Hall of Fame
Thomas R. Korn '75 played four years of football and three years of lacrosse while at Hobart. A four-year starter in football, he served in 1974 as captain of the team and earned All-ECAC honors and received the Vincent Welch Memorial Trophy (scholarship, leadership). His sophomore and junior seasons he was selected to the All-ICAC team and as a senior received the ECAC Merit Medal which is bestowed upon an athlete who has combined excellence in the classroom with outstanding service to the institution. In 1972 he received the football team's Most Improved Player award. As a lacrosse player he earned second-team All-American honors in 1974 when the Statesmen finished second in the NCAA Championship Tournament. As a senior he served as team captain and led the Statesmen to a second place finish in the NCAA Championship Tournament. He received the Babe Kraus Memorial Trophy as the Hobart Athlete of the Year and was a first-team All-American. He returned to Hobart in the fall of 1977 where he served the first of his two seasons as an assistant football coach. He also was an assistant lacrosse coach during the same time and served as co-head coach in 1979. He served as the Chairman of the Division III Lacrosse All-America Selection Committee.
