General | 7/21/2025 10:00:00 AM
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College is proud to announce that its Athletics Hall of Fame will increase by three individuals and one team when Kristen Beikirch (Softball), Megan Bowman (Women's Basketball), Ann King (Athletic Communications), and the 2013-2014 Women's Basketball Team are inducted this October.
This year's ceremony will take place on Sunday, October 5 at Bush Memorial, located on the Troy campus.
Telling the story of these Hall of Fame inductees and other Gators for 15 years was Ann King. The legend in the Sports Information/Athletic Communications field spent 37 years as a sports information director, the final 15 of which were here at RSC.
King, recognized as one of the Empire 8 Conference's legends as part of its 25th Anniversary celebration in 2023-2024, was extremely active with CSC, formerly known as CoSIDA, the profession's national organization. She was elected to the CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 2006 and was named the first recipient of the organization's Warren Berg Award in 2003. King was also selected as the 2018 recipient of the CoSIDA Mary Jo Haverbeck Award, which is presented annually to a CoSIDA member who is a pioneer in the field of sports information who has mentored and helped improve the level of ethnic and gender diversity within CoSIDA.
Prior to coming to RSC as the institution's first full-time SID in the summer of 2009, King, who was posthumously awarded the Division III Commissioner's Association Daniel T. Dutcher Meritorious Service Award at the 2024 NCAA Convention, spent 17 and a half years as SID at The College of New Jersey and six years as SID at her alma mater, Drew University.
Since its inaugural class in 1993, Russell Sage College Athletics has inducted 53 individuals and two teams into its Hall of Fame.
ABOUT THE EMPIRE 8 CONFERENCE
The members of the Empire 8 Conference are committed first and foremost to the pursuit of academic excellence and the league is regarded as an outstanding NCAA Division III conference. The membership has distinguished itself among its peer group for its quality institutions, spirited and sportsmanlike competition, outstanding services and highly ethical policies and practices. Its commitment to serve the educational needs of its student-athletes is the hallmark of the E8. For more on the Empire 8 visit www.empire8.com.
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