Cumberland Valley News

Grace B. Luhrs University Elementary School issued the following announcement on Oct. 15.

Shippensburg University will be inducting six former athletes and one current coach into its Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, October 22. 

The 36th annual induction ceremony will be held at 12:30 p.m. at the Tuscarora Room located inside Reisner Dining Hall. 

The event is being held as a luncheon and each inductee will be given an opportunity to provide a short speech. 

The university has also invited back to campus the inductees from the 2020 class; those who are able to return will also be given an opportunity to provide brief remarks. 

For more information regarding the ceremony, including ticket information, please call the athletics office at 717-477-1711. 

Full biographies of the inductees can be accessed by clicking on their names below. 

Bryan Beegle '11/'13M is a national champion and an All-American distance runner who became the first men's track & field athlete in school history to become both a multiple All-American and multiple Academic All-American. Beegle, one of 10 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship award winners in school history, was a 16-time PSAC place-winner, an 11-time All-PSAC finisher and a six-time PSAC Champion in track & field who also set the all-time PSAC indoor record in the mile and the distance medley relay. 

Brenna Eck Hill '04 was an All-American softball player for Shippensburg from 2001-04 who played catcher and designated player and graduated with the second-most RBIs in school history (126). A career .313 hitter, Hill totaled 189 hits and was a three-time All-PSAC Performer and a two-time NFCA All-Region performer who started 206 of the team's 207 games in a four-year run in which the Raiders went 147-60 and won back-to-back PSAC and NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Championships. 

Donald 'Donny' Graybill '11 is the only Raider to ever earn All-America honors in an indoor or outdoor multis competition, having placed fifth in the heptathlon at the 2010 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships. He is a two-time PSAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, having won the award as a junior and senior, and he still holds the all-time PSAC indoor record for the heptathlon (5,092 points). Graybill completed his career as a 16-time PSAC place-winner and a four-time PSAC Champion. 

Jill Motter Stoner '93/'97M is an All-PSAC performer in women's tennis who ranks second all-time in career match victories, having won 132 times spanning singles and doubles from 1989-93. Stoner is tied for the school record for doubles victories in single season (19 wins), an achievement she set as a freshman with Marci Staherski. She competed as a doubles pairing with her twin sister Joy in three consecutive NCAA Division II National Championships from 1991-93 and won three PSAC individual titles.

Joy Motter Weikert '93/'97M has won more career tennis matches than any other player in school history, having triumphed 136 times spanning singles and doubles from 1989-93. A GTE Academic All-American and a three-time PSAC Champion, Weikert set the school record for the most single-season dual meet singles victories as a freshman, winning 16 times in 1989-90. She was named the 1993 PSAC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Year and competed as a doubles pairing with her twin sister Jill in three consecutive NCAA Division II National Championships from 1991-93. 

Doug Seidenstricker '94 capped off a tremendous SU Football career as a senior in 1994 with Associated Press (AP) Little All-America First Team honors, making him at the time one of three football All-Americans in school history. A two-time All-PSAC safety, Seidenstricker graduated as one of the Top 10 tacklers in school history with 352 tackles recorded from 1991-94. He is also the only known player to lead the football team in both interceptions and sacks in the same season. 

Doug Knol (honorary) is in his 29th season as an assistant coach with the SU track & field teams in 2021-22. Knol is the most decorated and successful assistant coach in the history of PSAC Track & Field, having contributed to 51 PSAC Championships with the Raiders. A five-time USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the Year, Knol has mentored 29 NCAA Division II All-Americans and his athletes have broken six all-time PSAC records. Every single sprints & hurdles school record holder spanning both genders has been coached by Knol.

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