Penn State Abington Inducts Inaugural Athletic Hall Of Famers

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA — Penn State Abington Athletics formally inducted its inaugural class into the Penn State Abington Ogontz Hall of Fame in a ceremony held Saturday at the Philmont Country Club.

The 2025-26 class includes 10 individuals who laid the foundation of athletics on campus: The inaugural class includes: Wesley A. Olsen Sr. `64, Deb Andress `80, Bob Barton `73, Jeanne Bradley, David Castellanos, Patricia L. Clayton `74, Jim McGettigan, Al Miles, Joe Pavlow, and Dick Wiseman.

"Tonight's Hall of Fame celebration was about honoring the legacies of those who built the foundation of athletics at Penn State Abington," said Erin Foley, Director of Athletics, Intramurals and Recreation. "Their achievements laid the groundwork for the success we enjoy today, and it's an honor to recognize the lasting impact they've had on our department and campus community."

Here is the 2025-26 Penn State Abington Ogontz Hall of Fame Class:

Dr. Wesley A. Olsen Sr. `64 (Professor – Coach – Administrator)

During his 22-year tenure at what was then Penn State Ogontz, Wes Olsen was known for his supportive and collaborative leadership style. His career was defined by a series of firsts including pioneering the role of athletics director from 1964-1986 and launching 11 varsity sports. As the campus' first men's basketball head coach from 1965-1972, Olsen compiled a 64-36 record. Simultaneously, he served as the original men's golf coach between 1967 and 1970 and then again from 1987 to 1998.

He led the golf team to three Commonwealth Campus titles and three runner-up showings in the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference, which named him Coach of the Year for the 1997-98 season. In 1990, Olsen was the recipient of the Robert J. Scannell Roll-of-Honor award established by Penn State University Athletic Conference to recognize an administrator, faculty, staff member or coach who has served campus athletic, intramurals and recreational programs with distinction.

Deb Andress `80 (Instructor – Coach)

Deb Andress arrived at what was then the Ogontz campus in 1976 where she played for fellow Hall of Fame inductees Jeanne Bradley in field hockey and Jim McGettigan on the swimming and diving team. Andress spent two years at Ogontz before transferring up to University Park. She spent two seasons playing for fellow Hall of Fame inductee Jeanne Bradley on the field hockey team as well as competing on the swimming and diving team for another Hall of Famer in Jim McGettigan.

Andress earned Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference (CCAC) all-conference honors in both the 200-medley relay and 200-freestyle relay during the 1976-77 and 1977-78 CCAC Championships. In 1978, she was named the campus's outstanding female athlete. Andress moved to University Park to complete her degree, and she joined the national championship lacrosse team. Andress continued to play field hockey at University Park, and her team placed second in the 1979 national championship.

Bob Barton `73 (Instructor – Coach – Administrator)

Bob Barton served as the campus's director of athletics from 1996-2006. Over 31 years, he proudly coached almost 500 student-athletes on four varsity sports. Barton's Penn State Ogontz story began in 1966 when he played for the men's basketball team, but he left to serve in the Army and returned to compete from 1971-1973. He was hired as supervisor of Athletic and Recreational Operations in 1974 and held that position until 1982 when he became an instructor of physical education/kinesiology until 2008.

On top of leading athletics, Barton served as the head baseball coach from 1977 to 1986 and the head softball coach in 1987. Beginning in 1986, he became the men's basketball coach for four years and then returned to the team from 1991 to 1997. He also coached the men's tennis team from 1989 to 1991 and Team Tennis from 1991 to 2008.

Jeanne Bradley (Coach)

Jeanne Bradley jump started three varsity sports as one of the campus's first field hockey, and softball and women's basketball coaches. Bradley compiled 35 victories in field hockey, which ranks second all-time and had 34 wins in seven seasons as the head softball coach. She coached women's basketball for nine seasons, beginning in 1970, and she is the second-winningest women's basketball coach in campus history with 85 victories.

Bradley's teams dominated the hardwood by winning the Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference (CCAC) title from 1971 through 1975. The team finished with a onetime program record of 14 victories in the 1974-75 season. The following two years, they were runners up in the CCAC Tournament.Bradley stepped in as field hockey coach beginning with the 1970-71 academic year. Her teams had five winnings seasons, finishing 7-3-2 and 7-1-2 in consecutive seasons.

David Castellanos (Soccer Coach)

David Castellanos coached the men's soccer team for 15 seasons from 2005 to 2019 and helped the program transition into NCAA Division III. His teams won 142 games at Abington, the second most in program history. Castellanos led Abington to seven North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) tournament appearances and three regular season titles while 74 Nittany Lions received All-NEAC honors. Abington was also selected to compete in the Eastern College Athletic Conference postseason on four occasions.

In 2012, Abington emerged victorious in the team's first appearance in the NEAC tournament after capturing the regular season title with a 9-1-0 record in conference play. Castellanos led Abington to back-to-back NEAC regular season and tournament titles in 2017 and 2018 as the team finished a combined 20-0-1 in conference play during that championship run.

Patricia L. Clayton `74 (Instructor – Coach – Administrator)

Patricia L. Clayton served as the director of athletics for a decade beginning in 1986 and became the campus's winningest coach in both women's basketball and women's volleyball.She arrived at Ogontz as a student-athlete in 1970 and played basketball.

After two years, Clayton moved on to University Park to complete her degree while joining the basketball and softball teams. She still holds University Park's single-game record for most rebounds in a game with 25. Clayton began her legendary coaching career in 1979 as she took the reins of both the women's volleyball (1979-1990) and basketball (1979-1987) programs. During that time, Clayton totaled 305 combined victories with 185 wins in volleyball and 120 wins in basketball.

Jim McGettigan (Instructor – Coach)

From 1968 to 1989, Jim McGettigan guided the men's soccer program to 219 wins as its first head coach, compiling a .750 winning percentage that remains the program's benchmark. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ogontz became "Title Town," as McGettigan's teams won 15 Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference (CCAC) championships, including six straight from 1977-82 and 11 titles in 12 seasons from 1977-1988. McGettigan's teams posted 19 winning seasons, highlighted by a program-record 18-win campaigns in 1983 and 1987. The 1987 squad finished 18-2-1 and still owns the program's best single-season winning percentage (.928).

In 1991, McGettigan received the prestigious Robert J. Scannell Roll-of-Honor award, which is given annually to an administrator, faculty, staff member or coach who has served campus athletic, intramural and recreational programs with distinction. Off the field, McGettigan was a physical education professor at Ogontz until 1992.

Joe Pavlow (Baseball Coach – Administrator)

Joe Pavlow is the winningest baseball coach in campus history, accumulating 181 victories from 2008 to 2017 while helping Abington transition into the NCAA Division III. Pavlow hit the ground running, in his first year with the Nittany Lions. The team won 22 games in 2009 and two years later had another 20-win season and finished 12-2 in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC).

Abington went on to advance to the 2011 West Division championship game against Penn State Berks. Abington registered five 20-plus win seasons under Pavlow and qualified for the NEAC tournament seven times with five regular season championships (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017).

Dick Wiseman (Instructor – Coach)

Dick Wiseman, the campus's all-time winningest men's basketball coach, guided the Nittany Lions from 1978 to 1986. He also coached the softball program from 1980 to 1986 and again from 1996 to 1999. Wiseman coached the men's basketball team to 152-61 (.713) record in eight seasons, including a program record 27 wins in 1984-85. That year Ogontz finished 27-3 overall and 11-1 in conference play and as a result Wiseman was named the Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference (CCAC) Coach of the Year.

Under Wiseman, his teams won three CCAC championships and six Eastern Division titles. From the court to the diamond, Wiseman also coached the Abington and Ogontz softball teams in two separate stints. In combined 10 seasons he won 140 games with a .611 winning percentage. Wiseman ranks second all-time for most victories, including a 23-2 season that saw the Nittany Lions win the 1985 EPCC championship.

(Penn State Abington)