Class of 2024 (Induction September 21, 2024)
Matt Hilleary, '03 - Men's Basketball
Hilleary ('03) joins a historic and high-achieving group of men's basketball athletes to be inducted into the Catholic Athletics Hall of Fame.
A two-time NABC Second Team All-American, Hilleary ranks among the top men's hoopers in scoring, rebounds, and blocks. He ended his illustrious career with 1,622 points, good for 11th in Catholic history, and also ranks in the top five in program history with 852 rebounds and 273 blocks.
A member of the 2001 National Champion team, Hilleary was selected to the Division III Final Four All-Tournament Team. A sophomore during the championship run, the big man scored 12 points, grabbed three rebounds, abd blocked three shots in the 76-62 victory over William Paterson in the Division III Championship Game. He also recorded a double-double in the semifinal, scoring 15 pints and pulling down 12 rebounds in an 82-77 victory over Ohio Northern. Hilleary boasts a pair of all-district/all-region recognitions while being named to All-Capital Athletic Conference teams in three of his four seasons.
In 2002 and 2003, Hilleary was named Capital Athletic Conference Player of the Year. As a junior in 2022, Hilleary averaged 17.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per game while making nearly 57 percent of his field goal attempts. In his final campaign, it was 17.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game while blocking 77 shots.
The Cardinals never lost more than five games in any season during Hilleary's career, compiling a record of 102-18, the best four-year record in Catholic history.
Laura Kaye, '06 - Women's Soccer, Women's Basketball, Women's Track & Field
Kaye ('06) adds representation from women's soccer to the Catholic Athletics Hall of Fame after a standout career that saw her succeed in three sports.
One of the top offensive threats in women's soccer history, Kaye remains second on Catholic's all-time goals and points lists with 49 goals and 117 points. She sits in a tie for second with 19 assists as well in program history.
The first player in program history to earn all-region honors, Kaye was named to the NSCAA Third Team All-Mid Atlantic Region after leading Catholic to arguably its best season. On her way to being named Capital Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Kaye and the Cardinals won 18 games, went unbeaten in the regular season, claimed the CAC Championship, and reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time. Kaye scored 20 goals and handed out eight assists as the Cardinals finished 18-1-2 with its lone loss coming at Lynchburg in the NCAA Tournament.
A three-time all-conference selection, Kaye was named to the All-CAC First Team in 2004 and 2005 and the second team in 2003. After her historic career ended, she was named to the CAC's 25th Anniversary Team.
Her 48 points in '05 remains the top scoring season in the program's history while her 20 goals are the second-most. She also ranks in a tie for eighth in single-season goal scoring with 14 goals in her freshman campaign.
Off the pitch, Kaye also competed for the women's basketball and track & field teams at Catholic. On the court, Kaye played in more than 100 games, scoring 165 points and grabbing nearly 400 rebounds. On the track, Kaye was a three-time All-CAC Second Team selection as a competitor in the 400 hurdles and the high jump.
Kate Robinson, '11 - Women's Lacrosse, Women's Basketball
Robinson, the top offensive player in program history, holds the Catholic program records for goals (268) and points (384). Her lengthy accolades include three all-america nods, four all-region selections, two conference player of the year awards, and four all-conference selections.
In 2009, Robinson was selected by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association as a First Team All-American. Robinson scored 77 goals and dished out 44 assists to set the Catholic single-season record for points with 121. The Cardinals finished the season with a record of 17-4, winning a pair of NCAA Tournament contests.
In 2008 as she earned IWLCA Second Team All-America honors, Robinson set the program record for goals in a season, putting the ball into the back of the net 91 times. She assisted on 27 goals, giving her 118 points for the season as the Cardinals posted a 17-5 record.
Though she missed most of the 2010 season with injury, Robinson returned to D.C. for a fifth year, scoring 46 goals and handing out 35 assists. Over the course of her career, Catholic won 65 percent or more of its games in each of the five seasons Robinson was on campus.
Along with holding the program record for goals and points in a career, Robinson ranks third in assists (116), third in draw controls (253), fifth in caused turnovers (112), and sixth in ground balls (168).
