Post by fjs64 on Sept 23, 2005 17:18:22 GMT -5
From the OTH.
THIS IS a big weekend for Paul Hoffman, the former star guard at St. Bonaventure and more recently a multi-sport coach first at Belmont Central School and later at Genesee Valley.
On Sunday, Hoffman will be inducted into the Hazelton (Pa.) Area Sports Hall of Fame.
He’s well-known to Bonnie fans as a member of the 1970 Final Four team and the 1971 NIT club.
But even though he ranks 29th on Bona’s all-time scoring list (1,103 points, 14 ppg.), he’s still best-known around Hazelton as the high-scoring guard from St. Gabriel’s who played for Digger Phelps his sophomore year and led that team to the Pennsylvania state Catholic Class C title, the first of two straight.
As a senior, Hoffman averaged 27 points a game and scored a local record of 57 points in a game against Jim Thorpe.
He finished his career with a Hazelton area-record 2,209 points, nearly 22 a game over his 101-game, four-year varsity career.
Hoffman was named first team all-state by both Associated Press and United Press International as a senior.
Now retired after 30 years as a seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher, Hoffman, during his career, coached boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys’ soccer, girls volleyball and softball.
He was named Coach of the Year for girls’ basketball in 1995 (18-5, Belmont lost in Section 5 Class D title game) and Big 30 Coach of the Year a season later (19-5, as Belmont won the Class DD crown).
THIS IS a big weekend for Paul Hoffman, the former star guard at St. Bonaventure and more recently a multi-sport coach first at Belmont Central School and later at Genesee Valley.
On Sunday, Hoffman will be inducted into the Hazelton (Pa.) Area Sports Hall of Fame.
He’s well-known to Bonnie fans as a member of the 1970 Final Four team and the 1971 NIT club.
But even though he ranks 29th on Bona’s all-time scoring list (1,103 points, 14 ppg.), he’s still best-known around Hazelton as the high-scoring guard from St. Gabriel’s who played for Digger Phelps his sophomore year and led that team to the Pennsylvania state Catholic Class C title, the first of two straight.
As a senior, Hoffman averaged 27 points a game and scored a local record of 57 points in a game against Jim Thorpe.
He finished his career with a Hazelton area-record 2,209 points, nearly 22 a game over his 101-game, four-year varsity career.
Hoffman was named first team all-state by both Associated Press and United Press International as a senior.
Now retired after 30 years as a seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher, Hoffman, during his career, coached boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys’ soccer, girls volleyball and softball.
He was named Coach of the Year for girls’ basketball in 1995 (18-5, Belmont lost in Section 5 Class D title game) and Big 30 Coach of the Year a season later (19-5, as Belmont won the Class DD crown).
