Penn State Abington will induct its first-ever class of Athletics Hall of Famers on Saturday, January 10 at the Philmont Country Club near Huntingdon Valley from 2:00-6:00pm.
10 coaches and administrators will be inducted. They are:
- Deb Andress: The first women’s lacrosse coach at Abington, Andress was a women’s lacrosse pioneer in the Philadelphia region. The Penn State alum also coached field hockey in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Bob Barton: Barton spent nearly four decades at Abington starting as a student-athlete before moving on to become a coach, athletic director, intramural coordinator, instructor, and mentor to generations of student-athletes.
- Jeanne Bradley: Bradley amassed 85 victories coaching women’s basketball between 1970 and 1978 while also serving as the campus’s first softball coach for seven seasons and first field hockey coach from 1970 to 1978.
- Dave Castellanos: Castellanos coached at Abington for 14 seasons, leading the men’s and women’s soccer teams respectively to 142 and 61 victories. His teams appeared in multiple Division III postseason appearances, winning the conference championship twice and earning an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.
- Pat Clayton: A onetime Abington student-athlete, Clayton served as the women’s volleyball coach for a decade beginning in 1979. Her team accumulated 185 victories, the most by any Abington coach in program history.
- Jim McGettigan: During more than two decades at Abington, the legendary men’s soccer coach won 219 games and 15 championships, cementing him as the coach with the highest winning percentage in program history.
- Al Miles: Miles coached varsity tennis from 1975 to 1989, and his teams won nine conference and numerous individual championships.
- Wes Olsen: The longtime athletic director and Penn State alum oversaw the growth of Abington athletics, and he is remembered for his supportive and collaborative leadership.
- Joe Pavlow: From 2008 through 2017, Pavlow’s baseball teams won 162 games and four regular season titles. He earned conference coach of the year honors twice.
- Dick Wiseman: Wiseman accumulated 152 victories as the head coach of the men’s basketball team between 1978 and 1986. His 1984–1985 championship team holds the record for the most wins in a single season.
Andress, Bradley, Miles, McGettigan, and Olsen will be inducted posthumously.
More details here. You can also watch the announcement below:
Mary Ellen Glick
In related news, Mary Ellen Glick, Penn State Abington’s longtime student case manager, was honored with a humanitarian award on behalf of the Willow Grove chapter of the NAACP for her “dramatic, profound, and life-changing contributions to the local community — especially her work connecting with young people.”
“Mary Ellen’s commitment and passion to help those seeking help runs deep and reflects the DNA of the Abington campus,” Abington Chancellor Gary Liguori said. “She works tirelessly to find resources for our students who are experiencing any level of homelessness or food scarcity, and other challenges. This work isn’t easy, but she approaches it with enthusiasm and compassion, always bringing a smile to all she does.”
“I appreciate the willingness to invest in meeting students’ needs,” Glick said. “Working with young people who’ve been dealt a difficult hand and still made it to college is incredibly rewarding. But getting into college doesn’t always mean getting through college and earning a degree.”
More about her work here.
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