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Lock Haven announces its latest Athletics Hall of Fame class

The Lock Haven Athletics Hall of Fame Committee has announced the Class of 2025, which includes Jamar Billman, Rob McLaughlin, Alex Monroe, Jessica Pandolf, Bill Skerpon (Golden Era) and the 1979 LHU lacrosse team.

• Billman was a three-time NCAA Division I All-American at 142 and 149 pounds when he graduated in 2002. He competed for two seasons, taking fifth at 149 at the NCAA championships both 2001 and 2002. He finished his career with 117 wins. His 90 percent winning percentage ranks among the best in LHU history.

He also won the Eastern Wrestling League and PSAC championships and as a senior went 36-4 and led the Bald Eagles with eight pins. He went 25-3 as a junior. He transferred from Penn State (56-6).

• McLaughlin played football and was a starting quarterback from 1992-95 and earned All-PSAC honors twice and ECAC Rookie of the Year accolades. He remains the program record holder for single-game competitions (36) and attempts (61), single-season completions (261) and attempts (502) and career yards (10,640). His program record for career attempts (910) was a previous NCAA Division II record.

All four of his seasons at QB at LHU rank in the program’s top-10 for passing yards in a season, while his 2,973 from 1995 ranks third all-time.

• Monroe ran indoor and outdoor track and field and competed in cross country. He graduated in 2014 as one of the most decorated distance runners in Lock Haven and NCAA Division II history. A six-time All-American, he became the first runner in program history to earn four consecutive NCAA cross country All-American honors.

His third-place finish at the 2013 national championships remains the highest individual placement ever by a Bald Eagle.

• Pandolff played lacrosse and was the team captain on the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Division II national runners-up teams while earning a spot on the national All-Tournament team. both years.

Pandolff headlined three PSAC championship teams (2011, 2014, 2015) and two Division II quarterfinalist teams (2011, 2013).

She was a three-time National Midfielder of the Year (2013-15), three-time IWLCA first-team All-American (2013-15) and a second-team All-American in 2011 while earning four consecutive IWLCA South Region first-team honors. She was PSAC Player of the Year in 2014 and 2015 and received PSAC first-team (2013-15) and second-team (2011) accolades.

• Skerpon competed in boxing and track and field. He was the school’s first All-American in any sport, and competed in the highly regarded NCAA Boxing Championships in 1941 which featured both large universities and small colleges without divisions. Skerpon placed third at 145 pounds.

Over three years of varsity competition, he only lost three bouts, establishing himself as one of the nation’s top boxers. In track and field, he placed second in the pole vault at the 1940 PSAC championships.

He served in the United States Army following his collegiate career and fought in World War II from 1942-45.

• The 1979 lacrosse team capped off a historic run by winning the very first Association for Intercollegiate Athletics championship and beat University of Delaware, 14-5, in the first round, before beating Loyola of Maryland, 8-4, to earn a trip in the final.

In the championship, the Bald Eagles beat Hollins in a thriller, 5-4, to earn the program’s first national title. In similar fashion, LHU soared to the first PSAC women’s lacrosse championship with wins over Millersville (5-3) and Shippensburg (7-4). Lock Haven finished the regular season 10-4 with three of its losses coming at the hands of nationally-ranked opponents. The Bald Eagles were led by Hall of Fame coach Sharon Taylor, who secured her first national championship with the program.

The starting lineup of that 1979 team included Diane Minshall, Cheryl Fluck, Kim Wallace (captain), Tacie Yerkes, Kim Pallastrone, Sue Woolston, Donna Jamison, Lisa Hand, Amy Oursler, Ellen Hearn, Sue Sadler and Nancy Burton.

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