Lycoming College

A three-year letterwinner with the women's lacrosse team, Gargiulo broke into the national spotlight her junior year when she finished a record-breaking season second in the nation in goals per game.
 
A USA College Lacrosse.com Second Team All-American that year, she averaged 5.0 goals per game, scoring a school-record 80, finishing seventh in the nation in total goals scored. Her scoring was just one aspect of her versatility to the Warriors, as she was amongst the top 100 players in Division III in points per game (5.25, 24th), groundballs per game (4.0, 29th) and draw controls per game (3.13, 95th). She also forced 1.19 turnovers per game.
 
During the season, the Branchburg, N.J., native won three MAC Offensive Player of the Week awards, as she posted five or more goals in seven games and notched hat tricks in 13 straight games. She posted a school-record 11 goals and a then-record-tying 12 points in the Warriors' 19-10 win over Misericordia on April 13.
 
A knee injury ended her career in the fall of her senior year, but Gargiulo is still ninth in school history with 125 career goals and 11th with 146 career points despite only playing three seasons with the Warriors.
 
Gargiulo, who earned Honorable Mention All-MAC honors in 2010, was the 13th player in school history to earn first-team all-conference honors in 2011.
 
Gargiulo is a Voluntary Benefits Consultant with Mercer in Colorado. She and husband, Francesco, have three children, Lucia, Sienna and Antonio, and Gargiulo is currently assisting Lucia in her first seasons of lacrosse. She has also run two half-marathons while also enjoying weightlifting, bike riding, skiing and hiking.
 
Nominated by: Peter Gargiulo, father and Danielle (Gargiulo) Ayers '10, sister

The MAC Commonwealth Tournament MVP of the Lycoming College men's soccer team's first conference championship in 2013, Connor Keenan '15 set a high standard for Lycoming goalkeepers to follow.
 
A two-time All-MAC Commonwealth selection that earned honorable mention accolades in 2013 before becoming a first team pick in 2014, the Exton, Pa., native also earned First Team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors as a senior, when he set school single-season records for shutouts (11) and goals-against average (0.69). His 14 wins were tied for third in school history and his .831 save percentage was eighth. The Exton, Pa., native also set the school's career shutouts mark during the season, as he finished his career with 21, and he earned two Commonwealth Conference Defensive Player of the Week awards. He also helped the team start the year with a school-record 692 consecutive scoreless minutes, as the Warriors were the last team in Division III to allow a goal.
 
Keenan stopped all 16 shots that came near his net in a 326-minute span in the Commonwealth Conference Tournament in 2013, helping the Warriors to the first conference title in school history. 
The road to the Warriors' first conference championship couldn't have been more difficult, but the Warriors, led by Keenan, held three opponents scoreless for a string of 336 minutes in the conference tournament, starting with a 1-0 double-overtime win against Lebanon Valley on Monday, Nov. 4, where he made eight saves. Two days later, he helped the Warriors down No. 1-seed and seven-time defending conference champion Messiah after a 0-0 double-overtime tie by watching three kicks go wide in a 5-4 penalty-kick shootout win. He posted seven saves to lead the Warriors during regulation. In the championship match against Elizabethtown, Keenan notched his seventh shutout of the season en route to the shootout, which they won, 5-3. He came up with a save on the second Elizabethtown shot of the shootout and then connected with the team's fourth goal, leaving the Warriors one shot from the title. He followed that with a 1-0 win over King's in the NCAA Championship First Round for a string of 548 consecutive scoreless minutes.
 
Keenan earned four Commonwealth Conference Defensive Player of the Week awards and he is still fourth in school history in goals against average (1.09), fifth in wins (29) and sixth in saves (228).
 
A 2013 NSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-East Region and Academic All-MAC honoree, the three-time MAC Academic Honor Roll selection was a criminal justice major.
 
Keenan, who earned a Master's degree in Leadership and Management from Catholic University in 2018, has served as a soccer coach since his graduation from Lycoming in 2014. His career started as an assistant for two years at Lycoming College (2015-16) while also working as a corrections officer at the Lycoming County prison. The Warriors won their second MAC Commonwealth title in 2015 and reached the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history.
 
He then served as an assistant coach at the Catholic University of America from 2016-19, helping the Cardinals to a Landmark Conference title in 2019 and earning a share of the Landmark Conference Coaching Staff of the Year. He followed that by working as an assistant men's soccer coach at Denison University from 2020-22, helping the team to a NCAC title in 2021 and earning a piece of the United Soccer Coaches Region VII Coaching Staff of the Year award.
 
