• Harold Evans Taylor '61 – Soccer, Basketball
• Rich Schwab '79 – Soccer, Lacrosse
• Chaon Garland '91 – Baseball
• Amy Taylor Brooks '92 – Volleyball, Basketball, Lacrosse

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Harold Evans Taylor '61 – Soccer, Basketball

The history of Haverford College soccer dates back to the beginning of collegiate soccer in the United States. The first modern-day intercollegiate match in the U.S. took place on April 1, 1905, when Haverford defeated Harvard, 1-0, in Cambridge, Mass.

Since then, Haverford has won seven national championships (1906, 1907, 1908, 1915, 1917 and 1926), posted one unbeaten, untied record (1945) and has registered 58 All-America selections.

One of those talented All-America picks was Harold "Hal" Evans Taylor. A 1961 graduate, Taylor was a four-year letter-winner who also played two years of junior varsity basketball. He capped his collegiate career in 1960 by helping the Fords post a 5-5 record while garnering All-Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) and All-America honors at right halfback.

Playing for legendary coach Jimmy Mills, Taylor's squads compiled a 21-20-1 record during the 1957-60 seasons. Opponents those days featured teams from the Ivy League, such as Princeton and Penn, along with other national powerhouses including Navy, Temple and Rutgers. With Taylor anchoring the defense, the Fords notched several significant victories against a number of these squads.

In 1957 Taylor and his teammates defeated a Temple team that had recently won Collegiate National Championships in 1951 and 1953. The Fords defeated Rutgers in 1958 and 1959 and played Navy to a scoreless tie in 1958. The 1959 squad pulled off a one goal victory over Princeton after dropping a narrow decision to Penn by the same margin in the season-opener.

During Taylor's four years under Mills the Fords crafted perfect 4-0 marks against La Salle and Ursinus, downing the latter by a combined score of 11-0. The only loss to regional rival Franklin & Marshall during that span was in 1957. Taylor, along with fellow all-American and teammate Gyula Kovacsics '61, manned a defense that recorded 12 shutouts and allowed just one goal eight times. In 1960 the MASCAC named Taylor, Kovacsics and teammate Donald Snider '62 to its all-star soccer team.

Hal Taylor was one of many talented Taylors to represent Haverford athletics beginning with his great-grandfather Gardiner Taylor, a cricket star for the Scarlet and Black who graduated in 1876. Hal's grandfather Howard '11 played on some of the earliest Haverford soccer, football and cricket teams, and his father Joseph '36 played basketball and baseball for the Fords. Brothers Joe '63 and Jim '71 played soccer at Haverford and Hal's three children, Laura '87 (volleyball), Peter '90 (basketball) and Amy '92 (volleyball, basketball, lacrosse) also competed for Haverford. Amy joins her father in the Hall of Achievement induction class of 2010.

Rich Schwab '79 – Soccer, Lacrosse

Richard "Richie" Schwab's impact on the Haverford College men's lacrosse program is not hard to measure. Before Schwab's arrival in the fall of 1975, coach Dana Swan's fledgling program had posted a 9-25-1 record in its first four seasons. Schwab, a key member of a talented 1975 recruiting class, quickly helped turn the fortunes of the Fords.

Over four seasons spanning 1976 through 1979, Schwab helped lead his Haverford squads to four winning records and a 28-13 cumulative mark. He also earned the program's first All-America selection.

A midfielder from nearby Lower Merion High School, Schwab tallied 23 goals in his senior season and added 11 assists for a total of 34 points, second most on the squad.

Along with earning all-America status in his senior year, Schwab received the Varsity Cup award presented to the top senior athlete who displayed the highest combination of outstanding athletic accomplishments, sportsmanship and leadership throughout his career.

Schwab, a four-time All-Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) honoree (second-team 1996 and 1977, first-team 1978 and 1979), led the team in goals his final three years and accumulated 91 career tallies over a four-year span. At the time, he led the program in goals scored and now ranks 11th on the all-time list. His 2.28 goals per game career mark also topped the all-time list in 1979 and ranks eighth-best now. Combined with his assist totals each year Schwab finished second in points all four seasons and was voted the team's most valuable player (1976, 1978) or co-MVP (1977, 1979) each year.

In the postseason of his senior campaign Schwab was invited to the annual United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association's (USILA) North-South senior all-star game. The USILA contests from 1940, its initial game, through 1991 included senior players from not only Division III squads but also Division I and II programs putting Schwab alongside scholarship teammates as well as his small college peers.

A busy senior year that ended with his USILA North-South appearance began long before his final lacrosse season got underway as Schwab stepped onto the soccer pitch and started 11 games for a squad that finished 8-6-1 and captured the MAC Northeast/Southeast Division title.

Schwab's honors for his efforts on the playing field did not end with his graduation; in 1997 he was named to the Haverford College 25-year men's lacrosse all-star team.

Schwab and wife Edna have four children, Amanda, Robert, Jessica and Allison, all of whom have followed their father's footsteps onto the lacrosse field. He continued his education after Haverford with medical school at the University of Pennsylvania and is now an Associate Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of the Penn Sleep Center at Penn Medical Center. Schwab has remained active in lacrosse as he plays on the Philadelphia grand master team and runs the Lower Merion Youth Girls Lacrosse League he founded in 1996.

