Mike Revak was a multi-sport star at Laurel Highlands who batted .363 during his senior baseball season and was good enough in basketball to make Washington & JeffersonĢƵ team.
It was swinging a golf club that Revak was best at, however.
Revak eventually focused on that sport at W&J ...
Doug Dascenzo, who spent seven seasons in the major leagues, and James Hairston, Fayette CountyĢƵ all-time leading scorer in basketball, headline the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025.
Brownsville graduate Dascenzo, the top vote-getter, and Connellsville graduate Hairston ...
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus didn’t have a baseball team when the 20th century was nearing its end.
The Roaring Lions established the program in 1999 and fielded its first team in 2000.
“In the first season we were two games above .500,” said Ray Smitley, who was an ...
Tom Kostelnik was a multi-sport athlete at Brashear High School but football became his clearcut path to college as he received a slew of NCAA Division-I scholarship offers in 1961.
While he could go just about anywhere, one school caught his eye.
“I had a ton of offers,” the late ...
Stu McLee admits he had God-given ability, which isn’t surprising considering his family tree.
“I think it came naturally,” McLee said.
When it came time to fine-tune himself into the outstanding track and field athlete he would become, the Uniontown great took a basic ...
Willie Bryant was a two-year starter for Uniontown in basketball who went on to play at Penn State before returning to give more or his time to his old school district.
Bryant, who died on Feb. 10, 2012, had a lasting impact at Uniontown and is part of the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame ...