WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – A MAC Giant Steps Award winner, a Most Outstanding Female Athlete, two All-Americans, two All-Region honorees, two-high-scoring lacrosse players, and seven all-conference honorees make up the decorated Lycoming College Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2023, were inducted at the 37^th annual Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday, June 3, as part of the College's Alumni Weekend.
 
The complete class included: Abdullahi Abdi '18 (men's soccer), Ray Bierbach '12 (football), Todd Lightner '00 (men's lacrosse), Jennifer Reimer '94 (women's basketball), Luke Sterling '06 (football) and Sarah (Wingerden) Zawodzinski '09 (women's lacrosse). Holly Lansberry '13 (softball) will also be honored after she was selected for inclusion in 2020, but was unable to attend due to the pandemic.
 
 
One of the most memorable inspirational stories in the history of Lycoming College, Abdullahi Abdi was born a Somalian refugee in Kenya that went on to become one of the best soccer players in school history. He moved to Seattle, Wash., before high school and was admitted to Lycoming College during the summer leading up to his first year. He immediately became a key factor on the team, earning the MAC Commonwealth Rookie of the Year award in 2014 and his first of four All-MAC Commonwealth accolades, earning second-team honors in 2014 and 2016 and first-team plaudits in 2015 and 2017. One of four players in program history to earn all-conference honors in all four years of his career, he also became one of three players to earn three all-region selections in his career, earning third-team honors in 2014, second-team accolades in 2015 and a first-team pick in 2017.  The 5-3 Abdi finished his career with 78 points (tied for sixth in program history), 27 goals (tied for seventh in program history), 24 assists (fourth in program history) and 11 game-winning goals (fourth in program history). He led the Warriors to two NCAA Division III Championships, two MAC Commonwealth Championships and three appearances in the MAC Commonwealth Championship final, which helped him establish the program record with 83 caps. In 2015, he scored the biggest goal of his career off a corner kick, lifting the Warriors to a 2-1 win over Dickinson College to advance the team to the NCAA Division III Sweet 16. A four-time MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Week, Abdi received the 2018 MAC Giant Steps Award, given to student-athletes who overcome adversity while still succeeding in life, who use sports as a vehicle for positive social change, who break down barriers to provide opportunities to those who follow behind them, and individuals who inspire us to do great things using the positive aspects of sport.
 
Abdi is a lead teacher for movement at Impact Public Schools in Puget Sound, Wash., and he has a daughter, Zahra Osman. Still active in the game of soccer, he plays on semi-pro teams and was named the MVP of a tournament in Kentucky in 2021. He also coaches the game to youth in his community and he has his own after-school program in Seattle called Read Write that focuses on reading, writing and homework.
 

Bierbach not only helped the Lycoming College football team win a surprising MAC title in 2008 in his first year in the program, he kept the Lycoming College defense at the forefront of Division III during his next three years as a starting safety for the Warriors. He is the first player in school history to earn two All-American honors from D3football.com, earning Honorable Mention honors in 2010 before earning third team accolades in 2011. He led the MAC in interceptions both of his final two years, posting six in 2010 and five in 2011, which also helped him earn back-to-back all-region honors from D3football.com and All-MAC honors, taking first-team accolades as a senior in 2011 after earning second-team plaudits in 2010. After earning All-American honors as a junior, when he also had an 84-yard interception return for a touchdown against Widener that was named the D3Football.com Play of the Week, Bierbach became the face of a burgeoning defensive unit, earning First Team Preseason All-American honors from D3Football.com, Lindy's National College Football and The Sporting News heading into the 2011 season. A three-time D3football.com Team of the Week honoree, Bierbach posted 15 career interceptions, the seventh-most in program history, and he played in the Hansen Bowl, a small college senior all-star game in 2011. Following his football career, he also was a member of the golf team as a senior in 2012. Bierbach was also named to the MAC Century Team in 2012.
 