Chaon Garland '91 – Baseball

For three years Chaon Garland was one of the most dominant pitchers to ever play at Haverford College. He never got the opportunity, however, to pitch his senior year. Instead of taking the mound at Class of '16 Field with his Haverford teammates, Garland was pitching in the Oakland Athletics minor league system. Garland became the first Haverford player to be drafted by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team when the A's selected the right-hander in the third round of the 1990 draft.

Standing 6 feet 5 inches tall, the imposing Garland put up some impressive numbers in his collegiate career. He compiled 17 wins, 210 strikeouts, 9.34 strikeouts per nine innings, 20 complete games and three shutouts in 214.1 career innings. Garland departed Haverford with a number of records and is still the leader in career strikeouts, strikeouts per nine innings and is co-leader in shutouts.

Garland's sophomore and junior seasons were nothing short of spectacular. He went 14-7 with a 3.03 ERA in 143 innings pitched. Pitching in front of scores of professional scouts during his junior year, Garland impressed, striking out 85 batters in 70 innings and winning four Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) games in-a-row. During those two seasons Garland earned a pair of All-Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) and All-Mid-Atlantic Region selections. He became the second Haverford player to earn All-America accolades and remains Haverford's only first-team selection.

Garland's star status was born in late March of his sophomore year when he did not allow an earned run in 24.1 innings. The streak began innocently enough with a one-inning relief outing against Alvernia, Garland's first save of the season. After hurling five innings for a victory versus Rutgers-Camden, Garland tossed back-to-back complete game shutouts over MAC opponents Washington and Widener. In those four outings, Garland did not allow a run. The scoreless streak ended three days later when he allowed an unearned run at Penn. The earned run streak officially ended the next week at Swarthmore, but more importantly, he went the distance once again to beat the rival Garnet for his fifth win of the season. The right-hander went on to play four seasons in the A's farm system, progressing to the Double A level. In 1992, Garland played for Single A Modesto and led the California League in ERA and strikeouts before being called up to Double A Huntsville. He was on the 1995 spring training roster for the Houston Astros as a replacement player during the MLB players' strike.

Garland resides in Park City, Utah with his wife Melissa and their two sons Bryson and Taylor. He is a Global Sourcing Lead for the procurement outsourcing firm, ICG Commerce, based in King of Prussia, Pa., where he manages clients such as Kimberly-Clark, Goodyear and Research in Motion.

Amy Taylor Brooks '92 – Volleyball, Basketball, Lacrosse

Arguably one of the greatest athletes to wear the Scarlet and Black, Amy Taylor Brooks excelled in volleyball, basketball and lacrosse in her four years at Haverford College. She was selected as the most valuable player six times in three sports while earning 10 varsity letters. Her Haverford trophy collection includes the Archibald MacIntosh and Varsity Cup awards. Brooks was Haverford's first woman and just sixth basketball player to score 1,000 career points.

On the basketball court Brooks completed her career atop many categories. She made the most field goals (438), attempted the most field goals (1,069), pulled in the most rebounds (834) and had the most steals (176) in program history. She is second in points behind fellow 1,000 point honoree Katie Crowley '06. In a game against Bryn Mawr, Brooks grabbed 25 rebounds, which is still the most in a single contest. Brooks led the 1990-91 squad to the program's first and only winning record (13-11) and a Philadelphia Association of Intercollegiate Athletic Women (PAIAW) division title. During that season, she averaged 13.7 points and 10.8 rebounds per game and was named First-Team All-Middle-Atlantic Conference (MAC). In her career she was a two-year captain and three-time team MVP.

Brooks was a four-year starter and two-time captain in volleyball and received team MVP honors three times. She was a PAIAW and All-MAC selection for three consecutive years from 1989-91. Brooks led the Fords in blocks, digs and kills all four seasons and she graduated as the program's all-time leader in kills (898) and kills per set (2.91). An outstanding defender, Brooks is the program leader in digs (2,092), digs per set (6.77) and block solos (232).

A lacrosse player in high school, Brooks took a hiatus from the sport her first two years on campus, but returned to the field her junior and senior seasons, lettering both years. In 1991 she was part of a team that went 12-5, qualified for the NCAA tournament and finished the season with a No. 8 national ranking.

The contributions Brooks made to Haverford athletics did not end upon her graduation. She served as an assistant basketball and volleyball coach for four years. In 1997 she became head women's basketball coach, a position she held for three seasons.

Brooks' accomplishments added to the storied history of the Taylor family at Haverford. The Taylor legacy in Haverford Athletics includes her great-great-grandfather, cricket star Gardiner Taylor, class of 1876. Great-grandfather Howard '11 (football, soccer, cricket), grandfather Joseph '36 (basketball, baseball), and father Hal Taylor '61 (soccer All-America). Uncles Joe '63 and Jim Taylor '71 played soccer. Her older siblings, Laura '87 (volleyball) and Peter Taylor '90 (basketball), also played sports at Haverford.

Brooks lives in Thornton, Pa. with her husband, Mike, and two daughters, Maya (4) and Emma (2). Having earned a law degree from Temple University in 2005, she is an associate at Wisler Pearlstine, LLP in Blue Bell, Pa. She is a member of the Birmingham Friends Meeting where she serves on the religious education committee. Brooks still finds time to be active, playing volleyball in a women's league in West Chester.