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Rutgers Athletics to Enshrine Five into Hall of Fame

Former Rutgers Women’s Basketball Head Coach C. Vivian Stringer will headline a group of inductees into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame that includes: Sandra Petway (women’s track & field…

C. Vivian Stringer

PISCATAWAY, NJ – NOVEMBER 13: Head coach C. Vivian Stringer of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights celebrates her 1,000 career win after defeating the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils at the Rutgers Athletic Center on November 13, 2018 in Piscataway, New Jersey.

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Former Rutgers Women's Basketball Head Coach C. Vivian Stringer will headline a group of inductees into the school's Athletics Hall of Fame that includes: Sandra Petway (women’s track & field coach), Pat Willis (softball coach & women’s basketball assistant coach) and Dr. Sam Crosby (wrestling & football).

The ceremony and dinner will be held October 21 at the Heldrich Hotel and Conference Center in downtown New Brunswick. The event will begin with a 6:30 p.m. reception before an 8 p.m. program. The dinner is $175 per person, $150 per person for former letterwinners and free for all past Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame inductees.

Online registration is also available for the Varsity R Homecoming Tailgate, which will take place in Athletes Glen, across from SHI Stadium, on October 22nd as Rutgers football takes on Indiana. The tailgate from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. at the Frank R. Burns Pavilion in Athletics Glen prior to the noon kickoff against the Hoosiers is free for letterwinners and children under 10 with registration and $25 per adult guest.

Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.