Born on April 17, 1997, Edward John Zawatski III is the eldest son of Billie Jo and Edward Zawatski Jr accompanied by his brothers Josh and Jared. Raised in Larksville, PA, Eddy was introduced to the sport of swimming at an early age for the...
I began my sports career at Hanover High School playing football and track. As a 16-year-old senior, I was younger than most of my teammates. Upon graduation, I joined the US Army and the United States Military Academy Preparatory School with the hopes of gaining...
My introduction to the sport of luge happened completely by chance. My mother, Kathryn, worked for Verizon for many years. Verizon, being the main sponsor of USA Luge for 33+ years, had flyers for the grassroots development tryouts on the bulletin board in the office...
Sara Silvetti of Dorrance Township began playing field hockey when she was 12 years old. In 2000 she graduated from Crestwood High School where she earned varsity letters in soccer and field hockey. During her senior year Sara served as Tri Captain of her varsity...
Sean Robbins, Dallas, PA, graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1988. Following graduation, he completed a two-year program at Boston University, and graduated cum laude from Villanova University in 1993. In 1997, Sean earned his JD from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, concentrating in...
Also known as “GQ”, Gentleman Qadry Ismail has established himself as one of the most versatile athletes from Northeastern Pennsylvania, to ever don a uniform. In the formative years when a young man is searching for who he is, his family unit as it was...
When I was five years old, I saw my first football game while attending a Super Bowl party that my mother was invited to, in the apartment building she lived in (after my parents divorced) in East Orange, NJ. There were no other children my...
Grand Master Samuel J. Hyder was always athletic. He was an all-star tackle lineman and track and field thrower at Meyers High School. He began his karate career at the age of eighteen in 1976 with Grand Master James T. Martin at Martin’s Karate, where...
Amanda Faust grew up in Larksville and attended Wyoming Valley West High School where she graduated in 2005. She began her high school career as a three-sport athlete, playing field hockey, basketball, and softball, but chose to focus on field hockey in her junior and...
Born and raised in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, Taylor Dean is the daughter of Jack and Lisa Dean. She took her first steps on the ice at age 6, participating in the Pittston Ice Box’s learn to skate program (now Revolution Ice Centre). There, her love...
Frederick “Fritz” Bleich of Hanover Township wanted to excel in as many sports as possible. At some point he narrowed his choices to football (linebacker, running back) and wrestling, competing for Hanover High School. Fritz wrestled for the legendary Coach John F. Carr in High School...
Francis X. Baur grew up in Forty Fort, PA with his parents Frank Sr. and Rosalie, brother Mike and sister Michele. Football played a large roll in Frank's early years, representing the NY Giants in the Ford Motor Company's Punt, Pass, & Kick national competition...