Meet Bentley's 8 New Athletics Hall Of Famers
News Release from Bentley AthleticsWALTHAM, Mass. – Bentley University will induct its next class into its Athletic Hall of Fame October 5 with the list of 2024 inductees including eight former Falcon standouts representing nine different sports.Bentley’s Hall of Fame Class of 2024 consists of Max Adler ’17 (men’s lacrosse), Kevin Coen ’77 (football), Sean Cooke ’06 (men’s basketball), Tara Dooley ’14 (women’s track & cross country), Becky (Davison) Landers ’04 (women’s basketball), Christina (Sadowski) Rosello ’08 (volleyball), Lisa Tisbert ’05 (soccer & softball), and Weston Zeiner ’13 (men’s soccer).The talented group includes five who earned All-America honors as collegians: Adler, Coen, Davison, Dooley and Zeiner.Adler, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. native who came to Bentley after a year at Northfield Mount Hermon School, was a two-time USILA Division II All-America, earning third team honors as a junior and second team recognition as a senior. He finished in the top three in Division II in faceoff percentage both of those seasons and was voted to the All-Northeast-10 first team twice.A 2017 USILA Scholar All-American, Adler went on to a successful professional career as a faceoff specialist. He helped lead the Denver Outlaws to the Major League Lacrosse championship in 2018, the Chaos to the Premier Lacrosse League championship in 2022 and the Buffalo Bandits to the National Lacrosse League title in 2023. A 2019 MLL all-star, Adler also played for Team Israel in the Federation of International Lacrosse Championship in 2019.Coen was one of the key contributors during the early days of Bentley club football, both on and off the field. He was a two-way player throughout his career, seeing action at multiple positions. The Watertown native and 1976 club football All-America had seven interceptions and is believed to be the only player in Bentley history to throw TD passes as a quarterback and running back, run for touchdowns from both positions and also score a TD via both interception return and fumble recovery.One of the original club presidents, Coen organized fundraisers and summer practices, even allowing teammates to stay at his parents’ house. He went on to a very successful business career as a CEO and in private equity. His athletic career has also included 11 marathons, including Boston eight times.Cooke, who is from East Windsor, N.J., had a standout career for the Falcons from 2002-06 and finished his career with 1,661 points, sixth most in program history at the time and currently ninth all-time. The three-year starter is one of only eight Falcons to average at least 15 points per game in three different seasons, as well as one of only eight to amass at least 1500 points and 300 assists.A two-time All-Northeast-10 honoree and the team’s leading scorer as a sophomore and senior, Cooke was part of teams that amassed an 86-38 record with two NE10 regular season titles and two NCAA tournament appearances, including 2005 when the Falcons reached the Sweet 16. That year, Bentley climbed to number one in the NABC Division II poll and Cooke averaged 22.7 points in the East Regional.The premier women’s cross country athlete in Bentley history, Dooley made four trips to the NCAA Division II championships and finished fourth nationally at the 2013 championships in Spokane, Wash. with a time of 21:07.0, only 16.3 seconds off the winning pace. With that effort, the Lee native became Bentley’s first women’s cross country All-America and later that year, earned Capital One Academic All-America honors.Dooley, who still owns Bentley’s indoor record in the 5,000, was selected as the 2013 Northeast-10 Runner of the Year, despite missing the conference championships due to injury, and was a three-time All-Northeast-10 honoree.Landers, whose maiden name is Davison, was Bentley’s Outstanding Female Senior Athlete in 2004, as well as a WBCA Division II All-America. During her career, the forward from Beaver Falls, Pa. led the Falcons to a four-year record of 107-23 with two Northeast-10 regular season championships, three NE10 tournament titles and a Final Four appearance as a senior.Landers, who still ranks in Bentley’s top 12 all-time in scoring and rebounds, finished her career fourth in points (1,579) and as the owner of the school records (since broken) for career three-point percentage (.439) and free throw percentage (.834). A two-time first-team All-Northeast-10 honoree, she led the 23-8 2003-04 team in scoring, rebounds, threes, three-point percentage, free throw accuracy, blocks and minutes.Rosello, who is from Salem, N.H., was Bentley’s Outstanding Female Senior Athlete in 2008 after an standout career in which she earned first-team All-Northeast-10, AVCA Division II All-East Region and honorable mention All-America recognition three times. After being named the MVP of the Northeast-10 championships in 2006, Rosello was chosen as the NE10 Player of the Year as a senior.Rosello, whose maiden name is Sadowski, is in the top three in program history in kills (1,369), blocks (528) and hitting percentage (.333). Her 180 kills as a sophomore are the second most ever recorded by a Falcon. Tisbert, who is from Andover, was a two-sport standout for the Falcons during the early years of this millennium, playing soccer from 2001-04 and softball from 2002-05. In soccer, she owns the Bentley records for points in a career (104) and season (30), goals in a career (39) and season (12), and career assists (27). She received All-Northeast-10 honors three times, and was a United Soccer Coaches All-Region selection twice, including first-team in 2003.Tisbert was the starting shortstop for the softball team all four years, playing in 153 games, and amassing 135 hits, 61 runs, 52 RBI and a .297 average. She finished her career fourth in program history in career hits and still ranks in the top ten nearly two decades later.Zeiner, who hails from North Granby, Conn., was a standout on the pitch and in the classroom for the Falcons with his long list of accolades including Northeast-10 Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Bentley’s Outstanding Male Senior Athlete, NE10 Defensive Player of the Year, National Soccer Coaches of America third-team All-America, two-time Capital One Academic All-America and three-time All-Northeast-10.In addition to leading the Falcon defense, the two-year team captain was a factor at the offensive end with his career totals including 15 goals and eight assists for 38 points. With Zeiner on the field, the Falcons reached the NE10 playoffs annually, including the finals in 2010.The addition of these eight outstanding athletes will boost the number of Bentley Hall of Famers to 173.The article Meet Bentley's 8 New Athletics Hall Of Famers appeared first on Waltham, MA Patch.
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