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Honoring the great athletes from Cambria County.

Leah Hollis

Volleyball, Class of 2014

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Leah Hollis, 1987 Rutgers University women’s volleyball.
Leah Hollis
Leah Hollis makes a play for state champion Richland High School volleyball team.
Leah Hollis
Leah Hollis, Rutgers women’s volleyball.

Leah Hollis ready to serve for Rutgers University.
Leah Hollis, foreground, prepares for a volley while playing for Rutgers University.

Accomplishments

  • Played on two Richland High School girls volleyball state championship squads under coach Linda Renzi, who is a member of the Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame.
  • Earned a NCAA Division I scholarship to Rutgers University, where she started in all 106 of her team’s games during her freshman season.
  • Had 37 solo blocks, fifth best all-time on Rutgers’ career list.
  • Recognized as a scholar athlete by Collegian Magazine and featured in Black Collegian Magazine.
  • Named as an academic advisor and served as a liaison to University of Pittsburgh athletic department in 1992.
  • Became the assistant director of student athlete support services at Northeastern University in Boston in 1994.
  • Was an NCAA Peer Reviewer in 1997-98.
  • Served on the executive board of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletes.
  • Led a team that rewrote the organization’s national handbook.
  • A presidential appointment to the Director of Academic Support Services for Student Athletes at Rutgers in 2001.
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Classes

  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1969
  • 1971
  • 1973
  • 1975
  • 1978
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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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