MAC Hall of Fame

ANNVILLE, Pa. (Conference News) – The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) is proud to announce the MAC Hall of Fame Class of 2020. This year’s class, the ninth class, has 20 inductees from current and former member institutions.
 
The MAC will highlight each of the 20 inductees over the next three weeks from May 4-22 (Monday-Friday). This release will be updated at 9 a.m. each day, and each inductee will be spotlighted on the MAC’s social media platforms.


Ken Andrews, Middle Atlantic Conference
Executive Director – 2000-20
 
Ken Andrews has served the Middle Atlantic Conference for 20 years (2000-20) as its Executive Director. One of the first responsibilities he took on was finalizing the two separate NCAA Division III automatic qualifiers (AQs) that several of the conference sports benefit from today.

During his tenure, Andrews grew the MAC while the landscape of Division III conferences shifted with the movement of institutions. He added seven new conference members. The conference also added four new sports including women’s golf, men’s and women’s ice hockey and men’s volleyball. Andrews created eight new conference championships to leave the conference with 40 total events.
 
Andrews embodied the values of NCAA Division III. He led the MAC to be a premier Division III conference, but he also put his mark on the NCAA. Andrews served on several NCAA Division III Sport Committees (football, swimming & diving, men’s soccer), hosted several NCAA Championship events, contributed to the Division III Commissioners Association, developed symposiums both conference-wide and regionally, and was a founding member of the Mid-Atlantic Region Commissioners Association (MARCA).

One of the final initiatives Andrews spearheaded for the MAC was a new branding campaign that was unveiled in July 2019. The brand included a new visual identity, brand signature, four key conference messages and a website relaunch. This was one of several completed strategic plans completed during his tenure.


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.
 
 
Kim (Kaskel) Mushinsky, Wilkes University
Field Hockey – Class of 1996
 
Kim (Kaskel) Mushinsky is widely regarded as the best field hockey player to ever put on a Colonels uniform. Mushinsky was a four-year member of the field hockey team, and she helped Wilkes win Freedom League titles in 1993, 1994, and 1995. Mushinsky won the Freedom League Most Valuable Player award three times (1993, 1994, and 1995), and was named to the All-Freedom League First Team during each of those campaigns. She was also named to the MAC Academic Honor Roll all four seasons.

Mushinsky was instrumental in the Colonels claiming Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Mid-Atlantic titles in 1993 and 1994, as she was named the ECAC Tournament MVP both years. She led Wilkes to its first appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament in 1995, while serving as one of three captains.

At the time of her induction into the Wilkes Hall of Fame, Mushinsky was the all-time leader in both goals and points at Wilkes, scoring 52 goals during her career while amassing 128 points. She was named to the College Field Hockey Coaches Association (CFHCA) All-American second team in 1995, and also named first team CFHCA Regional All-American in 1994 and 1995. She earned second team Regional All-American honors in 1993.

Mushinsky was named the Wilkes University Female Athlete of the Year in 1995 and 1996.

Mushinsky was inducted into the Wilkes Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.


Maureen McGinn Kee, Widener University
Basketball – Class of 1982
 
Maureen McGinn Kee helped put the women's basketball program on the map during her four-year career at Widener. She remains the all-time leading scorer with 1,935 points while also being named an all-league player every season she played. In addition, McGinn helped the program reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 1982 and claimed two consecutive division titles. McGinn, who was a two-time Middle Atlantic Conference Southern Division MVP, started every game of her career and was the team's leading scorer all four years.
 
McGinn was inducted to the Widener Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.


Darrin Kenney, Lycoming College
Football – Class of 1992
 
Darrin Kenney was an all-American offensive lineman for the 1991 Lycoming Warriors. Kenney led the Warriors to three-straight MAC titles and three-straight berths in the NCAA Championship, including an appearance in the 1990 Stagg Bowl (national championship game). Lycoming advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals in both 1989 and 1991 during Kenney’s time. Kenney was an All-MAC First Team (1991) and honorable mention (1990) honoree, while also being named to the MAC All-Century Team in 2012.
 
Kenney was named a First Team SID All-American and an Honorable Mention All-American by Don Hansen Football Gazette in 1991, which helped him as he pursued a professional career. He played 10 seasons in the Arena Football League (1993-03), seeing time with the Tampa Bay Storm, Albany Firebirds, Arizona Rattlers and San Jose Sabercats. He won three Arena Bowls and reached the league’s semifinals in all 10 seasons he was in the league.

Kenney was inducted into the Lycoming Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002.
 
