DAYTON -- The University of Dayton Athletic Hall of Fame will grow by two on Saturday, Jan. 17 when the 2015 class is introduced at halftime of the Dayton-Saint Louis men's basketball game.  Saturday's ceremonies will bring the total membership in UD's Hall of Fame to 170. 

The new members are football quarterback B. Jay Dailey and women's volleyball player Sue Clark Zimmerman. 
 
B. JAY DAILEY '79–Football, Baseball 1974-78

The team captain and White-Allen Most Valuable Player of UD's 1977 team that finished 8-3, B. Jay Dailey was statistically the Flyers' best scholarship quarterback.  And he was also Dayton's last scholarship quarterback.

A star at Unioto High School in Chillicothe, Ohio, Dailey is UD's career scholarship leader in passing yardage (3,678), total offense (3,890), pass completions (233) and attempts (509).  He is currently fifth, seventh, fourth and fourth respectively in those categories.

After going 8-for-23 (.381) for 78 yards as a freshman, Dailey moved into the starting lineup as a sophomore, and was 64-o- 155 (.413) for 1,118 yards.  As a junior, he was 61-for-135 (.452) for 891 yards.

After three seasons of a combined record of 12 wins and 21 losses (and only three winning seasons in the previous 19 years), the University changed coaches and announced that it was going to non-scholarship football.  UD would have a transitional season, and then join Division III.

It was a tipping point for the Flyer football program.  At that time, no other team had gone from Division I to Division III.  If the move failed, chances are the University would have dropped the sport.

As important as Dailey's contribution was on the field, it was his leadership during the transition through the new direction for the program with a brand new coaching staff that was even more important.

And he was brilliant on the field, leading the Flyers to an 8-3 record, matching the most wins at UD in 35 years.  Dailey closed his career by completing 100 of 196 passes (.510) for 1,601 yards against a schedule that included nationally-ranked Iowa State, who the Flyers led 10-3 at halftime, but eventually lost to 17-10.

With that touchstone 1977 season, the future of the Flyer football program was secure, paving the way for four national championships, 11 Pioneer Football League titles and 12 post-season appearances in the next 37 seasons. 


SUE CLARK ZIMMERMAN '82—Volleyball 1978-80

A powerful hitter on some of the best-ever University of Dayton volleyball teams, Sue Clark Zimmerman joins teammates Ann Meyers, Jane Meyers Hovey and Linda Sargent Burton in UD's Athletic Hall of Fame.

After playing on a high school state championship volleyball team at Fairmont West High School in the Dayton suburb of Kettering, Ohio, Clark stayed in her hometown and took her talents to UD, where she was reunited with high school teammates Sargent and Cathy Marschall.

Clark was inserted into the starting lineup immediately, and as a four-year starter she played on teams that advanced to the Midwest Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW) regionals all four seasons.

Teaming with Meyers as a powerful one-two punch on the front line, Clark was the missing piece for teams that won Ohio Association for Intercollegiate Sports for Women (OAISW) state championships, MAIAW regional championships, and finished fifth at the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (AIAW) national championships in both 1978 and 1979.

Named All-Ohio three times and All-Midwest twice, Clark played on teams that won 161 matches, while losing just 46. The Flyers were 56-5 in her freshman season.