PENNSYLVANIA STATE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD HALL OF FAME
Selection Committee Chair: Gerry Stemplewicz, 330 winding way, Glenside, PA 19038 (thestemps@gmail.com)
Dear Nominator:
Thank you for your interest in nominating a candidate for induction into the Pennsylvania State High School Track & Field Hall of Fame. The Hall inducted its first class in 1995 and annually inducts six to twelve athletes, one coach, one contributor, and one distinguished alumnus. Nominations may be received by anyone at any time, but athlete candidates may be considered only when they have been out of high school at least six years prior to the year of induction.
A selection committee consisting of more than two dozen coaches, officials, and journalists collects and reviews information about individuals who have been nominated. Further research is conducted, and a new ballot is formed each summer. Voting by the selection committee takes place in October, and the newly elected members are inducted at the Indoor State Championship Meet.
Once nominated, a candidate remains under consideration in perpetuity. The committee currently has information on over 400 athletes, 100 coaches, and 50 contributors – more than a century’s worth of remarkable individuals – who have been nominated but not yet inducted.
Committee members include: Mike Agostinella, Rich Ames, Jon Batchelor, Steve Bonnie, Jeanne Bullard, Bruce Buratti, Angel Doyle, Jim Ellingsworth, Jennifer Evans, Floyd Garis, Ed Helbig, Tim Hickey, Art Hindle, Dave Johnson, Ross Kershey, Ron Lopresti, Paul Poiesz, Fred Rosenfeld, Joe Sanford, Mark Schwartz, Bob Shoudt, Gerry Stemplewicz, Hal Wilson, Larry Wilson, Paul Wilson, and Rich Wright.
Please use the form provided below for your nomination. You may complete the form either by typing the information directly onto the template or by printing the blank form and writing the information in the spaces provided. For proper consideration for next year’s class, information should be received by July 31 and should be sent directly to: Dave Johnson, 801 Yale Avenue #1010, Swarthmore, PA 19081 (davidsj@pobox.upenn.edu).
Our thanks for being involved in the process of honoring our sport and the great athletes, coaches, and contributors who have made it thrive in Pennsylvania.
Sincerely,
Gerry Stemplewicz,
Committee Chairman
Click here for the nomination form