Athletic
Hall of Fame
Introduction of Hall of Fame winners by Janet Columbro, MSJA Director of Athletics
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t is my extreme pleasure the second class of Mount Academy’s Athletic Hall of Fame:
to introduce Saint Joseph
JoAnne Skelly Dougherty ’49 As a student at the Mount, Joanne played field hockey and basketball for four years and captained the basketball team in her senior year. Joanne was also honored with a gold medal for Athletic Achievement in 1949. Following graduation from the Mount, Joanne continued her athletic pursuits while playing field hockey and basketball at Chestnut Hill College and served as an Athletic Association Representative. During this time she also found time to coach CYO basketball at Our Mother of Consolation and Our Lady of Lourdes From 1954-1960 Joanne returned to the Mount to coach Field Hockey, Basketball and Tennis. She also served as a faculty member teaching Health and Physical Education. As a new coach she led the 1954 field hockey team to an undefeated season and the basketball team to many league championships. After leaving the Mount, Joanne continued her love of teaching at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel from 1970-87 teaching 4th grade math.
K athleen McDonald Garvin ’71 For the past 30 years, sports have played an important part of Kathy’s life. As a Mountie Kathy played both field hockey and basketball all four years and was elected captain in both sports her senior year. She was named by the Evening and Sunday Bulletin as the outstanding Scholar-athlete from Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1970. After graduation, Kathy played for St. Joseph’s College, now St. Joe’s University’s first women’s basketball team and competed against the legendary Mighty Macs. Kathy was also a member of the first women’s class to graduate from St. Joe’s.
Kathy returned to the Mount to coach basketball from 19801983 and compiled a record of 16-11. Her love for basketball and field hockey led her to the career of being an official 1983. She currently officiates basketball and field hockey on the college level and field hockey and lacrosse at the high school level. Kathy mentors new officials and has served as chair of the Philadelphia Field Hockey Umpires Board and Vice President of the Bux-Mont Basketball Chapter. The Philadelphia Board of Officials for Women’s Sports has honored Kathy for her 25 years of outstanding service.
Kimberly Koschineg Stefan ’94 The third and final inductee is Kim Koschineg Stefan, class of 1994, a four-year student council member while at the Mount. Kim was also a fouryear varsity basketball starter and the first Mountie to score 1,000 points as a junior … a record she still holds. Among Kim’s other basketball accomplishments while at the Mount included being: the league’s leading scorer in her sophomore, junior and senior years; selected by the coaches of the league as an all-star for all four years; and named to the Montgomery County’s Top 10 Player of the Year in both her junior and senior year. Kim continued her basketball career at Drexel, where despite a knee injury her freshmen year, she became the leading scorer as a sophomore, was seventh in the nation for leading 3-point field goal percentages and was listed as a top 10 in the Colonial Athletic Conference for field goal percentages. Kim transferred her junior year to the University of the Sciences to finish her Bachelor’s degree in health science, where she scored her collegiate 1,000 points, was selected small college player of the year, and made First Team All-American. As a senior she earned more accolades when she became a 2,000 point scorer, the leading scorer in school history and Second Team All-American. Kim received her Master’s degree in occupational therapy. She currently owns and directs the first and only treatment center in Bucks County dedicated to the care of patients suffering from lymphedema. Congratulations to all our Athletic Hall of Fame Honorees!
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