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When the 2006 Hall of Fame inductees are introduced to the hometown crowd at halftime of the football game against Dartmouth this Saturday, head coach Jim Knowles ’87 and the Red will welcome back two of their own. James Van Buren ’55 and John McNiff ’91 will return to East Hill as they bring a little of the luster Cornell enjoyed during their careers back to Schoellkopf Stadium.

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Seniors struggling over [post-graduation plans] don’t have to know exactly what they want from life as soon as they leave East Hill. They can look to field hockey standout goalie Yanaka Bernal ’91 for inspiration in this regard. The Regional All-American took an unusual, indirect path to her current position as an elementary school teacher and inductee into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame.

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It’s a name that has been on many awards and trophies for Cornell over the years, but this Harkness isn’t used to being in the spotlight. In fact, Ellen Harkness — daughter-in-law of former men’s hockey and men’s lacrosse coach Ned Harkness — doesn’t even think she deserves to be in the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame. But ask anyone who worked with her over the 41 years she spent in the Cornell sports information/athletic communications office, and they will tell say that “Mrs. H.” means just as much — if not more — to Cornell athletics than any athlete or coach ever could.