SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University Department of Athletics and Campus Recreation, in conjunction with the Hall of Fame Committee, is pleased to announce the seven individuals who will form the Salisbury University Athletics Class of 2026. This year's inductees include
Jim Berkman M'84 (Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse),
Sam Bradman '16 (Men's Lacrosse),
Luke Campbell '16 (Track & Field),
Bethany (Baer) Codd '15 (Women's Lacrosse),
Kim Dorsey '16 (Softball),
Kyle Hamby '15 (Football/Baseball), and
Paula Wagasky '77 (Golf).
The seven newest enshrinees will be recognized during the SU Homecoming and Family Weekend, with a formal banquet and ceremony
planned for Friday, Oct. 9, at 6 p.m. at the Guerreri Academic Commons. Admission to the banquet will be $40 for current SU Hall-of-Famers, $50 for all other guests, and $10 for children. Ticket prices include a small donation to the Maroon & Gold Club, which supports varsity student-athletes at the university.
Jim Berkman
Simply put, Berkman is the greatest coach in the history of college lacrosse. Over his
38 years leading the Sea Gulls from 1989 through 2026, he set NCAA and non-NCAA records with 678 wins, a .902 winning percentage, and 13 national championships. Berkman went 13-7 over 20 appearances in the Division III national championship game while also guiding Salisbury to five additional Final Fours and 28 conference titles. He was named United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) National Coach of the Year four times and earned USILA Howdy Myers Man of the Year laurels in 2012.
While simultaneously building men's lacrosse into a national power, Berkman was also the founding head coach of Sea Gull women's soccer. He coached the program to a 102-28-5 record and two Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) championships through seven consecutive winning seasons from 1994-2000, culminating in an NCAA Tournament quarterfinal appearance in 2000. Berkman was named CAC Coach of the Year following the team's inaugural 1994 season, and the Sea Gulls' 20 wins in 2000 remain the program standard.
Berkman was previously inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMLCA) Hall of Fame in 2023. He is preceded in SU Hall of Fame induction by his son
Kylor Berkman '09, a men's lacrosse standout enshrined in 2020.
Luke Campbell
The most decorated single athlete in the history of NCAA Division III, Campbell won an unprecedented 11 national titles across the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships from 2013-16. Ten of his gold medals came in hurdling events – including four straight in the outdoor 110-meter hurdles – with an 11th coming as anchor of the Sea Gulls' indoor 4x400-meter relay team in 2016.
A 16-time All-American who broke seven Salisbury track records over his tenure and still holds six, Campbell won 24 CAC gold medals and helped lead the Sea Gulls to seven of a possible eight men's team conference titles, as well as a fourth-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships. He was a back-to-back United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Outdoor Athlete of the Year in 2015-16 and won Most Outstanding Performer at the NCAA Outdoor Championships three consecutive times (2014-16).
Following his graduation, Campbell embarked on a decade-long professional career that saw him reach the sport's pinnacle by qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Campbell represented Team Germany in two events in Tokyo, advancing to the semifinals in the 400-meter hurdles and running the second leg of the German 4x400-meter relay.
Kim Dorsey
A three-year starting shortstop, Dorsey provided middle-of-the-order pop during one of Sea Gull softball's most fruitful eras, batting .426 for her career and graduating with the program's second-most home runs (34) in addition to top-10 marks in triples (7), runs (160), and RBIs (144). She contributed to two CAC titles, played in four NCAA Tournaments, and helped SU reach back-to-back-to-back Division III World Series (2013-15), highlighted by a national runner-up finish in 2014.
Dorsey was a three-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American (2014-16) and made the final 10 of the NFCA National Player of the Year Watchlist as a senior. She also slotted on the All-CAC and All-Region First Teams those three years and was tabbed for the 2016 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team.
Kyle Hamby
The latest inductee from a long line of SU multi-sport stars, Hamby exceled in pressure situations on both the gridiron and the diamond. In the fall he was one of the nation's elite punters, contributing to three Empire 8 Conference championships (2011-13), two NCAA Tournament berths, and two South Atlantic Bowl titles. Hamby finished his career as the Sea Gulls' leader in punting average (40.8) and still owns the record for the longest punt in school history (84 yards); he was recognized as Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Year three times (2012-14), made three D3football.com All-Region First Teams, and earned D3football.com All-America laurels twice (2013-14).
In the spring Hamby made his bones as Salisbury's lockdown closer, graduating as the program's all-time leader in saves (15) while also ranking top-five in single-season saves (9) and both career (61) and single-season (24) appearances. An All-CAC Second-Teamer and Consensus All-Region performer in 2014, Hamby helped guide the Sea Gulls to three CAC titles (2012-14), four NCAA Tournaments, and back-to-back College World Series turns (2014-15).
Bethany (Baer) Codd
A master of the center circle, Baer set the pace for the Sea Gulls across four CAC championships, three straight NCAA Tournament finals (2012-14), and back-to-back national titles in 2013 and 2014. She graduated with the program's second-most career draw controls (148) and fourth-most ground balls (114) despite missing all but six games of her senior season due to injury.
Baer repeatedly rose to the occasion in the biggest moments, making three NCAA All-Tournament Teams and garnering Most Outstanding Player in 2014. She made a pair of Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-America First Teams (2013-14), plus two All-Region First Teams and a trio of All-CAC sides (2013-15). Baer was also dubbed Preseason National Player of the Year by Lacrosse Magazine in 2015.
Sam Bradman
In a program that prides itself on producing elite attackmen, Bradman stands out as one of its most prolific. His 201 goals and 304 points were third-most in Salisbury history when he played his final game; he also departed seventh in assists (103). Bradman powered SU to three CAC crowns, three NCAA finals appearances (2010-12), and consecutive titles in 2011 and 2012, earning Most Outstanding Player in the 2011 national championship game.
Bradman secured USILA National Player of the Year honors in 2012 – the same year he was a nominee for the prestigious all-division Tewaaraton Award – and was a two-time National Midfielder of the Year (2010, '12). He also made three USILA All-America First Teams (2010-12) and bookended three all-conference first team appearances with CAC Player of the Year nods in 2010 and 2012.
Paula Wagasky
One of the early pioneers of the Title IX era in college athletics, Wagasky made Salisbury State College history as the first woman to play on a men's varsity team, subsequently becoming the most decorated student-athlete of Sea Gull golf's first iteration. The Odenton, Md. native won back-to-back Middle Atlantic Women's Amateur titles in 1973 and 1974, following that up by qualifying for match play at the 1975 U.S. Women's Amateur Golf Championships. Wagasky also stood out in events sanctioned by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), official predecessor to the NCAA, finishing top-three at the Eastern AIAW Championship three times (1973-75) and qualifying for three consecutive AIAW National Golf Championships (1974-76).
After graduating from SSC, Wagasky played professionally for five years before catching on as a teaching pro at Buffalo Grove Golf Club just north of Chicago, a position she holds to this day. She has been recognized for excellence multiple times by the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), winning
LPGA National Golf Professional of the Year in 1991 and earning the
LPGA Midwest Section's Goldie Bateson Service Award in both 2000 and 2003.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (field hockey), and Colonial Women's Golf Conference (women's golf). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 26 individual national championships, and 211 conference championships, and have produced 54 Academic All-Americans.
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