 
Ron “Buddy” Knoebel, Lycoming College
Wrestling – Class of 1965
 
Ron “Buddy” Knoebel was a standout on the mat at Lycoming. Knoebel became an NCAA Small College National Champion in the 137-pound weight class in 1965 before the creation of Division III. He also finished fourth at the NCAA tournament in 1963 to earn his first of two All-America honors. Knoebel is a two-time MAC Champion (1964-65) in the 137-pound weight class. He was named the 1964 MAC Most Outstanding Wrestler.

Knoebel was named the 1965 Lycoming College Most Outstanding Male Athlete. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the Lycoming Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986. Knoebel was also inducted into the Pennsylvania District 4 Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2008. He is a co-owner of Knoebels Amusement Resort, the world’s largest free-admission amusement park.


Andy Panko, Lebanon Valley College
Basketball – Class of 1999
 
Lebanon Valley's all-time leading scorer in men's basketball, Andy Panko was one of the greatest Division III athletes of all time. During his time at LVC, Panko scored 2,515 points and was named to the d3hoops.com's "Team of the Decade" in 2010. Panko scored over 40 points in a game on four separate occasions, including 58 points against Juniata, which is still an LVC record to this day.
 
Panko was twice named the NCAA Division III National Player of the Year and was tabbed an NABC All-American three times. Panko is a three-time Commonwealth League First-Team selection and a three-time Commonwealth League Player of the Year. In his freshman season, he was named the Commonwealth League Rookie of the Year.
 
Upon graduation, Panko caught on as a star with the minor-league North Dakota Wizards, where he was named MVP of the CBA in 2003 before moving to Spain. In 2012, Panko earned the Spanish ACB's most valuable player award, a league that is widely regarded as the world's second-best professions league behind the NBA.

Panko was inducted into the Lebanon Valley College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.
 
 
Stacey Hollinger, Lebanon Valley College
Softball Coach, Administrator – 1994 - Present
 
Stacey Hollinger is the all-time winningest coach in LVC history with 428 wins after 19 incredibly successful years at the helm of the softball program. She's an eight-time MAC Commonwealth Coach of the Year and four-time MAC Commonwealth champion. During her coaching career, she made five NCAA Tournament appearances and coached four All-Americans and three Academic All-Americans. Hollinger also was an assistant coach for the College during the field hockey program's most successful era, which included a pair of NCAA Final Four appearances.

Hollinger was inducted into the Lebanon Valley College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019. She is currently the department’s associate director of athletics and senior women’s administrator. Hollinger still plays an active administrative role for the MAC and serves as the liaison to softball.


Ed Cracchiolo, Fairleigh Dickinson University – Florham Campus
Football – Class of 2002

Ed Cracchiolo was a four-year letterwinner and a three-time team MVP (2000-02).
 
Cracchiolo was named to the All-MAC Second Team twice (2001, 2002).  In addition, Ed was named Honorable Mention ECAC All-East Region in 2002 as well as a Second Team South Region All-American by Don Hansen's Football Gazette in 2002.  Cracchiolo was a National Finalist for the 2002 Gagliardi Trophy presented to the outstanding Division III college football player of the year.
 
In the Devils record books, Ed is first in career points scored (204), first in points scored in a game (30), first in career rushing yards (3,456), first in career rushing touchdowns (30), first in single season rushing yards (1,118), first in single season rushing attempts (246), first in single game rushing touchdowns (5), tied for first in single season rushing touchdowns (10, twice), first in single game rush from scrimmage (93 yards), second in single season rushing yards (1,095), second in single season rushing attempts (244), second in single game rushing attempts (42), second in single game rush from scrimmage (88 yards), fourth in single game rushing yards (215), fourth in single game rushing attempts (36), fifth in single season rushing yards (864), fifth in single game rushing yards (214), fifth in single season rushing attempts (181) and fifth in single season points scored (66). 
 
Cracchiolo was inducted into the FDU-Florham Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.
 
 
Jaime Peterson, Fairleigh Dickinson University – Florham Campus
Softball – Class of 2000
 
Jaime Peterson ranks 11th all-time in NCAA Division III with 642 career strikeouts, the most in FDU-Florham softball history. Peterson was named FDU’s Female Athlete of the Year in 1999 and was named the softball team’s MVP all four years.
 
Peterson holds FDU’s all-time record for career earned run average with a 1.57 mark. She ranks second in program history in career games (104), wins (54) and single season earned run average (1.27). Over the course of her career, Peterson threw five no-hitters, three one-hitters, and had eight shutouts. She owns three of the top five single season strikeout marks at FDU.
 
