SPORTS WALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2008


Drew Eckman	Pat Owens McCardell
Class of 2003	Class of 1960
Drew graduated in 2003 earning varsity letters in cross-country and indoor and outdoor track and field. He was a two-time qualifier for the state meet in the 400 meters in both indoor and outdoor track. In his senior year he won the state championship at the indoor state meet in the 400 and broke the record for that event. He also took third in the 200 meters and second in the Nike All-American Tournament in the 400 meters. Outdoors, he was the state champion in the 400 meters. He set school records in the 300-meter hurdles and the 200 and 400 meters. He was named an indoor and outdoor high school All-American. He went on to Villanova University where he was Big East champion six times, serving as team capain and earning Aeropostale Big East Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2006-07.	Pat graduated in 1960 and was a two-sport varsity player for three years in field hockey and basketball. In her senior year she was selected as Outstanding Senior Athlete and was also voted by her classmates as the Outstanding Female Athlete of the Class of 1960. In basketball she was a leading scorer in her junior and senior years. In field hockey she was a starter for three years and a big part of the league championship team in her junior year.


Palmer "Peck" Watkins
Class of 1946

Palmer graduated in 1946 and earned three varsity letters. He was a two-sport athlete in basketball and soccer. In 1945 he was the goalie on the co-champion soccer team sharing the championship with Kennett Square. He was captain of the co-champion basketball team in 1946, sharing the championship again with Kennett. He went on to Gettysburg College where he was a soccer goalie. He was selected first team All Mid-Atlantic Conference in his senior year.


Josh Weitzel	John Peter Wolf, Jr.
Class of 2003	Class of 1966
Josh graduated in 2003 after earning 150 wins in wrestling. He was a three-year team captain and four-time sectional champion in his weight class. He was also a three-year district champion and finished second in the state championship during his junior and senior years. He went on to the University of Michigan and then to the University of Oklahoma, where he was a national qualifier in his weight class. He earned numerous Big 12 Conference honors and was twice a Big 12 All-Academic Team honoree.	John graduated in 1966, earning the best athlete distinction in his senior year. While in high school he took second in the 100-yard dash at States. He went on to Lincoln University where he set records in the 100-yard dash and the 220 in his junior and senior years, and also anchored the half-mile and mile relays.