Merrimack announces 2024 Hall of Fame class

Merrimack announced the Class of 2024 inductees into the Merrimack Athletics Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held tonight as part of Graduation Weekend.

The class includes: Stephane Da Costa (men’s hockey), Joe Clancy (football), Darin Mency (men’s basketball) and Kathryn Morgis (softball).

Stéphane Da Costa ’17, Men’s Hockey

During a time when the Merrimack men’s hockey team was experiencing great success, Stéphane Da Costa stood out. Da Costa was one of the best college hockey players in the country during his two years with the Warriors and helped Merrimack rise to the top of the national polls.

As a true freshman in 2009, he led the team in scoring with 45 points on 16 goals and 29 assists. He won the Tim Taylor Award, given to the most outstanding rookie in the country. He is the only Warrior to win the award. He was also named a Hockey East All-Star.

He continued his dominance in his second year and once again led the team in points. That season was also one of the most successful for the team; The Warriors were ranked No. 1 nationally, finished with 25 wins, reached the Hockey East finals and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time. 20 years. For his efforts that season, Da Costa was named an All-American, a Hockey East All-Star, and a member of the Hockey East All-Academic Team.

Following his time at Merrimack, Da Costa signed with the Ottawa Senators, playing parts of four seasons in the NHL. He currently plays in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in Russia and is a three-time All-Star.

Joe Clancy ’13, Football

Joe Clancy redefined the quarterback position at Merrimack College; He led a fast, productive and relentless attack.

During his career at Merrimack, there weren’t many Division II college quarterbacks who matched his skill set, and today he remains the College’s all-time leader in six categories, including passing yards, touchdowns and yards per completion.

In 2012, he led the Northeast-10 conference with 323 completions for 3,945 yards and 31 touchdowns in 10 games, and three other quarterbacks in the country threw for more yards than Clancy.

He was named the 2012 Northeast-10 Conference Offensive Player of the Year, earned the All-Region title and earned the Harry Agganis Senior Achievement Award.

Clancy followed up his amazing 2012 season with an even more impressive 2013 season; This season, he also stood out as the first quarterback in NE-10 history to throw for more than 4,000 yards. He also broke single-season conference records for completions, attempts and touchdown passes.

He finished the season ranked third nationally in passing yards and second in touchdown passes and ended his Merrimack career with all major single-game, season and career passing records.

Darin (Dee) Mency, Jr. ’11, Men’s Basketball

Scoring 1,000 points in a career in college basketball is a tremendous accomplishment. Darin Mency repeated this twice.

Mency, the fifth Warrior in program history to surpass 2,000 points, was instrumental in some of men’s basketball’s most successful seasons at the Division II level. Mency averaged 17.7 points per game in his first season with the Warriors; This was fourth best in the conference, as well as good for NE-10 and ECAC freshman of the year honors. He scored over 20 points in 14 games that year.

He eclipsed that 1,000 milestone in just his second year en route to Northeast-10 All-Conference Second Team honors. That year, the Warriors made their second consecutive appearance in the Division II NCAA Tournament, defeating UMass-Lowell in the first round, thanks in part to Mency’s 29 points and 11 rebounds.

The following season, Mency was named a preseason honorable mention All-American by The Sporting News and was the leading scorer in nine games for Merrimack, averaging 16.9 points per game while setting a team record in rebounds per game (7.4). .

In his senior season, Mency led the Warriors in scoring with 20.5 points per game, second most in the conference that season, and was named to the NE10 All-Conference First Team and National Basketball Coaches Association II. He was selected as an All-American.

Kathryn Morgis ’02, Softball

Katie Morgis holds a special place in the Merrimack softball pantheon. As an individual and as a teammate, Morgis had a storybook career that most only dream of.

Four years, four NCAA tournament appearances, four NE-10 regular season championships and three NE-10 tournament championships. What’s that like for a dynasty?

Morgis was also an important part of these successes. The conference rookie of the year was a two-time Second Team All American and two-time NE-10 First Team honoree.

He currently holds the program record for career batting average, career hits and career RBIs. He is the only player to have multiple spots on the all-time list in a single season, ranking at #1 and #7. Morgis is also on the list for most RBIs in more than one sport in a single season. Nos. 3 and 4, and the only other player in Merrimack history to have a single-season batting average better than Morgis’ .490 in 2002.