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Class of 2005
1980 PA Big 33 Football Team Selection
1980 East-West All State Football Team selection
1980-83 Purdue University Football Team- Set most team all time and single season passing records.
Set several Big Ten passing records including over 500 yards. Passing vs. Ohio State
1983- Purdue University- MVP
Played 3 years with the Pittsburgh Steelers
Played 4 years with the Atlanta Falcons
Played 1 year in the Canadian Football League
2 years District 3 Champ in Discus
1975 Top 10 in the nation for Shot-put distance
1974 Football- All Capital Area Conference, PA Big 33 nominee, team captain, Capital Area Conference Co-Champs
1976 Freshman All-American Track & Field University of Pittsburgh
1976 MVP West Virginia Mountaineer Relays
1979 Captain Duke University Football Team
Earned 13 varsity letters during High School Career (one over maximum)
Soccer
Mid Penn All Star Team 1993, 1994, 1995
Patriot News Big 11: 1995
Parade All-American Team: 1994,1995
George Mason Univ. Goalkeeper: 1995-1998
All-Conference Team: 1997, 1998
Set school record for career saves
NCAA Division 1 All-American: 1996,1997,1998
First US Goalkeeper drafted WUSA inaugural draft
Starting Goalkeeper for WUSA San Diego Spirit Professioinal Soccer Team: 2001-2003
Field Hockey
Mid-Penn All-Star Team: 1992, 1993, 1994
Mid-Penn leading scorer: 1994
Graduated as HHS All-Time leading scorer
Basketball
Mid-Penn All-Star Team: 1994, 1995
Patriot News Big 15 Top Underclassman: 1993
Softball
Mid-Penn All-Star Team: 1995
Patriot news Big 11: 1995
Lettered 3 years Baseball, 3 years Football, 3 years Basketball (maximum at the time)
All South Penn Conference Football, Basketball, All Central Penn- Baseball
1960- First Hershey High School PA Big 33 Football Team Selection
1960- Signed Professional Baseball contract with Pittsburgh Pirates
6 years with Pittsburgh Pirates and 6 years with Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball Systems
1968 member Detroit Tigers World Champion Baseball Team
Analyst/Play by Play TV & Radio Broadcaster for Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball Team
Partnered with nationally famous Hall of Fame Broadcaster Ernie Harwell
1933 Graduated from Hershey High School
10 total letters earned in Football, Basketball, Track & Field and Baseball (one over maximum at the time)
Captain of HHS 1933 undefeated Football Team. Best record to date
1937 Football Little All-American First Team- Franklin & Marshall College
Captain of Franklin & Marshall Football Team
Head Football Coach at Franklin & Marshall College
All-time leader in wins at Franklin & Marshall College
Athletic Director at Franklin & Marshall College
F&M College Sports Hall of Fame - Charter Member
Namesake of the prestigious ongoing “S. Woodrow Sponaugle Basketball Classic”
Lettered 3 years in Football, 3 years in Basketball & 3 years in Baseball
Head Professional Trainer of Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball Team for 32 years
Head Trainer for the 1981,1989 & 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Games
Awarded “1992 Baseball Trainer of the Year” by the Professional Baseball Trainers Society
2002 Scholarships established in his honor at Penn State University and at Ohio State University
Dedicated more than half his life as the Athletic Trainer for the Cleveland Indians, where each day he displayed his everlasting and joyous flair for life.
Jim is a man whose professionalism and dedication were exceeded by his strength of character and limitless generosity.
Jim was widely acclaimed and respected as a humanitarian to all who came in contact with him.