INDUCTEE Jim Beierschmitt lettered in four sports at Mount Carmel. In his senior year he was elected co-captain of three teams – Football, Basketball, and Track. He was a member of Mount Carmel’s Penn Relay Team for three straight years ad was runner-up in the District Four 440 yard run and represented Mount Carmel in the State Meet at University Park. As a Quarterback of the Red Tornadoes in 1957 and 1058, Jim was noted for his fine and accurate passing, strong running ability and adept tackling on defense. He received numerous athletic scholarship offers his senior year but eventually chose the Manlius School in Syracuse, new York before going on to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point. At Manlius Jim played both Quarterback and Defensive Halfback. He was captain of what was to be The most successful football team in the school’s history. Jim threw touchdown passes in each game while leading Manlius to a 6-1 record. Their only loss was to the Army freshman team by a score of 15-14, the only points scored against Manlius during the entire season. During Jim’s senior year, he was starting defensive halfback for the Army eleven. He was selected co-captain for Army’s game with undefeated Penn State. He shut down PSU’s top receiver Don Caum, and helped Army win 10-7. He made key defensive pays and interceptions against Air Force and Pittsburgh. After graduating from West Point in 1964, he served two tours of duty in Vietnam. He was wounded twice and won the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman’s Badge. He served 23 years in the Army and retired in 1987 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He presently works for U.S. Petroleum Corporation in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has two sons; James, a junior at the Air Force Academy, and Michael, a high school senior.

SCHOLAR ATHLETE Marcus continues the fine tradition of outstanding scholar athletes honored by the Ed Romance Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He is a three-year letterman in football where he was an outstanding fullback and linebacker for the Tornadoes. He also lettered two years for the Tornado Baseball Team and was named the team’s most improved player last year. Marcus scored 1290 out of 1600 on the College Boards; and his 730 out of 800 in the Mathematics portion of the Scholastic Achievement test put him solidly among the Nation’s elite in that category. His grade point average at Mount Carmel high School is a perfect 4.0 never having gotten anything but an “A” in any subject. His total cumulative average is 97.31. He has accomplished this while taking the most difficult Science and Mathematics Course the school offers; including Advanced Placement (College Level) Calculus and Biology. Marcus has accepted an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and will report there on July 3, 1990. He follows his brother, Ron, to the Naval Academy. Ron is a 1988 graduate of the Academy. Marcus is the son of Elizabeth and Ronald Startzel of Strong, Pennsylvania. The Hall of Fame is proud to include Marcus on it’s list of Blue Ribbon Scholars.