Alfred State Announces 2022 Hall of Fame Class
The Alfred State athletic department is excited to announce the 2022 Hall of Fame Class.
The 2022 Hall of Fame Class inductees are:
Gina Boyd- Women's Basketball Coach and Assistant Athletic Director
Richard A. Harris- Men's Track and Field
Codera Jackson- Football
Jason Lockner- Men's Lacrosse and Soccer Coach
Tyree Parker- Football
Patrick "Ice" Smart-El- Men's Basketball
Haley Witchella- Women's Basketball
The 2014-15 Women's Basketball Team
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Boyd was the women's basketball coach for 31 years and recorded 425 victories. She also served as the assistant Athletic Director.
Boyd came to Alfred State in the early 1990s and was named Coach of the Year six times. She was the recipient of the William Havens Award three times and has been included in the Who's Who Among America's Teachers twice.
She coached four NJCAA All-Americans, three USCAA All-Americans, and countless athletes have earned All-Conference athletic and academic honors during her time leading the basketball program. During the transition to the NCAA, Boyd led the Pioneers to two USCAA National Championship tournament appearances. She finishes her basketball coaching career with a .557 winning percentage (425-338 overall record).
On top of coaching basketball, Boyd was instrumental in many other athletic department activities. Served as assistant athletic director, coordinator of physical education, taught physical education class, and served as the director of the Summer Sports Festival. She has also mentored countless younger members of the athletic department staff.
Previous duties within the department included serving as the softball coach (led the 1994 team to the NJCAA World Series), serving as the college's first Senior Woman Administrator, and overseeing the Learn to Swim Program.
Harris is a decorated two-year member of the track and field team from 2000-02.
He is a two-time NJCAA All-American in the 110 hurdles and 4x100 relay in 2001 and a two-time NJCAA All-American in the 110 hurdles in 2002.
He was part of the 2001 NJCAA National Championship team in outdoor and also a member of the 2002 indoor team that finished 16th in the Nation. His teams won the indoor regionals both years.
He garnered multiple All-Region selections and finished third at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships in 2002.
He holds the All-Time record for the 60-meter hurdles for indoor track and is in the outdoor record book as tied for first in the 110 hurdles.
After Alfred State he went on to Buffalo State and won the NCAA DIII National Title in the 110 hurdles.
Jackson was a member of the football team from 2003-04 and coached the defensive backs at Alfred State for one season. In 2003 he had 38 tackles, 11 pass break-ups, one interception, and two forced fumbles. In 2004 he was the team's Defensive MVP and first team All-NEFC. In 2004 he received NJCAA All-American honors after recording 33 tackles, 20 pass break-ups and seven interceptions that season.
After Alfred State, he went to Youngstown State and was a NCAA DIAA All-American and was inducted into Youngstown State Hall of Fame. He went on to play arena football for the Rockford Raptors in Rockford Illinois.
Lockner guided the Pioneers to a 75-40 overall record in his nine seasons at the helm. In each of his last seven seasons, Alfred State was nationally ranked among the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) teams and were ranked as high as No. 4 in the country. Between 2000 and 2005, the Pioneers posted at least 10 wins per season. In 2001 Lockner was named NJCAA Region III and National Coach of the Year. He coached eight All- Americans and more than 20 All-Region III and Academic All-Americans during his tenure. He also coached soccer during his time at Alfred State.
Parker was a member of the football team from 1995-96. He was a two-year defensive captain for the football team. In 1995 he recorded 81 tackles which ranked him second on the team. He picked off two passes during the 1995 season as well. In 1996 he recorded 75 tackles and one interception. He was Co-MVP with Alfred State Hall of Famer LeRoy Collins in 1996.
Smart-El was a member of the men's basketball team from 1986-88. He is the All-Time leading scorer at Alfred State with 1,434 points. He averaged 24.3 points per game during the 1987-88 season and scored 657 total points which is the fourth most All-Time. During the 1986-87 season he averaged 29.4 points per game and scored 782 total points which is the most All-Time. He passed out 327 assists during his career. He was first team All Penn-York and second team All-Region as a freshman, He was named team MVP, Freshmen Male Athlete of the Year and Senior Male Athlete of the Year.
Witchella was a significant part of the women's basketball program from 2011-2015. In her three seasons as a Pioneer, she played in 73 games and left quite the mark in the history books.
She leads the program in points (1331), rebounds (988), rebounding average (14.7), defensive rebounds (692), offensive rebounds (405), defensive rebounds per average (9.5), offensive rebound average (5.55), field goals made (531), field goals attempted (1197), free throws made (259), free throws attempted (442), blocks (247), steals (169) and games started (72).
She is second in blocks per game (3.4), third in scoring average (17.8) and steals per game (2.3), fourth in field goal percentage (.440) and minutes (1738), fifth in games played (73) and eighth in assists (88) and minutes per game (29.8).
Witchella is also in the history books for individual game records. She leads the program in rebounds (31, at IWCW; 3/4/2015), free throws made (13, at SUNY Canton; 1/31/2015) and free throws attempted (16, twice). She is also in the Top-10 for most points (29), field goals made (13), field goals attempted (26), free throw percentage (.813), steals (5) and blocked shots (7).
After her performance in 2014-15 she tops the record books in single season points (538), scoring average (20.7), free throws made (119),free throws attempted (186), rebounds (381), rebounding average (14.7), defensive rebounds (229), defensive rebound average (8.8), offensive rebounds (152), offensive rebound average (5.8), steals (74), games played (26), is second in field goals made (209) field goal attempts (433), steals average (2.8), is third in field goal percentage (.483), blocked shots (68), blocked shots average (2.6).
Witchella is the second Lady Pioneer to earn All-American honors from the USCAA. She was named first team USCAA All-American and named to the all-tournament team at the National Championships in 2014-15.
2014-15 Women's Basketball team
This teams overall record was 19-7 and recorded 66 points per game, 56.3 rebounds per game and 16 assists per game. This team was special in regards to they had to play and beat many scholarship schools because we were independent (without a conference) to get to post season play. They did just that and not only made it to post season, but they also knocked off the number two seed and made it to the semifinals.
The 2022 Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 18th. To register for the Hall of Fame click here.