Keller WCC HOH

by PurpleGeezer on Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:48 pm

Kasey Keller is this year's inductee into the WCC Hall of Honor, where he will join Joe Etzel, Clive Charles, and Tiffeny Milbrett as the UP representatives.

There are 9 inductees this year, as BYU gets included for the first time.

http://www.wccsports.com/genrel/021412aac.html

Kasey Keller, University of Portland
Kasey Keller, who most recently was an all-star for the Seattle Sounders of the MLS, retired in 2011, ending a career which spanned 23 years, four World Cups and four countries. Keller, who starred at UP from 1988 until 1991 and led the Pilots to their first ever College Cup, has been named U.S. Soccer's Athlete of the Year an unprecedented three times.

Keller is the U.S. National Team's all-time leader for goalkeepers in caps (102), wins (53), shutouts (47) and World Cup qualifying appearances (31). He was named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year an unprecedented three times (1997, 1999 and 2005) and has competed in four World Cups. The native of Olympia, Wash. played more than 300 matches in three of the world's top leagues: England's Premier League, Spain's La Liga and Germany's Bundesliga.

While at UP, Keller (1988-91) was a three-time All-American and was named the collegiate goalkeeper of the year in 1991. He is still the school's all-time leader in career shutouts (43.0) and goals-against average (0.64). In 1988, he helped lead the Pilots to the school's first ever NCAA College Cup appearance. Portland, which lost to host Indiana in the 1988 semifinals, reached the post season all four seasons with Keller between the pipes.

Congrats to him. The class will be presented at the tournament March 3. This is a pretty impressive class, which includes KC Jones, Tom Candillotti, and Kurt Rambis.

And Blake Stepp?

by **PilotNut** on Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:48 pm

PurpleGeezer wrote:Joe Ethel

Who is that?

by PurpleGeezer on Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:52 pm

PilotNut wrote:
PurpleGeezer wrote:Joe Ethel

Who is that?

I dunno...

Lucy's sidekick?

Fixed - Damn word replacement Mad

by DoubleDipper on Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:21 pm

Two really outstanding choices in Kasey and K.C.. Outstanding collegiate and professional careers and they proudly and represented their country.

Man, I can't believe I watched K.C. Jones at USF when I was growing up. What a career, two NCAA Championships, an Olympic Gold Medal, and 12 NBA Championship Rings. Is there anyone with better credentials, anywhere?

(If there is, I'm sure Geez will tell us). tongue

Oh, and thanks for starting the Ethe(y)l thread:

by PurpleGeezer on Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:39 pm

DoubleDipper wrote:

Man, I can't believe I watched K.C. Jones at USF when I was growing up. What a career, two NCAA Championships, an Olympic Gold Medal, and 12 NBA Championship Rings. Is there anyone with better credentials, anywhere?

(If there is, I'm sure Geez will tell us).

First off, I watched a lot of KC when I was a kid. Enough to know the trivia of those Celtic teams.

KC has 12 rings, but 2 are NCAA rings, 8 are as a NBA player, and 2 are as an NBA coach.

John Havlicek matches his 8 NBA rings and has an NCAA ring.

Tom Heinson had 8 NBA rings as a player and 2 as a coach.

His teammate Sam Jones has 10 NBA rings.

But the all time king of rings is another USF guy who isn't yet in the HOH.
Bill Russell had 2 NCAA rings, 11 NBA rings as a Player, and he also was a player coach, so two of those player rings are also coach rings.
Bill also has 5 NBA MVP rings and an Olympic Gold Medal.

So we can expect an anchor to a future HOH class soon.

by PurpleGeezer on Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:27 am

Speaking of rings. Can anyone name another player who has 11 in any sport?

by **up7587** on Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:49 am

PurpleGeezer wrote:Speaking of rings. Can anyone name another player who has 11 in any sport?

My guess is Yogi Berra.

by PurpleGeezer on Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:07 am

up7587 wrote:
PurpleGeezer wrote:Speaking of rings. Can anyone name another player who has 11 in any sport?
My guess is Yogi Berra.

Oooo.. Your good. Yogi had 10 as a player and 2 as a manager, all for the Yankees. He was also the assistant manager to Gil Hodges on the 1969 mets. Assistant jobs might muck things up, though.

And there is another guy who has 11 rings as a player.

by **up7587** on Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:35 am

Do you get a ring for managing a Premier League title team?

by ekrauss on Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:07 am

I find it interesting that Kasey made it into the WCC Hall of Fame before he was inducted into the University of Portland Hall of Fame. I guess the UP Hall has the requirement that you have to be retired for a certain number of years before you can be inducted. I wonder if that rule should be reconsidered as it does kind of seem silly that one of the best athletes ever to be at UP wouldn't be in our Hall, yet makes it into the league hall.

by PurpleGeezer on Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:18 am

The published requirements state only that you must be retired. That has in the past been a pretty loose requirement. Scott Benedetti played for the Timbers for several years after he was inducted. He was in the first class ('94), and was standing on the field as a player for the Timbers when they retired Clive's number after Clive died.
He even scored one of the three Timbers goals that night to equal Clive's #3.

Shannon Macmillan is on the ballot for the National Hall and is the best chance for a woman to make it this year( she got 56% last time and 67% gets you in this year). She may make the National hall before the UP Hall also.

And Tiff got the conference recognition last year and still isn't in the hall.

by PurpleGeezer on Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:34 am

up7587 wrote:Do you get a ring for managing a Premier League title team?

No idea, Red Aurbach got 10 as a coach, BTW, but the question is who got 11 or more league championships as a player.

by **up7587** on Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:13 am

OK, I had to cheat. Henri Richard played on 11 Stanley Cup winners.

by PurpleGeezer on Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:18 am

up7587 wrote:OK, I had to cheat. Henri Richard played on 11 Stanley Cup winners.

Correct. The "Pocket Rocket" won them all for the Montreal Canadians. His brother Maurice "Rocket" Richard got 8.

by PurpleGeezer on Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:39 am

So... What NHL player has a statistic named after him?

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