In three years, goalkeeper led Eastern teams to 27 shutouts
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. - Goalkeeper Terry Hinesley, who backstopped the men's soccer
team to shutouts in nearly half of his career starts in the mid-1980s, has been selected for induction into the University's E-Club Hall of Fame. The announcement was made by committee co-chairmen Dr. David G. Yeo and Scott Smith.
In Hinesley's 56 starts, the Warriors posted shutouts 27 times en route to a record of 35-15-6, amassing a three-year record of 37-15-6 during Hinesley's three-year career. Each of those three teams won at least a dozen matches and contested for post-season play. The 1984 team recorded a 9-1-2 mark in one stretch en route to a 12-4-3 mark; the 1985 and '86 clubs both won nine of ten decisions at one point on the way to respective records of 12-5-3 and 13-6-0, respectively.
The 16th E-Club Hall of Fame Ceremony and Social Hour is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 25 at noon at the Betty R. Tipton Room in the Student Center.
A Trumbull native, Hinesley made the jump from the sub-varsity level - where he played exclusively as a freshman in 1982 - to the varsity level in 1984. Under the direction of head coach John Fitzgerald, Hinesley started every match in which he appeared over the next three years (missing the first two matches of his senior season due to an ankle injury).
In his career, Hinesley amassed a goals-against average of 1.00 and an .850 save percentage in 5,138 minutes. Twenty-one times in his 56 starts, he posted complete-match shutouts, including nine in his first varsity season in 1984.
A two-time team captain, Hinesley was a third-team all-region selection and team MVP as a senior in 1986, when he posted seven shutouts in a stretch of eight starts in October. He was also named to the New England Intercollegiate Soccer League (NEISL) All-Star Game that season. For 21 years, Hinesley remained the program's only goalkeeper to earn either all-region or NEISL honors.
In both 1984 and 1985, the Warriors shut out their opponents in ten of Hinesley's starts each season - program season records for shutouts by the team which were later equaled but never broken. With the team coming off its fourth straight losing season in 1983, Hinesley and starting senior backs Ed Roberge and John Evensen, and sophomores Audwin Joseph and Jay Silverman held 19 opponents to only 15 goals. Hinesley recorded personal season-highs that year for goals-against average (0.74), save percentage (.857), full shutouts (9) and minutes (1,822) as Eastern set a program record with its 12 regular-season victories. He played all but eight possible minutes in net that year.
In his career, Hinesley led the Warriors to eight wins in 13 matches against Division I and II opponents.
In 1984, Hinesley shut out all four of Eastern's Division II foes. In mid-October, he shut out two teams ranked among the top Division II teams in the Northeast Region: No. 3 University of Bridgeport, and No. 5 Quinnipiac University. In the first home match of his career, he blanked Division II Central Connecticut, a team which had blasted Eastern, 5-0, in 1983. Additional top performances in his first varsity season included a ten-save performance in an overtime shutout of 1983 national semifinalist Nazareth College, and a season-high 12 saves in a 1-1 overtime tie at unbeaten New England power Salem State College.
In 1985, four of Eastern's first six opponents were nationally ranked and eight teams in all were coming off post-season tournament play in 1984. Hinesley began the '85 season by making nine saves in a 1-1 overtime tie against the University of Scranton, ranked No. 14 nationally in Division III Two weeks later, he shut out Salem State, ranked sixth in New England, in the team's scoreless overtime draw. A six-game winning streak in mid-October catapulted the Warriors to the No. 7 ranking in New England Division III.
As a senior in 1986, Hinesley recorded five straight shutouts and seven in an eight-game span in October. Against Division III competition in that stretch, the 5-foot-10-inch, 175 pounder didn't allow a goal for 561 minutes and 50 seconds. Against the only team to score a goal in that stretch (University of New Haven), Hinesley registered a season-high 12 saves (one behind his career best), shutting out the No. 15 nationally-ranked Chargers through the first half in an eventual 4-3 loss. Hinesley concluded his career by winning his final seven decisions following the loss to New Haven.
Hinesley becomes only the second playing member of the program from the decade of the 1980s to gain induction, joining former All-America and national scoring champion Glenn Judge, who was inducted in the year 2000.
Previously announced as 2009 Hall of Fame selections were New London native Tammy Schondelmayer and Rutland, VT native Jeff Brewer. Schondelmayer was a four-year softball starter at shortstop between 1986 and 1989 who played on four straight regional championship teams, including the 1986 national championship club as a freshman. Brewer was a three-year baseball pitcher between 1981 and 1983 who won 28 games and saved eight and helped Eastern to the 1982 NCAA Division III national championship.
Since its establishment in 1986, the Eastern/E-Club Hall of Fame has enshrined a total of 85 former athletes, coaches and administrators and has also recognized the contributions of 13 "friends" with the Michael A. Atkind Exceptional Service Award and has honored 20 individuals as "Pioneers" for their efforts in helping to establish the tradition of the Eastern athletic program.
Tickets are priced at $45 and must be reserved in advance by contacting Dr. David G. Yeo at 860-465-5166 or at yeo@easternct.edu or Scott Smith at 860-465-4326 or at smithsc@easternct.edu.
