Gerry McNamara to receive the 2019 Vic Hanson Award

[orange79]

Orange Nation celebrates one of our greats!

Former Orange standout and current assistant coach, Gerry McNamara ’06, receives the Vic Hanson Medal of Excellence at the 48th Annual Hardwood Banquet.
You won’t want to miss these evening highlights:

• Silent auction of Orange sports memorabilia
• Player autograph session
• Opportunity to bid on having players sit at your table

Proceeds benefit the Conrad McRae Endowed Men’s Basketball Scholarship and the men’s basketball program.

 

[MSOrange]

oh boy here we go...

 

[orange79]

oh boy here we go...

Trust me...

 

[moqui]

the Conrad McRae Endowed Men’s Basketball Scholarship .

i question the phrasing here
biased against unendowed men

 

[kcsu]

What criteria are used to pick the winner?

 

[FrancoPizza]

Are they running out of candidates for this award? Can someone provide a list of past winners for some perspective?

 

[orange79]

What criteria are used to pick the winner?

The Vic Hanson Medal of Excellence is bestowed on an individual or individuals who have ties to the men's basketball program and have made outstanding contributions to college basketball.

Past winners include:
Billy Gabor
Vincent Cohen
Bob Felasco
Jimmy Lee
Dennis DuVal
Mark Wadach
Roy Danforth
Bob Costas
Louis Orr
Marty Byrnes
Roosevelt Bouie
Leo Rautins
George Hicker
Rafael Addison
Doug Logan
Mike Tirico
Joe Szombathy
Larry Kimball
Conrad McRae
Danny Schayes
Terry McDonald
Sherman Douglas
Greg Monroe
Howard Triche
Rony Seikaly
Derrick Coleman
Stephen Thompson
Billy Owens
Lawrence Moten
John Wallace
Jason Hart
Sean Kerins
Etan Thomas
Rob Edson
Mike Hopkins
Craig Forth
Adrian Autry
Rudy Hackett

 

[rrlbees]

LOL. Not surprised by two of the comments.

 

[kcsu]

LOL. Not surprised by two of the comments.

Now three.

 

[moqui]

if you're going to create a scholarship for endowed men, you have to name it for billy celuck

 

[moqui]

LOL. Not surprised by two of the comments.

sorry about that ... hard to pass up an easy dick joke

 

[Maxsumm]

The Vic Hanson Medal of Excellence is bestowed on an individual or individuals who have ties to the men's basketball program and have made outstanding contributions to college basketball.

Past winners include:
Billy Gabor
Vincent Cohen
Bob Felasco
Jimmy Lee
Dennis DuVal
Mark Wadach
Roy Danforth
Bob Costas
Louis Orr
Marty Byrnes
Roosevelt Bouie
Leo Rautins
George Hicker
Rafael Addison
Doug Logan
Mike Tirico
Joe Szombathy
Larry Kimball
Conrad McRae
Danny Schayes
Terry McDonald
Sherman Douglas
Greg Monroe
Howard Triche
Rony Seikaly
Derrick Coleman
Stephen Thompson
Billy Owens
Lawrence Moten
John Wallace
Jason Hart
Sean Kerins
Etan Thomas
Rob Edson
Mike Hopkins
Craig Forth
Adrian Autry
Rudy Hackett

This list is a who’s who of syracuse basketball wow! The criteria for the award seems quite generic so no concerns with GMAC on that list at all. For contributions to Syracuse Basketball he definitely belongs in this list.

 

[Trueblue25]

Good for gmac

 

[pfister1]

if you're going to create a scholarship for endowed men, you have to name it for billy celuck

I'd say Big Dick, er, I mean Big Rick.

I've never attended the Hard Wood Banquet. For some reason I had always thought it had something to do with basketball, never would have guessed their might be requirements for admission.

#size_doesn't_matter

 

[OttoMets]

This list is a who’s who of syracuse basketball wow! The criteria for the award seems quite generic so no concerns with GMAC on that list at all. For contributions to Syracuse Basketball he definitely belongs in this list.

To be fair, a quick glance suggests that he's one of the youngest recipients (other than Conrad, sadly and obviously).

But whatever, good for him. Some of us are always going to perceive a little favoritism even when there's none to see, and the rest are just going to be rightfully happy for the guy.

 

[rhcuse]

I'd say Big Dick, er, I mean Big Rick.

I've never attended the Hard Wood Banquet. For some reason I had always thought it had something to do with basketball, never would have guessed their might be requirements for admission.

#size_doesn't_matter

They didn’t call him Rick the Ruler for nothing!