In 1997, she was named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Metro New York-New Jersey First Team and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association East Region Third Team. In 1998, she was named the Freedom League Most Valuable Player. She was also named an ECAC/Reebok Division III Southern Softball All Star that year. She earned a spot on the All-Freedom League Second Team after leading the Freedom with 8.5 strikeouts per game.
 
Peterson was inducted into the FDU-Florham Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.


LeighAnn Burke McGovern, DeSales University
Basketball – Class of 2009
 
LeighAnn Burke McGovern is one of the most decorated players in DeSales women’s basketball history. Her accolades are endless and include being named the Freedom Conference Rookie of the Year (2006), two-time Freedom Conference Player of the Year (2008, 2009), two-time All-Freedom Conference Second-Team (2006, 2007), two-time All-Freedom Conference First-Team (2008, 2009), the MAC Women’s Basketball Senior Scholar-Athlete (2009), and the MAC Freedom Postseason Tournament Most Valuable Player twice.
 
She was named WBCA All-Region First-Team twice, WBCA Honorable-Mention All-American in 2008 and WBCA First-Team All-American in 2009.  McGovern was the D3hoops.com Regional Player of the Year and First-Team twice and was a D3hoops.com Second-Team All-American once and First-Team All-American once.
 
McGovern earned ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-District First-Team honors twice and ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-American Second-Team honors twice.  She was a two-time Jostens Trophy finalist, was named the ECAC South Region Player of the Year twice, ECAC South Region First-Team twice, ECAC Robbins Scholar-Athlete (2009), the Dr. John Compardo Female Athlete of the Year twice, LVAIAW Player of the Year in 2008, and the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Association Player of the twice.
 
The Bulldogs won two Freedom Conference Championships in 2008 and 2009 and appeared in two NCAA Tournaments, advancing into the Sweet 16 during McGovern’s junior year.  Lastly, she was honored on the MAC All-Century Team in 2015.
 
In her career she totaled 1,908 career points (2^nd all-time), is the all-time leader in three-pointers made (252), third all-time in three-point field goal percentage (.377), seventh all-time in assists (342), and fourth all-time in 277 steals.  McGovern also still owns the single game record for points (46) and three-pointers made (10).

McGovern was inducted into the DeSales University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.
 
 
Brett Vargo, DeSales University
Baseball – Class of 2003
 
Brett Vargo was a standout on the baseball team from 2000-03 graduating from DeSales in 2003 with a bachelor of arts in history.
 
He was one of the most feared hitters to ever put on a baseball uniform for the Bulldogs as he continues to lead the Bulldogs in home runs with 27 in his career. Vargo also ranks among the all-time leaders in runs scored (4th -169), hits (8th – 185), doubles (17th – 32), triples (3rd – 11), RBIs (3rd – 148), slugging percentage (11th - .584), and stolen bases (6th – 65).
 
He helped DeSales win four consecutive Freedom Conference Championships, make four trips to the NCAA Regional Tournament, win its only NCAA Regional Championship in 2003, and make its only appearance in the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship in 2003.
 
Vargo was named All-Freedom Conference Second-Team once and First- Team three times. He earned Freedom Conference Rookie of the Year honors in 2000, was named to the ECAC South Region Second-Team three times, to the ABCA Mid-Atlantic Region Second-Team once, and ABCA Mid-Atlantic Region First-Team twice. Vargo was also named the Dr. John Compardo Male Athlete of the Year in 2002.
 
Vargo was inducted into the DeSales University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018.


Alisa DiBonaventura Kintner, Delaware Valley University
Basketball – Class of 2002
 
Alisa DiBonaventura Kintner became the first basketball player in Delaware Valley history to earn all-America honors as she did twice in 2001 by D3hoops.com and Kodak. Kintner holds school records for assists in a single game (17), single-season (237) and career (636), as well as the single-season steal mark with 105. In just three seasons, she scored 986 points to ranked in the top-15 in school history. Kintner is three-time All-Freedom Conference selection, earning first-team honors in 2001 and second-team honors in both 1999 and 2000. She garnered the 2001 Freedom Conference Player of the Year honors. In her senior season, Kintner was named the ECAC South Region Player of the Year and the ECAC South Region Championship MVP. She led the NCAA in assists per game during her junior (8.5 apg) and senior (8.8 apg) seasons.

Kintner has continued make her mark in the MAC as she began her 17^th season as the Widener University women’s basketball head coach this past season. Kintner has compiled a 263-188 record in Chester, Pa. She was inducted into the Delaware Valley Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.


