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York Area Sports Hall of Fame
The York Area Sports Hall of Fame consists of outstanding athletes, coaches, and other individuals who have achieved clear levels of excellence over an extended period of time and made significant contributions to the betterment of the York community.
This year's inductees:

Gregory Cauller

Gregory Cauller was a standout three-year letterman in cross country and track at Millersville University. He earned NCAA All-American honors in the 1981 and helped pace the Marauder harriers to its first - and only - NCAA team championship. In that same year, he won the prestigious IC4A championship in cross country. In addition, he earned NCAA All-American honors in the steeplechase. Since college, he has earned championship honors in more than 500 road races, including 42 in 1999. In his road racing career, Greg has been a member of the following racing teams: Saucony (1983), Rebok (1984-88), (1990-94), Avia (1999), and Brooks Sports (1994-present). He has run a mile in 4:06 and a marathon in 2:25:30. He has served as a counselor for the Millersville Marauder Cross Country Camp since 1983 and as an advisor to several high school programs. He was inducted in the Millersville Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. At Northeastern High School, he teaches physics and mathematics.

Jack Connor

Jack Connor earned ten letters in football, basketball, and baseball while at Hopewell High School in Aliquippa. While at Shippensburg University, he captained the 1956 football team and was selected to the All-State College Team, the AP All-State Team, and the AP Little All-American Team. His career has included 41 years of public school teaching and 50 years of coaching football. He initiated the football program at South Western High School in 1959. Later, he was the head football coach at Hanover High School for 28 years and compiled a career record of 201-197-13. During his tenure at Hanover, the Nighthawks won six Division 2 league championships, claimed two District 3 Class A runner-up titles, and one District 3 Class A Championship in 1985. He was also voted the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Class A Coach of the Year in 1985. In 2002, Jack was inducted into the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Since 2004, he has served as the Offensive Coordinator at Susquehannock High School.

Tom Kessler

Tom Kessler was a four year varsity wrestler and a three-time NCAA Division III national qualifier for York College. He earned a career record of 75-15 and placed 4th at 126 lbs. in the 1985 NCAA Division III National Championships. He has served as the Spartans’ head wrestling coach since 1992 and led them a dual meet record of 221-89-1. He has coached 35 NCAA Division III national qualifiers, 14 NCAA All-Americans and 2 NCAA National Champions (Duane Bastress - 2005 and 2006).. In the national championships, his teams have placed in the top twenty five times. Tom has been named Metropolitan League Coach of the Year three times (1996, 2004, 2006) and the National Wrestling Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2006. He is a teacher in the Northeastern School District.

Jim May

Jim May has been the leading scorer in York College men’s soccer history for the past 35 years with 71 goals and 29 assists in only 42 games. In 1969, he was the second-leading scorer in the nation. In 1970 and 1971, he ranked sixth and tenth respectfully. He was named to the All-Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware Soccer Teams by the All-American Selection Committees in 1969 and 1970 and invited to the Olympic Trials in 1972. He became a charter member of the York College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989 and is a rare two-time winner of the Daniel Klinedinst Award as the outstanding college athletic at York College of Pennsylvania. Jim is the Administrative Vice-President and Group Manager of Commercial Banking for M & T Bank.

Harry A. Smeltz, Jr.

Harry A. Smeltz, Jr. won the1966 YCIAA Cross Country Championship and set a meet record while competing for Spring Grove High School during his senior year. He led his undefeated 10-0 Rockets to the District 3 Class B and PIAA State Championships. His team competed against 119 entries in the State Class "B" competition and their time was good enough to beat the Class "A" competition that year. Individually, he placed sixth at districts and fifteenth at the state tournament. In 1971, Harry became the head cross country coach at Spring Grove and retained that position for 17 years. During his career, his teams were 131-20 and claimed 13 YCIAA cross country championships with eight of his teams going undefeated. He received a citation from the Senate of Pennsylvania for achieving 100 consecutive dual meet victories. The YCIAA Coaches named him Coach of the Year in 1986. Harry died at the age of 39 after fighting an uphill battle with a brain tumor in 1988. He inspired and enriched the lives of many people as he continually encouraged them to do the best that they were capable to doing.



Previous inductees into the York Area Sports Hall of Fame are:
1973 - Ken Raffensburger, John DeBarbadillo, Bob Hoffman, C.C. “Doc” Bleeker and Lawrence Sheppard. 
1974 - Lefty George and Linda Myers
1975 - Fred “Dutch” Dorman and Bob Hulton
1976 - Henry “Hinkey” Haines and Samuel Shipley (Founder of York Sports Night)
1977 - John Terpak, Paul Stevens and Don Cockley
1978 - John Grimek and Edmund “Wally” Waleski
1979 - Harry R. Little
1980 - Haps Benfer, Cliff Heathcote, Ted Resser and John Weimer
1981 - Tom Keesey, C.C. Richards, Connie Hirschman Shorb and Vic Wertz
1982 - William “Johnny” Gill, Charles “Charlie” Spangler and J. Whitmer Bush
1983 - Alphonse “Tommy” Thomas
1984 - William “Bill” Billet, Jim Tarman and Richard Smith
1985 - Sonia Wise Dessen
1986 - Jack Jaquet
1987 - Jules Bacon
1988 - Scott Fitzkee and William E. Schmidt
1989 - Harold “Butch” Wynegar
1990 - Bill Bence, Woody Bennett and Harry McLaughlin
1991 - Mary Jane Snyder
1992 - Loretta Claiborne, Don Kauffman, Ed Khayat and Dr. Robert F. Spangler
1993 - Charlie Strack, Suzy Buckovich and Robert Sohl
1994 - George Powell, Ray S. Shearer Jr., and Ron Wolf
1995 - Gene Crumling and John Toggas
1996 - Ron Warner and Scott Strausbaugh
1997 - John Grove and Paul Snyder
1998 - Sanford “Sandy” Kranich
1999 - Ron Fitzkee, Greg Gross, Earl Shaffer and George Trout
2000 - Ellsworth Kissinger, Bill Brenner, Dick Guyer and Joe Hasenfuss
2001 - Terry Bupp and Clay Shaw
2002 - Bruce & Barb Koller and Dick Van O’Linda
2003 - Gary Gault, Marlyn “Curly” Holtzapple and Gary Sutton
2004 - Daniel Jesse Mays, George Tarasovic, Gene Clines, George Shue and Jeannie Fry
2005 - Duke Edsall, Randy Edsall, Andrea Spangler-Kopp, Charles Jacobs, Craig Diehl, Frank Pius Nauss, And Mike Keesey
2006 - Jeri Myers, Col. Matt Brown, Philip E. Itzoe, Jeff Gamber, Donna McLain Vitacco, Chris Doleman
2007 - Jan Bortner, Dr. Gil Rothrock, Bruce Arians

 

 


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