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MEN’S SOCCER
Neil Stoddart (Central Bucks East) will be inducted in the 32nd Bloomsburg University Athletic Hall of Fame class. Stoddart, a 1999 graduate of Bloomsburg, was a four-year member of the men’s soccer team, leading the team to a record of 44-26-4. He led the team in scoring all four years, scoring double figure goals each year. He was named first team All-PSAC four times. As one of the most dominant offensive men’s soccer players in school history, he finished his career tied with Jim Mailey for most points with 158 and is second in goals with 62, one behind Mailey. Stoddart is also the school’s career leader in assists with 34. As a freshman, Stoddart scored 14 goals and had 12 assists, then scored 15 goals and had nine assists as a sophomore. In his junior year, he scored 14 times and had six assists, then capped his career with 19 goals and seven assists as a senior. In 1995, he was named second team Division II National Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Mid Atlantic Region. In 1996, he was voted the PSAC Men’s Soccer Athlete of the Year, first team Division II NSCAA All-Mid Atlantic, first team Sports Information Directors NCAA Division II All-Region and scored in seven consecutive games. In 1997, he earned first team Division II NSCAA All-Mid Atlantic and had four multiple goal games. In 1998, he had seven multiple goal games and was named first team All-PSAC.
Since graduating from Bloomsburg with a degree in Adult Health and Development, Stoddart played semiprofessional soccer for the Reading Rage of the United Soccer League (1999 Eastern Division Runner-up) while working on a master’s degree in Exercise Science from Bloomsburg. He later earned a second undergraduate degree in Nuclear Medicine from Thomas Jefferson University. Upon graduation, he worked as a Nuclear Medicine and PET Technologist for Penn State Hershey Medical Center for five years and was awarded with the Service Excellence Award as well as “Employee of the Quarter” for the medical center. He is now a Senior Project Manager working for ICON Medical Imaging, running the imaging aspects of clinical trials. Stoddart resides in Warrington with his wife and two children.
SOFTBALL
Karen Ball (Souderton) was one of 12 King’s College players named to the Middle Atlantic Conference All-Century Team. As part of the MAC 100 celebration, the Middle Atlantic Conference recognized top athletes from conference history, naming student-athletes to Century Teams in each sport from each era. Eras were delineated based on conference membership and sport sponsorship. Nominees were required to have been an ALL-MAC selection during their collegiate careers. Century Teams were selected from online fan vote combined with the MAC Sports Information Directors vote. As a sophomore at King’s, Ball earned second team all-conference honors and then earned first team all-conference recognition as a junior. As a senior, she rewrote the record books at Kings, earning first team all-conference, conference pitcher of the year, NCAA All-American and Academic All-American.
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