Jarra Rusnock Dennis, Albright College
Basketball, Softball, Tennis – Class of 1998
 
Jarra Rusnock Dennis was a three-sport athlete in basketball, softball and tennis at Albright College earning four varsity letters in each sport. Dennis was a standout basketball player for the Lions as she is a four-time all-conference first-team selection, and was named the MAC Rookie of the Year in 1995. She is still the all-time leading scorer at Albright. In tennis, Dennis finished as the silver medalist in the fall of 1994, as a freshman, and 1996, as a junior, at the women’s tennis individual championships. Dennis was named a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America in 1998 as a three-sport athlete. At Albright College, she was named an Outstanding Freshman Athlete of the Year and an Outstanding Senior Woman Athlete.

Dennis earned her master’s degree from Wilkes University, and serves as a chemistry teach at Muhlenberg High School. She was named to the Berks County Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019 and to the Albright College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003.


Mike Spangler, Susquehanna University
Track & Field – Class of 1988
 
Mike Spangler had an impressive career competing in both indoor and outdoor track & field. Spangler finished his career as a four-time NCAA National Champion, eight-time NCAA All-American, 12-time MAC individual champion, three-time MAC Track Athlete of the Year and three-time MAC (team) Champion. Spangler competed from 1985-88.
 
In 1985, Spangler was a three-time NCAA All-American in the 200m dash (national champion), 400m dash (runner-up) and 4x400m relay (finals). He won the MAC 100m, 200m and 400m dash titles, as well as the 4x100m and 4x400m relay titles. Spangler led Susquehanna to the team title while earning MAC Male Track Athlete of the Year honors.

In 1986, Spangler was a two-time NCAA All-American in the 400m dash (national champion) and 4x400m relay (finals). For the second-straight year he won the 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m MAC titles to lead Susquehanna to the team title. He also won his second-straight MAC Male Track Athlete of the Year honors.

In 1987, Spangler was a two-time NCAA All-American in the 400m dash (national champion) and 4x400m relay (finals). He won the MAC’s 100m, 200m, 400m and 4x400m titles for a third-straight year.

In 1988, Spangler won his third-straight NCAA national championship in the 400-meter dash. He won the 100m, 200m, and 400m MAC titles for a fourth-straight year to earn MAC Male Track Athlete of the Year honors for a third time. Susquehanna won another team title.

Spangler was inducted into the Susquehanna Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993.


Matt Eisenberg, Juniata College
Baseball, Football – Class of 2001
 
Matt Eisenberg is Juniata’s all-time career leader in receiving yards (3,500), touchdown reception (38), and all-purpose yardage (5,421). He also ranks second on the Juniata’s all-time leaderboard in career receptions (203) and scoring (252 points). Eisenberg holds Juniata single-game records in scoring, receiving yards, and touchdown receptions, as well as single-season marks in receptions, receiving yards, touchdown receptions, all-purpose yards, and all-purpose yards per game. He is the only player in Juniata history to haul in more than 300 yards receiving in a single game – having accomplished the feat twice during the 1999 season, and is one of only two players to score more than 30 points in a single game.
 
Eisenberg earned First Team All-America honors from Don Hansen’s Football Gazette in 1999, and was a Second Team All-American on the Hewlett-Packard squad. He was the 1999 MAC Player of the Year, and was an All-MAC honoree in both 1999 and 1998.
 
On the baseball field, Eisenberg graduated as the program’s all-time career hits leader with 173 – he still ranks third among career leaders – and was Juniata’s career at bats leader with 500. He currently ranks seventh among all-time runs leaders with 113, and is second in career
triples with 14. Eisenberg’s six triples in 1998 tied a school record, eclipsed by David Saintz’s
 
Eisenberg was inducted into the Juniata College Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.


Chaon Garland., Haverford College
Baseball – Class of 1991
 
For three years Chaon Garland was one of the most dominant pitchers to ever play at Haverford College. He never got the opportunity, however, to pitch his senior year. Instead of taking the mound at Class of '16 Field with his Haverford teammates, Garland was pitching in the Oakland Athletics minor league system. Garland became the first Haverford player to be drafted by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team when the A's selected the right-hander in the third round of the 1990 draft.
 
Standing 6 feet 5 inches tall, the imposing Garland put up some impressive numbers in his collegiate career. He compiled 17 wins, 210 strikeouts, 9.34 strikeouts per nine innings, 20 complete games and three shutouts in 214.1 career innings. Garland departed Haverford with nearly every pitching record as those marks stood for almost 25 years before Tommy Bergjans, an eighth-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers, graduated from Haverford in 2015.
 
