The William Smith College Heron Society recently announced the Heron Hall of Honor Class of 2022 which will be inducted in an on-campus ceremony Saturday, Sept. 10. The 10th class of inductees will be comprised of eight Heron legends.
 
The Class of 2022 includes Karen Salemo Van Arsdale '88, of Baltimore, Maryland, Kathy Odomirok '89, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, Bianca Dupuis '98, of Troy, New York, Liz Brown Royston '00, of Stanley, New York, Amy Young Cutler '03, of Potsdam, New York, Seraphine Hamilton '06, of Ewing, New Jersey, Augusta Nadler Williams '06, of Lake Forest, Illinois, and Marisa Vespa Hamlin '08, of Watertown, New York.
 
"I'm looking forward to welcoming these eight outstanding former William Smith athletes into the Heron Hall of Honor in September," says Heron Society President Kerry McCullough Brown '87. "I want to thank the coaches, faculty, staff and Heron Society Board members who participated on the nominating committee and the selection committee to select the Class of 2022."
 
Karen Salemo Van Arsdale '88
 
A talented two-sport athlete, Salemo Van Arsdale played in two national championship games during her senior year, guiding the field hockey team to the 1987 finals while earning all-region and all-state honors and then playing for the 1988 lacrosse championship while meriting All-America recognition from both the IWLCA (first team) and USWLA (honorable mention).
 
A field hockey midfielder, Salemo Van Arsdale recorded 16 goals and 17 assists for 49 points in 73 career matches. She produced a career-high 15 points (4-7) as a sophomore. During the team's run to the 1987 championship game, she contributed 13 points (4-5). When she graduated, Salemo Van Arsdale was third in career assists, tied for third in career points and tied for fifth in career goals.
 
A defender in lacrosse, Salemo Van Arsdale registered 63 career points on 47 goals and 16 assists in 60 games. As a first-year, she scored nine times as the Herons won the ECAC Regional Championship. In her junior and senior seasons, Salemo Van Arsdale produced 25 points on 18 goals and seven assists as the Herons advanced to the national semifinals both years and reached the championship game in 1988.
 
During her four years, William Smith field hockey went 49-23-1 and William Smith lacrosse was 44-16. Salemo Van Arsdale played in three NCAA tournaments (2 lacrosse, 1 field hockey) and won the 1985 ECAC Women's Lacrosse Championship.
 
Salemo Van Arsdale earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1988.
 
Kathy Odomirok '89
 
Odomirok excelled in field hockey and lacrosse for the Herons, appearing in four NCAA tournaments, including the championship game of both sports during the 1987-88 academic year. She was a record-setting goalie in the fall and a tenacious defensive midfielder in the spring.
 
In field hockey, Odomirok is the only goalie in program history to produce 200 saves in a season. She accomplished the feat with 201 stops as the Herons went 19-4 and reached the NCAA championship game in 1987 and raised her season record to 232 as a senior, helping William Smith post a 15-5 record that included an NCAA quarterfinal appearance. Her .928 save percentage in 1988 remains the Heron gold standard. Odomirok also holds the program's single game saves record with 28 stops against Bloomsburg in 1988.
 
On the lacrosse field, Odomirok increased her offensive output each year, culminating in a 28-point senior season. In each of her final three seasons, she helped the Herons advance to the national semifinals with a championship appearance in 1988. She also helped William Smith win its first two New York State titles (1988, 1989).
 
Odomirok earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1989.
 
Bianca Dupuis '98
 
A national championship winning goalie, Dupuis was named a NFHCA first team All-American after backstopping the Herons to the 1997 title. In her four-year career, she registered 488 saves, 39 shutouts, a 61-14 record, a .905 save percentage and a 0.66 GAA. Dupuis owns the program's career records for wins and GAA and ranks second in saves and save percentage.
 
Dupuis went 10-2 as a first-year, logging a 0.43 GAA and a .920 save percentage as William Smith advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals. A full-time starter a year later, she helped the Herons capture the inaugural UCAA Championship and return to the NCAA tournament with a 19-2 record in the cage to go along with a 0.54 GAA and a .925 save percentage. That performance earned her All-State and NFHCA All-Region first team recognition.
 
As a senior in 1997, Dupuis earned UCAA Player of the Year honors after leading the Herons to a second conference championship and added NFHCA first team All-Region and All-America praise as William Smith won the program's second national championship. During the Herons' NCAA tournament run, Dupuis allowed just two goals in four games, making 14 saves in a shutout of defending champion TCNJ in the quarterfinals. She turned back all four shots she faced in the 3-0 championship win over Cortland, earning a spot on the NCAA All-Tournament Team.
 
Dupuis earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1998. She continued to share her love of field hockey, serving as an assistant coach at Rensselaer for eight seasons.
 
Liz Brown Royston '00
 
A two-time WBCA All-American, Brown Royston was a fierce defender, exciting playmaker and prolific scorer on the basketball court. She is the only player in Heron history to record the combination of 1,000 career points, 300 career assists and 300 career steals. Brown Royston holds the William Smith career records for 3-point field goal percentage (.392) and steals (348). A four-year starter, she led the Herons to four straight 20-win seasons and three Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association championships. William Smith was 95-14 during her career, including an incredible 41-1 in Bristol Gym.
 
