Poland Seminary High School announces 2015 Hall Of Fame Class

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Howard "Butch" Seidel.

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Christine Motareschi.

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Bob Richardson.

Poland Seminary High School announced that it will be inducting four new members to the Poland Athletic Hall of Fame this year. The induction ceremony will take place on Sept. 4 prior to the Poland against Niles football game. There will be also be a Hall of Fame tailgate party prior to the game. All former coaches and inductees are invited to attend. This year’s class includes:

Christine Notareschi (Class of 1994) — Notareschi was a two-sport athlete for the Poland Bulldogs from 1990-1994. She participated in both softball and basketball, earning honors for both.

In softball, Notareschi continued the strong Poland softball tradition with her dominating play on the diamond. A four-year letter winner, she held down the corner at third base for four consecutive seasons. She earned First Team All Conference honors in each of those four years. During her four years with the Lady Bulldogs, she dominated in almost every offensive category and led the team to four consecutive League Crowns. For her efforts, Notareschi earned All State Honors her senior year. She was also selected to the All Northeast Ohio team all four years in High School.

On the basketball court, Notareschi was a four-year letter winner and earned All Conference honors her senior year.

For her efforts on the softball field, Notareschi was awarded a full scholarship to attend Youngstown State University. At YSU, Notareschi was a two-time All Conference selection. She was named to the MCC All Tournament team in 1998 and was the team MVP in 1995, 1997 and 1998. She was inducted into the YSU Hall of Fame in 2012.

Holly (Naymick) Shuster (Class of 1994) — Holly Naymick continued the proud tradition of Poland softball with her dominating style of play. A four-year letter winner, Naymick ranked first in eight different offensive categories and in the top three in 12 categories for the Lady Bulldogs upon graduation. She still ranks first in runs scored (46), hits in a season (58) and career triples (17). She finished her career with .451 batting average including a .552 average her senior year.

Naymick was a two-time First Team All League selection in 1993 and 1994, was an all Northeast Ohio selection in 1994 and also All Ohio Third Team in 1994. The Lady Bulldogs were also League Champs in each of her four seasons.

Naymick earned a full scholarship to Miami University where she played softball for four years and was an Honor Athlete.

Howard “Butch” Seidel (Class of 1966) — Howard “Butch” Seidel was a two-sport athlete for the Poland Bulldogs from 1963-1966. He participated in both football and track and earned honors for both.

In football, Seidel was three-year starter at linebacker and guard. He was a First Team All Tri-County League selection in 1965 at guard. In 1964, he was a Second Team All Tri-County League selection, also at guard. During his career he earned the Poland Bulldog Blue Star Award (Player of the Week) six times. He was also crowned as Poland’s homecoming king in 1965.

In addition to his accomplishments on the gridiron, Seidel also ran track and excelled in both the half-mile and shot put. He earned four letters in track and the Poland track team won the Tri-County Meet in 1966.

For his efforts on the football field, Seidel earned a full scholarship to play football at Youngstown State University and lettered in 1967 and 1968.

Bob Richardson (Class of 1951) — Bob Richardson was a three-sport athlete for the Poland Bulldogs from 1947-1951. He participated in track, football and basketball.

In track, Richardson was a four-year letter winner. He was the State Pole Vault Champion in 1951, and the team was State Champion. During his career, Richardson was never beaten in the pole vault. He won the league and county meets, and set the district record of 11 feet 8 and æ at Salem.

In football, Richardson played running back and was a two-year letter winner. He was also a two-year letter winner in basketball.

Post high school, Richardson served in the United States Army. He has been recognized as one of the Mahoning Valley’s top bowlers and has four sanctioned 300 games to his name, including one at the age of 81.