ASTON, Pa. – On Saturday, October 17, Neumann University inducted four new members into the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Judy Allen contributions to Neumann University began in 1981 as she took on the opportunity to become the women's tennis coach. In just a few short years, she would take on the added duties of the men's tennis team. From 1981 to 1998 – 17 years – Judy led both programs, teaching the game and art of tennis to students who just wanted to try it once and then decided to stay on because they enjoyed Judy's coaching and friendship. Judy enjoyed coaching those student-athletes who wanted to try and raise their game to another level.
Rachael DiCicco was a two sport athlete in field hockey and women's lacrosse. Over her four years at Neumann, her leadership, determination and wanting to be the best teammate she could be came shining through. In 2008, she led the field hockey team to their first ever conference championship and NCAA tournament appearance, earning the MVP recognition for the CSAC Conference tournament and CSAC Player of the Year. Never one to pass up a shot, she graduated as the second leading goal scorer in school history and still ranks fourth overall. She currently still ranks first in game-winning goals with eight.
Donald Seeger graduated from Neumann University in 2001 but not before he established the benchmarks for achievement in men's lacrosse. Don came to Neumann at the invitation of Coach Randy Mills and along with Pete Nazario the three of them put the Neumann University men's lacrosse program on the map. As a team, they led the Knights to the school's only ECAC Championship in 1999. Individually, Don was setting the bar for achievement. Similar to the lacrosse legends Gary and Paul Gait, Don became the legend of Neumann University lacrosse. Even today he holds the school records for most points scored with 218. He is still first in total goals with 165. He tops the list with most "man-up" goals with 15. And he is second in all-time points per game with 8.07.
Rahim Washington was a member of the men's basketball team. He used basketball as his vehicle and Neumann as his compass to carve out the chance to play basketball and more importantly blossom into a teacher and mentor to many others. The basketball teams Rahim played on were very successful, some of the most successful teams in Neumann history, getting to the conference championship game twice. While there were several excellent team members on those teams, the heart and soul of them was Rahim. As he matured he became their leader mentally and spiritually. Traits that would serve him well after he graduated. To this day, Rahim ranks third all-time in scoring; second all-time in steals and fourth all-time in scoring average. When he graduated he was second all-time in assists.
