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General Ed Topoleski

Thiel College Athletic Hall of Fame to welcome six new members

GREENVILLE, Pa. – Kyle Brown '07, Kandiace Gibson '06, Bob Lewis '65, Daryl Moore '05, Jason Ross '96, and Joe Scarpitti '80 will be inducted into the Thiel College Athletic Hall of Fame on September 23.
 
The 41st Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23 in conjunction with Homecoming 2022. The ceremony will take place in the Lutheran Heritage Room.
 
Click here to sign up for the Hall of Fame banquet. The cost is $50 per person.
 
Kyle Brown (Meadville, Pa. / Meadville) was a four-time Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Champion at heavyweight (2004-07) who helped the Tomcats win four league titles. Brown compiled a career record of 128-34 and was a two-time national qualifier (2007, 2005).
 
Brown was a two-time NCAA Midwest Regional Champion. In 2007, he became the first heavyweight in Thiel history to earn All-America honors after he placed eighth at the NCAA Division III Championships.
 
A member of the PAC 60th Anniversary Team, Brown was a three-time National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American and was the recipient of Thiel's Charles Evanoff award in 2008.
 
Kandiace Gibson (Cleveland, Ohio / Bedford) was a 14-time All-PAC First Team honoree in track & field and was named the PAC Outdoor MVP in 2004.
 
Gibson won conference titles in the 200-meter dash four times and the 100-meter dash and 400-meter dash twice. She was also a member of the conference-winning 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams three times.
 
A member of the PAC 60th Anniversary Team, Gibson qualified for the NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships in 2006 in the 100-meter dash.
 
Gibson, who also competed in soccer for two seasons, holds school indoor track & field records in the 200-meter dash (26.39 seconds), 300-meter dash (43.53 seconds, 4x1,600-meter relay (1:27.89). She holds program outdoor records in the 100-meter dash (12.18 seconds) and distance medley relay (13:36.7).
 
Robert "Bob" Lewis (Greenville, Pa. / Greenville) was a four-year starting interior offensive lineman for the Tomcats, primarily playing center. A three-time All-PAC selection, he was a captain on the 1964 team.
 
Also seeing time as a defensive lineman, he was named to the Associated Press All-Pennsylvania College Third Team in 1964. Lewis was also a two-year member of the wrestling team.
 
Daryl Moore (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Westinghouse) was a three-sport star for the Tomcats. The PAC Track & Field Outdoor MVP in 2004 and 2005, he went on to be named to the PAC 60th Anniversary Team.
 
In 2004, Moore led Thiel's outdoor team to the PAC title by winning the 110-meter hurdles, the triple jump, and was part of the first-place 4x400-meter relay team. In 2003, when Thiel and Grove City shared the league title, he won the long jump and was part of the first-place 4x400-meter relay team.
 
Moore was a 14-time All-PAC honoree in track & field. He was also a four-year member of the basketball team and three-year member of the football team.
 
Moore was a two-time All-PAC selection in basketball, including Second Team honors following the 2004-05 season. A guard, Moore scored 983 career points, the 11th most in program history. He ranks fifth in school history with 271 assists and 146 steals.
 
A quarterback, Moore ranks sixth in school history in total offense (3,410 yards) and owns the third-longest rush from scrimmage, a 79-yarder against Grove City on Oct. 5, 2002. He ranks ninth in program history in passing yards (2,286), 10th in passing attempts (373) and 11th in pass completions (169).
 
Jason "Jaisyn" Ross (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Baldwin) was a member of the PAC 60th Anniversary Team. He claimed three individual PAC titles in track & field, including the triple jump (1993, 1992) and the long jump (1995). He also ran on the PAC-winning 4x100-meter relay teams in 1992 and 1993.
 
Part of Thiel's conference championship teams in 1992 and 1996, Ross was the runner-up in the long jump in 1992 and 1993 and the high jump in 1995 while posting third-place finishes in the 100-meter dash in 1992 and the long jump in 1996.
 
A two-time national qualifier, Ross earned All-American honors at the 1995 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the long jump with a sixth-place finish (23-04.50). Ross maintains two school records in the indoor triple jump (45-3.5) and the outdoor long jump (24-0).
 
Joe Scarpitti (Sebring, Ohio / McKinley) earned four letters in basketball and served as team captain. He scored 572 points in 79 career games while corralling 153 rebounds. Scarpitti recorded 173 assists and 64 steals as an upperclassman.
 
In 2019, Scarpitti received the Meritorious Service and Commitment award. He served on the Board of Trustees for 11 years and was also a member of the Alumni Board. He was an adjunct professor at Thiel College and the University of Mount Union, and he was a co-chair of the initiative to raise $1 million to endow a faculty chair for Professor David Miller.
 
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