Mary Jo Hromchak

Category

At Meyers High School, Mary Jo earned 12 varsity letters in field hockey, basketball, softball and volleyball, a first for any female athlete there. She won MVP awards in field hockey, basketball and volleyball, was All-Scholastic and All-Star in basketball. She was a league Top Ten Scoring Leader, female athlete of the year 1976 and received the Beatrice Rosenthal Outstanding Female Athlete Award. At Wilkes College, she earned 11 varsity letters in field hockey, basketball and softball, a record for any female athlete. The field hockey teams won 4 consecutive NE PA Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Association conference titles and 2 Mid-Atlantic Conference Northern Division titles. She was selected second team MAC, first team NPWIAA All-Star, third team Susquehanna Field Hockey Association team, and Wilkes representative at the Mid-East Tournament. She ranked 5^th in Division III assists nationally. A basketball All-Star, she held the record in assists for over 10 years, the record broken while she was head coach. She ranked among the Top Ten all-time scoring leaders and named MVP Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. She was selected freshman Beacon Athlete of the Year; Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year twice and inducted into Wilkes University’s Hall of Fame in 1994. She coached field hockey at Wilkes, retiring after 22 years and winning 6 MAC Freedom league championships; 4 ECAC finals; 3 ECAC championships; 1 NCAA appearance; 1 Overall MAC title. She coached basketball and lacrosse at Wilkes, softball at Meyers and both sports in the Keystone State Games. She is now a coaching assistant in the Dallas Area School District in the Girl’s Varsity Basketball Program, winning the PIAA District 2 title in 2003. Mary Jo and her husband Michael reside in Wilkes-Barre with their two sons, Michael and Matthew.