Wohlhueter, who serves as CoSIDA's treasurer and was the long-time award-winning Cornell SID prior to retirement, was inducted into his recent Hall of Fame on October 24 during the Cornell-Brown football game with the Lou Conti Lifetime Achievement Award. The Cornell Football Association (CFA) honorees represented the Big Red on the field for the pregame toss of the coin.
Wohlhueter was inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 1986 and received a CoSIDA "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 1998 upon his retirement from Cornell. He also is a member of the Ithaca College Athletics Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999.
Additionally, CoSIDA's undergraduate scholarship program is named for Wohlhueter and former CoSIDA secretary Fred Neusch. For the 2009-10 academic year, CoSIDA awarded two $2,500 undergraduate scholarships - the Fred Neusch-Dave Wohlhueter Scholarships - to deserving undergraduates working in college athletic communications offices.
below is an excerpt from the Cornell athletics website article, written by the Cornell Football Association historian, on the awards ceremony which took place on October 24.Read the full article here:
Cornell Football Association Honors Eight On Awards Day, by Jim Hanchett '53, Cornell Football Association HistorianThe Cornell Football Association (CFA) salutes the memory of former Board of Trustees chairman Stephen Weiss 57 with its Joe King 36 Memorial Award on CFA Awards Day today as part of Trustee-Council Weekend. Seven others will also be honored as the CFA celebrates its 15th anniversary.
Chairman of the Board from 1989-97 and co-founder of the Weiss, Peck & Greer investment management firm, Weiss was deeply involved in all things Cornell.
Fiercely effective defensive end Tom McHale 87, who died in May 2008, was honored with CFAs Fallen Comrade Award. A dominating force on the 8-2 Big Red team of 1986, he set Cornell records for quarterback sacks that year with 12. That mark still stands. He went on to play nine years in the NFL, mostly with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The other All-Ivy end on that stubborn front, one Jim Knowles 87, said it in last Novembers Crescent: "Tom McHale was a giant of a man with a heart just as big...a great Cornellian with a loving and caring heart."
Two of Cornells finest, Hall of Fame lacrosse coach Richie Moran and
Hall of Fame Sports Information Director Dave Wohlhueter, received the CFAs Lou Conti Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Richie led the Big Red to three national championships, 15 Ivy titles and 42 consecutive wins over 1976-78. There were just four losing seasons during his three decades in charge. "Its great to be here," he often says. His company is part of what makes that so true.
Wohlhueter, Cornells director of sports information from 1977 to 98, entered the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999. In his years as official voice of Big Red teams, he was an esteemed link to the press. In that time, he received 20 national awards for outstanding sports publications, such as his fact-packed media guides and programs. He continues to provide invaluable time, energy and expertise to an active board.