He took his first head coaching job at King's College in 2023 and returned to Catholic in 2024 as head coach, leading the team to a Landmark Conference title in his first year.
 
Nominated by: Joe Guistina, Associate Director of Athletics

One of the first Lycoming College men's soccer players to earn three all-region honors in a career, Jordan Logan '19 helped cement Lycoming as a national threat during his four year career.
 
The Oxford, Pa., native was the ninth highest point scorer in program history, recording 71 career points and he is also in the top 10 in both career goals (27, seventh) and assists (17, 10th). A clutch performer, he netted 13 game-winning goals in his career, the second most in program history.
 
The three-time All-MAC Commonwealth First Team selection was the first player in program history to earn all-region honors three straight years from the United Soccer Coaches, joining classmate Abdullahi Abdi as the first three-time all-region players in program history, after earning second team honors his sophomore year and third team honors his junior year.
 
As a sophomore, he tied the school record, led the MAC Commonwealth and finished fourth in the nation with seven game-winning goals in 2015, helping the Warriors to the first of two conference titles and NCAA Championship appearances during his career. That season, he paced the Warriors by posting one of 17 30-point seasons in program history, notching 13 goals and four assists while leading the team to a school-record 18-2-2 record and the first undefeated conference slate in program history as the team finished 7-0-1 and advanced to the Sweet 16.
 
In 2017 as a senior, he helped the team to a 19-3 record, posting five assists and three goals, helping the team again win the MAC Commonwealth and reach the second round of the NCAA Championship.
 
After his playing career ended, Logan also earned one letter as a member of the men's basketball team (2018-19) and served three years as an assistant coach with the men's soccer team (2018-20), helping the team earn an at-large berth in the NCAA Championship in 2018.
 
A selector at C&S Wholesale Grocery, Logan and wife, Cassandra, have a newborn daughter, Johanna.
 
Nominated by: Joe Guistina, Associate A.D./Communications

During her time with the Lycoming College women's lacrosse team, Kelly McGinniss rewrote much of the school's record book while starring as a midfielder with the ability to take control of games.
 
In 2019, a season in which she earned her third straight First Team All-MAC Commonwealth honors, McGinniss set the NCAA's All-Divisions record for draw controls in a season with 239. One of the conference's most dynamic midfielders, McGinniss led the league in goals (80) for the third straight year while tying the school-record for goals in a season. McGinniss had five or more goals in 10 games, including a career-high nine against Arcadia. She won double-digit draw controls in every game but one and she set the single-game record of 21 against Susquehanna.
 
One of three players in Division III history to win 600 draw controls in her career, McGinniss led the league in the category four times and she is the school's program-record holder with 623. She left Lycoming with her name painted across the record book, ranking first in points (319), goals (284), game-winning goals (11) and free-position goals (78). She also holds the single-season record for draw controls (239) and goals (80), both set in 2019.
 
The Randolph, N.J., native wrapped up her career with an appearance in the IWLCA North-South All-Star game and she was the school's NCAA Woman of the Year honoree as well as the Most Outstanding Female Athlete.
 
A seven-time MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Week, she also earned the inaugural IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week award in
 
The midfielder helped the Warriors to two appearances in the MAC Commonwealth Championship in her career and she helped the team make an appearance in the conference semifinal in 2017.
 
The business administration major earned four MAC Academic Honor Roll, three Academic All-MAC and two IWLCA/Zag Sports Academic Honor Roll accolades in her career. She also earned induction into the Sigma Beta Delta business and Lambda Pi Eta communication honor societies and graduated cum laude.
 
After graduating, McGinniss worked as an assistant women's lacrosse coach at Misericordia (2019-21) and Stevens (2021-23), helping the Ducks to a pair of MAC Freedom titles in 2022 and 2023. She is now an advancement services officer with Saint Peter's Prep in Jersey City, N.J. She is still coaching lacrosse, working with CLC (the Centercourt Lacrosse Club) for the past four years and she has recently started running in local races, with her sights on competing a half-marathon this year.
 
Nominated by: Jay Thomson '86

From his first game, when he rushed eight times for 91 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Westminster to his last, when he ran for a school-record 299 yards against FDU-Florham, Needhammer was a difference maker for the Lycoming College football team.
 
A physics major that was named a Second Team Capital One Academic All-American in 2014, Needhammer also earned the Sol "Woody" Wolfe Award in 2014 and the College's Most Outstanding Male Athlete award in 2015.
 