Still an active golfer, Bierbach also stayed close to the game of football, serving as the defensive coordinator of his high school alma mater, Northwest Area High School from 2015-21. He is a plant manager with Rehrig Pacific Company, and he and wife, Kayla, have two children, Brynley and Makenna. Bierbach still is involved in a fantasy football league with his old Warrior teammates and each year, he and his roommate and current Lycoming football coach, Chris Kish '12, take a trip to a new ballpark to attend a sporting event.
 

The third attackman in one of the highest-powered offenses in the history of the men's lacrosse program, Todd Lightner will take his place in the Hall of Fame alongside All-American Shawn Rosa '00 and the program's all-time leading scorer, Michael Bonnes '01. One of the founding members of the Lycoming College men's lacrosse program in 1997, Lightner left Lycoming four years later second in program history with 248 points and 121 assists behind only Rosa, who had 274 points and 139 assists, and both have stayed in those spots for nearly a quarter-century. Lightner is fourth in program history with 127 career goals and he is listed once in the top 10 in school history in goals in a season (45, 1998, 7th) and twice in assists (40, 2000, 5th; 39, 1999, 6th). Finishing in the top 10 in the league in both points and assists three times, Lightner helped the team to two 10-win seasons and a spot in the MAC Championship game in 1999. As a senior in 2000, he earned Second Team All-MAC honors after posting a career-high 77 points (seventh in school history), finishing tied for fifth in the MAC in points with teammate Bonnes, and third in the league in assists (2.67 per game), while the trio terrorized the conference with the highest scoring average in the league (16.40).
 
A Major in the Prince George's County Police Department, Lightner oversees approximately 170 sworn and civilian employees. He has worked in the department for 20 years, beginning his career in patrol, rising to executive officer for both the Bureau of Patrol and the Bureau of Investigation and Forensic Science before becoming a patrol commander. Lightner earned a Masters Degree from the University of Virginia in 2022 and attended the FBI National Academy executive leadership school in Quantico, Va., in 2017. He and wife, Samantha, have two children, Jolene and Brooks, and reside in Huntingtown, Md. Active in several outdoor sports including snowboarding, mountain biking, kayaking and boating, Lightner also helps coach his son's youth lacrosse team and he has also continued his playing career in the last 23 years, playing several years in the American Lacrosse League and he now plays masters lacrosse for Cannons in Maryland.
 

The first Lycoming women's basketball player to lead her team in assists in all four years of her career, Jennifer Reimer has spent nearly her whole life giving to the game of basketball. A four-year letterwinner and starter, Reimer posted 374 assists in her career, the second-most in program history, helping the Warriors to two winning seasons. The point guard from Irwin, Pa., came into her own as a senior under the mentorship of first-year head coach Christen Ditzler, earning the school's Most Outstanding Female Athlete and First Team All-MAC Freedom honors while leading the Warriors in scoring (14.2), assists (5.8) and steals (2.3), helping the team to an appearance in the MAC Championship quarterfinals. The 11th player in program history to reach 300 points in a season (326) that year, her 133 assists that year are still fourth in program history. Nearly 30 years after she last played for the Warriors, Reimer is still 20th in program history in scoring (770), 14th in 3-pointers made (65) and 11th in steals (151).
 
Since graduating Lycoming, Reimer has worked as a women's basketball coach, beginning as a graduate assistant at Ohio Northern University. She served as a head coach for the first time in 1997-98 at Juniata College and has made stops at Mount Union (1998-00), Allegheny (2000-07) before landing at Case Western Reserve Univeristy, where she is in her 16^th year. Over the course of those 26 years, she has posted a 325-298 record and is both Allegheny (120) and Case Western Reserve (168)'s all-time wins leader. Her 2011 team had the No. 1-ranked team GPA in the WBCA Top 25 Honor Roll and the 2012 team was second and she has coached a Jostens Trophy Finalist, one All-American, five D3hoops.com All-Region honorees and 33 All-UAA selections.
 
