The Misericordia University athletics department will induct its 20
th Hall of Fame class as part of Homecoming festivities, September 30.
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In addition, Misericordia will also four home games, Saturday, October 1. The MU field hockey team will host Stevens at McGeehan Field at 1:00 while the football team will entertain FDU-Florham at Mangelsdorf Field at 1:00.
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The nationally-ranked women's soccer team will face Arcadia at Mangelsdorf Field at 5:00 and the men's soccer team will play Arcadia at 7:30.
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The 2012 women's soccer team that advanced to the NCAA Final Four will be honored at halftime of the women's contest.
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The Hall of Fame class will also be presented at halftime of the football game.
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The honorees include Colleen (Corrigan) Kloss '04, Ethan Eichhorst '12, Christine Marks-Manning '12, Eric Rogers '08, and Hollie (Sarnak) Parsons '11. Former Misericordia president Dr. Pasquale DiPasquale, Jr. will be inducted posthumously as a contributor.
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Kloss was a four-year letter-winner in women's basketball and was the team MVP as a senior.
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She was a three-time All-Pennsylvania Athletic Conference selection and holds the school single-game record with eight three-pointers.
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She ranks sixth in school history with 1,283 career points and is second with 163 career three-pointers.
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Eichhorst was a two-time first-team All-MAC Freedom selection and was the MAC Freedom Player of the Year as a senior. He was a D-III News All-American and was named D3hoops.co all-region.
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He represented the Cougars in the NABC D-III All-Star game.
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Eichhorst ranks fifth in school history with 1,476 career points and is sixth with 638 rebounds.
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He is fifth with 545 career field goals, eighth in free throws (331) and third in free throw percentage (81.5%).
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Manning was a three-time first-team all-conference selection and was named all-region twice. She earned honorable mention All-America status and was a finalist for the Josten's National Player of the Year.
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She is Misericordia's all-time leading scorer with 1,644 points and is second with 903 rebounds.
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A three-time team MVP, she ranks first in career field goals (538) and free throws (510) and holds school single-game records with 14 field goals and 25 rebounds.
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Rogers was a track & field standout and holds the school indoor and outdoor records in the long jump. He placed in three events at the MAC Indoor championships as a senior and was an NCAA Championships qualifier.Â
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He was the team MVP and earned All-ECAC status as a senior and ranks in the top 10 in school history in the 100m, indoor 55m and indoor 400m.
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Parsons was a three-time all-conference selection in softball and was an All-ECAC and all-region honoree.
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She is tied for the all-time school lead with 32 career home runs and is third in career hits (208), doubles (44), total bases (352) and RBI (149).
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In addition, she ranks in the top 10 in school history in slugging percentage and runs scored.
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DiPasquale served as president at Misericordia from 1989-1992.
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He oversaw Misericordia's transition to NCAA Division III membership and the construction of the Anderson Sports-Health Center and Anderson Fields for softball and soccer.
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