Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame (CCSHOF)
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Honoring the great athletes from Cambria County.

Ed Sherlock

Athletic Administration, Class of 2020

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Ed Sherlock – Pitt-Johnstown athletic director
Ed Sherlock
Ed Sherlock competing in track and field for Pitt.

Ed Sherlock
Ed Sherlock early in his tenure as Pitt-Johnstown AD.

Accomplishments

  • Windber native served as athletic director at Pitt-Johnstown from 1970 into 2001.
  • During his tenure overseeing the Pitt-Johnstown athletic programs, the school gained admission to NCAA Division II, the Sports Center was built and the wrestling and women’s basketball programs gained national prominence.
  • Under Sherlock’s leadership, Pitt-Johnstown added sports such as men’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, track and field, gymnastics, golf, women’s volleyball and wrestling.
  • Pitt-Johnstown gained entrance to the NCAA in 1975, and the Sports Center opened in the fall of 1977 under Sherlock’s leadership.
  • Served as National President of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Athletic Directors.
  • Helped found the former Mason-Dixon Athletic Conference and served as president of the league.
  • The Pitt-Johnstown women reached the NCAA Division II Final Four in 1987.
  • The Mountain Cats wrestling team claimed NCAA Division II team national championships in 1996 and 1999.
  • Sherlock also played and coached basketball at Pitt-Johnstown.
  • Was part of the Pitt-Johnstown team that won the Pennsylvania Junior College League state championship in 1958.
  • Transferred to the University of Pittsburgh, where he lettered in the hurdles and as a jumper on the Panthers’ track and field team.
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Classes

  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1969
  • 1971
  • 1973
  • 1975
  • 1978
  • 1981
  • 1984
  • 1990
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2004
  • 2006
  • 2008
  • 2010
  • 2012
  • 2014
  • 2016
  • 2018
  • 2020

Sports

  • Artistic Roller Skating
  • Athletic Administration
  • Athletic Trainer
  • Auto Racing
  • Baseball
  • Baseball Builder
  • Baseball Umpire
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Broadcasting/Media
  • Builder
  • Distance Running
  • Equipment Manager
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Handball
  • Hockey
  • Horse Racing Jockey
  • Hunting
  • Mono Skiing
  • Officiating
  • Skeet Shooting
  • Sports Medicine
  • Sports Promotion/Media
  • Swimming
  • Television Broadcasting
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Trap Shooting
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Water Skiing
  • Wrestling
  • Wrestling Official

Fast Facts

First Banquet: 1965
First Chairman: Richard Mayer
First Banquet Location: Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Number of Banquets: 20 through 2018
Total Inductees: 142
Female Inductees: 20
Male Inductees: 122
Largest Class: 18 in 1965
Most Inductees: Football (44)
2018 Chairman: Bruce Haselrig
2018 Master of Ceremonies: Tim Rigby
2018 Banquet Location: Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center

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  • Class of 2016 @CamCountySports late Gen. George B. Simler - Air Force Academy AD, Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. https://t.co/oCqfzdwVAl April 1, 2016 5:56 pm

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