MAC HALL OF FAME

ANNVILLE, Pa. (Conference News) - The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) is proud to announce the MAC Hall of Fame Class of 2023. This year's class, the 12th class, has 12 inductees from current and former member institutions.
 
The MAC will highlight each of the 12 inductees over the next three weeks from May 22 to June 7 (Monday-Friday, except Memorial Day). This release will be updated at 11 a.m. each day, and each inductee will be spotlighted on the MAC's social media platforms.

Monday, May 22 - Frank Wolfgang, Delaware Valley University
Tuesday, May 23 - Darnell Braswell, DeSales University
Wednesday, May 24 - Maria Horning, Eastern University
Thursday, May 25 - Bill Klika, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus
Friday, May 26 - Brett Trichilo, Wilkes University
Tuesday, May 30 - Robert Latour, Bucknell University
Wednesday, May 31 - King Knox, Franklin & Marshall College
Thursday, June 1 - Amanda Corroon Dolan, Gettysburg College
Friday, June 2 - Andy Enfield, Johns Hopkins University
Monday, June 5 - Tracy Wartman, Moravian University
Tuesday, June 6 - Ed Karpovich, University of Scranton
Wednesday, June 7 - Sarah Coste, Washington College



SARAH COSTE, Washington College
Women’s Lacrosse & Field Hockey – Class of 1991 

Sarah Coste is arguably the best women’s lacrosse athlete to put on a Washington College jersey. Coste finished her career as a three-time IWLCA First Team All-American, a three-time All-MAC West First Team selection and an All-MAC Honorable Mention during her freshman season.  

Coste is the program’s all-time leader in career goals (225), career points (282), single-season goals (68), single-game goals (10) and single-game ground balls (14). She is tied for the most points in a single game with 11. She also represented Washington College in the annual North/South All Star Game in 1991, and in that year received the College’s Most Valuable Player Award. 

In addition to her time as a lacrosse player, Coste joined the field hockey team as the back-up goalie and played singles on the tennis club team, each for two years. 

Coste was inducted into the Washington College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.

ED KARPOVICH, University of Scranton 
Men’s Golf – Class of 1976 / Men’s & Women’s Golf Head Coach

Ed Karpovich has made his mark on the men’s and women’s golf programs at the University of Scranton as both a player and a coach. Karpovich’s time with Scranton started in 1972 as a member of the men’s golf team where he helped lead the Royals to three MAC titles and a 1974 NCAA Tournament Appearance. Karpovich was also a two-time MAC individual champion (1974 & 1976) and NCAA qualifier (1974 & 1976). 

Karpovich graduated from Scranton in 1976 and returned six years later in 1982 to coach the men’s golf team he once starred on. Since then, he’s compiled a dual record of 384-121-2, led the Royals to a 1988 MAC title and posted 10 other top-five finishes at MAC Championship events. He also recorded seven top-five finished at Empire 8 Championships and four top-five finishes at Landmark Championships. Karpovich has also served as the women’s golf head coach since 2016. 

In addition to his team’s accomplishments, he’s coached individuals to impressive achievements. Kaprovich has coached two NCAA qualifiers, three individual conference champions, one Landmark Golfer of the Year and two Rookies of the Year. He’s also seen 35 male golfers and nine women’s golfers selected to all-conference teams.

Karpovich has also been an ambassador for the sport, joining with former King’s College head coach Tom Davis in 1999 to found the Glenmaura National Collegiate Invitational, an annual event that attracts some of the top Division III talent in the region. Glenmaura National also serves as the Royals’ home course.

He was the 2021 recipient of the Peter A. Carlesimo Award, which honors a person who has made special contributions to athletics and Catholic education. 

Karpovich was inducted into the Scranton Athletics Wall of Fame in 1985.

TRACY WARTMAN, Moravian University
Cross Country and Track & Field – Class of 1996

Tracy Wartman, a 1996 graduate of Moravian, was a member of both the cross country and track & field teams from 1992-1996. Wartman was a six time All-American, twice in cross country, once in indoor track and three times in outdoor track. She set school records in both the 1,500 and 3,000 meter runs. 

