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Friday, October 19, 2001

Four Individuals to be Inducted into Elizabethtown College Athletics Hall of Fame

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Four individuals will be inducted into the College's Ira R. Herr athletics Hall of Fame Friday, October 19. They are Steven Hassinger '75, a men's soccer and baseball player, Lori Lobb '89, a softball and women's basketball player, Nancy (Keene) Schweigert '89, a women's basketball player, and Teresa (Moats) Steinfatt '89, a field hockey player.

As a member of the men's soccer team from 1971 to 1974, Steve Hassinger totaled 25 goals and and eight assists for 58 points in his career. He was named a Middle Atlantic Conference Northern Division all-star for three consecutive years from 1972 to 1974. The Blue Jays posted a 40-17-4 record and won one MAC championship and one East Coast Athletic Conference regional championship while making two NCAA tournament appearances during his Elizabethtown playing career.

Hassinger also played baseball every spring from 1972 to 1975. After batting .228 his freshman year, he improved his average to .297 and stole eight bases en route to being named a MAC Northern Division all-star for the first time his sophomore year. He earned MAC Northern Division all-star honors again in 1974, this time batting .435 with seven stolen bases. In his senior year, he finished seventh in the MAC Northern Divsion in batting average with .319, and he hit a pair of two-run homers in the MAC semifinal playoff game against Philadelphia Textile as the Blue Jays advanced to win their second consecutive MAC championship.

During his years with the Blue Jay baseball team, Elizabethtown posted a 56-25 record, won two MAC championships, and reached the East Coast Athletic Conference (ECAC) tournament for the first time in 1975.

In the early 1980s, Hassinger earned his master's degree in Gerontology from the University of North Texas. He is currently the President and CEO of Cornwall Manor, a 535 bed continuing care retirement community in Cornwall, PA, where he has worked for the past 23 years.

Active in the Lebanon County community, he has served on the Board of Directors for the Lebanon County Chamber of Commerce Retired Senior Volunteer Program and the Area Agency on Aging. He currently serves on the State Association Board of PANPHA (Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Home for the Aging) and is the chairperson of the 2002 Campaign for the United Way of Lebanon County.

He has remained active in soccer and softball, having played from 1975-79 for the Lancaster United Kicker and Midwest Shamrocks soccer teams and the Lancaster Recreation softball league. He has played soccer for over 30-40 teams in the Capital Area Region League since 1990. He also played on the bronze medal winning soccer team in the 2000 over 40 Keystone Games with other Elizabethtown alumni.

Lori Lobb was one of the most gifted two-sport athletes ever to suit up for the Blue Jays. Twelve years after graduating, she still holds Elizabethtown career records in four and season records in two offensive categories in softball. As a basketball player, she still ranks second in program history in career assists, holds the records for most free throws made in a season and most steals in a career, and reached the 1,000 point scoring plateau.

Among her softball accomplishments, Lobb's career batting average of .431 from 1986 to 1989 is a program record, as is her career run total of 96, her runs batted in total of 76, and her 14 career home runs. She crushed nine home runs and drove in 38 runs in 1988 alone, two more program records that remain intact today. The shortstop from Kutztown was recognized as a Middle Atlantic Conference all-star all four years of her career. In her four years, Elizabethtown amassed a record of 79-26, won a pair of MAC championships, and reached the NCAA tournament in 1988.

In basketball, she controlled Elizabethtown's offense, totaling 511 assists between 1985 and 1989. She was also a threat to score herself, compiling 1,199 points. Her knack for drawing fouls allowed her to make 415 free throws in her career, the second highest total in program history, and a program record 149 free throws in 1988-89. Her 323 steals remain a program record. During her years as a Blue Jay, Elizabethtown compiled a 103-15 record, won three MAC championships, reached the NCAA tournament every year, and won its second national championship in 1989. She was also honored as a MAC all-star and a regional All-American.

Lobb currently works as a bakery manager for Fallers Pretzels.

Nancy (Keene) Schweigert was an integral part of Elizabethtown's national dominance in women's basketball in the late 1980s. During her playing years from 1986 to 1989, the Blue Jays compiled a 79-9 record, won two Middle Atlantic Conference championships, reached the NCAA tournament every year, and won the national championship in 1989.

In 1986-87, her first season with Elizabethtown, she made an immediate impact on the team, averaging 10.1 points per game. Before the start of the 1987-88 season, the NCAA adopted the three-point line, and she came into her own as the Blue Jays' principal long-range shooter. She averaged 18.0 points per game in 1987-88 and made 56 three-pointers, shooting 40.6% from behind the arc. In 1988-89, she scored 570 points for an average of 19.0 per game, made 65 three-pointers, a number which remains a program record today, and shot 42.2% from behind the three point line.

Keene Schweigert finished her career with 1,364 points, the sixth highest total in the history of the program, and a program record 41.4% shooting percentage from behind the arc. Her 121 three-pointers are the second highest total in the history of the program, an amazing feat considering the three point line only existed for the last two seasons of her career. She was a MAC all-star, and she was named an All-American in 1989.

She currently works as a realtor with Berkshire Network GMAC Real Estate and as a pricing analyst/forecaster for Valley Forge Flag Company. In adittion she is a member of the Berks County Bicycle Club and the Pagoda Pacers Running Athletic Club, and is a licensed professional road cyclist and sport mountain cyclist. She also competes in adventure races, combining elements of running, cycling, canoeing, and orienteering.

Teresa (Moats) Steinfatt entered Elizabethtown in the fall of 1985 and made an immediate impact upon a field hockey team which had already logged four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, helping to ensure its continued success throughout the 1980s. During her four years at Elizabethtown, the field hockey team continued to reach the NCAA tournament every season. She played in all 21 games her freshman year, scoring four goals and adding four assists.

She helped the Blue Jays to a 20-4-1 finish in 1986, scoring five goals and tallying five assists. Teresa's offensive production exploded in 1987, as she racked up twenty goals and eight assists, placing third in the Middle Atlantic Conference in scoring with 48 points as the Blue Jays finished 15-5-2, won the MAC championship for the first time since 1978 and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the seventh straight year. She was named an All-American for the first time following the 1987 season, but the best was yet to come.

During her senior year in 1988, she set a program record which still stands with 35 goals. Combined with four assists that year, her point total was 74 — also a program record that remains intact today. The Blue Jays finished 16-4-2, reaching the NCAA tournament for the eighth straight year, and she scored Elizabethtown's game-winning goal in ten games. Following the season, she was named an All-American for the second consecutive year.

Steinfatt currently lives in Richmond, Va., where she works as a sales representative for Biosense Webster, a division of Johnson & Johnson, Inc.

Since graduating, she focus in athletics has moved to long-distance running. She as currently run in 18 marathons and two 50-mile ultramarathons. She is currently training for the November 10th Richmond Marathon.

The four will be inducted during a dinner ceremony at Elizabethtown College Friday, October 19, and will be honored at halftime of Elizabethtown's Homecoming men's soccer game Saturday, October 20.