The 53rd Annual PA Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration!

All-Americans, 250 NFL Draft Picks, 9 College and 3 NFL Hall of Famers. Joe was also named Sports Illustrated 1986 Sportsman of the Year.

P.J. Carlesimo, Basketball Coach
Coached the Seton Hall Pirates to the 1989 NCAA National Championship Game and was named NCAA Coach of the Year. Twice selected as Big East Coach of the Year. Olympic Gold Medal winner with 1992 Dream Team as Assistant Coach. Head Coach of the NBA Trail Blazers, Warriors, SuperSonics, Thunder and Interim Head Coach of the Nets. Won three NBA Championships as Lead Assistant Coach to Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs.

Kristy Kowal, Swimming
In 2000 Kristy was named the NCAA Woman of the Year for all sports. Kristy won the Silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. She is a two-time World Champion who broke 8 American records and 1 World Record. Kristy was the first American woman to win the 100 Breaststroke and break the 1:00 barrier. She won 8 NCAA titles and 10 USA titles while at the University of Georgia.

Chuck Fusina, Football/PSU
As Penn State Quarterback Chuck went 27–4 over his career, and was named the Maxwell Award winner and a Heisman Trophy finalist in 1978. Chuck was named the Sporting News USFL Player of the Year in 1984 after leading the Philadelphia Stars to the USFL Championship and being named the MVP of the Championship game. Chuck also led the Stars to the USFL title in 1985 and played pro-football with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers. In his senior year at Penn State Chuck was named 1st team All- American by the AP, UPI, Walter Camp and Kodak teams.

Matt Bahr, Football/Soccer/ Neshaminy
Matt joins his father in the PA Sports Hall of Fame. Matt won two Super Bowl rings, first with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1980, and then kicking the game-winning field goal in the NY Giants 20-19 win over the Bills in 1991. He played 16 years in the NFL for the Steelers, 49ers, Browns, NY Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots, finishing with his career as the NFL’s 25th leading scorer. He set an NFL playoff game record of 5 field goals in the 1990 NFC Championship game, a 15-14 Giants win over the 49ers. Matt played on Bowl winning teams for Joe Paterno while at Penn State, winning NCAA All-American honors in 1978. While at Penn State Matt was a consensus All- American Soccer playerWho went on to play professional soccer in the North American Soccer League.

Neal Olkewicz, Football/Phoenixville
Neal has played in three Super Bowls with the Washington Redskins and won two rings ,one in 1982 over the Dolphins and another over the Broncos in 1987. Neal was a starting Linebacker for the Skins for 150 games from 1979 to 1989 – averaging over 100 tackles per year. He was voted one of the 70 greatest Redskins of all-time. While with the University of Maryland Terrapins Neal made several All-American teams, and in his senior year was captain and MVP. He graduated Maryland as its all-time leader in tackles.

Eric Crabtree, Football/University of Pittsburgh/NFL
Eric was a two-way player for the University of Pittsburgh, earning Time, UPI and AP All-American honors. Eric went on to play 83 games in the NFL, catching 164 passes for 2,663 yards for the Broncos, Bengals and Patriots.

Gray Simons, Wrestling/Lock Haven/Olympics
Gray finished his Lock Haven wresting career with 91 wins and only 1 loss, and was a 4 time NAIA Champion. His only loss was as a Freshman to the defending NCAA national champion. Gray wrestled for both the 1960 and 1964 US Olympic teams and he was named the number 1 lightweight wrestler of all-time by Amateur Wresting News. Gray had a 36 year coaching career where he won 2 NAIA National Titles. He is in 7 Halls of Fame including the US National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Bill Koman, Football/UNC/NFL
Bill started his NFL career as one of three rookies to make the Baltimore Colts, teammates Johnny Unitas and Lenny Moore being the other two. During Bill’s 12 year NFL career he also played with the Eagles and Cardinals, twice being named All-Pro. After graduating from the University of North Carolina Bill was chosen to play in the Blue-Grey College All-Star game.

John “Chip” Lutz, Golf
Golfweek Magazine named Chip National Senior Player of the Year in 2010 and 2011. He is only the third person in history to win back to back British Senior Amateur Open Championships, 2011 & 2012. A University of Florida graduate, Chip has also won the Canadian Senior Amateur, the Berks, Philadelphia and PA Amateur titles, as well as twice winning the Silver Medal for low Amateur rounds in the British Senior Open.

Serafino “Foge” Fazio, Football Coach
Foge coached the University of Pittsburgh Panthers for four years, leading them to two Bowl Games. A defensive coordinator at Notre Dame, Foge was also an assistant coach in the NFL for the Falcons, Jets, Redskins, Vikings and Browns..