Varsity Club: Special Awards
Donlon Award
Varsity Club Medal
The William J. Donlon Special Achievement Award
Established in 1999 for those individuals who, in the judgment of the Varsity Club Hall of Fame Selection Committee, have demonstrated uncommon dedication and performed exceptional service to Boston College Athletics, both on and off the fields of play. It is in honor of the late Reverend William J. "Father Bill" Donlon, Class of 1931, who excelled as both a student and as a member of the track & field team before beginning a lifetime in the service of God. Father Bill also found time to serve his alma mater and the Varsity Club for more than six decades, as club chaplain, secretary, historian and enthusiastic leader and committee member in many capacities down through the years.
Past Honorees
2000 - Rev. Msgr. John Dillon Day '31
2001 - Peter "Sonny" Nictakis '99
2003 - L. Sheldon Daly '58
2004 - Margo Plotzke
2005 - Kenneth A. Daly
2007 - James E. Cotter '59
2011 - Don Croatti '60
2021 - Tracey Harney Blaisdell '82Â
2024 - David P. Hasenfus '65
Varsity Club Medal
The Varsity Club Medal is presented to an individual that has served with excellence, fostered our athletic ideals and promoted sportsmanship to the Varsity Club and Boston College Athletics.
Past Honorees
2013 - Dick Kelley '87, Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations
2018 - Pete Frates '07 BaseballÂ
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