UO Hall adds four women.

Byline: The Register-Guard

A record number of four women - a pioneering coach, a record-setting volleyball star, an accomplished two-sport athlete and an Olympian who was a former state prep champion - will be among the eight people inducted into the University of Oregon's athletics hall of fame Friday night.

Tickets for the induction banquet, which will be held in the Casanova Center, are available through Wednesday for $50 each by calling the Duck Athletic Fund office at 346-5419.

The four women are the late Janet Woodruff, who fostered the sport of field hockey in the Oregon prep ranks and was the university's first documented women's coach; volleyball star Teri Kramer, who helped lead Oregon to three of its four NCAA Tournament berths; Debbie Adams, who excelled in basketball and track; and Paula Berry, the javelin thrower who earned a berth on the U.S. Olympic team in 1992.

The other four members of the hall of fame class are former track and field standouts Dean Crouser and Roscoe Divine, and former basketball stars Steve Jones and Barney Holland, who also played football for the Ducks.

Woodruff came to the UO in 1929 and was responsible for the creation of the Pacific Northwest Field Hockey Conference in 1940. She served as the director of the women's Physical Activity Program during her 38-year UO tenure, and the Woodruff Gymnasium in Gerlinger Hall is named in her honor.

Kramer, a Portland native, competed for the Ducks from 1984-87. As a junior, she led the nation in kills (5.4 average) and set school records in kills (703), kill attempts (1,719) and digs (452). She still leads the Ducks in career digs (1,481), stands second in kills (1,770) and kill attempts (4,495) and is among the top five in service aces and kill percentage.

Adams lettered from 1977 through 1981 and was a force in both women's basketball and in track and field. In basketball, she was a two-time Northwest Basketball League first-team pick, averaging 13.0 points and 7.8 rebounds. Her total of 1,412 career points ranks seventh all-time for the Ducks. She also ran on the 4x400-meter relay team that provided Oregon its first women's national championship in that sport by clocking 3 minutes, 34.55 seconds in 1980.

Berry, from Dayville, won the NCAA javelin title in 1991, a year after finishing second. Berry was an Olympian in Barcelona in 1992; her collegiate and career best of 202 feet, 8 inches ranks second all-time for Oregon, fifth among all collegians and eighth all-time among Americans.

Crouser, whose younger brother Brian was inducted into the UO hall of fame two years ago, is a former state prep champion from Gresham. In 1982, he became the first thrower in 10 years to sweep the shot put (68-4 1/2 ) and discus (207-4) double in the NCAA Championships. The four-time Pac-10 champion still owns the school records in the shot put (69-1 1/2 ) and discus (216-2).

Divine ranked second in the mile on the Oregon list when he graduated in 1970, with a clocking of 3:56.3. He finished second in the 1967 NCAA Championships (4:06.2) and won the Pacific-8 Conference crown in 1969 as a junior. He helped the Ducks win the Pac-8 title in 1967.

Jones was a three-year letterman in basketball (1961-64) and was the team's MVP as a junior and senior. In Jones' era, freshmen weren't allowed on the varsity, but he still finished his UO career with almost 1,000 points (932).

Holland lettered in football as a quarterback in 1952 and '53, and lettered three seasons in basketball, in which he was a playmaker known for his hustle and determination. A student of the game, Holland went on to a distinguished career as a high school basketball coach in this state.