Hall of Fame

Below is a list of Monash graduates that have excelled in their given sport and been inducted to the Monash Sport 'Hall of Fame'. If you would like to nominate someone to be inducted please contact: michael.jones@monash.edu

John Bertrand AM (BE 1970) - Sailing

• Bachelor of Engineering with honours 1970
• Olympic Games Bronze Medal - 1976
• Victorious Skipper of Australia II in the 1983 America's Cup
• Represented Australia in five America's Cups, three Olympic Games and numerous world championships
• The Australia II victory was voted by the Australian Sports Hall of Fame as the greatest Australian team performance in 200 years of sport.
• Member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Edward Dennis (BE (Materials) (Hons) 1993, ME 1996) - Waterpolo

• Bachelor of Engineering (Materials) with Honours 1993
• Master of Engineering (Research) 1996
• Position: Goalkeeper
• Number of official internationals 107
• Number of national league games 125
• World Cup 1993 - 3rd and 1999- 8th
• World Championships - 1994- 9th, 1998- 4th

• World University Games- 1991 - 4th, 1993 - 5th, 1995 - 3rd 

Geoff Hunt AM MBE (DipAppChem 1969, BSc 1970) - Squash

• Diploma in Applied Chemistry 1969,
• Bachelor of Science 1970,
• Graduate Diploma of Human Nutrition 1995
• British Open Winner eight times (record)
• World Open Winner four times
• International Amateur three times
• South African Open Winner eight times
• Australian Open Winner eight times
• Winner of various state amateur and open tournaments between 1962 - 1988
• During career played 215 tournaments and won 178
• Won every major tournament in the world, the majority more than one time
• Head Coach of AIS Squash Unit
• Member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame

Janine Ilitch (BE (Civ) (CI) 1997) - Netball

• Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) 1995
• Victorian Institute of Sport & Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder
• Australian U21 Netball team 1993
• Australian Netballer of the Year 1995
• Victorian Netball team 1993 - 1998
• Australian Netball team 1996 - 1999
• Commonwealth Games Gold Medal- Australian Netball team 1998
• World Championships - Australian Netball team 1999

Paul McNamee AM (BSc 1976) - Tennis

• Bachelor of Science 1976
• Australian Open Doubles Champion (partnered Peter McNamara) - 1979
• Member of the Australian Davis Cup Team- 1980-86 (victorious in 1983 & 1986)
• Wimbledon Doubles Champion (partnered Peter McNamara) - 1980 & 1982
• Ranked No 1 in World (doubles) - 1981
• Australian Open Doubles Champion (partnered Mark Edmondson) - 1983
• Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Champion (partnered Martina Navratilova) - 1985
• Ranked No 1 in Australia (singles) - 1985 

Paul Trimboli (BBus (Acc) 1992) - Soccer

• Bachelor of Business (Accounting) 1992
• Position: Striker/ Midfielder
• National Soccer League Games: 368
• National Soccer league Goals: 99
• Played in 44 International Games (1988- 1998)
• Played in 3 World Cup Campaigns (1990, 1994, 1998)
• Placed in top 12 overall scorers for Australia at International level
• Captain of South Melbourne in the National Soccer League since 1995
• Member of N.S.L championship winning sides in 1991, 1998, 1999
• Member of Oceania Club Championship winning side in 1999
• Australian U21 Player of the Year in 1988 & 1989
• Australian Players' Player of the Year (Warren Medal) in 1993 & 1998

Chris Wardlaw (BEc (Hons) 1972, DipEd 1973) - Athletics

• Bachelor of Economics with honours 1972
• Diploma in Education 1973
• Olympic Games 1976 (10, 000m finalist) 1980 (marathon)
• World Cross Country Championships (1975, 1977, 1979, 1981)
• Australian 10,000m champion (1975)
• Victorian state titles at 5,000/ 10,000m marathon and cross country
• 1st place "Sydney City- Surf" in 1978, and San Francisco Bay to Breakers in 1976
• Best performances
• 10,000m - 28.15.6 5,000m - 13.34.2 (1977)
• 1,500 - 3.44.9 (1976) Marathon - 2.11.55 (6 th at Fukuoka, Japan 1979)
• 3,000m steeple - 8.49.3 (1975)
• Head Coach, Australian Track and Field Team, 2000 Olympic Games 

