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LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Slippery Rock University landed eight former student-athletes on the "75 Greatest Male Athletes" list released by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Wednesday in celebration of its 75th anniversary.
 
The PSAC will release lists of 75 honorees each Wednesday in the month of September as a kickoff to celebrating the 75th year of the conference. The first list, announced Sept. 3, was the "Made in the PSAC" list, which celebrated 75 former student-athletes that went on to influential careers.
 
The second list announced Sept. 10 was the "75 Greatest Female Athletes," which highlighted 75 female student-athletes that achieved greatness in competition during their time in the PSAC.
 
This week's list is the "75 Greatest Male Athletes," which highlights 75 male student-athletes that achieved greatness in competition during their time in the PSAC.
 
The final list to be announced Sept. 24 will be "75 Distinguished Keystones," which will recognize individuals who have been historically influential in the PSAC, whether it be staff, administrators or coaches.
 
The Rock are represented on the Greatest Male Athletes list by eight of the best athletes in Slippery Rock history, including an Olympic medalist and multiple athletes that played professionally at the highest levels of their sport.
 
The group includes football players Brandon Fusco, Marcus Martin, Randy McKavish and Roland Rivers III, basketball player Myron Brown, baseball player Matt Adams, track & field sprinter George Crunkleton and wrestler Stan Dziedzic.
 
Brief bios for each of The Rock's honorees can be found below.
 
MATT ADAMS
• Sport: Baseball
• Years at SRU: 2007-09
• Accomplishments: Adams was the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year in 2009 and finished his SRU career as a three-time All-American and a three-time first team All-PSAC honoree. He still holds program records for batting average (.454), slugging percentage (.746) and on-base percentage (.525) while ranking in the top 10 at SRU in every major hitting category. Adams was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2009 MLB Draft and went on to play 856 career games at the Major League level. He earned a World Series ring as a member of the Washington Nationals in 2019. Adams retired from his playing career following the 2024 season and was hired in 2025 as a coach in the San Diego Padres organization. He spent the 2025 season as a bench coach with the AAA affiliate of the Padres.
 
MYRON BROWN
• Sport: Basketball
• Years at SRU: 1987-91
• Accomplishments: Brown is the best basketball player in the history of the PSAC and one of the best basketball players in NCAA Division II history. He still owns the PSAC and SRU all-time scoring records after he tallied 2,619 points during his SRU career, averaging 22.6 points per game. He also owns SRU records for made field goals (887), made free throws (638) and minutes played (3,885). Brown led SRU to two NCAA Tournament berths and was a four-time All-American and four-time All-PSAC honoree. He was drafted in the second round of the 1991 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves and to this day he is still the highest draft pick from a Division II program in the modern era of the NBA.
 
GEORGE CRUNKLETON
• Sport: Track & Field
• Years at SRU: 1978-79
• Accomplishments: Crunkleton led the 1979 Slippery Rock men's outdoor track & field team to the NCAA Division III national title when he won three events at the national meet, including the clinching points with a win in the 200-meter dash. That team title remains as the only NCAA team national title in Slippery Rock University history. He won the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash titles at the national meet and ran the anchor leg of the winning 4x100-meter relay. Crunkleton also won a pair of PSAC titles in the sprints and led SRU to the conference title as well.
 
STAN DZIEDZIC
• Sport: Wrestling
• Years at SRU: 1969-72
• Accomplishments: Dziedzic is the best wrestler in Slippery Rock program history and was one of the best wrestlers in the world in the 1970s. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympic Games and climbed to the top step of the podium as a gold medalist at the 1977 World Championships. During his tenure at SRU, he was nearly unbeatable, posting a 116-2 overall record with his only losses coming to 1970 national champion Mike Grant of Oklahoma and 1972 national champion Carl Adams of Iowa State. Dziedzic was a three-time NCAA College Division national champion and won the 1971 NCAA Division I national title. He also won three PSAC titles. He went on to a storied coaching and administrative career in the sport that included stints at Michigan State and with the Amateur Athletic Union before he served as manager of the 1984 Olympic freestyle team and as VP of the Coaches Commission of the International Wrestling Federation. Dziedzic was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1996 and he has served multiple terms as an elected member of the United World Wrestling Bureau, the governing council for international amateur wrestling.
 
