Inductees

Mark Stepnoski was a Parade and Street & Smith All-America offensive tackle in 1984 at Cathedral Prep High School in Erie, PA. He was a four year starter at the University of Pittsburgh, a Kodak and Walter Camp All-American offensive guard. Selected number one in the third round of the NFL draft in 1989, he became a starting center his rookie year and played 13 professional seasons, nine with Dallas Cowboys and four with the Houston
Oilers. He was voted to the Pro-Bowl five times (1992-’95) He was named second team center on the NFL All-Decade team for the 90’s and was chosen center on the Cowboy’s 50 year anniversary all-time team.

Suzie McConnell – Serio led Pittsburgh Seton LaSalle High School to a 35 – 1 Record and a PIAA Championship in 1984. She was a Parade first team High School All-American and was the 1983 –’84 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Female Athlete- of- the-Year. Her Penn State basketball records include most career Assists (1,307), most single season assist (355) and highest single game assist Average (11.8). She was a 4 time first team All-Atlantic 10 selection and was named first team AP and UPI All-American in the 1987-’88 season. She received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation’s best female athlete under 5’8” and she led the Lady Lions to the NCAA Tournament all four years. Suzie was named to the USA Today’s All-Time High School Team and was a two-time member of the U.S. Women’s Olympic teams, winning a gold medal in Seoul in 1988 and a Bronze Medal in Barcelona in 1992. She also won a Gold Medal with the U.S. World University Games team in 1991. In 1998 she was drafted with the 16th overall WNBA pick by the Cleveland Rockers and was named to the 1999 All-WNBA team. Other laurels include her selection by Sports Illustrated as the “Best Ever 5’4” Female Basketball Player”, inducted into the “Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame” and selected with the inaugural class of the WPIAL (District 7) Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. She was also named as one of the “Top 50 Pennsylvania Athletes of the 20th Century.

Steve wrestled four varsity years with the Spartans with a record of 155-22-2. He remained the winningest wrestler in District 11 until 2004 and was fourth in career wins in Pennsylvania wrestling history. Steve was the first four time District 11 Champion. In the state tournament; he won three Regional titles, was a three- time state place winner and won the 145lb. state title in 1985. He attended North Carolina State University and captained the Wolfpack to a ACC Title. Steve was an Academic All-American in high school and college. He has been inducted into several Halls of fame, including the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame in 2007.

An All-Pro Running Back for the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks. Records include rushing for over 1,000 yards for 3 different teams, scoring 5 touchdowns in a playoff game and scoring 3 touchdowns in Super Bowl XXIX. Watters earned 5 Pro Bowl selections and four All-Madden Team Honors during his elven year tenure in the
NFL. He is right behind Walter Payton for most consecutive starts by an NFL running back and amassed over 10,000 career rushing yards and 4,000 receiving yards. In addition, Watters won a National Championship in 1988 at the University of Notre Dame under coach Lou Holtz. His unique high-stepping style earned him the nickname of Ricky “Running” Watters,

George Novak played football, basketball and baseball at Munhall High School earning 10 varsity letters from his freshman year through his senior year. As A Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket he played in the Sun Bowl (1970) and the Peach Bowl (1971). He was a scholastic football coach for 38 years; the first 8 at Steel Valley and the final 30 at newly formed Woodland Hills, where he served as the Wolverines first head coach. His combined coaching record was 306-139-1, third most head coaching victories in WPIAL history. During this period, his teams were in the WPIAL or PIAA playoffs 32 out of 38 years, winning 15 Conference and 6 WPIAL titles (1 with Steel Valley and 5 with Woodland Hills). His Woodland Hills teams played in the PIAA Quad A title game 3 times. George’s 1982 AAA Steel Valley team finished #1 in the state at 13-0 ( prior to the onset of PIAA state playoffs). He won numerous Conference and WPIAL “Coach of the Year”
honors and was the “PIAA Triple A Coach of the Year in 1982. In 2003 he was honored as the Schutt Sports Scholastic Football Coach of the Year for the U.S. Eastern Region. He was inducted into the PA Scholastic Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 2001 and the WPIAL Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. George was the “Big 33 Game” head coach in 1995 and an assistant coach in 1987. The majority of Novak’s graduating seniors played college football with over 100 of them receiving Division I scholarships. George coached Miami Dolphins All-Pro defensive end and 2017 NFL Hall of Fame inductee Jason Taylor, Patriots All-Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski and 19 additional NFL players during his Scholastic
coaching career. Five of these players (Adam Walker – Steel Valley and Steve Breaston, Ryan Mundy, Lousaka Polite and Rob Gronkowski – Woodland Hills) participated in 6 Super Bowls. Jim Tomsula (Steel Valley) was the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers in 2015.

