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 Charles
Irace
Charles Irace coached the Hunter College baseball team from
1956-67. He led the program to its first-ever CUNYAC
Championship in 1965. Hunter placed second in the
Knickerbocker Conference, made up of scholarship
and non-scholarship schools, on numerous occasions. Irace’s
12 years guiding the team are the most in school history.
In addition to turning baseball into a successful sport at
Hunter, he also served as the first coach of the men’s
track and field team. Irace was also an assistant men’s
basketball coach and guided the men’s freshman basketball
team for several years. Seven of Irace’s baseball players
went on to the professional ranks with one making the Major
Leagues. He also served as President of both the
Knickerbocker Baseball Conference and Metropolitan
Swimming Association, and was a member of the NCAA
Northeast Regional Baseball Selection Committee.
Florence
Sharpe '86
Florence Sharpe is remembered as one of the top throwers
in the history of the Hunter College women’s track and
field team. She still holds school records in the outdoor
shot put (38’05”), javelin (116’02”),
and discus (131’02”). Sharpe is also the Hunter
record holder for the indoor shot put (41’06”).
She won a dozen CUNYAC Championships in field
events during her career. In addition, she won the shot put
title in the Colgate Women’s Games
at Madison Square Garden and was a top five finisher at both
the NYSAIAW and ECAC Championships.
Sharpe capped her career by qualifying twice for the NCAA
Championships.
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|  Gregoire
Romulus '95
Gregoire Romulus is the greatest player in the history
of the Hunter College men’s volleyball program. He is
also arguably the greatest player in CUNYAC history and he ranks
among the all-time greats in NCAA Division III
history. Romulus led Hunter to four consecutive CUNYAC
Championships from 1991-94. He is also the only four-time
CUNYAC Tournament MVP and the only four-time
CUNYAC Player of the Year. The Hawks went 74-44
during his career, including a 24-2 CUNYAC slate. Facing competition
from all three levels of the NCAA (Division I, Division II,
and Division III) throughout his career, Romulus also led Hunter
to EIVA Championship appearances twice. He
ranks as the team’s career leader in kills (2027), attacks
(3556), hitting percentage (.424), and aces (353). In addition,
he ranks second all-time in games played (380), third in blocks
(315), and seventh in digs (630). Romulus also holds Hunter’s
single season records for kills (673), attacks (1197), hitting
percentage (.456), aces (115), and games played (132). He led
the nation in aces per game three years in a row as a sophomore,
junior, and senior. Perhaps most impressively ... Romulus set
two NCAA national records ... most kills in a match (61) and
most aces in a career (353).
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On Saturday, October 16, 2004, the Hunter College Athletic Hall of Fame Committee inducted three new members into the prestigous Hall.
