Philadelphia, Pa. – (1/25/2025) – On Saturday, following the conclusion of the Griffins' women's basketball game against Caldwell University, Chestnut Hill College Director of Athletics and Recreation Jesse Balcer announced Chestnut Hill's  Athletics Hall of Fame, Class of 2025. This year's class includes four of the most outstanding and accomplished athletes that have ever competed for the Scarlet and Gold as well as a legacy team that left its mark as the first of their sport to win a championship.

The Chestnut Hill College Class of 2025 include Mark DiRugeris Jr. '13 (men's basketball); Michael Humes '15 (men's tennis), Regina Trabosh '16 (women's volleyball) and Jaeda Wildgoose' 19 (women's basketball) along with the 1979 Women's Volleyball Team.

The 1979 Women's Volleyball Team made history when they became the first volleyball team in their short history to win a championship, capturing the PAIAW district IV Championship that season.  Fifteen young ladies made up the 1979 squad. Coach Lorraine Busch guided the team to seven wins during the year and was a perfect 3-0 in district play, defeating Our Lady of Angels (now Neumann University; Academy of New Church (now Bryn Athyn College) and finally Harcum College to capture the title.  On October 8, 1979 the women's volleyball team played against Harcum College for the Division Championship. It was an extremely exciting game that went to five sets. On the last set, CHC was losing 9 to 1 against Harcum when in the middle of the game the fire alarm went off and everyone had to evacuate the gym. The Griffins regrouped and came back to the game like gangbusters, winning the set 15 to 13. Thus, the team was literally saved by the bell. 

Mark DiRugeris Jr. was a four year starter for the men's basketball team and was the team's leading scorer in three of his four seasons.  A two-time CACC all-conference honoree, DiRugeris finished his career as the Griffins' all time leader in three-point field goals made (214), free throw made (427) and free throw percentage (.873).  Mark scored 1, 629 points over the course of his career, ranking second among the Griffins' all-time scoring leaders. He earned CACC all tournament Team honors his senior year and was named the 2013 Carino Club South Jersey Small College Player of the Year.  Following his college career, he played professionally in Spain before returning home to serve as an assistant on Balcer's men's basketball coaching staff and later led his alma mater, Woodbury High School to a state title in 2018.   DiRugeris later served as an assistant coach at Wildwood Catholic before returning to Woodbury this season. 

A three-time all-CACC honoree during his playing days at Chestnut Hill, Michael Humes finished his career as the Griffins all-time winningest player with 61 singles wins and 72 doubles wins. The Griffins advanced to the CACC Tournament championship match three times over the course of Humes' career.  He was a member of Chestnut Hill's first men's tennis team to participate in the NCAA Tournament in 2013 and made a total of three NCAA Tournament appearances (2013-15).  Humes earned ITA East Region top 20 rankings in singles twice in 2012 and 2013 and was recognized as the team's most Valuable Player in 2013.  He was a four-year member of the Student Athletic Advisory committee during his time at Chestnut Hill and a member of Unified for Unifat.  He is currently the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis and Valuation at Reliance Matrix in Philadelphia.

One of the best student-athletes to put on a volleyball uniform for the Griffins, Regina Trabosh was the first athlete in program history to earn All-CACC honors for four consecutive years. In 2015, Trabosh was named the CACC's Defensive Player of the Year and earned her second consecutive D2CCA All-region Second Team honors.  She holds the Griffins and the CACC's all-time career record for digs with 2,535 and school record for digs/set (5.75). service attempts (1,537) and total sets played (441).  Trabosh recorded four of the top five single season marks for digs, including a school record 664 in 2015. She was the first player in program history to earn CoSIDA NCAA Academic All-District honors in 2016 and was selected to the Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area women's volleyball team and the CACC Women's Volleyball all-Academic Team three times.  As a senior, Trabosh was named the 2016 Athletic Director's Award winner at the department's end of season awards ceremony.  Trabosh was a member of four academic honor societies by the time she graduated summa cum laude in 2016.  She went on to earn her Masters degree from Chestnut Hill in 2022 and is currently a training Administrator for the Philadelphia Family court's Juvenile Division.

Jaeda Wildgoose was a four year starter for the Griffins' women's basketball team and is one of the greatest players in the 98-year history of the program to set foot on the hardwood for the Griffins, ranking among the top three all-time leaders in 16 different statistical categories.   In four seasons, Jaeda amassed a school record 1,503 points, making 580 field goals and 343 free throws (also school records).  She also finished her career with 856 rebounds, the most in the program's division II era and second highest total all-time.  Her performance on the court earned her All-CACC accolades three times during her career, including a first team selection in 2018-19, her senior season. As a senior Wildgoose was named the 2019 Athletic Director's Award winner at the department's end of season awards ceremony.  Wildgoose was inducted into the inaugural class of Chestnut Hill's Chi Alpha Sigma chapter in 2018.  She was a D2 Athletic Director's Association Academic Achievement Award Winner her junior and senior year and a 2018 Arthur Ashe Jr. sports Scholar honoree.   Wildgoose graduated with honors in 2019 and is currently a senior financial analyst for RTI International.

The four new inductees and legacy team  will join 18 individuals and 17 legacy teams that have entered the Chestnut Hill College Athletics Hall of Fame since its inception in 2011.  The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place as part of Alumni Reunion Weekend on Friday, May 31, 2025.