Simmons basketball career began at South Philadelphia Hig School. He led the team to a Philadelphia Public League Boys Championship in 1986 and garnered an MVP award in the process. He decided to stay close to home and attend LaSalle University. At LaSalle the versatile forward had a freshmen average of 20.3 Points and 9.8 rebounds as the Explorers went 20-13 and advanced to the finals of the NIT. As a sophomore the Philadelphia native continued his leadership Role; as the Explorers went undefeated in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), went 3-0 in MAAC Tournament and earned an NCAA bid. At seasons end, Lionel was named the MAAC and Big 5 Player- of- the- Year.
He may have had his beat year as a Junior with a28.4 ppg average and 11.4 rebounds earning MAAC and Big 5 Player-of-the-year accolades. Again in 1989 the Explorers went 3-0 in the MAAC Tournament and went to the NCAA only to lose in the Southwest Regional. Simmons was named MAAC and Big 5 Lionel scored his 3,000 point in February 1990, led the Explorers to another MAAC sweep and a loss in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. This brought him his third straight MAAC and Big 5 Player-of-the-Year recognition. For his career, Simmons closed with 3,217 points, third in NCAA history, and 1,429 rebounds to rank second in LaSalle history. Ending his basketball career with the Sacramento Kings after seven seasons.

Fran Dunphy is an original. All time winningest coach in the Big Five recording 580 wins in 30 seasons. He was 310 in 17 seasons at Penn and 270 wins in 13 seasons at Temple. At Penn, he won 10 Ivy League Titles and tool the Quakers to 9 NCAA Tournaments. From 1992 to 1996the Quakers won 48 straight Ivy League games and from 1999 to 2001 they won 25 straight games.In 2006 he moved to Temple University and led the Owls to 8 NCAA appearances and five conference titles. His 2009-2010 team may have been his best. He guided the Owls to a 29-6 mark and a number 12 national rating. A 1970 graduate of LaSalle University has been a lecturer at Temple’s Fox Business School and Penn’s Wharton School .

Dennis Green graduated from John Harris High School and played running back for Coach George Chaump. He garnered a football scholarship to the University of Iowa, graduating in 1971 He began his coaching career at his alma mater and in 1972 he was hired as an assistant coach at Dayton University. After another stint as a coach at Iowa he moved to the West Coast and joined the staff at Stanford and then the NFL San Francisco 49ers under legendary coach Bill Walsh. In 1981 he was named the head coach of Northwestern University. Dennis became the first Afro-American head coach in the Big Ten and the 2nd Afro-American head coach in Division I-A history. In 1982, he was the Big 10 Coach -of-the-Year. From 1985 – 1991 he returned to the West Coast and earned a Super Bowl Ring with the 49ers in 1988. After a brief stint as head coach at Stanford, Dennis was named head coach of the Minnesota Vikings becoming the second Afro-American NFL head coach. He remained with the Vikings through 2001 and remains the second winningest coach in Viking history behind NFL Hall of Famer Bud Grant.

Chuck began his coaching career at Punxsutawney High School and after eight seasons moved to Duke University as an assistant coach under Vic Bubas. During his six seasons at Duke, the Blue Devils advanced to the NCAA Final four in 1964 and 1966. In 1969 he was named head coach at Boston College and then to the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. Penn won twenty plus games in each of his first four seasons and captured the Ivy League title in each. His team made the NCAA East Regional Final Four in 1971-’72. In 1978 he began his NB career with the Philadelphia 76ers. He would go on to serve as head coach in the NBA for 11 seasons with stops at Cleveland, Detroit, New Jersey and Orlando.
His greatest success came with the Pistons from, 1983 – 1992. His club made the NBA playoffs each year and made the NBA finals three times. Chuck was the coach of the gold winning USA Dream Team in the 1992 Olympics. His high school, college and pro career wins totaled 900 exactly.

