Aug. 26, 2004

Fort Collins - Of all the hundreds of talented Ram athletes who have passed through Colorado State over the years, only the very best have achieved the prestigious title of Hall-of-Famer. Six former Rams will join the ranks of such legends as Thurman "Fum" McGraw, Jack Christiansen, and Amy Van Dyken when they are inducted into Colorado State's Sports Hall of Fame in a ceremony on November 12 at the University Park Holiday Inn in Fort Collins. This year, the former Ram athletes selected for induction are: Stanley Albert (Men's Basketball), Shelly Borrman (Track and Field), Becky Hammon (Women's Basketball), Casey Malone (Track and Field), Sean Moran (Football), and Dan Sniff (Wrestling). Stanley Albert played basketball at CSU from 1954-58. In his sophomore year, he started at point guard and was named honorable mention All-Conference. As the seventh leading scorer in the conference his junior year, he was named to the Deseret News All-Conference First Team. In his senior year, he became the first CSU athlete ever to participate in the East-West Shrine Game. After 45 years, Albert still holds the school record for most free throws made in a career. Shelly Borrman (formerly Greathouse), one of several great CSU throwers, competed in track and field from 1994-99. CSU's first five-time All-American was inducted into the Sportswomen of Colorado Hall of Fame in 1995. The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) record-holder in the discus throw (198 feet, 8 inches) received All-Conference honors seven times (four times in the discus, two times in the shot put, and once in the hammer throw) and won the WAC Championship in the discus title three times. The highly decorated athlete also won the Mencimer award at CSU (Outstanding Female Athlete), the Virginia K. Frank award in 1999 (Outstanding Female Athlete), and the Rob Upton award (Outstanding Track and Field Athlete) four times. Borrman, who grew up in Fort Collins and attended Rocky Mountain High School, had an illustrious senior year, finishing second in the discus throw at the NCAA Championships; receiving the WAC's Stan Bates award for the league's top senior scholar-athlete; and setting the WAC discus record in her final home meet. Borrman received a B.S. in Business Administration in 1998 and a master's degree in the same area in 2000. She married fellow CSU thrower Mattias Borrman. Two-time All-American and present WNBA star Becky Hammon played basketball at CSU from 1994-99. The shooting guard averaged 21.5 points per game in her career and passed Keith Van Horn as the all-time leading WAC scorer. A three-time WAC player of the year, Hammon rewrote the record books numerous times. She set CSU records in points, assists, steals, three-point field goals made and attempted, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, and points per game. In her senior season, the five-foot, six-inch Hammon won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith award, given to the best women's player in the nation shorter than 5-8. She became an all-star for the WNBA's New York Liberty, and she currently plays for the both the Liberty and the Colorado Chill. Casey Malone is another great former Ram discus thrower who competed in track and field at CSU from 1995-2000. He became the school's first NCAA track champion in 1998 when he stole the show by unleashing a 200-foot, 2-inch throw, breaking the 23-year-old school record and defying his 11th-place ranking. The local product from Arvada was a four-time All-American and an Academic All-American for the Rams. Against international competition, Malone won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in 1996 as a freshman, placed sixth at the Goodwill Games in 1998, and placed 15th at the IAAF World Championships in Paris last year. He also won two WAC Championships and placed fifth in the NCAA while at CSU. Malone, who is now sponsored by Nike, recently achieved probably his greatest accomplishment by placing third at the U.S. Olympic Trials. He is headed to Athens, Greece in August to compete in the Olympic Games for the United States. Another former Ram who is currently competing professionally is Sean Moran, who played football at CSU from 1991-95. After competing for Overland High School and redshirting in 1991, he played in all 12 games in 1992 as an outside linebacker. In 1993, he moved to defensive end, starting all 11 games and earning honorable mention All-Conference honors. He finished the year with 45 tackles and three sacks. Moran continued to improve and impress in 1994, starting all 12 games and achieving All-Conference First Team and All-American honorable mention nods. He finished the season with seven quarterback sacks, tying for the seventh highest season total in school history. In his senior year at CSU, Moran tallied 51 tackles and six sacks. He was named to the All-WAC First Team and led the Rams by causing seven fumbles. After his career at CSU, he was selected in the fourth round (120th overall pick) in the 1996 NFL draft. He now plays for the San Francisco 49ers as a defensive end. Former Ram wrestler Dan Sniff rounds up the Hall of Fame inductees this year. Sniff wrestled at CSU from 1950-55. In his junior year, he was the NCAA runner-up at Penn State. His senior year started off promisingly, as he went undefeated all year, but he unfortunately broke his ankle and defaulted at the Skyline Conference Championships. Sniff competed in the Olympic Trials in 1952 and served as Assistant Athletics Director under Fum McGraw from 1978-83. When these six deserving athletes are inducted into the Hall of Fame later this year, they will join 90 other outstanding individuals to be considered CSU's all-time greats.