Former Emporia State professor Dr. Clinton Longacre will receive special honors from the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department this week.
Longacre’s name will be added to a plaque honoring HPER faculty who have served the department for 20 years or more as part of a special ceremony at 1:30 pm Friday in front of the HPER Building. Longacre was part of the department for 22 years.
That ceremony precedes formal recognitions of the HPER Hall of Honor classes of 2020 and 2023, which will take place at 2 pm in HPER Building Gym D. The Class of 2020 was named, but there was no official ceremony because of COVID, and there were no inductees named in 2021 or 2022 because of the pandemic.
The Class of 2020 includes:
*Ross Bjork (BSE 1995)
*Steven Costanzo (MS 2009)
*Matt Howe (BS 2004, MS 2006)
*Ryan Martin (BS 2005, MS 2007)
*Twila Wollenberg (BSE 1988)
The Class of 2023 includes:
*Craig Barnes (BS 2011)
*Sarah Jo Gardner (BSE,2009, MS 2013)
*Sarah Gietscheir-Hartman (MS 2010)
*Matt Marasco (BS 2008)
*Jesse Nelson (BSE 1974, MS 1984)
*Honorary: Vicki Worrell
The HPER Hall of Honor recognizes graduates who have become prominent in their chosen career or who have contributed to ESU by serving the department.