Garland's sophomore and junior seasons were nothing short of spectacular. He went 14-7 with a 3.03 ERA in 143 innings pitched. Pitching in front of scores of professional scouts during his junior year, Garland impressed, striking out 85 batters in 70 innings and winning four MAC games in-a-row. During those two seasons Garland earned a pair of All-MAC and All-Mid-Atlantic Region selections. He became the second Haverford player to earn All-America accolades and remains one of just two first-team selections (Bergjans) from Haverford.
 
Garland was inducted into Haverford’s Thomas Glasser ’82 Hall of Achievement in 2010.


Ronald Warner, Gettysburg College
Basketball – Class of 1962
 
Ronald Warner is arguably the greatest basketball player to don the Orange and Blue. Warner set the program's all-time scoring record with 1,880 points in only three years (stood until 2011). He led the MAC in scoring in 1959-60 (23.1 ppg) and 1961-62 (25.3 ppg), and he was named All-MAC Second Team in 1959-60 and All-MAC First Team in both 1960-61 and 1961-62.
 
Warner finished among the nation's top 20 scorers all three seasons, including 10th in 1960-61 (24.9 ppg). He was a unanimous All-State and All-East selection in his final two campaigns. He garnered honorable mention All-America in each of his last two years. He was also named second team "Small All-America" in 1961-62 as one of the nation's top players under six feet tall. He was voted most valuable visiting player in the city of Philadelphia in 1961-62, despite not playing on the Palestra floor. Warner was tagged to All-Opponent teams by La Salle, Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell, Elizabethtown, F&M, Lebanon Valley, and Dickinson during his senior year.
 
Warner finished his collegiate career holding 17 Gettysburg records. He also averaged 6.8 rebounds and shot 50.9 percent from the floor during his varsity career (stats not kept for assists or steals). In his one season on the JV team, averaged 27.6 points per game, raising his four-year collegiate total to 2,471 points. He scored a career-high 38 points on four occasions and registered more than a dozen 30-point efforts during his career. Warner led Bullets to a three-year record of 52-25 in the MAC University Division.
 
Warner became a member of the Gettysburg College Hall of Athletic Honor in 1978.


Lorraine Maloney, Drew University
Field Hockey – Class of 1990
 
Lorraine Maloney quickly became known as a strong player, establishing new scoring records (27 goals and 58 points in a season) which still stood at the time of her Hall of Fame induction at Drew in 2002, and remained a scoring leader through the 1988 season. Maloney was a four-time MAC All-Star First Team selection from 1986-89
 
Maloney was Regional All-American player in 1987 and 1988, being named to the 1987-88 college hockey coaches association (CFHCA) Mid-Atlantic First Team. She was selected to the 1988 Penn-Monto CFHCA All-American Second Team and the 1988 Division III All-American Second Team.  In 1989, her senior year, a pre-season knee injury kept her off the field for the first half of the season, but she put in a strong performance upon her return. At the time of her induction, she still held the record for most career goals (70), most career points (170), most goals in a game (5), and most assists in a game (3), and was second in most career assists (30).  Upon graduation, Maloney received a well-deserved College Alumni/ae Association Senior Female Athlete of the Year Award.


Sean Keville, Moravian College
Football – Class of 1996
 
Sean Keville, a 1996 Moravian graduate, was a four-year letterwinner on the football team while attending Moravian, and he was honored with induction into the Moravian Hall of Fame in 2007. Keville led the Greyhounds to the 1993 Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth League Championship and a berth in the NCAA Division III Playoffs.  He was named to the All-MAC Commonwealth First Team in 1993 and 1994 while earning MAC Commonwealth Player of the Year honors in 1994 as a senior. Keville also earned Division III Sports Information Director Second Team All-America, First Team All-NCAA South Region, Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference South Player of the Year and First Team All-ECAC South accolades in 1994.

The Downtown Wilkes-Barre Touchdown Club presented Keville with its Middle Atlantic Conference Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards in 1994. Keville set school record for passing yards in a game (495) and season (2,819), completions in a game (32), season (190) and career (429), passing attempts in a game (50 and season (363), touchdown passes in a game (tied with 4), season (23) and career (49), pass efficiency in a career (132.7) and total offense in a game (481) and season (2,829). He was also honored as Moravian’s Outstanding Senior Male Athlete in 1995.

Sadly, Keville passed away on April 8, 2020 from complications after being diagnosed with the coronavirus. Read more on Keville’s life at here. Keith Goller from the Allentown Morning Call wrote the following tribute to Sean on April 17 - here. 

Moravian plans to honor Keville with his MAC Hall of Fame award at a football game during the upcoming season. More information on the presentation to the Keville family including his wife Madeline and daughter Maggie will be announced at a later day.