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©Jim Prokell
2024
HALL FAME Edinboro Athletics Hall of Fame welcomes eight new members The Edinboro Athletics Hall of Fame surpassed 300 inductees with the addition of eight standout individuals from wrestling, volleyball, basketball, football and track & field. BRUCE BAUMGARTNER
CHRIS HONEYCUTT ’12
Wrestling Coach
Wrestling
A four-time Olympic medalist, Baumgartner
A dominant wrestler, Honeycutt went 130-22
spent 34 years at Edinboro, serving as wrestling
in his career, earning two All-American honors
coach, director of Athletics and assistant
and a national runner-up finish. The four-time
vice president for Advancement. Under his
NCAA qualifier ranks 10th all-time in total wins
leadership, Edinboro saw major facility upgrades, 52 PSAC
and ninth in winning percentage at Edinboro. He was a two-time
team titles, and new fundraising and student-athlete initiatives.
Eastern Wrestling League Wrestler of the Year and the 2011 PSAC
He started the Annual Athletic Fund drive, initiated the Friends
Wrestler of the Year. In 2011, he secured his second consecutive
and Family donor program as well as opened the door to online
Southern Scuffle title and swept the 184-pound titles at both the
giving for athletics.
PSAC and EWL Championships. He now competes professionally as a mixed martial artist.
TABITHA BEMIS ’14 Track & Field
JOE JONES ’09
One of Edinboro’s most decorated track & field
Basketball
athletes, Bemis was a six-time All-American,
Jones scored 1,465 points in three seasons with
15-time PSAC champion, 14-time NCAA qualifier,
the men’s basketball team, earning All-American
and holds 10 school records. Bemis was a U.S.
honors in 2009. He remains on Edinboro’s Top
Track & Field Cross Country Coaches’ Association All-Region
10 all-time list in eight categories. Jones is the
honoree 18 times and claimed 26 All-Conference awards.
seventh leading scorer, and his 16.8 points per game ranks ninth.
A three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American, she earned the
His 359 assists rank sixth, and his 143 steals is the ninth best
NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship and continues to coach at the
among Fighting Scots. Jones ranks fifth in both 3-pointers made
collegiate level.
and 3-pointers attempted. He played professionally and now coaches and runs Joe Jones Training.
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