Below is the press release from ESU....
EAST STROUDSBURG - East Stroudsburg University will induct eight individuals and one team as the 39th class to enter the Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 15 as part of Homecoming Weekend activities.
Individuals selected for induction are Frank Miriello '67 (football), Mike Seip '79 (swimming), Curtis Bunch '91 (football), James Franklin '95 (football), Ed Urie '95 (basketball), Rachel Miller Smith '02 (field hockey), Justina Woolf Kubat '02 (soccer) and Barry Krammes '04 (track & field), along with the 2000 men's soccer team which reached the NCAA Division II semifinals. Urie will be inducted posthumously.
The Hall of Fame class will be inducted in a ceremony in the Keystone Room. The day will begin with a brunch at 9 a.m., preceded by registration at 8:30 a.m. The inductees will also be recognized during halftime of the Warriors' home football game vs. Kutztown, which kicks off at 7:05 p.m. and will be televised as the NCAA Division II game of the week by the American Sports Network.
Recognition will also be held for selected individual inductees at ESU's women's and men's soccer games vs. Seton Hill (12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.) and field hockey vs. Seton Hill (1 p.m.).
Tickets for the brunch, induction ceremony and football game are $45 for adults and $15 for children 12 and under and can be obtained through ESU's athletics website, esuwarriors.com.
James Franklin '95
Franklin, a Harlon Hill candidate at quarterback for the Warriors as a senior in 1994, enters his third season as head football coach at Penn State this fall. He was a two-time All-PSAC East selection for ESU and head coach Denny Douds, graduating having broken or tied 23 school records in two seasons as a starter. He set single-season records for passing yards (2,586), total offense (3,128) and touchdown passes (19) in 1994, when he was a candidate for Division II's player of the year award.
Franklin was named the 16th head coach in Penn State's storied history in January 2014 and has guided the Nittany Lions to consecutive bowl appearances in his first two seasons. Including three seasons at Vanderbilt (2011-13), Franklin has a career record of 38-27 and has directed all five of his teams to bowl games, including victories in three of the last four years.
He was among five national finalists for the Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year award in 2012 and has secured Top 25 recruiting classes in each of the last four seasons, including back-to-back Top 20 classes at Penn State. The 2015 Nittany Lions had five players selected in the NFL Draft, and returning sophomore running back Saquon Barkley was named the Big Ten Network's Freshman of the Year.
