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Creighton Inducts Three into Athletic Hall of Fame

The Creighton University Athletic Hall of Fame added three alumni to its ranks at its annual induction ceremony this spring. This year’s honorees were Don Leahy, MSEdu’58, Brian Mullan, Arts’01, and Richard Mulrooney, BSBA’05.

Leahy served as Creighton athletics director from 1985 to 1990 and has been active in Omaha sports for more than 50 years. During his tenure as Creighton’s AD, women’s soccer was added as a team sport. He received the Graduate School’s Alumni Merit Award in 1971.

Both Mullan and Mulrooney played soccer at Creighton and currently play for the Houston Dynamo Major League Soccer (MLS) team. While at Creighton, Mullan was a second-team National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-American and Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Tournament MVP in 2000. He ranks second all-time in games played at Creighton with 88 matches, and helped lead Creighton to its seventh MVC Tournament title in 2000. Mulrooney earned NSCAA first-team All-American, MVC Player of the Year and MVC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors in 1998 at Creighton. Mulrooney was a three-time All-Midwest Region first-team member and first-team all-MVC member. In 1999, Mulrooney became the first Creighton soccer player selected in the first round of the MLS draft.