He finished his career in 2014 by earning D3football.com All-East Region honors for a second time, placing third in the MAC with 1,242 rushing yards and second with 13 touchdowns. His 186.7 all-purpose yards per game led the conference and finished sixth nationally. He posted the first two 300-all-purpose-yard games in program history as a senior, earning USA College Football Offensive Player of the Week honors after his effort against Misericordia and then earning D3football.com Team of the Week and USA College Football Running Back of the Week accolades after his 339-yard effort against FDU-Florham. The team captain rushed for a school-record 299 yards in his last game at FDU-Florham, breaking Josh Kleinfelter's record of 3,664 career rushing yards with his final rush – a 50-yard touchdown run to give him 3,713 career yards.
 
As a junior, Needhammer was a Third Team D3football.com All-East Region and Capital One Academic All-District selection. The First Team All-MAC running back finished third in the MAC, averaging 118.4 yards per game, and he tied the school record with 14 touchdowns scored. He also averaged 153.9 all-purpose yards per game and ran for 100 yards seven times, one less than the school record set by Brian Thompson over a 13-game campaign en route to the national championship game in 1997.
 
The Lansdale, Pa., native was a three-time member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll, a two-time Academic All-MAC honoree and a two-time Capital One Academic All-District pick.
 
His teams posted a 31-9 overall record during his career, winning the program's final MAC Championship in 2013.
 
After graduation, Needhammer earned a Master's of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the branch manager of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division. He married, wife, Laura, in March 2024, and the couple are expecting a baby girl this March. He enjoys golf with his Lycoming teammates and his mom, and playing tennis and paddleboard with his wife.
 
Nominated by: Joe Guistina, Associate A.D./Communications.

One of many from a long line of Lycoming football defensive stars that helped transform it into a national powerhouse, Wade Ritter '84 was a key cog in one of the most dominating defensive units in the program's history.
 
A four-year starter at defensive tackle, Ritter was a First Team All-MAC and All-ECAC selection in 1983 when he helped pace the unit, which was the stingiest in Division III, allowing just 154.5 yards per game and pitched five shutouts. During that season, the team captain posted 80 tackles, 14 sacks and recovered three fumbles. He also blocked one kick.
 
The year before that, "Big Daddy," standing at 6-3 and 250 pounds throughout his career, was a part of the program's second MAC title while, from his spot on the defensive line where he notched 59 tackles and 10 sacks to go with four fumble recoveries, he helped the Warriors lead Division III in rushing defense (34.2).
 
Although the NCAA did not officially keep defensive stats until 2004, the Lock Haven, Pa., native's unofficial stats still make the eyes pop 40 years laters. He was credited with 255 career tackles (seventh in school history) and 25 sacks (seventh in school history) and he holds the school record with 11 fumbles recovered.
 
Ritter's Warrior teams went  29-9-2 (.732) in his career, winning the MAC title in 1982 and finishing as the conference runner-up twice.
 
After graduating Lycoming in 1984, Ritter coached football for the next seven years, working as an assistant at Lock Haven University (1985), West Deptford High School (1986), East Stroudsburg University (1987-88), the University of Kentucky (1989-91) and Cumberland College (1992). He went on to work as a salesman in the construction and mining machinery industry for more than 30 years. He has been with partner, Karen Gnazzo, for 24 years, and he enjoys motorcycles and trap shooting.
 
Nominated by: Mark Sitler '86 – teammate

A one-of-a-kind player in both basketball and softball, if it were not for two injuries that prematurely cut short two basketball seasons and one softball season, and the COVID-19 pandemic, there would be no doubt about Kayla Kline's impact as perhaps the best female athlete in school history.
 
As a junior, she became just the second Warrior to earn first-team all-conference accolades in two different sports in the same season. In softball, she led the MAC Commonwealth in batting average (.469) and slugging percentage (.708) to earn third-team all-region accolades. The Mifflinburg, Pa., native produced the second 25 game hitting-streak of her career, tying her own program-record, while notching multiple hits in 17 games. Kline was named MAC Commonwealth Offensive Player of the Week twice.
 
In basketball, the 5-8 guard/forward was the lone player in the MAC Commonwealth in the top 10 in the league in points (14.5, fifth), rebounds (9.0, fifth) and assists (2.5, 10th). Her 102 free throws were third in school history, 243 rebounds sixth and 391 points are 12th. She also added 11 double-doubles, the third-most in program history and four 20-point efforts. Kline also earned D3hoops.com Team of the Week honors and MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week honors twice each.
 
A year later, it looked like Kline was on course to do it again in 2019-20. She averaged 13.9 points and 8.5 rebounds per game for the women's basketball team, sitting comfortably in the top 10 in the league in both categories. She earned D3hoops.com Team of the Week accolades for her play in wins over King's and defending CSAC champion Rosemont. She was named the MVP of Moravian's Tournament after posting 16 points in a win in the championship game of the event, the same game where she became the 12th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points.

