Mary Jo Hromchak, Wilkes University
Basketball, Field Hockey, Softball – Class of 1980
Mary Jo Hromchak earned 11 varsity letters in field hockey, basketball and softball, a record for any female athlete at Wilkes. As a field hockey player and team co-captain, she helped lead the squad to four consecutive NEPA Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Association conference titles and two Mid-Atlantic Conference Northern Division titles. She was selected Second Team MAC, First Team NPWIAA All-Star, Third Team Susquehanna Field Hockey Association, and represented Wilkes at the Mid-East Field Hockey Tournament.
In basketball, also a co-captain, she ranked fifth in Division III assists nationally. Her record stood for over 10 years and was finally broken while she was a head coach for Wilkes in 1991. She also finished ranked among the top-10 all-time scoring leaders and was named team defensive player of the year as a senior.
In softball, she co-captained a three-time NPWIAA championship team and was an NPWIA All-Star at first base. She was selected Beacon Athlete of the Year as a freshman and Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year as a sophomore and senior.
Hromchak also spent 22 years coaching at Wilkes following graduation. She served as an assistant field hockey and basketball coach, an interim head basketball coach, and an assistant lacrosse coach. As an assistant in the field hockey program she helped coach some of the most successful teams ever at Wilkes, celebrating six MAC Freedom League titles; four ECAC finals; three ECAC championships; one Overall MAC title, and one NCAA appearance.
Hromchak was inducted into the Wilkes Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994.
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