Pitt postpones 2020 Hall of Fame induction ceremony until next year
Concerns related to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic have compelled Pitt officials to postpone induction of the 13-member Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame 2020 class until 2021, the university announced Monday.
The induction ceremony was scheduled for Friday at Heinz Field.
Members of the class, the third since the Hall of Fame was established in 2018, include football players Craig “Ironhead” Heyward and Bob Peck (both posthumous) and Curtis Martin, football coaches Pop Warner (posthumous) and Jackie Sherrill, gymnast and coach Donna DeMarino Sanft, basketball players Brandin Knight and Jennifer Bruce, track athletes Arnie Sowell and Chantee Earl, baseball player Ken Macha, volleyball player Ann Marie Lucanie and wrestler Pat Santoro.
Jerry DiPaola is a TribLive reporter covering Pitt athletics since 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he joined the Trib in 1993, first as a copy editor and page designer in the sports department and later as the Pittsburgh Steelers reporter from 1994-2004. He can be reached at jdipaola@triblive.com.
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