Hall of Fame
As a member of the first Abbey soccer team in 1958, Stanley Dudko scored all nine of the team’s goals during their inaugural season. From 1966 to 1976, he was the team’s Head Coach, while also serving as an Economics professor. In 1967, he led the Abbey to the national tournament. Dudko was named NAIA District 26 Coach of the Year nine times in ten years, and compiled a career coaching record of 120-47-12. His teams won nine district championships and were NAIA regional tournament runners-up five times. Dudko coached 22 NAIA All-South selections, two NAIA All-Americans and made Abbey men’s soccer a perennial national contender. In 1971, Pope Paul VI honored Mr. Dudko with a Papal knighthood. And in 2001, he was inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame.