Anna Wilson (BSc 1992, LLB (Hons) 1995) - Cycling

• Bachelor of Science 1992
• Bachelor of Laws with honours 1995
• Commonwealth Games Gold Medal, 28Km Time Trial, 37m34s, Malaysia-1998
• 1st Tour de France Feminin, 122Km, stage6, 2h52m12s, Allauch France- 1998
• 1st Giro d’Italia Feminile, 1998, stage4, 7a and 10.
• 1st Giro d'Italia Feminile points jersey awarded for most consistent stage placer
• 1st Australian Road Championships, Time Trial, 44m36s, Melbourne - 1998 and Perth - 1997
• Commonwealth Games Bronze Medal, 92Km Road Race, 2h24m59s, Malaysia - 1998
• 2nd World Time Trials - Italy 1999
• 2nd Road Race, World Championships 1999
• Australian Cyclist of the Year 1999
• World Number 1 Ranking, March 2000

Robby Foldvari (BEc 1981, GradDipEd (Sec) 2002) - Billiards & Snooker

• Bachelor of Economics 1980
• World Professional Billiards Champion: 1986
• Australian Snooker Open Champion: 1993
• UK Professional Billiards Championship, 1st (1st overseas player to win): 1991
• Australian World Cup Snooker Team Captain: 1996
• Sportsman of the Year, Runner up: 1986
• World Matchplay Billiards Champion: 1997
• U.S.S.R. Open Snooker Champion: 1990
• Cuesportz International Snooker Champion: 1998
• Walter Lindrum Centenary IBSF World Billiards Champion: 1998
• Princes Coca Cola Snooker Champion: 1998, 1999 & 2000
• Undefeated Australian Intervarsity Champion in Billiards and Snooker: 1978-80
• Official Coach of the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Assoc.
• Former National Coach of Singapore and China
• Director of Australasian Cuesport Academy

Claire Mitchell-Taverner OAM (BA 1996) - Field Hockey

• Bachelor of Arts 1996
• Debut in National Team: 1993
• Australian National team: 1993–2001
• International caps: 180International goals: 47
• Victorian Senior Team: 1989–2001
• Olympic Gold: 2000 ( Sydney)
• World Cup Gold: 1998 ( Utrecht)
• Commonwealth Games Gold: 1998 ( Kuala Lumpur) Champions Trophy Gold: 1995, 1997, 1999 Champions Trophy Bronze: 2000
• Awarded Order of Australia Medal in 2001

• Awarded Australian Sports Medal in 2000

Simon Yudelevich (BEc 1989) - Beach Volleyball / Volleyball

• Bachelor of Economics 1989

Beach Volleyball

• National Tour - 1989-1998, rd - 1990 & 1993, 5th - 1995
• Australian Representative in World Tour events – 1990-1995
• Chinese National Title, 1st - 1990
• Asian Championships, 3rd - 1995
• Maccabi Games, 3rd - 1997 (first ever Volleyball medal for Australia in Maccabi games)
• Inducted into the Maccabi Hall of Fame in 2001

Volleyball

• All Australian University Team - 1987
• Maccabi Games - 1989 & 1993
• All Australian Maccabi Team of the Century

Justine Tonner-Joyce (GradDipEdPsych 1998, M Counselling 2005) - Rowing

• Grad Dip Ed Psychology 1997
• Master in Counselling 2004
• Represented Monash University as a rower and a coach: 1996- 1998
• Full Blue, Rowing: 1998
• 1 st, Trans Tasman Regatta Victorian Team, Lightweight coxless pair: 1995
• 5 th, World Championships ( Scotland), Lightweight coxless pair: 1996
• World Championships: 1996-1997
• 1 st, World Rowing Championships (France), Lightweight coxless pair: 1997
• 1 st, FISA World Cup ( Switzerland), Lightweight coxless pair: 1997
• Victorian Rowing Team: 1996-1999
• Victorian Masters Rower of the Year: 2004

Kerrie Engel (BA 1989) - Swimming, Track and Field

• Bachelor of Arts 1989
• Sport and Recreation Executive Committee member 1984 -1989
• First Invitational Junior Games for Disabled Athlete, UK, Swimming, Track and Field 1981
• National Wheelchair Games 1981 1984 1986 1988
• 1st,Far Eastern and South Pacific International Games, Hong Kong, 100m Freestyle and 4 x 100m relay 1982
• 2nd, Far Eastern and South Pacific International Games, Hong Kong, 200m Freestyle 1982
• 3rd, Far Eastern and South Pacific International Games, Hong Kong, 100m backstroke 1982
• 3rd, Paralympics, UK, 400m Freestyle 1984
• 4th, Paralympics, UK, 100m Freestyle 1984
• 1st, Far Eastern and South Pacific International Games, China, 400m Freestyle and 100m Freestyle 1994
• 2nd, Far Eastern and South Pacific International Games, China, 100m Backstroke 1994 