Caryn began skating in Erie Pa at the age of four where her talent was recognized quickly. She qualified for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships for the first time at age 17 in 1985, training under Carlo Fassi at the Broadmoor World Arena. Shocking the skating world with her bronze medal placement, she went on win the silver medal at the 1986 U.S. Championships and the bronze medal in 1987 and 1988. She won gold medals in Canada, Russia, England and Yugoslavia. In 1987 she was the bronze medalist at the World Championships. She represented the U.S. at three World Championships and numerous international competitions, Including the Winter Olympics. In 1989 she turned professional to great acclaim. As a professional Kadavy won six major titles , including the U.S. Pro-Am, U.S. Ladies Professional Championships and the Canadian Professional Championship. She toured extensively with other rofessional
skaters. Over the years, she has done considerable work as a coach and Choreographer.

Andy Tall won more than 250 games during his legendary head coaching career which spanned 37 seasons overall and 32 years at Villanova. He is the winningest head coach in Villanova history and during his last season in 2016 he had the most wins of any active BS or FCS head coach. Villanova won a share of six conference championship. They had their first ever national championship team in 2009, and made 12 appearances in FCS playoffs under Tally’s tenure. In addition his team won the Lambert Meadowlands Cup three times to go along with three ECAC Team of the Year awards.
In addition to the great teams he built, Andy was able to lead great players. He mentored three Walter Payton Award winners and one Jerry Rice honoree. He had 16 first team All-Americans, 243 All-Conference performers, 15 major conference award winners and 62 All-East honorees.

Born in Harrisburg, Andy grew up in Central Pennsylvania and at a tender age became the batboy for the Harrisburg Senators. The die was cast in 1956 when Andy won a Junior Sportscaster Award and broadcast several innings of a Phillies game with Gene Kelly and the legendary By Saam. After graduating from Syracuse University in 1956, Andy returned home to work at WHP-TV. From there he traveled west to KSDO in Sam Diego to broadcast Charger Football games. He returned to Philadelphia where he did Eagles (1965-1971), Sixers (1965-1971) and Villanova games. He worked for CBS Television from 1971 to 1974 covering the World Series, the Super Bowl and the Masters. By Saam left the Phillies broadcast booth in 1974 and was replaced the next year by two pros. Robin Roberts and Andy Musser. Andy stayed with the Phillies for a quarter of a century until his retirement in 2001.

Shoudt was a renowned track and field coach on both the high school and collegiate levels. The well-traveled Shoudt has had success follow him wherever he goes. Starting at Norristown High in 1969, Shoudt’s cross country and track and field legacy includes stops at Ursinus, West Chester University, Villanova, Ursinus again and Springfield (Montco) High.

Highlights include a 207-7 record at Norristown High, NCAA Division I Track Coach of the Year at Villanova in 1984, many league Coach of the Year awards at every level and more all-league, all-district, all-state and All-America performers than can be counted. One of Shoudt’s proudest coaching moments came in 1973 when he led Norristown High to the Eastern National Interscholastic Team Championship, the first Pennsylvania school ever to win the title.

Bob graduated from Pennridge High School, East Stroudsburg University (where he was awarded the Athletic Achievement Award by the Alumni Association), and Temple U. Thereafter he was high school referee of the Penn Relays in 1976. Bob coached at Morrisville High School, Chichester High School, Norristown High School, Delaware County Community College, Ursinus College, West Chester University, Villanova University, Springfield High School, Christopher Dock High School, Lansdale Catholic High School, Valley Forge Military Academy, Pennridge High School, and Springside School.

In 1984, Bob was NCAA Div. 1 National Track and Field Coach of the Year and Eastern Collegiate Coach of the Year. At Penn Relays, Villanova set a World record in Distance Medley relay and an American Collegiate record in the 4x800 meter relay. His teams won 10 Penn Relays championships. Six times he was Big East Coach of the Year. At Ursinus he was Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year 4 times. His Norristown High School team won the Eastern Interscholastic Championship Meet, and he has won 5 state team championships.

Bob is the founding father of the PA High School Indoor Track & Field Championship Meet. He coached Billy “Whiteshoes” Johnson of NFL fame, along with 1 Olympian, 7 Olympic trials qualifiers, 44 All-Americans, 15 Eastern Collegiate Champions and 38 Big East champions. He is in 7 Halls of Fame, including Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame, Montgomery County’s Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, Pennsylvania High School Track and Field Hall of Fame, Pennridge High School Wall of Fame, Delaware County Athletes Hall of Fame, Pennridge/Quakertown Hall of Fame, and in 2017 his ’84 World Record Distance Medley Relay team was inducted into the Penn Relays “Wall of Fame.”

Bob serves on the Montgomery County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame board, as well as boards of the Delaware County Athletes Hall of Fame, and the Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame.

