Club Sports 10th Hall of Fame induction class to feature Bloomfield, Spencer, Wilson

Paul Bloomfield, Parker Spencer ('12), and Andrew Wilson ('13) will be in good company at the Club Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Feb. 16.

Club Sports 10th Hall of Fame induction class to feature Bloomfield, Spencer, Wilson

12/12/2023 8:11:00 PM | Cycling, Men's Swimming, Triathlon, Women's D1 Hockey, Men's Wrestling

Liberty will add a sixth representative of its ACHA Division I women's hockey team (Head Coach Paul Bloomfield) as well as a third former member of its triathlon team (Parker Spencer, '12) and third men's wrestler (Andrew Wilson, '13) on Feb. 16.

Liberty University Club Sports announced its 10th Hall of Fame class this week, with Parker Spencer ('12, triathlon, cycling, men's swimming), Andrew Wilson ('13, men's wrestling), and Paul Bloomfield (ACHA Division I women's hockey) to be enshrined during an induction ceremony on Feb. 16.

Spencer, a former track & field student-athlete at Liberty, joined the Flames' triathlon team as an upperclassman under Head Coach Beth Frackleton and as a teammate of Joseph Anderson, Club Sports Hall of Fame inductees in 2021 and 2022, respectively. He later succeeded Frackleton as head coach in triathlon in 2015 before starting the cycling and men's swimming teams in 2016 and 2017, respectively. He also served as Club Sports Director of Endurance Programs from 2014-18, coaching all three teams simultaneously the last two years, before becoming the head coach of Project Podium, USA Triathlon's Olympic development team, in 2018.

Wilson, from Anchorage, Alaska, was recruited as an NCAA Division I wrestler at Liberty before he became the Flames' third individual NCWA Grand National champion in Allen, Texas, as a senior in 2013, helping the Flames finish third as a team. Wilson followed the lead of Hall of Fame inductees Scott Clymer, who was inducted in 2017, and Aaron Thompson, part of the Class of 2021, who also won individual national championships, helping to set the stage for the team's first of five grand national titles in 2015.

As the DI women's hockey program's founding head coach, Bloomfield guided the Lady Flames to their first ACHA Division I national championship in 2015, after Final Four appearances in 2013 and 2014. Bloomfield served as the presenter for DI women's hockey Hall of Fame inductees Patti Smith — a goalie who was his first recruit back in 2006 — in 2016 and Lady Flames' all-time leading scorer Carrie Jickling this past spring.

Bloomfield also coached 2017 Hall of Fame inductee Kristin Frescura, 2018 inductee Stacy McCombe, and Sarah Stevenson, who was inducted posthumously in 2019.

Prior to his 11-year career behind the women's DI hockey bench where he amassed a 232-88-21 record, Bloomfield served as the head coach for the ACHA DII men's hockey team, coaching the likes of current Club Sports Director of Athletics and ACHA DI men's hockey Head Coach Kirk Handy.

By Ted Allen/Staff Writer