Six former student-athletes who enjoyed prominent collegiate careers in basketball, football, softball, tennis, swimming, rowing and basketball while going on to succeed in various fields are this year's NCAA Silver Anniversary Award recipients.

The award recognizes former student-athletes who have distinguished themselves since completing their college athletics careers 25 years ago. The award winners were selected by the NCAA Honors Committee, which is composed of athletics administrators at member institutions and distinguished citizens who are former student-athletes.

This year's honorees are Dianne Baker, Texas Woman's University, softball, tennis, field hockey and soccer; Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman, University of Louisville, basketball; Patrick C. Haden, University of Southern California, football; Lisa Rosenblum, Yale University, tennis; Capt. John Dickson Stufflebeem, U.S. Naval Academy, football; and John F. Trembley, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, swimming.

These individuals will be recognized January 9 at the honors dinner during the NCAA Convention in San Diego.

DIANNE BAKER

Texas Woman's University

Softball, Tennis, Field Hockey and Soccer

Collegiate Achievements

Five-sport letter-winner.

Captained softball team in the AIAW College World Series in 1975 .

Won a combined 25 tournament titles and was runner-up 18 times in tennis and badminton.

Received the school's Outstanding College Athlete Award in 1975.

Professional Accomplishments

Kinesiology lecturer and head softball coach at Texas Woman's since 1995.

Coach and athletics administrator at Stephen F. Austin State University from 1981-95.

Inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1998.

Coached Stephen F. Austin to the NCAA Division II softball championship in 1986.

Volunteer for various charitable organizations, including the Missing Children's Organization, Toys for Tots, Regional Special Olympics, Children's Hospital in Dallas, among others.

ULYSSES "JUNIOR" BRIDGEMAN

University of Louisville

Basketball

Collegiate Achievements

1975 all-American; led Louisville to the 1975 Final Four.

Led the Cardinals to a combined 72-17 record and two Missouri Valley Conference championships in three seasons, twice earning the MVC Player of the Year award.

Ranked 21st on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,348 points.

Uniform No. 10 is among those retired by the university.

Professional Accomplishments

Enjoyed distinguished 12-year career in the National Basketball Association.

Led NBA reserves in scoring for three straight years.

Served four years as president of the NBA Players Association, three years as a treasurer and one year as a player representative.

Serves as a deacon in the Southeast Christian Church.

Board member of Vencor, Fifth Third Bank, Louisville Community Bank, the Walnut Street Capital Campaign and the local Boy Scouts of America chapter.

Owner/operator of several Wendy's restaurants in three different states.

PATRICK C. HADEN

University of Southern California

Football

Collegiate Achievements

Quarterbacked the Trojans to two mythical national championships in the 1970s, captaining the team in 1974.

Southern California earned a Rose Bowl bid in each of his three years as a starter and he was co-Most Valuable Player of the 1975 game.

Won an NCAA Top Five Award in 1974.

NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient and Rhodes scholar.

One of the six inaugural inductees to the GTE Academic All-American Hall of Fame.

Professional Accomplishments

1978 National Football Conference Player of the Year.

A broadcaster with Turner Broadcasting and CBS before moving to NBC in 1998.

Serves on Board of Trustees for the Good Samaritan Hospital, Boys Town of Southern California, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Los Angeles and Lifesavers Foundation.

Former chair of the March of Dimes Reading Olympics in Los Angeles and the Boys Life National Illiteracy Campaign.

LISA ROSENBLUM

Yale University

Tennis

Collegiate Achievements

Four-time New England Intercollegiate champion.

Compiled a four-year 43-2 singles record, losing only once in tournament competition.

Won the Ivy Group Championships three times, and was a three-time Seven Sisters-Ivy Group Championships winner.

Two-time Yale University women's tennis team Most Valuable Player and team captain.

Member of the Residential College Committee, which reviewed and selected all seminars given in the university's residential colleges in 1974-75.

Professional Accomplishments

Senior vice-president for government affairs and education for Cablevision Systems Corporation.

Former commissioner and deputy chairman of the New York State Public Service Commission.

Also has served as chair of the communications committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

Former advisor for telecommunications policy in the Czech Republic and Poland.

Served as chair of the Federal Communications Commission's Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administration Company.

CAPT. JOHN DICKSON STUFFLEBEEM

U.S. Naval Academy

Football

Collegiate Achievements

Punter for the football team for three years.

Career average of 39.1 yards per kick still ranks fourth all-time at Navy.

Posted a 40.6-yard average in 1975, the fifth-best single-season performance in Navy
history.

Deputy Brigade Commandeer during Winter Set, one of the two highest leadership positions a midshipman could attain within the command structure of the then-4,500-member Brigade of Midshipmen.

Won the Daughters of American Revolution Award for Leadership in 1975.

Professional Accomplishments

Member of the National Football League's Detroit Lions while serving in the military reserve from 1975-78.

Has flown nearly 4,000 hours and logged more than 1,000 carrier landings.

Has served as Commander, Carrier Air Wing 1, with combat operations in Bosnia and Iraq, and was Deputy Executive Assistant, Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.

Served as Commanding Officer, VF-84, Operation Southern Watch over Iraq, and was a military aide to President Bush.

Honored with the Legion of Merit (gold star in lieu of second award) and a Meritorious Service Medal.

Will advance to the rank of rear admiral in summer 2000 after being nominated for the position by President Clinton.

JOHN F. TREMBLEY

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Swimming

Collegiate Achievements

20-time all-American.

Member of Tennessee's 1978 national championship team.

Either won or was a member of nine NCAA championship efforts.

Became the first swimmer to win five NCAA events in one year in 1973.

Set American records in the 50-yard freestyle, and the 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relays.

Professional Accomplishments

Has produced student-athletes who have won 191 all-America honors, and set 72 school records and three American records in his 11 years as coach at Tennessee.

His Volunteers teams have posted a dual-meet winning percentage of .911 (82-8).

One of three American finalists for the Coach of the Quadrennium Award in 1993.

Founded and served as president of the United Swimming Clinics, a program that has helped develop more than 13,000 swimmers worldwide.

Member of the Young Life Program.