BRANDON FUSCO
• Sport: Football
• Years at SRU: 2007-10
• Accomplishments: Fusco was the NCAA Division II Lineman of the Year in 2010 and was a two-time All-American at the center position on the offensive line. He was selected to play in the Senior Bowl following the 2010 season and went on to be drafted in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. He played eight seasons as a starting guard in the NFL with his most productive years coming with the Vikings. Fusco started every game during Adrian Peterson's 2,097-yard rushing season in 2012 and he was ranked as the sixth-best guard in the NFL that year by Pro Football Focus. He also started with the San Francisco 49ers and the Atlanta Falcons during his NFL tenure. Fusco is the longest tenured NFL player in SRU program history.
 
MARCUS MARTIN
• Sport: Football
• Years at SRU: 2014-17
• Accomplishments: Martin is statistically the best defensive lineman in NCAA history and ranks as the best defensive player in Slippery Rock program history. He broke the NCAA Division II records for career sacks (56.0) and tackles for loss (92.5) and his 56.0 career sacks still rank as the most in NCAA football history by a player from any level. Martin is the only defensive player in PSAC history to earn four major awards during his career as he was named the PSAC West Defensive Player of the Year three times and was the Rookie of the Year his freshman year. Martin was a four-time All-American, a three-time Academic All-American, was the Division II Lineman of the Year and the National Defensive Player of the Year in 2017. He was also a national finalist for the William Campbell trophy, the nation's top scholar-athlete prize. Martin signed with the Los Angeles Rams after graduating from SRU and was on the Rams' practice squad during the 2018 season.
 
RANDY McKAVISH
• Sports: Football and Basketball
• Years at SRU: 1996-00
• Accomplishments: McKavish changed the way the QB position was played at the Division II level as a dynamic dual-threat player that could run it as well as he threw it. He led Slippery Rock on what was the most dominant run in program history in the late 1990s as The Rock reached as high as a No. 2 national ranking and made their first appearance ever in the national semifinals. McKavish is one of just two offensive players in PSAC history to be named as a PSAC Player of the Year three times and he closed his career as a four-time All-PSAC selection and as a two-time All-American. A Harlon Hill Trophy finalist in 2000, McKavish still owns the SRU program record for career passing yards (7,634) while ranking second in completions (523), third in passing TDs (59) and 15th in rushing yards (2,069). He led SRU to a 41-9 overall record with four PSAC West titles and three NCAA Tournament appearances as the starting QB. McKavish also played basketball for four years at SRU and averaged 8.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 2.6 assists per game. He tallied 55 assists and 50 steals on the PSAC runner-up team in 1999-00.
 
ROLAND RIVERS III
• Sport: Football
• Years at SRU: 2018-19
• Accomplishments: Rivers is the only player in Slippery Rock program history to win the Harlon Hill Trophy as the Division II Player of the Year. He was a consensus All-American and was named the National Offensive Player of the Year in 2019 after leading The Rock to a program record 13 wins and a trip to the national semifinals. Despite playing just two seasons at SRU, Rivers broke the program record for passing touchdowns (80) and he ranks third at SRU in completions (520) and passing yards (7,181). He led The Rock to 23 wins as a starting quarterback and put together one of the finest seasons in NCAA Division II history in 2019 when he threw for 4,460 yards with 52 touchdowns and just seven interceptions while also rushing for 700 yards and nine touchdowns. His 370 points responsible for were a single-season Division II record at the time. Rivers went on to play professionally in the USFL and was the starting quarterback for the Pittsburgh Maulers.
 
 
 


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