Sports News: Fall 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

MORAVIAN TO INDUCT SIX NEW MEMBERS INTO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME ON OCTOBER 19TH;
LINDA SHAY GARNDER NAMED ROBERT MARTIN HERBSTMAN AWARD WINNER

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Amy Croll-Souders (Easton, PA); Jennifer Frantz (Morrisville, VT); Sean Keville (New York, NY); Andrew Koch (Hellertown, PA); Barry J. Shollenberger (Valrico, FL) and Stephen Tone (Easton, PA) make up the class of 2007 that will be inducted into the Moravian College Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, October 19 in Johnston Hall. Also being honored at the 2007 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be Linda Shay Gardner (Bethlehem, PA) with the Robert Martin Herbstman Award and the 1992-93 wrestling team.

Croll-Souders, a 1997 Moravian graduate, was a four-year standout on the softball team at Moravian.  Croll-Souders set nearly all of the Greyhounds’ pitching records during her career including season marks of innings pitched (152.1), wins (16), strikeouts (113), earned run average (1.19) and shutouts (7) and career records of innings pitched (538.2), no-hitters (2), wins (59), strikeouts (374), earned run average (1.69) and shutouts (23).  She was honored by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association with a spot on the All-East Region teams after sophomore, junior and senior seasons, and Amy was also named to the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth League All-Star Teams the same seasons while leading Moravian to MAC Commonwealth Championships in 1995 and 1997.  Croll-Souders was Moravian’s Outstanding Senior Female Athlete in 1997, and she earned the same award from the Lehigh Valley Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.  Croll-Souders, who was the team’s captain and most valuable player as a junior and senior, was also an outstanding student while at Moravian, earning spots on the MAC All-Academic and GTE Academic All-District Teams her sophomore, junior and senior years.  Croll-Souders, who works for the Easton Area School District, lives in Easton, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Clayton Souders.  They have two children: Luke, 6, and Nick, 3.

Frantz, who graduated from Moravian in 1995, was a four-year member of the women’s track and field team and started on the Greyhounds first varsity women’s soccer team as a senior at Moravian.  Frantz was a four-time All-American at the NCAA Division III National Championships, twice outdoors in the triple jump, once outdoors in the long jump and once indoors in the triple jump, while qualifying for the NCAA Championships eight times.  She was a five time Middle Atlantic Conference Champion, winning the outdoor triple jump three times.  Frantz set the school record both indoors and outdoors in the long jump and triple jump during her career, and she was a team captain as a senior.  Frantz was a three-time member of the Middle Atlantic Conference All-Academic Team, and she was honored as the Blue & Grey Senior Scholar-Athlete in 1995.  As a senior, Frantz played for Moravian’s inaugural varsity women’s soccer team, playing in all ten matches as the squad was 7-3 in its debut season.  Frantz, who teaches at Doty Memorial Elementary School, lives in Morrisville, Vermont, with her partner, John Fitzgerald.

Keville, a member of the class of 1996, was a four-year letterwinner on the football team while attending Moravian.  Keville led the Greyhounds to the 1993 Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth League Championship and a berth in the NCAA Division III Playoffs.  He was named to the All-MAC Commonwealth First Team in 1993 and 1994 while earning MAC Commonwealth Player of the Year honors in 1994 as a senior.  Keville also earned Division III Sports Information Director Second Team All-America, First Team All-NCAA South Region, Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference South Player of the Year and First Team All-ECAC South accolades in 1994.  The Downtown Wilkes-Barre Touchdown Club presented Keville with its Middle Atlantic Conference Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards in 1994.  Keville set school record for passing yards in a game (495) and season (2,819), completions in a game (32), season (190) and career (429), passing attempts in a game (50 and season (363), touchdown passes in a game (tied with 4), season (23) and career (49), pass efficiency in a career (132.7) and total offense in a game (481) and season (2,829).  He was also honored as Moravian’s Outstanding Senior Male Athlete in 1995.  Keville, who works for Morgan Stanley, lives in New York, New York with his wife, Madeline Keville.

