WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - A National Champion, three Lycoming College Most Outstanding Athletes, four All-Americans, seven All-Region honorees, 21 all-conference citations and a legend behind the mic make up the decorated Lycoming College Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2024 that was inducted at the 38th annual Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday, June 1, as part of the College's Alumni Weekend, in Lamade Gym.
 
The complete class included: Kabongo Bukasa '14 (football), Sean Hennigar '04 (football), Jordan Lazarich '18 (women's lacrosse/soccer), Shelby Mueller '18 (women's basketball), Bethany Richardson '16 (volleyball), Kyle Thomas '18 (men's soccer), Garrett Wesneski '19 (wrestling) and Dick Zimmerman '58 (public address announcer).  Jordan Logan '19 (men's soccer) was selected for induction, but could not attend and will be inducted in 2025.
 

Kabongo Bukasa '14, Football
The 2012 MAC Defensive Player of the Year, Kabongo Bukasa '14 enjoyed a career where he earned three all-conference honors and he also earned an All-American nod as a junior from Beyond College Sports Network.
 
Bukasa, a d3Football.com Second Team All-East Region pick and a First Team All-MAC selection in 2012, led the Warriors and finished seventh in the league with 7.8 tackles and 0.33 interceptions per game, the only player in the top 10 in both categories. Leading the team with 70 tackles, the Sharon Hill, Pa., homesteader had five or more tackles in each of his first eight games.
 
Versatile and fast, Bukasa had the ability to make plays behind the line of scrimmage and 10-yards downfield. He also performed in big games, posting two interceptions and a fumble recovery against nationally-ranked Widener, helping him earn the MAC Defensive Player of the Week award.
 
A Second Team All-MAC linebacker as a sophomore and a senior, when he was hindered by a knee injury, Bukasa earned two MAC Defensive Player of the Week awards and was issued the Sol "Woody" Wolf Award as the College's most improved junior athlete in 2013. He is 19^th in program history with 211 career tackles and he finished his career by playing the DIII Senior Classic in Salem, Va.
 
Born in the Congo before emigrating to the United States at age 12 and becoming a U.S. citizen just after his time at Lycoming College, Bukasa is a transport lead with BioCair, a logistics company that deals in pharmaceutical transport. He assisted Academy Park High School's football for a year and now has become a favorite volunteer during the Warrior Golf Outing.
 
He and wife, Bianca DeMito '13, have one daughter, Nori.

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


Sean Hennigar '04 - Football
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.


Jordan Lazarich '18 – Women's Soccer/Lacrosse
A seven-time all-conference honoree and one of the best women's soccer and lacrosse players in school history, Jordan Lazarich '18 capped her career by being honored as Lycoming College's NCAA Woman of the Year nominee in 2018.
 
The first female athlete in the athletic department's history to earn all-conference honors in two sports in the same year (2014-15, soccer/lacrosse), she repeated the feat in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
 
In soccer, Lazarich rewrote the school's offensive record book, posting program-records of 137 points and 62 goals. Her 62 goals are tied with Jeff Kocher of the men's program for the most goals by a Lycoming soccer player. She earned three all-conference accolades in her career, taking second-team honors as a freshman and junior and honorable mention accolades as a sophomore. The two-time captain earned two national player of the week awards from the United Soccer Coaches and was the first player in program history to earn all-region accolades, taking third-team honors as a junior. The 2014 MAC Commonwealth Rookie of the Year in soccer, she earned four MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Week awards in her career.
 
In lacrosse, the Deer Park, N.Y., native finished her career second in program history with 273 career points, third with 201 goals and 72 assists and second with 290 draw controls. As a senior, she posted a career-high 62 goals and 14 caused turnovers, finishing second in the conference in goals (3.88), seventh in points (4.5) and third in draw controls (5.69). A four-time all-conference pick, the two-time captain earned first-team accolades as a sophomore and senior, second team as a junior and honorable mention as a freshman, also earning two MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Week awards in her career.
 
Lazarich was the college's Most Outstanding Female Athlete in 2017 and the business administration major also earned two MAC Academic Honor Roll honors in her career and was a 2018 Academic All-MAC selection in lacrosse.
 
An account executive with HUB International, Jordan and partner, Brett, have a six-month old daughter, Leila.
 
Nominated by: Joe Guistina, Associate A.D./Communications.


Shelby Mueller '18, Women's Basketball
The 2018 Lycoming Athletics Most Outstanding Female Athlete, Shelby Mueller '18 finished a four-year career with the Warriors firmly entrenched as one of the best players in the program's recent history.
 