However, a torn meniscus ended her basketball career with nine games remaining in the season. Still, in just 79 career games, she finished her career eighth in school history with 587 rebounds, 11th with 1,026 points, 17th with 166 assists and 19th with 39 blocked shots.

Just six weeks later, Kline was the cleanup hitter and shortstop for the softball team. On the opening night of the season, she crushed a homer to center field against Fitchburg State. The next day, she hit a game-tying three run triple in the bottom of the seventh to lead the Warriors to a dramatic win against Norwich. By the end of the week, she was hitting .462 with nine runs, four doubles, a triple, two homers and 12 RBI to go with a gaudy .923 slugging percentage, but the season stopped abruptly due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kline finished her career with a school-record .457 career batting average, a .490 on-base percentage and 193 total bases while playing in just 82 games. She is second with 126 career hits and 10 home runs, fifth with 23 doubles and seven triples and sixth with 64 RBI and 73 runs.
 
She is the only player in the school's history with 1,000 points in basketball and 100 hits in softball. She is the only basketball player to earn two CoSIDA Academic All-District awards and the first to earn three D3Hoops.com Team of the Week accolades. In softball, she set six single-season school records as a freshman and finished her career holding at least 10 school records.

Unsurprisingly, team success followed Kline, as she helped the softball team to a school-record 24 wins in 2017 and helped the women's basketball team to its only appearance in the MAC Commonwealth Championship final in 2019. 

The accounting major was also a seven-time member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll, a two-time Academic All-MAC selection, a three-time NFCA Scholar Athlete and a member of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society.
 
An auditor with Baker Tilly in Williamsport, (Kline) Zimmerman and husband, Brian, reside in Montoursville. Still active in athletics, she is an assistant softball coach at Montoursville Area High School and has spent the past three seasons on the game operations crew with the Williamsport Crosscutters. She has also helped on game days at Lycoming basketball and field hockey games since her graduation.
 
Nominated by: Christen Ditzler, former head women's basketball coach

A two-time MAC Champion and four-time conference runner-up, Callan Jordan left a legacy as perhaps the best backstroker in the history of the men's swimming program.
 
The sixth Warrior to win a MAC Championship in multiple events, he was the MAC Champion in the 200-yard backstroke in 2019 (1:52.44) and 100-yard backstroke in 2018 (51.38).
 
A Hurley, N.Y., native that went to the Western Academy of Beijing for high school, Jordan was also a four-time MAC runner-up – twice in the 100-yard backstroke (2017, '19) and once in the 200-yard medley relay (2016) and 400-yard medley relay (2016).
 
It looked like he was going to be a five-time runner-up in 2018, as he made the turn in third place in the 100-yard backstroke, but overtook both the swimmer ahead of him in the final 25 yards thanks to a strong kick off the turn, as his 26.13 return split was more than a second better than anyone else in the field.
 
His 2019 title in the 200-yard backstroke came in the opposite fashion, as he held more than a second lead through 150 yards before an Albright swimmer mounted a comeback effort, coming within an arm's length of Jordan before Jordan pulled away in the final 15 yards to win by .54 seconds.
 
He set the school record in the 100-yard backstroke for the fourth and final time of his career in the prelims at the MAC Championships with a swim of 50.95 in 2019 and finished his career as the school's record-holder in three events - 100- and 200-yard backstroke (1:52.44) and as a member of the 2017 400-yard medley relay team (3:31.22).
 
He earned 13 All-MAC honors in career (Four-times in the 100-yard backstroke, 2nd Team, 2019; 1st Team, 2018; 1st Team, 2017; 2nd Team, 2016; two-times in 200-yard backstroke, 1st Team, 2019; 2nd Team, 2017; two-times in 200-yard medley relay, 1st Team, 2016; HM, 2017; two-times in the 400-medley relay, First Team, 2016; HM, 2017; one time in the 400-yard freestyle relay, HM, 2017; one time in the 200-yard freestyle relay, HM, 2016; and one time in the 800-yard freestyle relay, HM, 2016). Jordan was also a two-time Academic All-MAC selection and a two-time MAC Academic Honor Roll selection as a history and political science major.
 
After graduating from Lycoming in 2019, he joined the US Navy as a diver. He is currently stationed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire. In addition to swimming at the Portsmouth YMCA a few times a week, he has also become interested in trail running.
 
Nominated by: Joe Guistina, Associate Director of Athletics