Kathleen Klein Prindle (Scranton Preparatory School ’89, Penn State University ’93, PASHOF/ NE ‘15) has been in aquatics since 1978, first as swimmer and later as coach. Her elite athletes include National Champions and qualifiers from over 18 countries including USA, Germany, Ecuador, Kenya, Norway, Colombia, Austria, Bolivia, Mexico, Ireland, Bahamas, Antigua, Trinidad, and more.

Accomplishments: USA Olympic Trials Coach 2008, 2012, 2016. Olympic Coach (private) 2008, 2016. FINA World Championships Coach 2014, 2015. ASCA Fellow, 2010. Varsity Head Coach, 14 seasons/12 State Championships appearances. Coached 8 FHSAA State Champions, 12 County Champions, 5 JO/Zone/Sectional Champions, multiple All-Americans, and assisted with 2 American Records, 1 World Record, 3 Olympic medals. ASCA Level 5 (awarded to top 5% of coaches).

Elected/Sport Service: Vice-President, American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Board of Directors. Chair, Florida State High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Advisory Board. Diversity Chair, Florida Gold Coast Swimming Board of Directors. USA-Swimming National Executive Committee/Senior Athlete Development. USA-Swimming National Taskforce Chair on Athlete Inclusion. Featured speaker globally on coaching.

Prindle also works with other professional athletes including tri-athletes, pentathletes, baseball players, and LPGA tour members, using aquatics as a cross training technique to finesse their athletic performances. Prindle was the founding Head Coach of the Hoboken Hurricanes Swim Team in New Jersey (at Stevens Institute of Technology). She has taught and coached swimming throughout Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, Virginia, and at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

In addition to her work on deck, Prindle is active in governance of the sport. She was recently elected to a 4-year term on the USA Swimming Board of Directors, is the Vice -President of the American Swim Coaches Association, the Finance Vice-Chair of the Florida Gold Coast Board of Directors, and volunteers her time with several additional industry-related organizations. Locally, Prindle has been a featured guest lecturer at Lynn University and at American Red Cross events, and a consultant for multiple swim programs. She has been a featured speaker at International Coaching Clinics, and the USA-Swimming Convention. She lends her expertise to the Grandview Preparatory School in Boca Raton, FL, as the Aquatics Administrator and Varsity Boys’ and Girls Head Coach since 2003. At Grandview, she developed the Lower School Physical Education curriculum and instituted Middle School swimming as a funded sport. Prindle is also past Chair and still serves on the FHSAA Advisory Board (the governing body for high school sports in Florida).

Prindle is also focused on sport development and growth of competitive swimming. In 2011 she founded Performance Aquatics (PAQ), with a “boutique approach” to team training that’s replicated throughout the US and Europe. At PAQ, Olympic hopefuls from all over the world are trained alongside local swimmers, achieving success locally at Junior Olympic/Sectional/State, to nationally at NCAA/USA Nationals, and internationally at World Champs/Olympic Games levels. She also trains pros from other disciplines (triathlon, pentathlon). Since 1989, Prindle has created 9 Learn-to-Swim programs, 2 USA-Swimming competitive teams, 2 US Masters teams, 1 Girls/Boys Varsity team, and instituted middle school swimming locally.

Prindle is driven by a desire to help every athlete achieve their athletic goals. Through intense focus on technical proficiency, providing resources, and managing a positive and professional enviroment, Prindle's positive coaching style helps illuminate some of life's lessons as athletes pursue success in the pool. She sees tremendous value in interacting with her swimmers with laughter and kindness, to create an environment where every success is possible.

Coach Prindle fiercely advocates for athlete safety, clean sport, and professionalizing the role of swim coaches worldwide. She and her husband, Chris Prindle, reside near the beach in Boca Raton, Florida.

Abby Peck attended Skidmore College, graduating in 1978 with an art degree. She rowed briefly at Skidmore but really took up the sport after college while living near Boston. Abby began rowing on her 25th birthday in October, 1981. She made her first National Rowing Team 9 months later in June of 1982, making her the first “Novice” (someone who has rowed for less than 1 year) rower to make the National Team. She went on to represent the United States at the World Championships as a member of the ’83, ’85, ’86, ’87 National Teams and the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Teams. She was elected Captain of the ’88 Olympic Rowing Team.

She is a 12 time National Champion, World Championship and Goodwill Games silver medalist, and 6 time winner at the Head of the Charles in Boston (largest regatta in the world). As a coach, she worked with “One-In-Nine” a rowing program for cancer patients/survivors, helped create “WeCanRow”, a program to teach cancer patients/survivors to row and regain physical capability, and developed an exercise protocol for a Dana Farber cancer study. The free, exercise program she created locally for cancer survivors, began in 2002.