In 1994, she was the National Champion in the NCAA Division III outdoor track & field 1,500-meter run. That same year, Wartman was the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Champion and the NCAA Division III Regional Individual Champion in the event. She was also a MAC Individual Champion in 1995 and participated in the NCAA Division III National Championship during the 1993, 1994 and 1995 seasons. 

The Lehigh Valley Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (LVAIAW) honored Wartman as its cross country athlete of the year in 1994 and 1995, track  athlete of the year in 1995 and 1996, and its overall athlete of the year in 1996. She was  also given the Greyhound Award for Moravian’s Outstanding Senior Female Athlete in 1996. Wartman helped to lead the Greyhounds to the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships three times, where they placed third in 1993 and 1995. 

She also was a  member of the indoor track & field team that won the MAC Championships in 1993 and 1996 and of the outdoor track & field team that swept the MAC Championships from 1993-1996. 

Wartman was inducted into the Moravian Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. 
ANDY ENFIELD, Johns Hopkins University 
Men’s Basketball – Class of 1991

Andy Enfield is one of the most decorated men’s basketball players in Johns Hopkins history. Enfield helped the Blue Jays to a four-year record of 68-40, which included two trips to the NCAA Tournament (1990 & 1991) and one Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) South Championship (1991). Enfield led the Blue Jays to a then school-record 20 wins and a Sweet 16 appearance during the 1989-90 season. 

Enfield’s name still sits in the Johns Hopkins record books in a number of statistical categories. The Shippensburg native’s 2,025 career points rank first in program history, while he is also the career leader in field goals made (680), three-point field goals made (234), career scoring average (18.8) and three-point field goal percentage (.451). 

Enfield also has his name in the national record books as he holds the all-time NCAA Division III record for career free throw percentage at 92.5% (431-of-466). He also ranks No. 7 all-time in single-season free throw percentage as he shot 95.3% (123-of-129) from the charity stripe during the 1990-91 season. 

Enfield also took home his fair share of hardware during his four-year stretch with the Blue Jays as he was named two-time MAC Southeast Player of the Year, two-time First Team All-MAC and the 1988 MAC Rookie of the Year. In addition to his conference awards, Enfield was named a 1991 NABC Third Team All-American while earning NABC First Team All-Region honors in the same year. The guard also claimed a spot on the 1990 NABC Second Team All-Region team. 

Enfield moved on to coach at the highest level of basketball, spending two years with the Milwaukee Bucks as a shooting coach before serving as an assistant for two years with the Boston Celtics. He then made stops at Florida State University as an assistant coach and Florida Gulf Coast University as a head coach before settling down at the University of Southern California where he’s been a head coach since 2013.

Enfield was inducted into the Johns Hopkins Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.

KING KNOX, Franklin & Marshall College 
Men’s Golf – Class of 1965

King Knox is considered the “king” of all Franklin & Marshall golfers. In 1963, he was the Middle Atlantic Conference champion and placed third in 1965. At the national level, Knox placed third in the NCAA College Division Nationals in 1965 and was named to the NCAA College Division Coaches All-American team (one of ten golfers named). He was the team's Most Valuable Golfer twice, in 1964 and 1965.

Knox was inducted into the Franklin & Marshall College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975.
ROBERT LATOUR, Bucknell University
Head Swimming & Diving Coach; Director of Athletics; MAC University Division President – 1956-90

Bucknell's swimming coach from the inception of the program in 1956 until 1968 and director of athletics from 1968-78, Bob Latour is one of the all-time greats in Bison annals. He led his swimming teams to six Middle Atlantic Conference championships (1960, 1963-65, 1967-68) and the 1964 NCAA College Division title. Sixteen of his swimmers were selected to the College Division All-America Team, and his dual meet record was 83-31.

