LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Charter LHU Athletics Hall of Fame Class has been announced.
 
The Charter LHU Athletics Hall of Fame Class will be inducted at the 2015 LHU Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony on Sunday, June 7, 2015.
 
The LHU Athletics Hall of Fame was established to celebrate the rich history, pride, passion and tradition of LHU Athletics by honoring the school's greatest athletes, coaches and supporters from the school's founding in 1870.

Ten individuals and one team make up the first-ever LHU Athletics Hall of Fame Class. The 2015 Hall of Fame Class includes two coaches, a pioneer in athletic training, a "Golden Era Inductee" and represents nine sports.
 
"I want to congratulate all the inductees," said LHU Director of Athletics Mark Sherburne. "The Charter LHU Athletics Hall of Fame Class is a special group. These deserving inductees have paved the way and helped shape our history. It will be an honor to celebrate their legacy in June."
 
"The LHU Athletics Hall of Fame Committee has been hard at work for over a year in getting this project up and running," said Carl Poff, chair of the Hall of Fame Committee. "It's an honor to announce the Charter Class and recognize them for all their contributions at LHU."
  
Charlotte Smith
One of the great pioneers of women's varsity sports at LHU, Smith founded the field hockey program in 1945 and the lacrosse program in 1970.  In her 28 years as field hockey coach, her teams compiled a record of 152-36-19.
 
Hubert Jack
One of the most successful coaches in LHU history, Jack led the wrestling team to a record of 153-39-5 record between 1946 and 1964.  He also led the football team to its only undefeated and untied season in 1957 and over 100 (102) career wins.
 
Gray Simons
Simons was a three-time National Champion (1960-62), two-time Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships and finished his college career at 91-1, after losing once as a freshman.  He was a member of two Olympic Teams, in 1960 and 1964, finishing sixth in 1960. He's a Distinguished member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Rose Ann Neff
A three-sport star at LHU - in field hockey, basketball and lacrosse - Neff was a member of three U.S. Lacrosse Teams.  She scored 28 goals for the 1975 team that completed its tour of Great Britain with a perfect record of 13-0, earning the U.S. squad the right to be called "World Champion" for the very first time.
 
Bruce Parkhill
Parkhill, a goalie, was selected to the first-team All-American soccer squad in 1969.  One of the finest all-around athletes in school history, he was also a conference champion in the javelin and All-Conference in basketball.
 
Carol Eckman
An outstanding basketball player at LHU in the late 1950s, Eckman later earned a spot on two U.S. basketball teams in 1967 and 1968.  While a coach at West Chester in 1969, she established the very first National Tournament for women's college basketball, an achievement that earned her a place in the first class of inductees to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee.
 
George Dintiman
A three-sport star at LHU, George "Big Train" Dintiman was at his best on the football field, where he was a two-time All-State and NAIA All-American halfback.  He later earned his doctorate at Columbia and gained national recognition as an authority on speed improvement for athletes.
 
Kristin Erb
Arguably the best Division II softball pitcher of all-time, Erb, a four-time All-American,  led LHU to National Championships in 2006 and '09. She owns six NCAA records, six PSAC records and 10 school records. Erb threw 14 no-hitters and eight perfect games during her Haven career. Three times she was nominated for the NCAA DII Woman of the Year Award, winning it twice.
 
Dave Tomasi
Tomasi will forever be remembered as the father of LHU's Athletic Training program and a devoted athletic trainer to so many of LHU's student-athletes. The Athletic Training Program was developed and sustained through the efforts of Tomasi. He stayed busy teaching athletic training students, but also served in the capacity of Head Athletic Trainer where he positively impacted the lives of many LHU athletes. In 2001 he was elected into the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers' Society Hall of Fame for his dedication and passion to LHU, his students, his athletes, and to the profession of Athletic Training.
 
1980 Men's Soccer Team
Led by head coach Mike Parker and co-captains Billy Hibbs, and Tim Gargan, the Bald Eagles finished the 1980 season with a perfect 21-0 record on the way to the NCAA Division II Soccer Championships. Lock Haven breezed through the regular season at 17-0. On the season, the Bald Eagles recorded nine shutouts, including the 1-0 victory over Florida International in the National Title match.
 
Rube Bressler – The Golden Era Inductee (Pre-1950)
Bressler was a star on the Lock Haven Normal School baseball teams of 1911, '12 and '13.  He spent eighteen seasons in Major League Baseball, including 11 with the Cincinnati Reds. He retired with a .301 lifetime batting average and was elected to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1963.
 
The LHU Athletics Hall of Fame will be displayed in Thomas Fieldhouse by the main entrance on the lower level.
 
The LHU Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony is set for Sunday, June 7 at 1 p.m. in the Durrwachter Alumni Conference Center (DACC). A social hour will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Tickets are $30 per person (adult) and $10 for children 12 years of age and under. Rooms have also been reserved at the Best Western (101 E. Walnut St., Lock Haven, Pa.) – mention LHU Athletics Hall of Fame for reduced rate.
 
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