Lehigh University Athletics
Six standouts to be inducted into Hall of Fame
3/14/2005 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Long-time cross country and track coach John Covert brought a period of sustained success to Lehigh. In Covert’s 24 year tenure in
One of the most outstanding soccer players in Lehigh history, Dia Johnson Smith becomes the first women’s soccer player to be inducted into the Penske Hall of Fame. Johnson’s stellar career included an all-out assault on Lehigh’s record books; she left
The only Lehigh football player to earn All-America recognition at two different levels, Jim McCormick became the first Lehigh player to earn All-America honors exclusively for his defensive play. A four year starter at outside linebacker, McCormick led the team in tackles three seasons, including Lehigh’s National Championship season in 1977. McCormick earned his degree in history in 1980.
Considered to be one of the greatest two-way players in Lehigh football history, Bob Numbers was the team’s center on offense and a linebacker on defense. A team captain as a senior, Numbers was invited to play in the East-West Shrine Game but was forced to sit out due to injury. Lehigh’s leader in tackles on the gridiron in all three seasons in which he played, Numbers earned his degree in civil engineering in 1950.
John Shigo amassed over 400 career tackles and captured All-ECAC honors three times as a linebacker for Lehigh. After leading the team in tackles for the third straight season in 1983, Shigo was named a Kodak First Team All-American after capturing second team honors the year prior. Shigo earned his degree in economics from Lehigh in 1984, and he was inducted into the
The first grappler ever to win 100 career bouts at Lehigh, Pete Yozzo was a three-time NCAA All-American and a three-time EIWA champion at 142 lbs. Yozzo captured a national championship at 142 as a senior, and he scored bonus points in three-quarters of his bouts in his final two seasons on the mat. Yozzo earned his degree in finance from Lehigh in 1987.
Formal induction into the Roger S. Penske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame will take place on Saturday, May 7. For more information, please contact Barb Turanchik ’75 with the Lehigh Athletics Partnership at (610) 758-3132 or bat0@lehigh.edu.
