As a goalkeeper on the soccer field, Bator played in 53 games, compiling 10 shutouts and a career goals-against average of 1.63. The school’s record-holder for saves in a game (50), saves in a season (240 in 1993) and saves in a career (722), she was a three-time team Most Valuable Player and a captain her senior year. She earned All-State honors twice and All-Empire Athletic Association First Team recognition once.

In basketball, Bator, a forward from Cheshire, Mass., is considered one of the best players in the program’s 27-year history. She is currently first in school history in career points (1,420) and second in career rebounds (929). In addition, she holds the top two single-season scoring records (439 in 1993-94; 399 in 1994-95) and is the school record holder for field goals made in a season (175 in 1993-94), field goals made in a career (509), free throws made in a season (89 in 1993-94), and free throws made in a career (230). Bator, who earned many league and regional accolades, was a two-time captain and a three-time team MVP.

An NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship Award recipient, Bator took up lacrosse for the first time in her life as a graduate student. That year, she earned All-State honors after tallying 45 points (25 goals, 20 assists) in 12 games.

A running back from Lansingburgh, Peterson led the Engineers in rushing in each of his four seasons and graduated as the school record holder for touchdowns in a career with 32. As a freshman, he was the ECAC Rookie of the Year after setting a school record for yards rushing by a freshman (538). Over his final three seasons, Peterson averaged 759 yards and nine touchdowns per year. He was a captain and the team’s offensive most valuable player as a senior, and he helped the team over his career to a 29-7-2 record and two ECAC Championships.

Scott, an offensive guard from Albany, captained the football team to an 8-2 record and the ECAC Northwest Championship as a senior. That year, the Engineers gained a school record 2,224 yards rushing and 1,342 passing yards, allowing only two sacks. The team also set team records for total offense in a game, rushing yards in a game, touchdowns in a season, and scoring average. For his efforts, Scott earned All-League, All-Area, and multiple National All-American honors. He was also one of only four players nationwide to be selected for the Burger King/National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award.

Throughout Scott’s career, the Engineers posted a 31-8 record and won three ECAC Championships. In the classroom, he held a perfect 4.0 grade point average through his first three years and won the Arthur Ashe Award, awarded to ten football players in Division III each year for excellence in athletics and academics. He was also a member of Tau Beta Pi (engineering honor society), Phi Lambda (chemical engineering honor society), and Olympia (Rensselaer’s student-athlete honor society).

Willard, one of the top baseball players in Rensselaer history, had a career batting average of .351 in 151 games. In 522 at bats, he had 183 hits, including 47 doubles, three triples, and 26 home runs. He also scored 129 runs and knocked in 184 more. An outfielder from Olympia, Wash., Willard walked 62 times, stole 24 bases, and committed just nine errors.

During his career, he earned multiple National All-American, Academic All-American, NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team, All-Area, All-ECAC, and All-League honors. He was also selected as the league’s Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year and the team’s MVP. As a senior, Willard was named the NCAA Regional Tournament MVP after hitting .583 with ten RBI to lead Rensselaer to its only NCAA Division III World Series appearance.

Among the school records Willard holds are hits in a game, RBI in a season, longest hitting streak, home runs in a career, and career RBI. A chemical engineering major, he also holds several of the school’s NCAA Tournament records.

Margolis served as the team manager for the tennis team as a sophomore, the basketball team as a junior, and the football team as a senior. In this capacity, he was responsible for securing officials, distributing and maintaining equipment and uniforms, field preparations, team travel arrangements, statistics, and media relations. In addition to his involvement in athletics, Margolis was on the executive board of several publications, including The Polytechnic, Hillel Scroll, On Review, and the Bachelor.

The Hall of Fame selections are chosen by a 13-member committee comprised of students, faculty, and staff. It includes the athletic director, the sports information director, the president of Olympia, and the sports editor of The Polytechnic. Nominations are solicited in the fall and the selection committee meets in the spring semester to choose the new inductees.