Lycoming College

A versatile tight end with the ability to make plays with his hands and through his blocking. Sean Hennigar '04 is Lycoming football's first tight end to earn induction into the Athletics Hall of Fame since Vic Olear '91 was inducted in 2002. 

By his senior year, Hennigar was named Third Team SID All-American and Third Team Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Region selection at tight end. He recorded 52 catches for 528 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior. He was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week that season after notching five catches for 114 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown in a 38-21 win over Albright. That season, he helped the Warriors win the 13th MAC title in head coach Frank Girardi's career and helped the team make a trip to the NCAA quarterfinals. 

Perhaps his greatest achievement was playing that season with the grief after losing his brother, Greg, to a car accident that summer. He then led the team in the NCAA quarterfinals with five catches and a touchdown, a day after the passing of his Father Judge High School and college teammate, Ricky Lannetti.

The Philadelphia, Pa., native is still in the top 35 in program history with 78 career receptions and in the top 20 with 17 receiving touchdowns.  His 52 receptions in 2003 are 13th in program history. The Warriors were 23-6 in his three seasons with the team.

Hennigar is a commercial lender with Penn Community Bank. He and wife, Aimee, have a daughter, Julianna, and son, Jason. He has helped organize the Gregory Hennigar Memorial Football Tournament for the past 20 years, a two-hand touch 7-on-7 showcase in Philadelphia, which has raised more than $150,000 to provide families in need with tuition assistance, as well as promoting youth and amateur athletics in Northeast Philadelphia.

Nominated by: Joe Guistina, Associate A.D./Communications.