From 1968-78, Latour served as Bucknell's athletic director as the university gained national stature with increased men's and women's athletic programs. Under his watch, Bison teams won more conference championships than any other school, four sports were added to the intercollegiate program, and a $4 million sports/recreation center was constructed. Latour was also a freshman football coach from 1956-65 and was chairman of the NCAA Division II Football Committee. He also served on several important administrative committees for the NCAA, including serving as chairman of the Division II Football Committee and as member of the NCAA Television Committee.

Latour was president of the Middle Atlantic Conference and East Coast Conference, plus served as a member of the executive committee of the Eastern College Basketball Association.

A native of Middletown, N.Y., and a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and Springfield College, Latour also served as a professor of physical education and was Bucknell's NCAA Faculty Representative. 

Latour was inducted into the Bucknell University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1985.


BRETT TRICHILO, Wilkes University
Football – Class of 2005

Brett Trichilo was one of the greatest players ever to wear the Navy and Gold on the gridiron, Trichilo earned the Melberger Award twice in his career as the best player in Division III college football in 2003 and 2004. 

A three-time All-MAC selection including being named MAC Player of the Year twice in 2003 and 2004, Trichilo also was a two-time All-ECAC and Division III All-American selection as a junior and senior. He still holds the all-time career records in scoring (384 points) and rushing (5,837 yards) as well as a season record in rushing with 2,185 yards in 2003. He finished his Wilkes career with individual game records in points (30), touchdowns (5) and yards rushing (316). 

Trichilo was inducted into the Wilkes University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015. BILL KLIKA, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus
Director of Athletics; Baseball, Football, Men’s Lacrosse Coach – 1974-2017

Bill Klika worked on the Florham campus for 44 years and served in many different roles while at FDU. In 1974, Klika founded the FDU football program and was the head coach of the team from 1974-96 and 2000-01. In addition, from 1974-81 Klika was the assistant coach for the men's lacrosse team and from 1982-88 he was the head coach of the FDU baseball team. In May of 1988, Klika was named Interim Director of Athletics and in December of that year, took over that role in a full time capacity.

As the Director of Athletics at FDU, a role he held from 1989-2017, Klika was vital in the construction of the Ferguson Recreation Center, founded the FDU-Florham Hall of Fame in 1995, added seven varsity sports and oversaw the construction of a new artificial turf field and grandstands now known as Robert T. Shields Field. Under his guidance, the department appeared in the NCAA Tournament 23 times, culminating with a Women's Basketball National Championship in 2014.

In 2012, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) named Klika as the Athletic Director of the Year for the Southeast Region. He was also presented with the Lou Sorrentino Award in the same year, given by the MAC in recognition of commitment to the conference and to NCAA Division III. Klika served on many national, regional and conference committees during his tenure including the NCAA Division III football national committee where he served as Chair during the 2002-03 season, the MAC Executive Council and the NCAA Division III Management Council.

FDU also recognized Klika with the Pillar Award, which recognizes those exceptional individuals who, over time, have made extraordinary contributions to the character and quality of the University, its community and culture.

Today, Klika still is an active member of the FDU community as he is an adjunct professor in the Sport Management department.

Klika was inducted into the FDU-Florham Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021. He also received the inaugural MAC Lou Sorrentino Award in 2012.

MARIA HORNING, Eastern University
Volleyball – Class of 2012

Maria Horning was a star on the court for the Eastern women’s volleyball program from 2008-2011. As Eastern joined the Middle Atlantic Conference in 2008, Horning is the first representative from Eastern University to enter the MAC Hall of Fame.

She joined Eastern Volleyball in the same season the Eagles joined the MAC. She and her classmates had an immediate impact on the program and the league. The Eagles went 35-2 in her first season and Horning was named Freedom Conference Player of the Year while garnering AVCA Third-Team All-America honors.

She earned four All-America awards in their time in St. Davids. Horning repeated as a third-team honoree in 2009 and earned first-team selections in 2010 and 2011. She earned four Freedom Conference Player of the Year Honors. With a nearly perfect GPA in Economic Development, she earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in 2010 and 2011.