Lauren Hewitt (BSci 2004) - Athletics

• Bachelor of Science 2004
• 7th - 4x100m Youngest member of the Australian Olympic athletics team, 1996
• Gold - 4x100m, Bronze - 200m, 4th 100m, Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games, 1998
• Finalist - 200m World Championships (Seville), 2000
• 1st - 100m, 2nd - 200m, Australian Championships, 2000
• Semi Finalist - 200m World Championships (Edminton), 2001
• 7th - 200m IAAF Grand Prix Final (Melbourne), 2001
• 1st - 100m, 1st - 200m Australian Championships, 2001
• 9th - 100m, 5th - 200m World Cup (Madrid), 2002
• Semi Finalist - 100m, 3rd - 200m, 4th - 4x100m, 1st - 4x400m - Commonwealth Games (Manchester), 2002
• 1st - 100m, 1st - 200m, Australian Championships, 2002
• Semi Finalist - 200m, World Championships (Paris), 2003
• 1st - 100m, 1st - 200m Australian Championships, 2004
• Selected for third Olympic Games (Athens), 2004
• World Championships Team, 2005
• Bronze - 4x100m Commonwealth Games (Melbourne), 2006

Nathan Bourke (Dip Ed 1990) - AFL

• Diploma of Teaching 1990
• St Kilda Football Club
• Player, 1987 - 2003
• Assistant Coach, 2004 - 2005
• Football Director, 2007
• 11 time Victorian State of Origin representative
• Captain of Victoria, 1998, 1999, Vice Captain, 1997
• All Australian Football selection, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999
• All Australian Vice Captain, 1997
• International Rules Series v Ireland, 1999
• AFL Life Member & Match Review Panel, 2007
• The Age, Herald Sun & Channel 7 Player of the Year, 1996
• Brownlow Runner Up, 1996
• Australian Sports Medal, 2000

Anthony (Tony) Dodemaide (B AppSci 1985) - Cricket

• Bachelor of Applied Science (Multi-Discipline) 1985
• 1st class teams represented - Victoria, Australia, Sussex, MCC
• 184 first class matches, 130 List A limited over matches
• Victorian Representative 1983/84 - 1998/99
• 105 first class matches, 42List A limited over matches
• Australian Representative 1987 - 1993 (10 Tests, 24 ODIs)
• Test Cap number 343, ODI Cap number 101
• Member Victorian Sheffield Shield winners 1990-91
• Sheffield Shield Player of the Year 1991-92
• Awarded Australian Sports Medal 2000
• MCC Head of Cricket 1999-2004
• WACA Chief Executive 2004-2007
• Cricket Victoria Chief Executive since 2007

Kate Quigley (BA 1989) - Softball

• Bachelor of Communications (Public Relations) 2003
• Victorian Representative 1995 – 2008
• VIS Scholarship 1996 – 2008
• AIS Scholarship 2002 – 2008
• Australian Representative 2003 – 2008
• Cap number 228, 140 Games for Australia
• World Championship Bronze Medalist 2006 (Olympic Qualification)
• Canada Cup Gold Medal 2005, Silver Medal 2006
• Most Valuable Player 2006 Chinese Taipei Series
• Australian Softball Spirit Award Nominee 2007
• Lord Mayor’s Award 2006 (Athlete with commitment to charity and community service)
• VIS Community Ambassador
• Swisse Vitamins Community Ambassador
• Red Dust Role Model

Chris Dane, QC - Rowing

• Bachelor of Jurisprudence 1965 - 1969
• Bachelor of Laws 1970

Rowing

• Monash University Men's Eight - 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971
• Monash University Full Blue - 1969

Coaching

• Monash University, Oxford and Cambridge Cup winners - 1978, 1987, 1989
• Monash University Men's Eight - State Champions - 1978, 1987, 1989
• Victorian Kings Cup crew - 1978, 1979, 1980
• Australian Men's Coxless Four - World Championships, New Zealand - 1978
• Australian Men's Eight and Coxless Pair - World Championships, Yugoslavia - 1979
• Australian Men's Eight - Olympics, Moscow - 1980
• Australian U23 Men's Eight - Trans Tasman Regattas - 1984