Brown Royston averaged at least 11.0 points per game in each of her four season, including a career-best 12.7 ppg in 1997-98 as the Herons went 27-1 and reached the NCAA quarterfinals. During her senior year, she finished with 101 steals, second on William Smith's season list, and doled out 130 assists, which was tied for fifth at the time.
 
In addition to All-America honors following her junior and senior seasons, Brown Royston was a three-time All-UCAA first team pick, a three-time ECAC Upstate All-Star and the 1996-97 Stephanie Christie Award winner as the William Smith Athletic Department's overall rookie of the year.
 
Brown Royston earned a bachelor's degree in women's studies in 2000.
 
Amy Young Cutler '03
 
The first Heron Cross Country All-American, Young Cutler was an indomitable runner in her three seasons, winning 13 races between 1999 and 2001. The three-time Sharon Peckham Best '62 Most Valuable Cross Country Award winner posted her first career victory in just her third collegiate race, prevailing by 11 seconds in the 1999 Hobart Invitational.

As a sophomore, she won five races and finished fourth at the NCAA Division III Atlantic Regional Championships to become the first Heron to qualify for the national championship race. Her regional 5k time of 18:07 was a personal and William Smith record. A week later, Young Cutler ran to All-America honors with a 33rd place finish at nationals, posting a time of 18:40.4.

In Young Cutler's final year of competition, she won six of the 11 races she entered and again qualified for nationals.
 
Young Cutler earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2003. Following graduation, she continued to compete in races up to the half marathon distance as well as Ironman triathlons. Young Cutler shared her love of running, serving as an assistant cross country coach at SUNY Potsdam for a decade.
 
Seraphine Hamilton '06
 
Hamilton was a two-sport athlete, excelling in basketball and soccer for the Herons. Her athletic accomplishments as well her work in the classroom and in the community earned her the 2004 Hazel Nettleship Hardy '65 Award, the 2005 Susan Bassett Award, and the 2006 Marion Harrison Greene '20 Award.
 
On the pitch, Hamilton was a two-time NSCAA All-American defender, leading the Herons to a 60-15-9 record. She also led the Herons to a pair of NCAA soccer tournament appearances. William Smith posted a 17-4-3 record in Hamilton's first season, reaching the NCAA semifinals. She recorded a career-high four points (2g,1a) as a sophomore, helping the Herons capture the ECAC Upstate Tournament Championship. In Hamilton's junior season, she helped limit the opposition to just nine goals in 20 games. William Smith returned to the NCAA tournament during her senior season, yielding just four goals and finishing the campaign with a 15-2-1 record.
 
On the hardwood, Hamilton helped the Herons to a 64-42 record, including back-to-back 20-win seasons. She started 53 of the 83 games she played in, averaging 4.2 ppg and 4.3 rpg. A tough defender and a deft passer, Hamilton also recorded 1.3 spg and 1.2 apg. She was a part of two Liberty League Championship teams, helping the 2005-06 squad to a 22-6 record and a spot in the NCAA tournament second round.
 
Hamilton earned a bachelor's degree in Africana studies and English in 2006. She returned to her alma mater and served as an assistant basketball coach from 2015 to 2017.
 
Augusta Nadler Williams '06
 
A three-time All-American sailor, Nadler Williams competed in 10 national championship events, recording six top five finishes. She and her teammates reached the pinnacle of college sailing twice, winning the 2005 team race and dinghy national championships. During both her junior and senior seasons, she helped HWS win the America Trophy, presented to the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (MAISA) dinghy champion, and the Prosser Trophy, which goes to the MAISA team race champions. In 2005 and again in 2006, Nadler Williams earned the Ady Symonds '96 Most Valuable Sailing Award.

All three of her All-America awards were for her efforts as a crew, Nadler Williams made two important appearances as a skipper during her senior year. She won A Division at the 2006 MAISA Women's Championship, helping the Herons qualify for nationals, and then placed second in A Division at the women's national championship in Charleston, South Carolina.

In addition to her success on the water, she also played squash during her senior year.
 
Nadler Williams earned a bachelor's degree in public policy studies in 2006.
 
Marisa Vespa Hamlin '08
 
Vespa Hamlin was a dynamic guard on the basketball court, leading the Herons to three 20-win seasons. An efficient scorer and a deft passer, she is the only player in William Smith history to record both 1,000 career points and 500 career assists. Vespa Hamlin was a four-year starter, producing 1,157 points, 579 assists, 368 rebounds and 285 steals in 104 career games. She was a four-time All-Liberty League first team selection and a 2007-08 WBCA All-American.
 
Vespa Hamlin averaged 11.5 points, 5.1 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game during her debut season, earning the Liberty League Rookie of the Year Award. She also played in 16 matches for the Heron soccer team, posting a pair of assists, and earned the Stephanie Christie Award. She closed out her collegiate career in a similarly impressive fashion, averaging 12.5 points, 6.1 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 3.3 steals while leading the Herons to a 25-4 record and an appearance in the third round of the NCAA tournament.
 
During Vespa Hamlin's career, William Smith went 84-29 (.743), won three Liberty League regular season titles, captured two Liberty League Tournament Championships, appeared in three NCAA tournaments, advancing to the third round twice and won the 2007 ECAC Upstate Championship.
 
Vespa Hamlin earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2008. She earned a master's degree in physician assistant studies from SUNY Upstate in 2013.