What Are Our Alumni Doing Now?
Penn State Behrend Basketball Alumni Profiles
Click on the names below to read special comments on how Behrend helped prepare them for the future
Name | Class | Title | Company |
Thomas Apke | ‘66 | Attorney/Professor | Cal State Fullerton |
Joe Williams | '67 | National Accounts - Sales | UPS |
Barney Etzel | ‘67 | Vice President | Swinerton & Walberg Company/San Fransisco, CA |
William Cox | ‘68 | President/CEO | The Cox Group Inc./Detroit, MI |
Randy Lachowski | ‘68 | President/CEO(Retired) | KB Industries Inc./Erie, PA |
Dan Frye | ‘68 | Finance | Oil City, PA |
Duane May | ‘69 | Pharmacy Manager | Kroger/Houston, TX |
Ron Hornyak | ‘69 | Engineer | Parker Hanifan/Chicago, IL |
Doug Zimmerman | ‘70 | Asst. Director of Athletics(retired) | Gannon University/Erie, PA |
Mike Kauffman | ‘71 | Systems Engineer | Penn State University |
David Davies | ‘72 | Vice President of Finance | Maryland Insurance Group |
Gary Borowy | ‘73 | President/Owner | Borowy Insurance/Erie, PA |
Robert Olszewski | '74 | Health Planning & Administration | Retired |
William Cunningham | ‘76 | Erie County DA/Presiding Judge | Erie County District |
Ron Miller | ‘76 | Partner/Accountant | Boshini, Miller & Associates/Greensburg, PA |
Jeff Gillete | ‘76 | Engineer | PPG Industries/ Pittsburgh |
James Davis | ‘77 | Manager/Accountant | Erie Insurance Co/Erie, PA |
Mark Chesko | '78 | Plant Manager | Armstrong World Industries |
Jon Kennedy | '78 | Engineering Support Manager | Tampa Bay Water |
Pat Gahr | ‘79 | Phys Ed Teacher/Basketball Coach | Cedar Cliff High School/Harrisburg, PA |
David Kiehl | '79 | President/Owner | North East Hardwoods, Inc. |
Greg Vaughn | ‘81 | Web Designer | RS Information Systems/Mclean, VA |
Don Vaughn | ‘83 | Mechanical Engineer | U.S. Postal Service/Virginia |
Joseph Greer Sr. | ‘85 | District Sales Manager | Sankyo Pharma Inc./Pittsburgh, PA |
Paul Cwalina | '88 | SVP, National Accounts | First Data |
Makr Majewski | '88 | Sales Manager | Great Lakes Insurance |
John Sargent | ‘88 | MIS Coordinator | Hamot Medical Center/Erie, PA |
Gary Zang | '88 | President | DGS Landscaping |
David Gurska | ‘90 | Sr. Vice President | AIM Integrated Logisitics |
Randy Baughman | ‘91 | CFO | Kimble Chase |
Rick Clark | ‘92 | Manager of Finance & Accounting | Dubois Area School District/Dubois, PA |
Rich Buzalka | ‘92 | Engineer | Saint-Goblein Corp, Madera, PA |
Chris Viscuso | ‘92 | Asst. Men’s Basketball Coach | Gannon University |
Timothy Cook | '93 | Prevention Coordinator | Booker T. Washington Center/Erie, PA |
Stephen Respress | '93 | CNC Operator | Modern Industries Inc./Erie, PA |
Don Plyler | ‘94 | Teacher/Coach | Berwick Area School District/Berwick, PA |
Byron Thorne | ‘94 | Sales | Jostens Ring |
Steve Berger | '95 | Teacher | Pittsburgh, PA |
Todd Sturgin | ‘95 | Project Engineer | Luk Inc./Wooster, OH |
Eddie Edwards | ‘96 | Attorney/Partner Sports Agent | Sport Entertainment Management Group/Pittsburgh, PA |
Joe Kissane | ‘98 | Owner | Kissane Construction/Oakmont, PA |
Brian Emick | ‘99 | Vice Principal | North East Area School District |
Jason Paloskey | ‘99 | Sales Rep | VWR International/Batavia, IL |
Matt Plizga | ‘99 | Asst. Sports Information | Duke University |
Brock Bovaird | ‘99 | Guidance Counselor | Dubois Area Schools |
Chris Hughes | ‘00 | Asst. General Foreman | National Fuel Gas /St. Mary's, PA |
John Park | ‘00 | Mechanical Engineer | GE Transportation Systems/Erie, PA |
Nathan Wilson | ‘00 | Mechanical Engineer | GE Power Systems/Baton Rouge, LA |
Andy Lawrence | ‘00 | Mold Design Engineer | Sercel, Inc./Houston, TX |
Ashley Orris | ‘01 | Pharmaceutical Sales Rep | Sankyo Pharma Inc./Erie, PA |
Matt Keith | ‘02 | Partner | The Action Group USA/Miami, FL |
Steve Merril | '03 | Chiroprator | Atlanta, Georgia |
Joe Greer Jr. | '04 | District Sales Manager | Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. |
James Curren | ‘04 | Robotic Surgical Sales Director | Intuitive Surgical |
Casey Ponsoll | ‘04 | Lead Process Engineer | Matrix Tool Inc./Fairview, PA |
David Hairston | ‘04 | Engineering Project Manager | Niagara Bottling, LLC, Dallas, TX |
Mike Shodt | ‘04 | Computer Engineer | Erie, PA |
Nick Paris | ‘05 | Operations Manager | Ellwood Crankshaft/New Castle, PA |
Tom Lulich | ‘05 | Lead Quality Engineer | Thorley Industries/Pittsburgh, PA |
Joe Lucas | ‘05 | Accountant | Cincinnati/General Electric |
Rylan Marx | ‘05 | Financial Planner | Lincoln Investmensts/Pittsburgh |
Justin Jennings | '06 | Head Basketball Coach | USMA PREP School/ West Point |
JJ Ferguson | ‘06 | Vice President | Delta Contractors & Design Inc./Clarion, PA |
Kevin Buczynski | ‘08 | Medical Technology | US Air Force |
David Gahan | ‘08 | Head Basketball Coach | Mercyhurst North East |
Doug Straub | ‘08 | Teacher/Coach | Dubois Area |
Dan Zeigler | ‘08 | Teacher/Coach | Smethport Area School District |
Jacoby Curtis | '08 | Manager/Part Owner | Curtis and Son Oil |
Ben Gasbarre | ‘08 | Manufacturing Manager | Gasbarre Products/Dubois |
Drew Seker | ‘09 | Mechanical Engineer | Johns Hopkins University |
Tom Newman | ‘09 | Accountant/General Manager | Tetra Tool Company |
Adam Potter | ‘10 | Seminarian | Vatican City/ Rome |
Justin Kovac | ‘11 | Accountant | Ernst and Young /Pittsburgh, PA |
Dan Simpson | '12 | Assistant Project Manager | AMG Research |