Eastern Connecticut State University

Goalkeeper Terry J. Hinesley backstopped the team to shutouts in nearly half of his starts in a three-year varsity career. In his 56 starts, the Warriors posted shutouts 27 times en route to a record of 35-15-6. In each of Hinesley’s three varsity seasons, the Warriors won at least a dozen matches and contested for post-season play each year. The Trumbull native started every match in which he appeared over three years (missing the first two matches of his senior season due to an ankle injury). In his career, Hinesley authored a goals-against average of 1.00 and an .850 save percentage in 5,138 minutes. Twenty-one times, he posted complete-match shutouts, including nine in his first varsity season in 1984. A two-time team captain, Hinesley was a third-team all-region selection and team MVP as a senior in 1986, when he recorded seven shutouts in one stretch of eight starts. He was also named to the prestigious New England Intercollegiate Soccer League (NEISL) All-Star Game that season. For 21 years, the rugged 5-foot-10 inch, 175-pounder remained the program’s only goalkeeper to earn either all-region or NEISL all-star honors. In both 1984 and 1985, the Warriors shut out their opponents in ten of Hinesley’s starts each season – program season records for shutouts by the team which were later equaled but not broken. In his career, Hinesley led the Warriors to eight wins in 13 matches against Division I and II opponents. In 1984, Hinesley shut out all four of Eastern’s Division II foes, two of them regionally ranked.  As a senior, Hinesley recorded five straight shutouts and seven in an eight-game span. Against Division III competition in that stretch, Hinesley didn’t allow a goal for 561 minutes and 50 seconds. Hinesley concluded his career by winning his final seven decisions. He becomes only the second playing member of the program from the decade of the 1980s to gain induction.