Koch, who graduated in 1994, was a four-year standout on the wrestling team for the Greyhounds.  Koch earned NCAA Division III All-American honors during the 1993-94 season with a seventh place finish at the national championship meet.  He was also the NCAA East Regional Champion and the Middle Atlantic Conference Champion at 150 pounds in 1993-94.  Koch won the MAC title in 1992-93 and participated in the national meet that winter as the Greyhounds won the MAC Championship and were eighth at the National Championship.  As a freshman, Koch was the MAC Runner-Up at 158 pounds in 1989-90 before suffering an injury that would sideline him for a year.  Koch, who teaches for the Saucon Valley School District and Northampton Community College, lives in Hellertown, Pennsylvania with his wife, Keri Koch.  They have two children: Taryn, 12, and Camryn, 8.

Shollenberger, a 1965 Moravian graduate and native of Reading, Pennsylvania, played baseball for two seasons with the Greyhounds before signing a professional contract with the Boston Red Sox organization.  As a freshman in 1960, Shollenberger headed to the mound as a relief pitcher and led Moravian to the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship with a 4-3 victory over the University of Delaware.  Shollenberger’s career record while at Moravian was 4-4 with three of the losses to schools that now compete on the NCAA Division I level and two of the victories over rival Muhlenberg College.  He also played in the outfield for the Greyhounds and hit .316 as a sophomore with 19 hits, 14 runs scored, four doubles, two home runs and 18 RBIs in just 60 at-bats.  After signing his baseball contract with the Boston Red Sox, Shollenberger was named the Midwest League Rookie of the Year while playing in Waterloo, Iowa.  After five years in the minor leagues and reaching AAA with the Cincinnati Reds, an injury forced Shollenberger into retirement as an active player.  He became the head baseball coach at the University of Alabama in 1980 after stops at Middle Georgia Junior College and Western Kentucky University, and he set the Alabama school record with a 487-334-1 record when he retired in 1994.  Shollenberger, who also served as the director of athletics while at Alabama, was named the 1983 Baseball America National College Coach of the Year while leading the Crimson Tide to the NCAA Division I World Series and a runner-up finish.  Shollenberger, who has retired as a coach/administrator from the University of Alabama, resides in Valrico, Florida with his wife, Ann Renee (Ryals) Shollenberger.  They have two children: Kimberly Anne and Juli Pauline.

Tone, a member of Moravian’s Class of 1991 was a three-year letterwinner on the football team at Moravian.  Tone transferred to Moravian from James Madison University prior to the start of the 1988 season and would help the Greyhounds win the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship that year and reach the second round of the NCAA Division III Playoffs.  He was a two-time All-Middle Atlantic Conference First Team selection as an offensive lineman, and Tone earned All-MAC Honorable Mention accolades as a senior.  Tone was a Football Gazette Honorable Mention All-American in 1988 and a Pizza Hut Honorable Mention All-American in 1989.  He was named to the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference South All-Star First Team as a sophomore and junior, and Tone served as one of the team’s captains in his senior year.  He was also selected as a Preseason Sporting News All-American prior to the 1990 season.  Tone, who currently works as the Deputy Director of Northampton County Adult Probation and an assistant football coach at Liberty High School, resides in Easton, Pennsylvania with his wife, Melanie (Stametz) Tone.  They have two children: Nicholas, 10, and Zachary, 7.

Shay Gardner, a 1974 graduate, was a four-year letterwinner on the field hockey team at Moravian. She was a team captain as a senior and also earned a spot on the Lehigh Valley College Field Hockey Association All-Star Team in 1973.  Shay Gardner was a founding member and served as President of Lehigh Valley Ladies Field Hockey.  While working with the association, she traveled internationally and promoted field hockey at Moravian as well as setting up a scholarship fund.  Shay Gardner has been an active alumna of Moravian, working on the Alumni Weekend Planning Committee for her class, the Alumni Home Club Planning Committee, the Hall of Fame Selection Committee, the Commission on the Future of Moravian College; Global Engagement Task Force Member, the Moravian College Seminary Evaluation and Planning Committee and the Career Networking Reception and Alumni Advisor.  Shay Gardner is lawyer and has run her own practice since 2005, and she owns Donegal Square with her husband, Neville Gardner.  They reside in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and have one son, Nialle, 21.

The 1992-93 wrestling team posted a 10-8 overall record, won the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship and went onto finish eighth in the nation at the NCAA Division III National Wrestling Championships.