Alan Heverly ’96 Returns as Director of Men’s & Women’s Tennis Moravian College has welcomed back alumnus and Moravian Hall of Fame member Alan Heverly ’96 as the Greyhounds next Director of Tennis for men and women. Heverly replaces another Moravian graduate and Hall of Fame member Art Smith ’68, who retired after leading the men’s team for four seasons and the women for one as Moravian’s first Director of Tennis. Heverly’s hiring also keeps Moravian’s coaching staff at seven alumni as head coaches as Heverly joins softball coach John Byrne ’82, field hockey coach Amy Endler ’93, golf coach Kevin Edwards ’96, football coach Jeff Pukszyn ’97, men’s basketball coach Justin Potts ’00 and cheerleading coach Ashley Stone ’10. Heverly completed his Bachelors of Arts in psychology at Moravian in 1996, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and he finished a Masters of Education in human development at Lehigh in 2000. “Since graduation I have performed many roles in support of the tennis program at Moravian, so returning to Moravian as Tennis Director makes me feel both motivated and very proud,” Heverly explains. “My goal is to enhance the experience of our student-athletes, and to try to advance a well-established and time-honored program. I can’t wait to get started.” Heverly played two seasons for the Greyhounds with a 21-8 singles record after attending Bucks Country Community College where he played in two NJCAA national tournaments. He helped the 1996 squad to the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth League title while serving as a team captain, and it was the program’s first-ever postseason berth. Heverly was inducted into Moravian’s Hall of Fame in 2008. He was a non-traditional student that began his college career nearly 20 years after finishing high school and his story of being an NCAA Division III student-athlete in his late 30s and early 40s landed him in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd and a small note in the USA Today after being named an Academic All-American. “We are excited to welcome back Alan to be the next director of our men’s and women’s tennis programs,” says George Bright, director of athletics and recreation. “Coach Heverly has a keen sense of the program, the excellent student-athletes at Moravian and understands my goals and expectations for the tennis teams moving forward.”
Moravian to Install Turf Field and Honor John Makuvek Moravian College will be adding a second turf athletic field during the summer of 2016. John Makuvek Field, named after the long-time golf and soccer coach and former athletics director, will replace the HUB Quad grass field and will be used by the field hockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse and men’s and women’s soccer teams. The field will also h ave lights that will allow athletic teams as well as intramurals to use the field in the evening in order to alleviate conflicts with team practices and competitions. FALL 2015
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