Hall of Honor Induction Dinner Web Page

HAMILTON -- Tickets are now available for the Colgate Hall of Honor Induction Dinner, headlining Homecoming 2013 and honoring another class of Raider legends.

This year's inductees are Larry Cabrelli '41 from football and basketball; Dave Conte '71 from men's ice hockey; team physician Dr. Merrill Miller; Jane (Savage) Riley '78 from lacrosse, basketball and field hockey; and Eli Zackheim '01 from golf. Elizabeth Montaigne '83 from lacrosse and field hockey was selected but cannot attend and is deferring her induction to the next class. 

Individual tickets are priced at $75 each for the 7 p.m. induction ceremony inside the Hall of Presidents, with tables of eight seats available for $550. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to the Colgate Hall of Honor Induction Dinner web page HERE.

Cocktails and a silent auction start at 6 p.m. The day begins with Colgate-Yale football kicking off at 1 p.m. from Andy Kerr Stadium.

Persons interested in donating items for the silent auction should contact Shaun Richard at srichard@colgate.edu.

"This year's selection class is a clear example of the level of prestige associated with the Hall of Honor," said Victoria M. Chun, Colgate's director of athletics and a 1999 Hall of Honor inductee. "These individuals truly represent the spirit that is Colgate."

Inductee Bio Briefs 
Cabrelli was named All-East Football his senior year. He lettered three seasons in football at right end and two in basketball before going on to a professional football career. Cabrelli was a seven-year starter for the Philadelphia Eagles, including back-to-back NFL championship teams in 1948 and 1949. He later served as an assistant coach for both the Washington Redskins and Canadian football's Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Cabrelli died June 6, 1974, at age 57.

Conte was named Colgate's team MVP during his senior campaign of 1970-71, when he also was an alternate captain. The center graduated as the Raiders' second all-time scorer with 66 goals and 85 assists for 151 points in 73 games. Conte played five professional seasons in Europe and just completed his 29th season in the New Jersey Devils' organization, where he is the team's executive vice president for hockey operations and director of scouting. In 2008, Conte received Colgate's Silver Puck Award.

Miller is in her 32nd season as Colgate's team doctor. She was the first and only female head physician on the NCAA Division I level. Miller graduated from Cornell University before earning her medical degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Among Miller honors from Colgate are the John LeFevre Athletic Appreciation Award, Maroon Council Award, Senior Class Award and Maroon Citation. She serves as director of health services for Colgate, is past president of Community Memorial Hospital and also hosts and produces a weekly campus radio program on health related topics.

Savage earned seven varsity letters over a combined seven seasons, including all four years of field hockey. She was captain of her field hockey and lacrosse squads, and earned lacrosse team MVP honors during her captain's season of 1978. Savage was a two-year co-captain in field hockey, and also earned the Sandy Baur Award as Colgate's outstanding female student-athlete. After graduation, Savage was invited to the U.S. field hockey pre-Olympic team trials.

Zackheim graduated with the lowest scoring average in Colgate golf history, a 75.60 mark that still ranks second all-time. His senior season average of 73.26 remains nearly one full stroke lower than the next-closest average. Three times Zackheim was named the Patriot League's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as well as team MVP. He was ECAC medalist in 1998 and 1999, the only repeat winner in 40 years of the competition. Zackheim was an All-District selection in 2001 and twice was team co-captain.