The 5-11 forward was a two-time First Team All-MAC Commonwealth selection while leading team to 17-8 record in 2017-18, the program's most wins since 2000 and a program-best No. 3 seed in MAC Commonwealth Championship. She started all 25 games as a forward, leading the MAC Commonwealth with 15.0 points per game and finishing second with 10.1 rebounds, fifth in blocked shots (1.3), 10th in steals (1.6), second in field goal percentage (.479) and first in free throw percentage (.851). Mueller's 375 points were the most for a Warrior since 2001-02 and she was the first Warrior to post three straight 300-point seasons since 2000-02. Her 252 rebounds as a senior were the most since 1994-95 and she is just the second player in program history and the first since 1982-83 to post back-to-back 200-rebound seasons. During her senior season, Mueller notched 12 double-doubles, the second-most in program history. She scored in double figures 21 times, topped 20 points five times and tallied three straight double-doubles two different times.
 
The Collegeville, Pa., native finished her career with a school-record 102 games started, 1,266 career points (fifth in school history), 741 rebounds (fourth), 150 steals (11th) and 103 blocks (fourth). She led the Warriors to four appearances in the MAC Commonwealth Championship and helped the team to first postseason win in 20 years in 2017 in the first round of tournament over Lebanon Valley.
 
A 2018 Academic All-MAC selection, Mueller spent two seasons as a women's basketball graduate assistant at Hiram College, earning a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in 2020, and she earned a teaching certification from Wilson College. She works at Maple Point Middle School in Neshaminy School District as a seventh-grade reading and English Language Arts teacher and still pursues her passions of fitness, weightlifting and running.
 
Nominated by: Joe Guistina, Associate A.D./Communications.


Bethany Richardson '16 - Volleyball
The key piece in helping make the Lycoming volleyball team a perennial contender in the MAC Commonwealth, Bethany Richardson '16 helped the Warriors to an average of more than 20 wins per year during her career.
 
A three-time All-MAC Commonwealth selection, earning honorable mention accolades in 2012 and second-team plaudits in 2013 and 2014, the York, Pa., native finished her career sixth in school history with 1,260 career kills and is still the only volleyball player at Lycoming in the 25-point set era to reach 1,000 kills.
 
A 2014 Academic All-MAC selection and Honorable Mention AVCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region pick, she led  the MAC Commonwealth with a .285 hitting percentage that season.
 
A one-time MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week, Richardson is eighth in school history with a .256 career hitting percentage and she is 14^th with 185 blocks.
 
The two-time captain led the team in hitting percentage and kills three times, helping the team to four straight winning seasons, three trips to the MAC Commonwealth Championship and a 82-55 (.599) record in career.
 
A three-time member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll, Richardson went on to earn a Masters of Business Administration from Lebanon Valley College in 2022. The Vice-President of Marketing and Communications for the United Way of York County, Richardson enjoys Les Mills programs in body combat and body pump. She also assisted the West York High School volleyball program for a year before serving as a KRVA referee for three seasons.
 
Nominated by: Joe Guistina, Associate A.D./Communications.


Kyle Thomas '18 – Men's Soccer
One of the best defenders in program history, Kyle Thomas '18 anchored one of the top defenses in Division III in his four years in the men's soccer program from 2014-17.
 
From Bel Air, Md., Thomas made a splash when he was named the MAC Commonwealth Rookie of the Year in 2014 before earning All-American honors and MAC Commonwealth Defensive Player of the Year honors as a sophomore, Thomas set the bar as tall as his 6-6 height during his career. The second United Soccer Coaches' All-American in program history when he was a second-team selection as a sophomore, he was a two-time All-Mid-Atlantic Region pick, earning first-team accolades in 2015 and third-team honors in 2017.
 
The first conference defensive player of the year in program history, Thomas was a three-time All-MAC Commonwealth defender, earning first-team accolades in as a sophomore and senior and second-team plaudits as a junior.
 
In all, he helped Lycoming post a 61-14-9 record in his career, teaming with classmate Jordan Logan to win two MAC Commonwealth titles and make two appearances in the NCAA Division III Championship, reaching the Sweet 16 in 2015. He scored the game-winning goal in Lycoming's 1-0 first-round win over Johnson & Wales that season.
 
Posting eight goals and eight assists in his career, Thomas was always a threat on set pieces, heading in a key goal in Lycoming's 2-0 win over Messiah in 2015, which ensured the team's first undefeated conference regular season in program history.
 
An Academic All-MAC selection and MAC Academic Honor Roll pick in 2015, Thomas is a maintenance mechanic with Aberdeen Proving Ground for J & J Worldwide Services, as he has spent three years as a trade apprentice. Still actively weightlifting, he has also started to enjoy golf as well as fishing and hunting. He and girlfriend, Gabby, have been together for three years.
 