The Eagles went 133-15 and won four Freedom Conference Championships in her four years. She played in 147 of those 148 matches. Only one of her side’s 15 defeats, a loss at Augusta College in 2008, came to an unranked team. In 37 matches against Freedom Conference opponents, the Eagles did not drop a set. Eastern went 36-3 in 2011.

She amassed over 5,300 assists and 1300 digs in her career. In a stunning four-set win over Juniata in the 2011 Regional Final, she recorded 51 assists. Eastern won the third set of that match 36-34 and rallied from a 24-17 deficit in the fourth set to win 28-26. The Eagles then beat the University of St. Thomas in their opening game in St. Louis to become the first Eastern team to reach an NCAA Final Four.

Since graduation, Horning has worked in economic development and leadership training endeavors. She worked for three seasons as an assistant with Eastern’s Volleyball Program, and she will be returning to Coach Birtwistle’s staff for 2023.

Horning was inducted into Eastern’s Hall of Honor as an individual in 2017, and as part of the 2011 Volleyball Team in 2022.
DARNELL BRASWELL, DeSales University
Men’s Basketball – Class of 2010

Darnell Braswell was an all-American performer for the DeSales men’s basketball team from 2006-10 graduating in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in sport management with a minor in communications. 

Braswell is still currently the all-time leading scorer in DeSales men’s basketball history with 1,745 career points. He also owns the single-game record for points in a game (41) and the two highest single-season scoring totals achieved in 2009 and 2010. He is ranked among the top five in eight different statistical categories. 

Braswell helped the Bulldogs post a 92-25 record in his four years while winning two MAC Freedom Championships, one ECAC South Region Championship, and appearing in two NCAA Tournaments. He led DeSales to the Elite Eight in 2009 and the Sweet 16 in 2010. 

Individually he was named the MAC Freedom Player of the Year twice, All-MAC Freedom three times including First-Team twice and Second-Team once, the ECAC Regional Player of the Year and All-ECAC First-Team twice, D3hoops All-Region First-Team twice and D3hoops Regional Player of the Year once, NABC All-Region First-Team twice and NABC Regional Player of the Year twice. 

In addition, Braswell was named an NABC First-Team All-American twice, DIII News First-Team All-American as a senior, and D3hoops.com Second-Team All-American once in his career. He was honored as the Dr. John Compardo Male Athlete of the Year in 2010. In 2015 he was named the Assistant Coach at DeSales University where he spent five years under head coach Scott Coval helping DSU post a 96- 41 record and winning the MAC Freedom title in 2019. 

Braswell was inducted into the DeSales University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021.

FRANK WOLFGANG, Delaware Valley University 
Baseball Coach & Director of Athletics – 1968-2013

Frank Wolfgang was a part of the MAC for 50 years. He served 45 years at Delaware Valley, including 22 years as head baseball coach and 26 years as director of athletics. He played his collegiate baseball in the MAC at former member  Gettysburg from 1962-1966 and led the conference in batting average (.468) as a sophomore.

Frank is still a member of the Delaware Valley community as an active supporter and advisor. He is persistently on campus, around the athletic facilities, and a regular attendee at every sporting event. 

Wolfgang spent 10 years with the Aggie men's basketball program as an assistant coach and then head coach, but his true coaching prowess came with the Delaware Valley baseball team, a position he held for 22 years (1974-75 and 1979-99). He holds the program record for wins with 249 and led his squad to the playoffs on four occasions. His last season as coach was, perhaps, the finest as the team set a school record with a 31-7 mark and went on to capture the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Southern Region Championship. The baseball field on campus was renamed Frank Wolfgang Field in 2006.

Wolfgang was inducted into the Delaware Valley University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013. He also earned the MAC Lou Sorrentino Award in the second year of the award in 2013, recognizing an influential adminstrator.

Wolfgang is also a member of the Jerry Wolman-Northern Anthracite Chapter of the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame.