PHOTO PROVIDED Montoursville graduate Tesa McKiben dribbles the ball against a Villanova defender during a game at Saint Francis in this photo by Saint Francis Athletics. McKibben will be inducted into the Saint Francis University Athletics Hall of Fame this summer.

Former Montoursville soccer great Tesa McKibben is set to be inducted into the Saint Francis University Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday, July 24.

She’s one of 14 athletes/teams set for induction that weekend. McKibben graduated from Saint Francis in 2014.

McKibben finished her career as the program’s all-time leader in points (180), goals (70), and assists (40). A four-time NEC Player of the Year and Golden Boot Award winner, McKibben led the Red Flash to four NEC Championship Game appearances, including winning the first two titles in program history (2010, 2013.

McKibben, a four-time All-Region player, helped Saint Francis to a 54-32-13 overall record and 38-9-2 mark in league play in her career. She registered the best season in program history in her senior year with a program-record 20 goals and 14 assists for 54 points (most points in NCAA Division I that season) after recording 19 tallies and 11 assists for 49 points as a junior.

Named to the NEC Hall of Fame and the NEC Mount Rushmore in 2020, she also excelled in the classroom as a two-time NSCAA Scholar All-American and the 2014 NEC Women’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year. McKibben shared the Saint Francis Athletics Wallace Award with Williams in 2014.

McKibben is Montoursville’s all-time goal scoring leader with 130 and, at the time of her graduation in 2008, only two players in District 4 girls soccer history had more goals than her: Troy’s Caitlin Pratt (206 from 2006-09) and South Williamsport’s Christa Matlack (176 from 2003-06). McKibben is currently tied for ninth all-time in District 4 girls soccer scoring history with former Southern standout Erin Snyder (130 from 1997-2000). She also was tenth all-time in Pennsylvania scoring history when she graduated from Montoursville.

With the Warriors, McKibben was an all-state selection and helped Montoursville win the state title in 2008.

McKibben will be joined in the Saint Francis University Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2026 with Anna (Hoffman) Balouris (women’s track and field and cross country, 2010), Bill Coyle (men’s basketball, 1967), Kevin Doyle (men’s track and field and cross country, 2002), Kyle Harbridge (football, 2014), Matt Hartman (men’s track and field and corss country, 2001), Elise Lofgren (women’s swimming, 2014), Darshan Luckey (men’s basketball, 2005), Joe Schoen (men’s basketball, 1981), Jordan Varee (men’s volleyball, 2010), Alli Williams (women’s basketball, 2014), Pat Gallagher (women’s swimming coach), the 2003-04 women’s basketball team and the 1969-71 club football team.