Nominated by: Nate Gibboney, head men's soccer coach.
 

Garrett Wesneski '19 - Wrestling
A national title at 285 pounds to highlighted a record-breaking career for Garrett Wesneski '19 ensuring him a spot in the athletics hall of fame.
 
The 2019 Lycoming College Most Outstanding Male Athlete and MAC Wrestler of the Year, Wesneski finished 28-1 overall during his senior year, reeling off 25 wins in a row to finish the season, tied for the eighth-longest win streak in school history. He was a perfect 8-0 during the postseason, starting as the No. 2 seed at the NCAA Southeast Regional in the Keiper Recreation Center. After a technical fall and a pin on the first day of the tournament, he downed eighth-ranked Paul Triandafilou of Gettysburg, 3-0, in the semifinals to earn a bid to the national tournament. Then Wesneski provided one of the most dramatic wrestling wins ever in Williamsport, using two first-period takedowns to down defending national champion, Jake Evans, in the finals, 5-4. Evans entered the match with a 50-1 record, which included a 6-3 win over Wesneski in the season's opening tournament at Washington & Jefferson.
 
In the NCAA Championships, Wesneski was seeded fifth and once again, he cruised through the first day of the tournament, posting a major decision and a pin to ensure All-American honors. On the second day, he beat Wartburg's Bowen Wileman, 4-3, in the semifinals and then took out Augustana's undefeated Adarios Jones, seeded second at the tournament, in sudden-victory, 9-7, to win Lycoming's 10th national title.
 
The Canton, Pa., native, who transferred to Lycoming after three years at Division I University of Maryland, finished his two-year career at Lycoming with a 66-5 overall record, his .930 winning percentage the best in program history. His 25-match winning streak to finish his career is the eighth-longest winning streak in program history. Wesneski was also a two-time Southeast Region champion, a two-time NCAA qualifier, finishing in the top 12 in the country, as a junior, and the 2019 Southeast Region Most Outstanding wrestler.
 
Wesneski is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Teaching and Leadership from Point Park University. A fourth grade teacher at Troy Area School District, he is also the head wrestling coach and an assistant baseball coach at Troy. He has picked up golfing with grandfather, Tink, as a favorite hobby.
 
Nominated by: Joe Guistina, Associate A.D./Communications.


Dick Zimmerman '58 – Public Address Announcer
When Dick Zimmerman '58 passed away in 2010, he left behind a long history of memories that he was a part of as the Voice of the football and basketball programs for parts of four decades.
 
Zimmerman had served as the Warriors' football PA announcer for the past 37 years, joining legendary coach Frank Girardi in his first year on the corner of Packer and Mulberry streets in 1972. As both taught at Williamsport Area High School, it was a natural move for Zimmerman, who was already doing public address work for the Millionaires, to make the move to then-College Field when Girardi took over as the head coach.
 
Zimmerman was at the mic for many of the football program's greatest moments – including when the Warriors beat Upsala, 12-10, on Oct. 28, 1978, to win their first Middle Atlantic Conference title and saw the Warriors win 15 more league titles. He was also at the mic during Lycoming's 28-20 upset of Rowan in the national semifinals in 1997 and he was the voice of the Warriors during two runs to the national championship game and 10 NCAA Tournament wins at David Person Field.
 
"Dick Zimmerman was another reason why Lycoming football is special and unique," Director of Athletics Mike Clark '93 said at the time of his passing. "He had a great voice. I got to hear it at three different levels, as a player (from 1989-92), as an assistant coach (from 1998-99) and as a head coach (beginning in 2008) and it gave me a chance to see just how good he was."
 
Zimmerman took on the role of public address announcer at Lycoming basketball games in the mid '90s. He was the voice for the Lady Warriors during its run to the Division III Tournament in 1997 and he called the men's team on to the first two conference titles in program history in 2002 and 2004.
 
He graduated from Williamsport Area in 1954 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Lycoming College in 1958. He earned a master's degree in counseling from Bucknell University and went to work as a guidance counselor at Williamsport Area High School, retiring in 1993. He also served in the Air National Guard. His son, Rick Zimmerman '96, is also an alumnus of the College.
 
A lifelong sports fan, he closely followed the Washington Redskins and the Chicago Cubs. He enjoyed visiting his beach house in Toms River, N.J., loved his dogs, Muffin and Zoey, and collecting coins. Besides Rick, he was survived by wife, Sally LaRue, and Rick's wife, Tina, and granddaughter, Sofia.

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