By: Bill Morgal, sports information director
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Shippensburg University will be inducting seven former student-athletes into its Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 16.
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The 41st annual induction ceremony will be held at 12:30 p.m. at the Tuscarora Room located inside Reisner Dining Hall.
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The event is a luncheon and each inductee will be given an opportunity to provide a short speech.
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For more information regarding the ceremony, including ticket information, please call the athletics office at 717-477-1711.
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Full bios of each inductee can be accessed by clicking on the links below.
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Eric Bologa '15 (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) is a four-time NCAA All-American hurdler and sprinter for the Raiders who finished as a seven-time NCAA National Championships qualifier (four times as an individual) and a seven-time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Champion (four individual events and three relays). He contributed to five school records, including two conference relay records, during the glory days of SU men's track & field in the mid-2010s.
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Megan Fogle Briggs '08 (Roaring Spring, Pa./Eastern York), a 2006 All-PSAC Western Division Second Team honoree, totaled 1,418 points in a 110-game career with SU Women's Basketball, ranking her 11th in school history for all-time scoring at the time of her graduation and second in career three-pointers with 208. She was also the 2005 PSAC Western Division Rookie of the Year after averaging 12.0 points per game and draining 64 three-pointers in her debut season.
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Trevor Harman '14 (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) is one of the best wide receivers in PSAC history. He was an Associated Press (AP) Little All-America Second Team wide receiver in 2013 and a three-time All-PSAC Eastern Division First Team performer who set 17 school records and caught at least one pass in all 46 of his games as a Raider. Harman's 321 career receptions and 61 career receiving touchdowns established new PSAC records that still stand to this day.
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Erica Hess-Gross '11 (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) is the most accomplished 400-meter runner in SU Women's Track & Field history. A six-time NCAA National Championships qualifier and six-time PSAC champion in the 400 meters, Hess-Gross is the only woman in PSAC history to win three or more conference titles in the indoor 400 meters and one of just three women in PSAC history (and the only Raider) to win at least three conference titles in the outdoor 400 meters.
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Missy Pierce Huffman '07 (Aurora, Ill./West Aurora) became the first SU volleyball player to finish as a four-time All-PSAC performer and was just the third player in school history to record at least 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs. To this day, Huffman ranks fifth in school history with 1,274 career kills, third in school history with 1,902 career digs, and sixth in school history with 166 career service aces. She also finished with 137 total blocks over the course of 130 career matches.
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Caitlin Stuetz Brimmer '13 (Glenside, Pa./Cheltenham) is the most decorated hurdler in the storied history of SU Women's Track & Field, having completed her career as a two-time NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier in the 400-meter hurdles (earning All-America honors as a senior), a seven-time PSAC champion in hurdle events, and the school-record holder in all three major hurdle events. Overall, Brimmer was a 16-time PSAC Championships place winner (13 achieved as an individual, three with relays) and an 11-time All-PSAC (Top 3) performer.
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Jamie Thomas '06 (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley), a 125-pound wrestler who came to Shippensburg as a walk-on, is one of just three Raiders in history to finish as a three-time All-American. Thomas won 66 matches in his three seasons of competition with the Raiders and capped his career as the NCAA Division II runner-up at 125 pounds, posting a 29-9 record on a 2005-06 team that placed third at the NCAA Championships - the highest-ever finish in the program's history.
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