Robinson was also a member of the women's basketball team at Catholic, scoring nearly 600 points and grabbing almost 500 rebounds during her time on the court.
Matt Taylor, '96 - Football
A standout running back in the 1990's,
Matt Taylor ('96) will join the long list of Catholic football Hall of Famers.
A 1996 First Team All-American, Taylor left Catholic University with 16 school records. Taylor currently sits second in all-time in Catholic history with 3,802 rushing yards with 52 touchdowns. He became the first player in the history of the program to record multiple 1,000-yard rushing seasons, eclipsing the 1,000-yard mark in 1994 and 1996. His marks of 1,328 and 1,023 yards rank second and eighth in program history.
As far as single-season records go, Taylor remains the program record holder with 22 rushing touchdowns in a season. The 22 touchdowns are the second most total touchdowns scored by a player in a single-season as well. Taylor had 11 or more touchdowns in three seasons, including 15 in 1996. Taylor is one of two players in the programs history to score 15 or more rushing touchdowns twice in a season and one of three with 20 or more rushing touchdowns in a campaign alongside
Andrew Notarfrancesco and
Karl Kohl.
A consistent force, Taylor logged 17 career 100-yard games, second-most in program history behind Notarfrancesco. His 233 rushing yards against Hampden-Sydney in 1996 remains in a tie for the most rushing yards in a single game at Catholic University.
Christine (Thornton) Corrigan, '05 - Women's Lacrosse
Thornton Corrigan, the first all-american in Catholic women's lacrosse history and one of the pioneers of the sport at Catholic University, will be inducted into the Catholic Athletics Hall of Fame this month.
The women's lacrosse all-time leader in ground balls and caused turnovers, Corrigan remains one of the top defenders in program history and an early leader within the program. With Corrigan's leadership and defensive acumen, the Cardinals reached the top 20 of the IWLCA rankings for the first time during the 2005 season. Catholic won nine straight games in the '05 season between March 12th and April 19th.
During her career, Corrigan was named to the All-Capital Athletic Second Team in 2004 and 2005. She was a First Team All-South Atlantic Region choice in 2005 and earned Third Team IWLCA All-America honors in 2005 as well. As noted above, her 272 ground balls and 146 caused turnovers remain atop the Catholic all-time list.
Her 47 caused turnovers as a freshman in 2002 is the second-most in a single-season in program history. Offensively, she chipped in 31 goals and 35 assists during her four-year career.
Richard Weible, '75 - Men's Soccer
Weible ('76), one of the top players to play under legendary head coach Hicabi "Turk" Emekli, Weible adds representation to the Hall of Fame for men's soccer.
A two-time captain and winner of Catholic Athletics' prestigious Harris Cup Award in 1976, Weible was a versatile player who did whatever job was needed on the pitch for Catholic.
Named to the All-Mason Dixon Conference First Team in 1974 and 1975, Weible was honored as a half back, but played nearly every position on the field while at Catholic.
The 1975 team MVP also garnered honors on a broader level, being named to the NCAA All-South Soccer Teams in 1975 and 1975.
Jill Woerner, '13 - Women's Basketball
Woerner ('13), the youngest athlete inducted in the Class of 2024, put together a tremendous career under current women's basketball coach
Matt Donohue.
A leader during one of the best eras of Catholic women's basketball, Woerner's best season coincided with the most successful season in program history. In 2012-13, Woerner was named a WBCA First Team All-American after guiding the Cardinals to 27 wins and and the first NCAA Tournament victory in program history. Woerner averaged nearly 17 points per game, grabbing over six rebounds, and adding 2.4 assists and 2.4 steals per game.
For her career, the three-time all-region and three-time all-conference player scored 1,544 points, good for second in the history of the program. Woerner was honored by the Landmark Conference in each of her four season, earning first team honors in 2011, 2012, and 2013 after being named the conference's Rookie of the Year in 2010.
Highly successful off the court as well, Woerner was twice named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team, earning a spot on the Academic All-America team in 2013. Woerner joins multi-sport athletes
Kate Robinson and
Laura Kaye in representing the women's basketball program in the 2024 Hall of Fame class.