Peck started PAISBC, pronounced “pays back,” but which stands for “Physical Activity Intervention – Surviving Beyond Cancer,” in which she works with oncology patients at the Northeast Radiation Oncology Center near Boston. Peck still speaks passionately about her rowing career, talking about how much it taught her, and that the journey was more important than any of the medals.

She has coached at Smith & Wellesley Colleges, and at Masters and pre-Elite levels, where her teams won numerous medals. Abby is a graduate of Abington Heights where she lettered in Field Hockey, Basketball, Softball and Track.

“Legs,” native of Wilkinsburg, was the WPIAL section II champ and qualified for the PIAA Regionals which led to many college offers. At Shippensburg University he was the 115- pound PSAC Wrestling Champion, competed in the Olympic Trials, AAU meets, and ran track. Earning a B.S. degree in Education, a master’s degree from IUP, and post-masters work, he taught at Greater Latrobe High for 30 years and Westmoreland Community College 25 years. Saint Vincent College made him the youngest head wresting coach in the nation where he coached for 8 years. Tom went to Latrobe compiling a 202-87-5 record in 20 years, had 49 Section Champs, 7 WPIAL Champs, 17 PIAA Qualifiers, and 10 PIAA Place winners.

Honors: WPIAL Team runner-up, 17 winning seasons, 7x WPIAL Section I “Wrestling COY”, 1985 WPIAL ,“Wrestling COY” coached WPIAL and PA 1985 “Dapper Dan Classic,” 25-year
service NWCA, and “Who’s Who in High School Wrestling Coaches.” Tom officiated wrestling 31 years and a charter member of the “Westmoreland Chapter,” worked numerous camps, 28 years involvement with Latrobe Junior Wrestling, and directed the ,“Mat Men’s Club”.

Inductions: Saint Vincent College Athletic HoF, Southwestern PA Wrestling HoF, PA Sports HoF, PA Wrestling Coaches HoF, Shippensburg University HoF, and National Wrestling HoF
for Lifetime Service. In 2014 was honored by the college as “Bearcat of the Year” and appears on PA Legends of Wrestling Cards. Now a board director for the National Wrestling HoF-PA Chapter and the PA Sports HoF Chapter- East Boros.
“Legs” won the US Masters Wrestling tournament at the University of PA, completed 4 marathons, directed the Keystone Region IV Keystone Games, and directed the NIKE Summer
Lacrosse camp 13 years. He started the varsity men and women’s cross country and men and women’s lacrosse programs at Saint Vincent and coached the first female athlete and first female XC All-American. Coach also worked in Alumni Affairs at the college.

Tick proudly served in the US Marine Corps from 1955 to 1958, where he played intra-services football. He was a 4-time first team PSAC offensive and defensive tackle (1958-’61) at Clarion State College and was named co-captain in 1961. Tick was an assistant football coach at Penn Hills High School from the 1962 - ‘65 seasons. He was named School District Business Manager, first for the Swissvale (1970 - ‘79) and then for the Woodland Hills (1979 - ‘92) and served as President of the Pennsylvania School Business Managers Association for the 1985-86 school year.

He was inducted into the Clarion University Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, the East Boros Chapter of the PA Sports Hall of Fame in ’94, and the Western Chapter in ’97. Tick was also
inducted into the WPIAL Hall of Fame in 2017. He was a WPIAL football official for 35 years and basketball official for 25 years. Tick served as President of the West Penn Basketball Officials in 1994. He was the Assigning Secretary for the Eastern Association of Interscholastic Football Officials (PIAA) for 9 years. He was also President of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Officials Association from 1992 to 2000. Tick served as the Commissioner of WPIAL Quad AAAA Football Officials from 2000 to ’14 and was the Heinz Field scoreboard operator for all Pitt and Steelers home football games from 2000 to 2012.

He served as President of the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame for 30 years from 1987 to 2016, overseeing the enshrinement of 407 Western Chapter inductees and 72 PA Sports Hall of Fame inductees from his chapter during that period. Tick also served as PA Sports Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board for 4 years. In 2016 the Western Chapter of the PA Sports Hall of Fame was renamed the Robert “Tick” Cloherty - Western Chapter in his honor.

