BOONE, N.C. --- The winningest women's basketball coach in school history, the men's soccer program's career assists leader and three football standouts have been selected for enshrinement into the Appalachian State University Athletics Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame Class of 2004 includes: ?€˘ Clayton Deskins, the first African-American football player in Appalachian history and the school's all-time leading kickoff returner; ?€˘ Linda Robinson, who coached ASU women's basketball to a school record 236 victories and led her squads to four Southern Conference regular-season titles and five SoCon Tournament crowns; ?€˘ Bobby Russell, who started all 40 games of his collegiate career at offensive guard for the Mountaineers; ?€˘ Mark Schwartz, a two-time SoCon men's soccer Player of the Year and all-time assists leader at Appalachian; ?€˘ Matt Stevens, ASU's single-season record-holder with 10 interceptions in 1994 and member of the Super Bowl XXXVI Champion New England Patriots. Induction ceremonies are slated for Saturday, Sept. 11 at 9 a.m. at the Broyhill Inn, prior to Appalachian's football home-opener versus Eastern Kentucky. Tickets for the breakfast and ceremony are $12 and can be purchased by calling the Former Athletes Association at (828) 262-4010. CLAYTON DESKINS (Football 1968-1971) ... running back ... first African-American to play football at ASU ... Appalachian's all-time leader in career kick-return yards (1,869) and yards per return (24.6) ... led Mountaineers in rushing in 1971 with 950 yards ... 6.2 yards per carry in 1971 ranks fourth all-time at ASU ... 98-yard rush versus Bluefield State on Oct. 23, 1971 is the longest run in school history ... led squad in receiving in 1969 and '70, en route to 1,206 career receiving yards, good for ninth in Appalachian history ... ranks fourth in school history in both punt returns and punt return yards (63 and 624, respectively) ... recorded two of the longest returns in ASU history with a 90-yard kickoff return (fifth-longest kick return all-time) on Nov. 23, 1968 versus Guilford and a 72-yard punt return (eighth-longest punt return) on Oct. 17, 1970 versus Catawba ... his 174 career points are the 10th-highest total in school history ... one of just six Mountaineers to ever score four touchdowns in a game, doing so on Oct. 16, 1971 versus Catawba ... tied for eighth all-time in single-season touchdown receptions with six in 1969. LINDA ROBINSON (Women's Basketball 1984-1997) ... head coach ... ASU women's basketball all-time winningest coach ... led Mountaineers to 236-138 record in 13 seasons ... her squads posted winning records in 11 of her 13 seasons at the helm, including a school-record seven-straight winning campaigns from 1984-85 through 1999-91 ... claimed four Southern Conference regular-season titles (1987, '88, '89 and '96) and five SoCon Tournament crowns (1987, '88, '90, '91 and '96) ... led Appalachian to school-best 24 wins on three occasions: 1986-87 (24-7), 1987-88 (24-4) and 1995-96 (24-6) ... coached ASU to its only five 20-win seasons in program history: 1986-87 (24-7), 1987-88 (24-4), 1989-90 (20-9), 1993-94 (20-8) and 1995-96 (24-6) ... mentored 11 of the 12 winningest teams in school history ... the only four-time SoCon Coach of the Year recipient (1985, '89, '94 and '96) ... led the Mountaineers to three NCAA Tournaments (1990, '91 and '96) ... earned school's only WNIT bid in 1987 ... coached the only three all-Americans in ASU history, including four-time honoree Valorie Whiteside. BOBBY RUSSELL (Football 1965-68) ... offensive guard/nose guard ... started all 40 games of his collegiate career on the Mountaineer offensive line ... occasionally played defense at nose guard as well ... captain of the 1968 ASU squad and leading member of offensive line that helped pave the way for running back Jack Roten to rush for 780 yards (for an astounding 9.0 yards per carry) until an injury derailed a run at the nation's rushing title just five games into the season ... also provided protection for ASU's first 2,000-yard passer (Pat Murphy) and 1,000-yard receiver (Bob Agle) and helped lead Mountaineer offense to a 40.9 points per game average in 1968 ... an all-Carolinas Conference selection in 1967 ... NAIA all-district and honorable mention all-America honoree in 1968 ... participated in 1968 Sudan Bowl all-star game in Raleigh. MARK SCHWARTZ (Men's Soccer 1979-82) ... two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year (1981 and '82) ... 1980 and '81 all-South Region honoree ... garnered all-SoCon honors three times (1980, '81 and '82) ... Appalachian's all-time leader with 39 career assists ... ranks second all-time at ASU with 54 career goals, 147 points and 264 shots ... led Mountaineers in goals, shots and points in 1981 and '82 ... ranks among Appalachian's all-time single-season top 10 with 15 assists in 1980 (third in ASU history), 13 assists in 1982 (fourth), 45 points in 1981 (fourth) and 35 points in 1982 (10th) ... member of four SoCon championship squads ... tallied 14 goals in 1980 to lead Mountaineers to single-game (22) and single-season (105) goals records. MATT STEVENS (Football 1991-95) ... defensive back ... two-time consensus All-American (1994 and '95) ... earned first-team all-Southern Conference recognition in 1994 and '95, as well as second-team honors in '93 ... ranks second all-time at Appalachian with 21 career interceptions ... holds ASU single-season record with 10 interceptions in 1994, which led the SoCon and ranked 10th nationally ... also paced SoCon in 1994 with 13 pass break-ups ... helped lead Mountaineers to 1995 SoCon championship and the league's No. 2-ranked total defense ... led team, ranked second in league and 14th nationally with six interceptions in 1993 ... also led Mountaineers with 70 tackles and 10 pass break-ups in '93 ... picked off three passes in postseason play in his career ... made 18 tackles versus The Citadel as a freshman on October 3, 1992, tying a school record for single-game tackles by a defensive back ... selected in the third round (87th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills ... won Super Bowl XXXVI with New England Patriots in 2002.