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UConn athletics Mount Rushmore (limit of one athlete per sport)

Soccer - Andre or Joe Morrone Jr (men) Sara W (women)
Baseball - Springer or Walt Dropo
Football - Danny O or Vinny C or John Dorsey
Basketball - Ray Allen and Diana T
Field Hockey - Charlotte Veitner
Hockey - Todd Krieger
 
gtcam said:
Soccer - Andre or Joe Morrone Jr (men) Sara W (women)
Baseball - Springer or Walt Dropo
Football - Danny O or Vinny C or John Dorsey
Basketball - Ray Allen and Diana T
Field Hockey - Charlotte Veitner
Hockey - Todd Krieger
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Not a criticism, just a commentary:

If you're including Clements as a possibility (absolutely warranted) Torkleson also should be mentioned. Prior to Orlovsky, he had the longest NFL career (by quite a bit) of any UConn player.

Also, while he still has a long career ahead of him, Tage Thompson may have already exceeded Krygier as an NHL player.
 
305Husk said:
Accomplishments while at UCONN should be the only factor. Whether or not an athlete was good in the pros is irrelevant.
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If that is the criteria then:

Kemba jumps to the top for Men's Hoop
Danny O for Football
Breanna Stewart for Lady's Hoop
I guess Spring still for Baseball
 
storrsroars said:
After reading the first 20 comments on that Reddit thread, I don't even want to attempt this exercise. Those former PAC-10 schools mop up here, along with UNC.
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Heck Fresno State might be the best of them all - Paul George, Aaron Judge, Davante Adams, and Laura Berg
 
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Baseball Springer
Basketball Ray
Football Tyvon Branch
Hockey. Thompson

Basketball. (Taurasi Bird Moore Stewie)
FHockey Fuchs
Soccer Whalen
 
WrenchFan69 said:
Heck Fresno State might be the best of them all - Paul George, Aaron Judge, Davante Adams, and Laura Berg
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UNC can claim the GOAT in at least three separate sports.

Jordan, Lawrence Taylor (defensive GOAT), MIA Hamm

I’d say that’s pretty damn good.
 
Dan Orlovsky, still visible today

Springer, all-star and champion

Ray Ray, first ballot HOF

Diana T. Three titles, Olympic gold, WNBA champions and TV personality. Stewie is awesome. But D is the total package
 
Non-UConn grad / non-CT resident list:

Ray Allen
Diana Taurasi
Tage Thompson
George Springer
 
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Deepster said:
Exactly what I thought. I'd put Tristen Newton on there before I'd put Ray. Two titles, two MOPs?
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1 MOP. People seem to forget Adama was MOP in 2023. Someone made that mistake during one of th broadcasts.
 
If counting UConn and pro career:
Ray Allen
Sue Bird
Tage Thompson
George Springer

If just UConn
Kemba Walker or Shabazz
Breanna Stewart
Dan Orlovsky
?? Dan Donigan?

If it's just sports in general?
Calhoun
Geno
Morrone
Len Tsantiris or Baylock
 
I'm totally amazed and VERY disappointed over the fact that Maya Moore wasn't mentioned, at least amongst the first ten or fifteen or more replies. If she isn't the best women's basketball player ever, she's !B ... there's never been anyone who came in instantly and played from her first game like she was an All-American senior ... A phenomenal teammate totally unselfish and then went to the NBA where she won a number of championships ... She then left long before her talents waned to help turn over a wrongly accused friend's conviction ... that man ended up being her husband ... If there's a Mount Rushmore of women's basketball,Maya deserves to be there ... my favorite women's Huskie though there's so many incredible women to choose from
 
superjohn said:
Orlovsky is known for taking a 15 yard drop so he could run out of bounds another 15 yards for a safety and for being an ESPN talking head. He's not exactly known for his play.
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He is “known” for his contribution at UCONN, not to mention home grown.

yeah he has the blooper in the end zone but had a pretty good NFL career, he stuck a good amount in the Not For Long league
 
Richmondhsky said:
He is “known” for his contribution at UCONN, not to mention home grown.

yeah he has the blooper in the end zone but had a pretty good NFL career, he stuck a good amount in the Not For Long league
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He owns many of the UConn offensive records too.
 
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Assuming this is limited to athletes, not coaches.
Football: Dan Orlovsky-brought us recognition that most thought would take 10 years.
Basketball: Khalid el Amin. We don’t win title #1 without his cocky yet intense personality. Got us over the almost but not quite good enough hump. After him UConn’s image changed.
Womens basketball: Rebecca Lobo. Another case of someone who led the program to its first title and set the standard for those who came after.
Hockey: Hudson Schandor. Didn’t get us to the Frozen Four but did to the NCAAs for the first time. Another guy who set a standard that future players will need to live up to.
Soccer: Joe Morrone, Jr. Won the soccer equivalent of the Heisman, the Hermann Trophy. All-American, Selected for the 1980 Olympics, scored the winning goal to qualify Team USA for the Games (USA ultimately boycotted Moscow games over Soviet invasion of Afghanistan).
Baseball: Charles Nagy. Great college career. Went on to be a 3 time All Star and is in the Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame.
 
HuskyHawk said:
If counting UConn and pro career:
Ray Allen
Sue Bird
Tage Thompson
George Springer

If just UConn
Kemba Walker or Shabazz
Breanna Stewart
Dan Orlovsky
?? Dan Donigan?

If it's just sports in general?
Calhoun
Geno
Morrone
Len Tsantiris or Baylock
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If counting pro and college, no way is Sue ahead of DT
 
Bobby Rhine doesn't get enough love.

He led UConn to it's 1st National Championship in any team sport.
 
Richmondhsky said:
He is “known” for his contribution at UCONN, not to mention home grown.

yeah he has the blooper in the end zone but had a pretty good NFL career, he stuck a good amount in the Not For Long league
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Walt Dropo in all three sports….and I don’t think anyone is close.
 
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