HALL OF FAME INDUCTS THREE ATHLETES, ’98 MEN’S SOCCER TEAM
Division II North/South Senior All-Star Game. A graphic design major, she worked for several years in Mercyhurst’s marketing department. Catrina is married to baseball assistant coach Charlie Spano. In 2014, she began freelancing from home to spend more time with Caylen, Keira and Vito. She now works full time for ECCA Payroll, but still works from home several days a week. Hockey standout Meghan Agosta has also been named to the Hall of Fame, but wasn’t able to attend Reunion Weekend to accept the honor. Meghan set records in most ofensive categories at Mercyhurst. She also holds a half-dozen NCAA career records – including being the leading scorer all time in Division 1 women’s hockey history with 303 points and 157 goals. She was named a First Team All-American in 2008-09 and 2010-11, and was Player of the Year in College Hockey America four times. On top of her collegiate résumé, Meghan has won three Olympic Gold Medals with Team Canada, as well as the silver medal this year. She also has two golds and fve silvers in world championship competitions. She in employed by the Vancouver, British Columbia, Police Department.
The 2018 induction class for the Athletics Hall of Fame – including the 1998 men’s soccer team and three individual athletes – was honored June 9 during Reunion Weekend festivities. A large contingent from the soccer team was on hand to celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the 1998 season, during which they captured the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) and region titles and advanced to the NCAA Final Four, fnishing with a 17-4-1 record. They were the second Hurst soccer team to reach the Final Four. For a few members of the ‘98 team – and for Coach John Melody – it was a return trip to the semifnals following their frst appearance in 1995. They lost both times in tight matches with South Carolina-Spartansburg. Mercyhurst dominated the GLIAC at that time, winning 10 conference titles in 11 years, and seldom lost a conference game. Coach Melody and Mark Fitzgerald are already in the Hall of Fame and Anthony Maher was also inducted individually this year. They are the fourth team chosen for the Hall of Fame as a unit, after the 1994-95 women’s basketball team, the 2000-01 men’s hockey team and the 2004 women’s rowing team. Anthony Maher played with the men’s soccer program from 1997 to 2001,
helping his team advance to a Final Four appearance in 1998 and a Top 25 national ranking every year. The National Soccer Coaches Association of America named him a First Team All-American in 2001, as well as Great Lakes All-Region. He was named four times to the GLIAC all- conference team, and was twice named GLIAC Ofensive Player of the Year. He graduated as Mercyhurst’s career goals leader with 51. That mark has since been surpassed, but he still holds single-season records with the 24 goals and 63 points he scored in 2001. He’s tied for third in career assists with 23. After his graduation in 2002, Anthony enjoyed a 10-year career in professional soccer. For the past fve years, he has worked with high-growth start-up companies. Today he’s Chief Growth Ofcer and Head of Incubation for 1776, the nation’s largest network of incubators. He and his wife, Anne, live in the Philadelphia area with their three young sons. Catrina Sheafer was a standout feld hockey player from 2001 to 2004. In her sophomore season, she was named a Second Team All-American and her team’s Most Valuable Ofensive Player. In her senior year the National Field Hockey Coaches Association selected her as a First Team All-American, and she played in the
’ Top: Members of the 1998 men s soccer team, which was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame. Seated, from left: Eric Clark, Stuart Hogg (who traveled from the United Kingdom), Coach John Melody, Anthony Maher, Lynn Burns and Brian Jankowski. Standing: Paul Valenti, JP Kitcho, Paul Watkins, Jon Rees, Rob Gillooly, Mike Shiels, Chris Hanson, Derian Tuitt, Rory Hussey (who traveled from Thailand), Nick Potter, Shawn Burke, Rob Yurkovich and Dave Slisz.
Right Top: Anthony Maher
Right Lower: Catrina Sheafer Spano
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