Known as the “Godfather of Penn State Hockey,” Joe began his career at Penn Hills high school where he was a 3-time hockey team captain, first team all state defenseman, and 1977 Dapper Dan All-Star Classic MVP. He attended Penn State from 1978-82 and was hockey team captain, MVP, and President of the Hockey Management Association, earning a business degree.

In 1982 Joe joined the Pittsburgh Penguins in sales and marketing and was head coach of the Junior Amateur Penguins. Joe became the first Director of Amateur Hockey for the Penguins and was a USA Hockey Coaching Instructor.

Joe was named the head coach of the Penn State Icers in August of 1987. In 19 seasons his teams won 512 games and six ACHA national championships. He coached Team USA in the 2003 World University Games in Italy. He helped found the American Collegiate Hockey Association in 1991, and served as President 1993-95. The American Hockey Coaches Association named Joe the 2009 winner of the “Lou Lamoriello Award” for his contributions to college hockey. Battista helped secure the largest gift in Penn State history from Terry and Kim Pegula in 2010 to field a varsity men’s and women’s hockey teams and construct the Pegula Ice Arena. He was named Associate Athletic Director to oversee the project. Joe left in 2013 to become a Vice President of the Buffalo Sabres.

In 2016 Joe started Pragmatic Passion LLC, and is a professional speaker, instructor, author, and consultant. He serves as Vice President of Business Development and Executive Coach for the National Athletic and Professional Success Academy. His first book “The Power of Pragmatic Passion” was released in September. Joe lives in State College, PA with his wife Heidi and children Brianna and Ryan. His son Jonathon resides in San Francisco.

Former Canonsburg High School (Canonsburg, PA), University of Pittsburgh and U.S. Olympic Team wrestler, he won three straight WPIAL crowns and was the 145 pound PIAA champion in 1950. At Pitt he was the 167 pound NCAA champion in 1954 and was a four-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association champion. He was previously inducted into the Southwestern PA Wrestling, the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Officials, the Pitt Golden Panthers and the National Wrestling Halls of Fame as well as the Canon-MacMillan School; District Hall of Honor. Officiated at 5 NCAA Championship tournaments and wrestled for the USA in the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics.

Former Uniontown St. John's High School and Uniontown (Red Raiders) High School (Uniontown, PA) head basketball coach whose teams won 680 games between 1948 and 1976. His 1965 St. John's team won the PCIAA championship and his 1962 and 1976 teams both made the PCIAA Final Four. His 1981 Uniontown Red Raiders team won both the WPIAL 9District 7) and the PIAA (State) championships.

Former NCAA, Pan Am Games and Olympic Games champion, she was a Silver Medalist in the 400 Freestyle at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, a Gold and a Silver Medalist at the 1951 Pan Am Games and both a Gold and a Silver Medalist at the 1955 Pan Am Games. She set a new American and World record in the 100 yard Butterfly at the 1955 NCAA Championships and was inducted into the Purdue University and Indiana University (Indiana) Halls of Fame..

Former Plum High School (Plum Borough, PA.), Ohio State Buckeyes and Columbus Blue Jackets and Philadelphia Flyers center and left winger, he was drafted in the first round (pick # 16) in the 2001 draft by the Vancouver Canucks and played 11 seasons in the NHL. With the Plum Mustangs he scored an impressive 116 points in only 16 games. Previously inducted into the Plum High School and the Ohio State Sports Halls of Fame.

Former Dunmore High School (Dunmore, PA), University of Notre Dame and Miami Dolphins offensive lineman (Center) who was selected by Sporting News as a scholastic Honorable Mention All-American, and was a four year starter at center for the Fighting Irish where he was named Second Team All-American by both The Football News and the Associated Press. At Miami he was Dan Marino's starting center for 140 games, and was a Pro Bowl selection in 2001.

Retired Upper St. Clair High School football coach, he has recorded the most victories (406) in WPIAL football history during his 49 year scholastic head football coaching career. His 1989 Panthers were the first PIAA AAAA championship team to go undefeated at 15-0 and his 2006 USC team was first PIAA AAAA team to go undefeated at 16-0. Was previously inducted into the PA. High School Football Coaches Assn and the WPIAL Halls of Fame.

Former Academy of New Church High School (Bryn Athyn, PA), Temple University and Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns football player, he was named First Team All-American Offensive Guard for the Temple Owls in 1981. Was also the NCAA Power Lifting Champion in 1981 and was a first round selection (9th overall) by the Steelers in the 1986 NFL draft, where he was a 5 year starter at guard followed by two years as a starting guard for the Cleveland Browns.