LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – All-Americans in men's basketball and field hockey, a men's cross country and track & field runner and women's swimmer who rewrote the program record books and one of the most accomplished hitters in Rider baseball history make up the 2022 Rider Athletics Hall of Fame induction class. The 2009-12 Rider Field Hockey teams that won four Northeast Conference Regular Season Championships and three NEC Tournament titles will also be honored with the Clair Bee Outstanding Team Achievement Award.

The ceremony begins with cocktails and hors d'ouevres at 5 pm in the Hall of Fame area of the Student Recreation Center followed by the official induction ceremony at approximately 7 pm in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater.   It is open to everyone at a cost of $65 (adult) and $25 (children 10 & under).  To register, please visit https://alumni.rider.edu/athletics-HOF.

Jim Bolger '85 of men's basketball, Virginia Egusquiza '12 of field hockey, Christian Gonzalez '11 of men's cross country and track & field, Priscilla Modrov '09 of women's swimming and Sean Olson '09 of baseball will be inducted on June 11, 2022.

Bolger was an Honorable Mention All-American and a First Team All-East Coast Conference selection as a senior in 1984-85 and was a starter on the ECC Championship team that went to the NCAAs in 1984. In 1984-85, he averaged a team-high 16.1 points and was second on the team with 6.5 rebounds per game. As a junior in 1983-84, he averaged 10.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. As a sophomore, he was a role player on a team that went 20-9 and won at South Carolina and at La Salle but eventually lost to La Salle in the ECC Semifinals. He played in 22 games as a rookie with four starts, 19 games as a sophomore, all 30 games as a junior and all 29 games as a senior. In his senior year of high school, he led all of Philadelphia in scoring (22.1 ppg) and his two high school coaches that year were Phil Martelli and Geno Auriemma.

Egusquiza is one of the most decorated players in Rider field hockey history. A four-time First-Team All-NEC honoree, she was named the NEC Rookie of the Year as a freshman before going on to be named the NEC Player of the Year in each of the next three seasons. After her sophomore season in 2009, she was named a NFHCA Mid Atlantic Second-Team All-Region honoree.  After her junior season, during which she earned NEC Tournament MVP honors, she earned NFHCA First-Team All-Mid Atlantic Regions honors and was Rider's Female Athlete of the Year for 2010-11. Egusquiza was selected as the NEC Tournament MVP for a second-straight season in 2011, again going on to earn NFHCA First-Team All-Mid Atlantic Region honors. She capped her senior season by being named an NFHCA Third-Team All-American and was named Rider's Female Athlete of the Year for the second time. She graduated as the program record holder in points (150) and assists (62), and is still the program record holder for career assists. In addition to her time with the Broncs, she was also a member of the Spanish National U21, U18, and U16 teams.

Gonzalez embedded his name into Rider track & field and cross country record books in his four years. He was a two-time NCAA First Round Qualifier, a two-time MAAC Outstanding Championship Meet Performer, a five-time individual MAAC Champion, an IC4A Cross Country Champion and set eight Rider track & field records and four cross country course records. He was a four-time All-East Cross Country and Track & Field performer and posted three Top 15 finishes at MAAC Cross Country Championships to earn All-MAAC honors. He was a 16-time IC4A Qualifier and the 2011 Rider Male Athlete of the Year. He holds the Rider indoor records in the mile (4:00.84), the DMR relay and the 4xMile relay and set the indoor records in the 800m (1:52.00), before Johnathan Jackson broke it in 2015. He owns Rider's outdoor record in the 1500m (3:42.92) and was also part of the DMR relay record-setting team. A two-time NCAA Outdoor Regional Qualifier in the 1500m, he was named the 2010-11 Indoor and 2011 Outdoor MAAC Most Outstanding Track Performer. He won the 800m, placed second in the mile and ran the lead leg on the DMR that finished second in the indoor season. Gonzalez won the 800m (1:50.62) and finished second in the 1500m (3:45.50), and was part of the gold-medal winning 4x800 (7:47.67) team at the 2011 MAAC Outdoor Championships. He won the 2010 IC4A Cross Country Championship Race finishing the five mile course in 24:52.7. He finished third at the 2010 MAAC Cross Country Championships and placed fourth overall at the Penn State National that featured top 25 schools Syracuse and Penn State. He finished first at the Fordham Fiasco, the first time a Rider cross country athlete had won an individual race under Head Coach Bob Hamer. He won the mile at the 2009-10 MAAC Indoor Championships in a then-Rider-record time (4:08.11), breaking the mark set by Rider Hall of Famer Terrance Armstrong '94 (4:09.11). Placed fourth (25:46) at the 2009 IC4A Cross Country Championships and placed 28th at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Regional Championships, covering the 10,000 meter course in 33:00. He set the Rider cross country record for the Lehigh course at the 2008 Paul Short Run, covering the 8,000m course in 24:43. He also went on to run a sub-four-minute mile at the Boston University Terrier Invitational following his graduation.

