Edward Athey, Washington College
Athletic Director, Baseball, Basketball and Soccer Coach – 1943-97
Edward Athey attended high school in Cumberland, Maryland and began college at Frostburg before transferring to Washington. A successful student and versatile athlete, he distinguished himself as a quarterback in football, guard on the championship basketball team of 1942-43 and an outfielder on the baseball team. In the fall of 1948 he was appointed coach of the Washington basketball team. His induction into the Hall of Fame marks his 34th year as a member of the Washington faculty. During his career, he coached basketball fifteen years, was assistant and later head coach of baseball spanning twenty-one years, and distinguished himself as soccer coach from 1949 through 1981. Occasionally, he also coached track, tennis and cross country. As athletic director for many years, Ed has actively promoted the image of Washington College among associates throughout collegiate athletics. Twice, he was elected president of the Mason-Dioxin Conference and the MAC. He is a past president of the Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association and for the past eleven year’s has been secretary of the Association. Athey has been inducted into the Washington College (1982), Frostburg State, NACDA, and Maryland State Athletic Halls of Fame.
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