Tuesday, October 30, 2001

MORAVIAN TO INDUCT SEVEN INTO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME
CHARLES BARTOLET NAMED HERBSTMAN AWARD WINNER

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Linda Atiyeh (Harrisburg), James Evanko (Nazareth), Richard Krouse (Phillipsburg, NJ), Rob Light (Naxhaw, NC), David Mittl (Bethlehem), Kurt Poling (Allentown) and Dan Reichenbach (Allentown) make up the class of 2001 that will be inducted into the Moravian College Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, November 2nd.

Also being honored at the 2001 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be Charles Bartolet, Jr. (Bethlehem) with the Robert Martin Herbstman Award and the 1988 football team.

Atiyeh graduated from Moravian in 1988 and lettered for four seasons in both women's basketball and softball.  She helped the women's basketball team to the Middle Atlantic Conference Southern Championship and the team's first NCAA Division III Tournament appearance in 1985-86.  Atiyeh, who scored 1,054 career points, set three Moravian records during her career - game free throw percentage, season free throw percentage and career free throw percentage.  Atiyeh's numbers were so good that she ranked second in the NCAA in season free throw percentage and third in career free throw percentage at graduation.  On the softball field, Atiyeh was named a Middle Atlantic Conference First Team All-Star as a senior and she was the Greyhound's Most Valuable Player the same season.  She set school records for hits, RBIs and assists in a season and hits in a career.

Evanko, a 1955 graduate, played football for the Greyhounds for four years and he was a member of the baseball team for three seasons at Moravian.  He was the football team's captain in 1954 and he was named an All-Star the same year.  Evanko had one unforgettable afternoon on the gridiron at Wagner College on November 14, 1953 when he ran for a Moravian record 256 yards, a record which still stands today.  Moravian ended up winning the game 34-19.  Evanko is a retired teacher from the Nazareth Area School District.

Krouse, who finished at Moravian in 1989, was a four-year standout on the football and track & field teams for Moravian.  He helped the Greyhound football squad win the 1988 Middle Atlantic Conference Championship and earn the school's first NCAA Playoff appearance the same season.  Krouse was a Middle Atlantic Conference Second Team All-Star as a senior and finished his career with 1,311 yards rushing.  In the spring of each season, Krouse took up throwing the javelin and he became Moravian's first-ever male NCAA Track & Field qualifier.  Krouse was a NCAA Division III All-American in the javelin as a senior and he was the Middle Atlantic Conference Runner-up as a junior and as a senior.  He helped the Greyhounds to the Middle Atlantic Conference Team Championship in 1989 and he was team captain the same year.  Krouse was also named Moravian's Most Outstanding Senior Male Athlete in 1989.  Krouse resides in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and works at Piazza Farms & Greenhouses.

Light, who graduated in 1990, starred on the Moravian football and baseball teams for four years while attending Moravian.  He led the Greyhounds to the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship on the football field in 1988 and on the baseball diamond in 1990.  Light was the Co-Most Valuable Player of the 1988 football squad and he was named a Middle Atlantic Conference Second Team All-Star.  As a senior in 1989, Light was named the Middle Atlantic Conference All-Star First Team, a Pizza Hut Honorable Mention All-American, the Middle Atlantic Conference Player of the Year and the team Most Valuable Player.  He was also tabbed as the Football Gazette National Player of the week once during his senior season.  Light set ten school passing records and two Middle Atlantic Conference marks.  He was named Moravian's Co-Most Outstanding Senior Male Athlete in 1990.  Light, who works for Unimin Corporation, resides in Naxhaw, North Carolina.

Mittl, who also graduated in 1990, was a four-year letterwinner on the soccer field and on the baseball diamond for the Greyhounds.  He was twice named a Middle Atlantic Conference All-Star in soccer and Mittl was the Middle Atlantic Conference Southern Division Soccer Most Valuable Player as a junior.  David also earned Regional All-American honors from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America as a junior.  When he completed his soccer career, Mittl ranked in the top five all-time in goals and assists.  On the baseball field, Mittl was a three time Middle Atlantic Conference All-Star.  He was also the Greyhound's team captain and Most Valuable Player as a senior.  Mittl works for B.Braun Medical Inc. and resides in Bethlehem.

Poling, a 1989 graduate of Moravian, was a four-year letterwinner with the football team and was the squad's co-captain as a senior in 1988.  He helped the Greyhounds capture the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship that same year and also led the squad to its first NCAA Playoff appearance.  Poling, who made 183 career tackles, earned plenty of honors during his senior season - Pizza Hut Honorable Mention All-American, Football Gazette Honorable Mention All-American, Middle Atlantic Conference First Team All-Star, Eastern College Athletic Conference First Team All-Star and the Greyhound's Most Valuable Player.  He was also a Middle Atlantic Conference Honorable Mention All-Star as a junior.  Poling, who works for Prudential Securities and as an assistant coach for the Greyhounds, resides in Allentown.

Reichenbach, a 1991 graduate, was a member of the Moravian track & field team for four years.  He was a three-time NCAA Division III All-American, twice in the long jump and once in the high jump.  All three All-American finishes came during Reichenbach's sophomore season with one indoors and two outdoors.  Reichenbach was a seven-time NCAA qualifier and he set the Middle Atlantic Conference record in the long jump and the Moravian records in the long jump, high jump and triple jump.  He was a Middle Atlantic Conference Champion in the long jump twice, the high jump twice and the triple jump once during his indoor and outdoor career at Moravian.  Reichenbach works for W.S. Reichenbach & Son, Inc. and resides in Allentown.

Bartolet, a 1960 graduate, was a three-year letterwinner on the football team and he earned two letters as a member of the baseball and wrestling squads.  He was a member of the first intercollegiate wrestling team at Moravian and with a second place finish in the heavyweight division at the 1958 Middle Atlantic Wrestling Conference, Bartolet became the first medal winner in school history.  Bartolet served as captain of the wrestling team during his junior year and was very active in the campus life at Moravian.  He was a member of the Varsity "M" Club for four years and served as the vice-president his junior year and as president during his senior year.  Bartolet worked for 36 years in the Saucon Valley School District as a teacher and assistant principal.  He was head wrestling coach for 25 years and assistant football coach for 14 years.  

The 1988 football team posted an overall record of 10-2, won the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship and was the first Moravian football team to earn a berth in the NCAA Division III Playoffs.