Beyond Jonquel here are some other names (no particular order). I apologize for the many I'll overlook.
Mike Brown
Elana Myers
Pops
John Flaherty

Agree with Red. He might have his own catergory for overall sports contribution.

 

Last edited by Florida Colonial (9/21/2021 7:11 pm)

I'd have to say there were some pretty good gymnasts over the years, but I didn't really follow them.  Doing a flip over a 4 inch(?) bar takes more guts and skill than any other sport I can think of.   But I've always loved JJ.

Last edited by BC (9/22/2021 9:19 am)

We’re all going to be affected by a certain recency and own eyeballs on the athlete bias but future GW Hall of Famers Francisco Dias (tennis) and Jenna Cone (softball) have got to be in the conversation. What always complicates these kind of discussions is the consideration to be given to greatest athletes for their post-collegiate accomplishments.

Svetlana Viturina was a great call.   I don’t know anything about volleyball but I certainly remember the hype and attention she brought to the program.   Perhaps the best season ever for any gw athlete?   

JJ is a given, though you could fill this with just women’s basketball players like Anna Montanana, Ugo Oha, TJ Abraham Ngonbga, Debbie Hemery, and Lisa Cermignano.

I would put  Elena Myers in if this is just best athlete because she won an Olympic medal (albeit not in a sport she played for GW). 

Shawnta gets the men’s basketball nod for me.

Couldn’t name a single squash player, but I do recall that for a few years gw has one of the too squash teams so there must have been a dominant athlete.

And tuffy Leeman as the one football player I could name. 

Also, there was a soccer player when I was in school named Mario something or other who set all kinds of records.

Some good candidates for sure.

JJ was named Player of the Year today, also led the league in Win Shares.  Making the case for best ever?

Great call Cutis!! Lyle was a terrific athlete.Best pure athlete I’ve seen at GW hands down.Having said that 
I have never seen Volleyball and Gymnastics so what do I know.Don’t have all the information I need to make 
an informed decision.

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

Do people outside of the athletes' immediate family, friends, and Poog, really follow sports such as GW Volleyball and Gymnastics?

They should. Crowds at gymnastics meets rival anything at basketball with competing fans and high decibel little gymnasts in training. Fellow athlete and other support at volleyball, swimming, water polo and soccer provides a much different outlook on what athletics is all about at GW.   Besides, nobody complains about bullpens at those events.

Would anyone put Yinka in your top 5?

 

Last edited by The Dude (9/22/2021 10:53 pm)

There was a GW wrestler, Wade something, in the late 1980s, who held the NCAA record for most victories in a season. Evidently he would wrestle up in weight. As a thank you, GW then dropped the wrestling program a year later.

Poog wrote:

Long Suffering Fan wrote:

Do people outside of the athletes' immediate family, friends, and Poog, really follow sports such as GW Volleyball and Gymnastics?

 Besides, nobody complains about bullpens at those events.

You should have been a defense attorney, Poog, as nobody I know does a better job of defending the indefensible and making it sound logical than you do.   (I am referring to the National's bullpen here).   I know, Barry.  Off topic.   I'll stop.