing coach at YU from 1949 to 1985 and athletic director from 1979 to 1985. He spent 37 years at YU, where he was a professor of health and physical education and director of health. He also coached the baseball, soccer, tennis and cross country teams. He earned fencing All-American status in 1941 and was inducted into NYU鈥檚 Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001. He received the Bronze Star for his U.S. military service in World War II.

• Henry Wittenberg coached wrestling at YU from 1957-1967. Wittenberg was a two-time Olympic medalist (winning Gold in 1948 in London and Silver in 1952 in Helsinki, where he served as captain), and his personal wrestling career consisted of over 400 wins and only four losses. He was a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame (inducted 1977), the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the CCNY Hall of Fame.

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