Modrov still holds Rider records in 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 individual medley and 400 individual medley. The three-time MAAC Championship Most Outstanding Performer and two-time ECAC Championship Most Outstanding Performer was a 2009 CoSIDA Academic All-America finalist as a First Team All-District All-Academic honoree. She was a three-time MAAC All-Academic team selection. Modrov appeared in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd along with her brother, when he also was named the MAAC Championship Most Outstanding Swimmer. She was named a National Swimmer of the Week. At 2009 MAAC Championships, she won three individual events and swam on four winning relays for seven gold medals and seven new MAAC records. At the 2009 ECAC Championships, she won the 200 butterfly in an ECAC record time, won the 200 individual medley in an ECAC record time and won the 400 individual medley, breaking her own ECAC record. As a junior, she won the ECAC 400 IM (ECAC record) and won the 200 IM (Rider record). At the 2008 MAAC Championships, she set MAAC records in 200 butterfly, the 400 IM and the 100 butterfly. She earned 2008-09 Rider Athlete of the Year. Over her four years at Rider, she won 19 gold and nine silver medals. She graduated with seven individual MAAC records and multiple relay records. She also graduated with eight Rider team records and four relay records, four pool records and one relay record.

Olson set the Rider career record with 168 RBI, which has since been broken by Mason Heyne '11 (186). His 30 career home runs and 221 career hits rank fourth all-time at Rider. He maintained a .319 career batting average. Olson was a three-time First Team All-MAAC and All-New Jersey pick. As a senior, he was named Second Team All-East and New Jersey Division I Player of the Year, while also earning MAAC All-Tournament Team recognition. He led Rider in batting (.351), hits (65) and home runs (12) while setting a Rider record with 58 RBI in 2009. He ranked 75th in nation in RBI per game. As a junior, Olson led the team in seven offensive categories, including home runs, RBI, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage, while leading the Broncs to the MAAC Title and NCAA Tournament. He homered and scored four runs in the 2008 MAAC title Game. He hit a three-run home run in his final collegiate at bat to give Rider an 8-7 lead in the 2009 MAAC title game.

The 2009-12 Rider field hockey teams set a new standard for the program, posting a 67-14 record with a 28-1 mark in NEC play. The group won four NEC Regular Season Championships and three NEC Tournament Championships to advance to three NCAA Play-In Games. The teams accounted for two All-America honors (Egusquiza – 2011; Sandra Penas – 2012), five All-Region honors (Egusquiza – 2009-11; Penas – 2011-12), three NEC Players of the Year (Egusquiza - 2009-11), two NEC Offensive Players of the Year (Megan Pisani – 2010; Sandra Penas – 2011), two NEC Rookies of the Year (Marlaine Schneider – 2009; Penas – 2010), two NEC Coaches of the Year (Lori Hussong), 10 All-NEC First Team picks and eight Second Team honorees. The 2010 team was also honored with the NEC Sportsmanship Award.