ASU will welcome eight former athletes to the Arizona State University Sports Hall of Fame, Vice President for Athletics Lisa Love announced Tuesday.
The 2010 selections, led by former ASU basketball star and NBA player Eddie House, include Kellee Booth (women’s golf), Amanda Burbridge (volleyball), Paul Casey (men’s golf), Shawn Charles (Wrestling), Aaron Fox (football), Attila Czene (swimming) and Dwight Phillips (track and field).
The inductees will be honored at the Hall of Fame football game on Sept. 25 vs. Oregon State at Sun Devil Stadium.
Eddie House (basketball)
House was the first ASU basketball player to earn Pac-10 Player of the Year honors in 2000.
On Jan. 8, 2000, he scored 61 points in a game against California, tying Lew Alcindor’s Pac-10 mark set in 1967.
House has played for nine NBA teams and won a championship in 2008 with the Boston Celtics. He recently signed a new contract with the Miami Heat.
Kellee Booth (golf)
Booth was a first team All-American in 1995, 1996 and 1998 and also led her team to national titles in 1995, 1997 and 1998.
Amanda Burbridge (volleyball)
Burbridge ranks third all- time in ASU volleyball history with 1,597 kills, including a school record-setting 599 her senior season.
She also earned first team all Pac-10 all four years at ASU.
Paul Casey (golf)
Casey was a three-time Pac-10 men’s golf champion and a three time All-American while at ASU.
Casey joined the PGA Tour in 2000 and has 11 tour wins.
Shawn Charles (wrestling)
Charles was ASU’s first four-time wrestling All-American and was a two-time Pac-10 individual champion.
He is currently the head coach of the ASU wrestling team.
Aaron Cox (football)
Cox was a member of the 1986 ASU football team that defeated Michigan 22-15 to win the Rose Bowl.
He is currently fourth on the ASU all-time receiving list with 2,692 yards.
Cox spent six seasons in the NFL with two teams.
Attila Czene (swimming)
In Czene’s only year with the Sun Devils, he became an NCAA champion and pushed ASU swimming into the nation’s top-10.
He was only the sixth NCAA champion in ASU men’s swimming and diving history.
He also holds two individual ASU records.
Dwight Phillips (track and field)
Phillips won both the long jump and triple jump Pac-10 title in 1999.
He later went on to win the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the long jump.
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