Saint Martin’s to honor six at Hall of Fame and Hall of
Honor celebration
Jan. 22, 2013
Lacey, Washington — Saint Martin’s University will induct two
alumni into its Athletic Hall of Fame and two longtime supporters
into its Hall of Honor on Saturday, Feb. 9. Saint Martin’s is also
launching the High School Hall of Fame this year, designed to
recognize individuals whose achievements are linked to Saint
Martin’s High School.
The Hall of Fame inductees are:
Andy Prentice ’05: Prentice, of
Olympia, Wash., was a two-time indoor track & field All-American in
the 800m, earning a third-place finish at the 2006 NCAA
Championships. He claimed four individual GNAC track & field
championships including back-to-back titles in the 800m in 2005 and
2006. In 2006 he was selected as the NCAA Division II West Region
Athlete of the Year as well as GNAC Athlete of the Year and GNAC
Conference Meet Athlete of the Year for indoor track & field.
Prentice holds three school records and the fourth fastest 800m
indoor time in GNAC history. He earned nine all-conference honors
(seven in track & field and two in cross country) while also earning
all-regional honors in cross country.
Emily (Thomas) Shipman ’02: Thomas, of Commerce,
Texas, was the first Saint Martin’s track & field athlete to win a
conference title. In 2001 she claimed the PacWest individual title
in the 3,000m steeplechase. Thomas earned all-conference honors in
her final two seasons in the event. She owns the school record and
held the third-fastest time in GNAC history in the 2,000m
steeplechase. During her time at Saint Martin’s, she set many school
records including those in the 10K, 5K and 3K as well as multiple
records in cross country.
The High School Hall of Fame inductees are:
Hugh Antonson ’62: Antonson, of Dallas, Texas, was a
three-sport athlete at Saint Martin’s High School in the early
1960s, competing in baseball, basketball and football. He earned
first team All-Central League honors as a sophomore and junior
playing fullback on the football team. He also earned Catholic
All-Northwest second team honors. Antonson was an all-conference
basketball and baseball player as well. He was named most
inspirational and team MVP of the basketball team, and tossed a pair
of no-hitters for the baseball team.
Jack Sareault HS’53, ’57 (posthumous): Sareault, of
Gig Harbor, Wash., competed for both Saint Martin’s High School and
Saint Martin’s College. As a high school athlete, he participated in
football, basketball, and track & field, and then went on to compete
in track & field at the College for four years. Sareault later
served as a co-coach for the track and field team for two seasons at
Saint Martin’s High School.
The Hall of Honor inductees are:
Adolfo Capestany: Capestany, of Olympia, Wash., has
been “The Voice of the Saints” at Marcus Pavilion for 28 years. He
began volunteering as the school’s public address announcer for
men’s and women’s basketball games in 1985. For nearly 15 years, he
also served as the volunteer sports information director for Saint
Martin’s. He has shared time and resources in support of a variety
of fundraising activities benefitting the athletics program,
including the annual golf tournament and athletic department crab
feed. Capestany also served as vice president of the Saint Martin’s
Athletic Foundation.
David Spangler, Ph. D.: Saint Martin’s President
Emeritus David Spangler, of Olympia, Wash., led Saint Martin’s
University for more than two decades, serving as president for 24
years and as a member of the engineering faculty for three years.
Under Spangler’s direction, Saint Martin’s grew its athletic
department from two sports to 13 sports. In 1998-99, he led Saint
Martin’s momentous transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II. An avid
participant in the annual Saint Martin’s golf tournament, Spangler
holds the distinction of making a hole-in-one.
The Hall of Fame/Hall of Honor event will include a pre-game
reception at 3:30 p.m. in the Norman Worthington Conference Center
with a formal presentation during halftime of the men’s basketball
game.
Saint Martin’s University is an independent four-year,
coeducational university located on a wooded campus of more than 300
acres in Lacey, Washington. Established in 1895 by the Catholic
Order of Saint Benedict, the University is one of 14 Benedictine
colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and the
only one west of the Rocky Mountains. Saint Martin’s University
prepares students for successful lives through its 23 majors and
seven graduate programs spanning the liberal arts, business,
education, nursing and engineering. Saint Martin’s welcomes more
than 1,100 undergraduate students and 400 graduate students from
many ethnic and religious backgrounds to its Lacey campus, and 300
more undergraduate students to its extension campuses located at
Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Centralia College. Visit the Saint
Martin’s University website at
www.stmartin.edu.
For additional information:
Bob Grisham
Athletic director
360-438-4368;
bgrisham@stmartin.edu
Sarah Holdener
Director of event services
Saint Martin’s University
360-412-6140;
sholdener@stmartin.edu