The Colorado Springs Sports Corp. hosted its 15th Annual Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony Oct. 28 at the Broadmoor World Arena. Two CC legends were among the five individuals, one team, and two special award winners joining the ranks of honorees.
Horst Richardson
Horst Richardson embarked upon his 50th season with the CC men’s soccer program in 2014, a milestone no other Tigers coach has come close to matching and momentous among soccer coaches nationwide. Since joining the CC program in 1965 under Bill Boddington, then taking the head coaching position a year later, Richardson compiled an amazing record of 552 wins, 300 defeats, and 69 ties.
Richardson led the Tigers to the NCAA Division III playoffs 19 times and guided his teams to six conference titles in the Rocky Mountain Conference.
Heading into the 2014 season, CC’s eighth in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, Richardson ranked among the top 10 collegiate soccer coaches of all time with his 552 victories. His Tigers received four NCAA Tournament bids since 2000. Richardson graduated from the University of California-Riverside in 1963, playing on the varsity soccer team and winning four letters. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and taught in CC’s German Department for 45 years.
Pete Geronazzo ’95
Pete Geronazzo ’95 came to Colorado College from Trail, British Columbia, as a walk-on and watched the 1991-92 Tiger ice hockey team from the stands. He went on to be an All-American, Hobey Baker top-ten finalist, and one of the school’s most productive players in history.
After just seven goals and seven assists his first season in 1992-93, when the Tigers finished last in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, Geronazzo was instrumental in a remarkable turnaround that saw CC soar to an unprecedented three consecutive regular-season titles in the WCHA. During those 1993-94, 1994-95, and 1995-96 campaigns under Head Coach Don Lucia, CC posted 86 victories in 124 outings. Geronazzo was credited with the game-winning goal in
20 victories.
Pete Geronazzo ’95
In 1995-96, when the Tigers finished 33-5-4, Geronazzo was one of eight CC players to garner All-WCHA accolades, joining goaltender Ryan Bach on the league’s elite First Team before both raked in All-America honors. Geronazzo led the team in scoring his senior year (1995-96) with 69 points in 42 games (36 goals, 33 assists) while leading the NCAA in power-play goals and game-winning goals. Geronazzo completed his collegiate career with 91 goals and 87 assists in 146 games. As of 2014, his 178 points ranked him 13th on the program’s all-time chart.
