Pfeiffer University Athletics Announces 2021 Sports Hall of Fame Class

Misenheimer, N.C. (Jan. 5, 2022) – The Pfeiffer University Athletics Department announces that five former student-athletes will be inducted into the Pfeiffer Sports Hall of Fame during a banquet to be held on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022 in the Stokes Student Center on the Misenheimer campus.

2022 Pfeiffer Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees

Brittnay Beltran-Cross – Women's Golf
Brittnay Beltran-Cross was a four-year letterwinner for the Pfeiffer women's golf team from 2005-2009. 

She was named the Conference Carolinas Golfer of the Year three consecutive years (2007, 2008, 2009) and was part of three Pfeiffer teams that won Conference Carolinas titles (2006, 2008, 2009). She was named an NCGA Division II Second Team All-American selection during the 2006-2007 season.

Over her career, she won 11 individual titles which included Conference Carolinas championships in 2006 and 2007, 

Leading Pfeiffer to a national ranking during her career, she was an All-Region selection and also was an NCAA Regional Qualifier in 2008 and 2009.

After her career in Misenheimer, she has stayed active in the golf community, where she is currently the Program Director at First Tee of Greater Charlotte.  During her time at First Tee, she developed a golf program for young golfers with autism and reestablished the women's only program.

Additionally, she worked at the Dana Rader Golf School.

Brittany Cox-Hudson – Women's Basketball
Brittany Cox-Hudson was a standout four year player for the Pfeiffer women's basketball team from 2009-2013.

During her time in the Black and Yellow, she earned several honors, including an honorable mention selection to the  WBCA Division II Coaches All-America Team after leading Pfeiffer to a 25-7 record and a 17-5 mark in Conference Carolinas play while winning the league's regular season title.  That year, the Falcons earned a bid in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament.

That same year, she was also a Second Team selection to the Daktronics Division II All-Southeast Region Team.

She led the league in scoring at 20.8 points-per game in the 2012-13 season, finishing with 573 points, which stands as the second-best mark on the Pfeiffer single-season career list.

In addition, Cox-Hudson earned numerous academic awards including the Conference Carolinas Winter Scholar-Athlete of the Year, CoSIDA Academic All-District award, and the CoSIDA CapitalOne Academic All-America First Team award.

She was named the 2012 Pfeiffer Female Athlete of the Year and also earned the 2019 Pfeiffer Presidential Merit Award.

She served as head girls basketball coach at West Forsyth High School for six seasons, leading the Titans to the NCHSAA 4A Championship in 2019, the first for a 4A school from Forsyth County.  Currently, she is the athletic director at the newly-opened Lewisville Middle School in Lewisville, N.C.

Julian Domenech – Men's Soccer, Women's Lacrosse, Golf, Athletic Administrator
Julian Domenech served Pfeiffer University as head coach of three programs and also spent time as an athletic administrator.

Domenech, a 1989 and 1993 Pfeiffer graduate, guided the Falcon men's soccer team from 1990-1993 and followed that with a stint as the men's golf coach from 1994-1995, guiding the Falcons to the National Tournament while coaching Steve Armstrong to the 1995 NAIA National Individual Championship.

As the women's lacrosse coach, he served Pfeiffer from 2003-2008, leading the Falcons to the 2005 CVAC regular season championship and the 2007 CVAC Tournament Championship.

In the 2007 season, he coached nine players to single-season All-CVAC and All-Tournament honors.

He currently stands as the winningest coach in program history, finishing his career with an overall record of 64-34.

He coached eight lacrosse All-Americans and mentored players Melissa Anderson and Jenny Deans to earning CVAC Player of the Year honors in 2006 and 2007, respectively.

Domenech also won CVAC Coach of the Year honors in 2005 and 2007.

He was a member of the NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse Championship Committee from 2006-2008, serving as chair during the 2007-2008 season.  Domenech was also a member of the IWLCA National Board of Directors as a Division II representative.  In 2007, he received the IWLCA Service Award.

In addition to his coaching career, he served Pfeiffer University in several roles, including being the Executive Director of the Falcon Club, Assistant Athletic Director.  He also was the Sports Information Director from 1991-1996.
 
In 2008, Domenech was hired as the Athletic Director at the Severn School in Arnold, Md. and in 2010, was inducted in the schools' athletic Hall of Fame. 

Domenech has also been recognized by the MIAA Conference as AD of the Year in 2012-13 and 2017-18.

Rachell McDonald- Pruett – Women's Soccer
Rachell McDonald-Pruett was a standout soccer player for the Falcons from 2000-2004.  She was a member of the 2000 CVAC Championship team, earning league Freshman of the Year honors.

She earned All-CVAC First Team honors in both 2000 and 2003 and Second Team honors in 2001 and 2002.

In 2001 she was a CVAC All-Tournament selection and earned All-Southeast Region honors by the National Collegiate Soccer Coaches Association (NCSAA).

In 2003 she was tabbed as the Pfeiffer Female Athlete of the Year.  That season, she scored eight goals and had three assists.

She finished her Falcon career with 84 career points (third all time), 31 goals (fourth all time) and 22 assists (fourth all time).

McDonald also appears prominently throughout the Pfeiffer single-season record book with 38 points (third overall), 15 goals (fourth overall) and eight assists (eighth overall).

Bob Schuck – Men's Soccer, Baseball, High School Administrator
Bob Schuck was a dual-sport athlete for Pfeiffer in the 1960s.  He was a member of the Pfeiffer men's soccer team from 1962-1963, playing for legendary coach Nick Lefko.

As a goalkeeper, he was named to the 1963 All-South Team as an honorable mention selection and in 1964 was a First-Team selection.

Schuck was also a member of the Falcon baseball team, playing for Coach Joe Ferebee from 1960-65.  As a catcher and third baseman, he was part of numerous regular season and conference championships throughout his career.

Following his playing career, he began a lifelong career in education, serving in Guilford, Granville, Davidson, Forsyth and Rockingham Counties.

He served as athletic director at Ragsdale High School in Jamestown, N.C. for many years, earning Guilford County Athletic Director of the Year.

He spent a majority of his 52 years in education as a coach, serving as assistant football and baseball coach at several schools.

As an assistant football coach, he was on the coaching staff of four NCHSAA state championship teams, winning two titles at Reidsville High School, one at T.W. Andrews High School and one at
Mt. Pleasant High School while completing his student teaching.

In 2004, he was named an Honorary Coach of the N.C./S.C. Shrine Bowl.

Tickets to the 2022 Pfeiffer Sports Hall of Fame Banquet can be purchased for $20 online by visiting https://community.pfeiffer.edu/HOF2021 or by calling the Advancement Office at 704-463-3034. Alumni may attend the banquet at no charge but will still need to register online or via phone.