Hall of Fame Inductees

Below is a list of all Monash graduates that have excelled in their given sport. If you would like to nominate someone to be inducted please contact michael.jones@sport.monash.edu.au.

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