WALTHAM, Mass. – Six All-Americas are among eight former Bentley University student-athletes who have been selected for the Bentley Athletic Hall of Fame, Director of Athletics Vaughn Williams announced. They will be inducted during an October 7 on-campus ceremony.

The Hall of Fame Class of 2023 consists of Ryan Agnew '06 (men's track and cross country), Lauren Battista '14 (women's basketball), Allyson (Bunce) Baroni '02 (field hockey, lacrosse), Matt Cupps '01 (men's diving), Tim Forbes '06 (men's basketball), Brett Gensler '14 (hockey), Roger Hill '00 (baseball) and Amy (Varsell) Bradrick '13 (women's track and cross country).

Agnew, who is from Spencer, was a two-time Division II cross country All-America who made six trips to the NCAA Division II championships during his career. As a senior in 2005, he ran to victory in the NCAA Division II Northeast Regional, covering the 10,000-meter Franklin Park course in 31:32.7, and earned first-team All-Northeast-10 honors in cross country honors for the third time.

Agnew was a three-time Northeast-10 champion (indoor 3,000, outdoor 5,000 and outdoor 10K), a 2006 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America and the recipient of the 2005-06 Robbins Scholar-Athlete Award for his combined success in the classroom, where he was a public policy major, and athletically. Agnew was also the recipient of Bentley's Edward J. Powers Scholar-Athlete Award in 2006.

Arguably the most decorated student-athlete in Bentley history, Battista led the Falcons to a 35-0 season and the NCAA Division II national championship as a senior in 2013-14. The North Easton native, now an assistant women's basketball coach at Princeton University, amassed a slew of major awards, including WBCA Division II National Player of the Year, Honda Division II Athlete of the Year, Capital One Division II Academic All-America of the Year, D2CCA Division II Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year, NCAA Today's Top Ten, Northeast-10 Woman of the Year, Northeast-10 Outstanding Female Scholar-Athlete and National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year.

Battista, the first 2,000-point scorer in program history, now ranks number two all-time with 2,112 points and owns the Falcon career records for games played (135), games started (133) and field goals made (821). During her 135 games in a Falcon uniform, the team won an amazing 124 times for a winning percentage of .919 with eight Northeast-10 championships (four regular season, four tournament) and three Elite Eight appearances.

Baroni, who joins her sister Jen in the Bentley Athletic Hall of Fame, led Bentley to the 2001 NCAA Division II national championship and two other appearances in the NCAA national championship game. The East Dennis native played on teams that won 78 of 89 games and captured seven Northeast-10 championships (four tournament, three regular season).

Baroni, the field hockey nominee for the 2001-02 Honda Division II Collegiate Woman of the Year, was the Northeast-10 Player of the Year as a senior and was twice the Northeast-10 championship MVP.  Currently number three on Bentley's all-time list for career goals (70) and points (157), she was a three-time NFHCA first-team Division II All-America, a four-time first-team All-Northeast-10 selection, a two-time ECAC Division II all-star and a two-time NCAA Division II All-Tournament honoree at the national championships. Baroni led Division II in scoring as a junior and also played two years of lacrosse at Bentley.

Cupps, who came to Bentley from South Charleston, W.V., is the first men's swimmer or diver to earn enshrinement in the Athletic Hall of Fame. He had an outstanding senior year in 2000-01, earning Division II All-America honors by placing seventh in the three-meter diving and eighth off the one-meter board during the championships that were held in Canton, Ohio.

Earlier that season, Cupps was named the New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Association co-Diver of the Meet and was recognized as the NEISDA Diver of the Year. A 2001 Verizon Academic All-America third team honoree, the economics-finance major owned all of Bentley's men's diving records upon graduation, including 370.60 from the one-meter and 422.85 off the high board.

The sixth-leading scorer in Bentley men's basketball history and number three on the all-time list at the time of his graduation in 2006, Forbes amassed 1,731 points in 122 games from 2002-06 while playing on two NCAA regional teams. That included 2005 when the Falcons captured the Northeast-10 regular season title, recorded the first 30-win season in program history, was ranked number one in Division II nationally, and reached the Sweet Sixteen and the East Regional final.

That season, the Attleboro native was selected as an NABC Division II All-America, a first-team All-Region player by both the NABC and the D2CCA, and first-team All-Northeast-10. He was also one of 18 finalists, representing all divisions, for the Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award. His 603 points that year was the fourth most in program history at the time and his 95 three pointers made remains a school record. A three-time All-Conference honoree and one of only three Falcons with at least 1500 points and 500 assists, Forbes ranks third on Bentley's career lists in three-pointers made and attempted, free throws made and games started, as well as fourth in steals and minutes played. After graduation, he played professionally in France, Switzerland, Germany and Finland.

Gensler, Bentley's Outstanding Male Senior Athlete in 2014, is the only two-time scoring champion in Atlantic Hockey history and the only player in Bentley history to receive the prestigious Walter Brown Award as the best American-born player in New England. The St. Louis, Mo. native led Bentley in scoring each of his final three seasons and topped Atlantic Hockey in both 2012 and 2014, with his 53 points as a senior a Bentley Division I record.

Gensler, who became the first Falcon named to the Atlantic Hockey Hall of Honor earlier this year, is the AHA co-leader in career points (167) and is one of only two players in Atlantic Hockey history to rank in the top ten in career points, goals (73) and assists (94). He is number one in Bentley D1 history in each of those categories and is number two all-time in points and goals. Gensler, who had a hat trick in a 3-2 win over Holy Cross at Fenway Park in December 2013, was a three-time first-team All-Atlantic Hockey selection, as well as a two-time New England Hockey Writers Division I All-Star.

In more than a half-century of Bentley baseball, no one ever recorded more base hits than Roger Hill, the Falcons' second baseman from 1997 to 2000. Hill, who hails from East Bridgewater, amassed 239 hits in 156 games while hitting .349. His career totals also included 161 runs scored, 48 doubles, eight triples, 20 home runs and 147 RBI. On Bentley's all-time list, he is second in total bases, tied for second in RBI, third in runs scored, fifth in doubles, sixth in at bats, seventh in assists, eighth in batting average and eighth in triples as well as number one in hits.

Hill, who will join his brother Mike in the Hall of Fame, had his greatest season in 1998 when he hit .431, the third best single season average in program history. He twice earned first-team All-Northeast-10 honors, was a two-time ABCA Division II second-team All-Region honoree  and was a 1998 ECAC Division II North All-Star. The 2000 recipient of Bentley's Edward J. Powers Scholar-Athlete Award had three five-hit games in his career and had the rare distinction of hitting for the cycle against Babson May 1, 1998.

Bradrick, whose maiden name was Varsell, was the most decorated track and cross country student-athlete in Bentley history with her resume including seven Division II All-America awards and Capital One Division II Academic All-America first-team honors three times. The Burlington, Conn. native earned All-America recognition in the indoor 800 meters twice (2011, 2012), in the outdoor 800 twice (2011, 2012), in the outdoor 1500 in 2013, in cross country in 2013 and in the indoor mile in 2014. Her highest finish in eight trips to the NCAA championships was a third in the indoor 800 in 2012.

The list of accolades for Bradrick includes three Northeast-10 Conference Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence awards, Academic All-Northeast-10 eight times, USTFCCCA All-East Region 13 times and All-New England seven times. The six-time NE10 champion still owns seven school records, including the 800 both indoors and out and the 3,000 indoors.

The addition of these eight outstanding athletes will boost the number of Bentley Hall of Famers to 165.