Off the court, Reimer, son, Griffin and partner, Kristie Maravalli, are part of a tight knit family that includes her favorite nephew, Jack Sacriponte. Reimer stays active by playing both golf and running – she has run 10 half-marathons and ran the Cleveland Marathon in 2013. She is an associate professor in the physical education department at Case Western Reserve and she earned a Masters of Education at Bowling Green State University in 1996.
 

One of three All-American linebackers during assistant coach Mike Weber's legendary 27-run as the football team's linebacker coach, Luke Sterling is the Warriors' first linebacker to be inducted into the Hall of Fame since Jim Tkach '78 in 2009. A two-time First Team All-MAC selection, the Lehighton, Pa., native is 13^th in school history with 241 career tackles, ninth with 38 tackles for loss and 22^nd in program history with 15 sacks. He led the MAC with five fumble recoveries in 2003, while also posting 19 tackles for loss, helping him earn Honorable Mention SID All-American honors and helping a stacked Warriors' team to a MAC title and the NCAA Division III quarterfinals. He also led the team in tackles twice and sacks once.
 
Sterling is now in his 17^th year as a distribution manager with ULINE, which focuses on shipping and industrial supplies, moving to Lantana, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in April 2020. He and wife, Morgan (Rudelitch) '05, have two boys, Lucian and Teagan. Sterling is still active in football having coached both Lucian and Teagan at the youth level for the last seven years. He also enjoys weightlifting, hiking and biking.
 

The first MAC Rookie of the Year in the women's lacrosse team's history, Sarah (Wingerden) Zawodzinski left a major impact on the school's record book despite only playing three seasons due to a knee injury her senior year. From the first time that Wingerden stepped on the field, the Macedon, N.Y., native was a difference maker for the Warriors. She tied for the team lead with 74 points in 2006, helping pace the Warriors to its first spot in the MAC Championship final. Wingerden is one of just three players in program history to earn First Team All-MAC honors three times in a career and she was also a First Team All-Metro Region pick as a sophomore and second-team selection as a junior. She is second in school history with six game-winning goals, ninth with 171 career points, seventh with 131 goals and 10^th with 40 assists. Also a talented defender, she scooped up 126 career ground balls and caused 66 turnovers. The Warriors went 37-16 in her three years with the team, appearing in the postseason all four years of her career. She was also a four-year letterwinner and starter on the women's soccer team as a midfielder, finishing her career with 14 goals and six assists. Wingerden was one of two Warriors named to the MAC Women's Lacrosse Century Team in 2012, joining teammate Megan Wallenhorst.
 
A financial analyst at the University of Rochester, Sarah and her husband, Mike, have a son, Max.
 

One of the toughest pitchers in program history and one of the toughest outs at the plate, Lansberry helped the Warrior softball team develop into contenders in the program's early years in the MAC Commonwealth. During her career, the Curwensville, Pa., native led the team in ERA, complete games and strikeouts four times and innings pitched, shutouts and wins three times, making a school-record 75 appearances as a pitcher in her career. She is still second in school's career history with 336 strikeouts and 424.2 innings pitched, third with 48 complete games, fourth in wins (32) and shutouts (7) and ninth in ERA (3.07). At the plate, she hit .314 in career with a .413 on-base percentage (ninth in school history), 63 runs, 109 hits (eighth) and 52 walks (second). She threw the only seven-inning perfect game in program history, a 3-0 win over Keystone as a senior, and also tossed a no-hitter against Penn College that season. As a junior, she tied the school-record by posting a 17-game hitting streak to finish the year, a mark that stood for five years, helping her earn Second Team All-MAC Commonwealth honors. A two-time conference pitcher of the week, Lansberry led the Warriors to the program's only appearance in the MAC Commonwealth Championship in 2011, posting a 10-8 record in the circle, throwing 116 innings and striking out 92.
 
After graduating, Lansberry has worked several positions in payroll and is currently employed as an office manager at Brockport Glass Components, LLC. She provides pitching lessons in her area and volunteers as a softball coach at Brockway Area High School. She married Eric Grecco, a former wrestler at Lycoming, and the couple have two daughters, Claire and Sydney.