East Stroudsburg University inducted its 2014 Athletic Hall of Fame class on Saturday, October 25 as part of Homecoming Weekend.

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EAST STROUDSBURG - East Stroudsburg University will induct seven individuals and its 1975 and 1976 PSAC championship football teams as the 37th class to enter the Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 25 as part of Homecoming Weekend activities.
 
Individuals selected for induction are women's athletics pioneer Gail Davis '63, Don Coyer '73 M'82 (football), Keith Fisher '91 (basketball), Dan Murray '96 (football), Stacie Fritz Norman '98 (field hockey), Sean Crawford '99 (soccer) and Quanette Jester Ford '01 (track and field).
 
The 1975 and 1976 football teams went 19-0-1 over two seasons, with a 24-20 win over Edinboro in the 1975 PSAC championship game and a 14-14 tie at Shippensburg in the 1976 State Game.
 
The Hall of Fame class will be inducted in a ceremony in the Keystone Room, located in ESU's Center for Hospitality Management in the center of campus. The day will begin with a brunch at 8:30 a.m., preceded by registration at 8 a.m. The inductees will also be recognized during the Warriors' home football game vs. Kutztown which kicks off at 3:05 p.m.
 
Tickets for the brunch, induction ceremony and football game are $30 for adults and $15 for children. Registration is available online at www.esualumni.org/hof2014. For more information, contact Gwen Hughes, Office of University Advancement, at (570) 422-3878 or ghughes@esu.edu.
 
Below is information on this year's inductees:
 
 
Gail Davis '63
 
Davis competed in archery, field hockey, gymnastics, lacrosse and swimming at East Stroudsburg and later played club field hockey and lacrosse after graduating. She made her mark as an athletics administrator at Rhode Island College from 1976 to 2001, and as a coach and judge in gymnastics at the national and international levels.
 
She was active as an international judge through 1990, serving at the 1968 U.S. Olympic Trials and several World University Games and Pan American Games. She also was a long-time member of the NCAA's women's gymnastics committee. As a coach, she took teams from Southern Connecticut State to national collegiate meets, including the AIAW Championships. She still serves as a judge in gymnastics at the high school level.
 
Don Coyer '73 M'82
 
Coyer, a two-time All-PSAC defensive end in 1972 and 1973, was a three-year starter for the Warriors and part of an ESU defense that allowed just 50 points in eight games during a 6-1-1 season in 1973. He signed with the New York Giants following his senior season and attended training camp.
 
After a 10-year teaching career at Western Wayne High School, Coyer joined the Secret Service, where he had a 25-year career as a member of the nation's top security detail. He has worked the last six years for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
 
Keith Fisher '91
 
Fisher was a starter on the Warriors' 1990 PSAC men's basketball championship team and the PSAC East Athlete of the Year in 1991 as a two-year player for the Warriors after transferring from Mansfield. He averaged 12.2 points on the 1990 championship team, and made the game-winning jumper with three seconds left in a 103-102 (OT) win at #2-ranked Slippery Rock in the PSAC semifinals. The Warriors won the PSAC title with a 108-102 (2OT) victory over Millersville and advanced to the NCAA Division II "Sweet 16".
 
As a senior in 1991, Fisher averaged 18.7 points per game and was recognized as the PSAC East's top player as the Warriors made their second straight PSAC Final Four. He scored 1,483 points in his four-year collegiate career, including 822 points in two seasons at ESU.
 
Dan Murray '96
 
Murray is one of two NFL Draft choices in school history and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round of the 1988 Draft. He was a three-time All-PSAC East selection, earning two spots on the first team, and ranks fourth in school history with 358 career tackles. He played for the Buffalo Bills in 1988, Indianapolis Colts in 1989, the New York Jets in 1990 and the Montreal Machine in the World Football League.
 
Murray earned his degree from ESU in 1996. His daughter, Kelsey, is entering her senior season as a member of the ESU women's basketball team.
 
Stacie Fritz Norman '98
 
Stacie Fritz is ESU's only three-time first team All-America selection in field hockey, earning recognition in 1995, 1996 and 1997. She was also a first team All-PSAC selection all three seasons for the Warriors and ranks third in school history with 27 career assists, along with scoring nine goals.
 
She was a member of three straight ECAC championship teams (1994, 1995 and 1996) and helped the Warriors reach the PSAC Tournament in 1996.
 
Sean Crawford '99
 
Crawford was an NSCAA first team All-America selection and the PSAC Athlete of the Year in 1997, scoring a PSAC-record 26 goals and adding 11 assists to tie the conference record with 63 points. He led the Warriors to the PSAC championship, the first of seven straight from 1997-2003, and the NCAA Division II Elite Eight.
 
He had 11 goals and four assists in 1996, his first season after transferring to ESU. Crawford had 37 career goals (10th in school history) and 89 points (9th) in two years for the Warriors. He played professionally for the Harrisburg Heat and in Scotland for the Scotland Vail Juniors and Dunbarton FC.
 
Quanette Jester Ford '01
 
Quanette Jester was an All-American and PSAC champion in the triple jump for the Warriors. She graduated with five school records, three which still stand. She earned outdoor All-America honors in the triple jump with a seventh-place finish as a senior in 2001, and won the PSAC title as a freshman in 1998. She left ESU with records in the indoor and outdoor triple jump, indoor long jump, outdoor 4x100m relay and outdoor shuttle hurdles - and the triple jump and shuttle hurdle records still stand more than a decade later.
 
Ford was an assistant track and field coach for three years at Lincoln University in Philadelphia and was named the USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2013.
 
1975 and 1976 Football Teams
 
The second and third Warriors football teams to take the field under head coach Denny Douds, the 1975 and 1976 squads posted a two-year record of 19-0-1. They won the 1975 State Game with a 24-20 victory over Edinboro, and tied for the 1976 state championship at Shippensburg, 14-14.
 
The 1975 season saw the Warriors post PSAC Eastern Division wins over West Chester (24-20), Kutztown (25-6), Cheyney (17-7), Mansfield (39-8), Millersville (28-24) and Bloomsburg (28-0). ESU overcame a 17-point second-half deficit against Millersville to continue its unbeaten season. In the State Game against Edinboro, the Warriors fell behind 7-0 but scored 24 straight points, including three touchdown runs by Pete Radocha, to topple the Fighting Scots.
 
In 1976, the Warriors once again earned a perfect 6-0 PSAC East record, beating West Chester (27-13), Kutztown (27-13), Cheyney (41-6), Mansfield (54-8), Millersville (20-13) and Bloomsburg (21-6). The season marked ESU's first back-to-back wins over West Chester since the 1964 and 1965 PSAC championship teams.
 
A total of 11 ESU Athletic Hall of Fame inductees lettered on the 1975 and/or 1976 teams - Bill Bergen, the Detzi triplets (Jeff, Joe and John), Pat Flaherty, Jeff Johnson, Pete Radocha, Mike Stambaugh, Willard Stem, Harold Strunk and Mike Terwilliger.