Pocono Mountain West Athletic Hall of Fame

Nomination Information

Outstanding athletes, coaches and special, involved individuals are an inspiration and a source of pride to youngsters, students and adults throughout the school district and community.  

In 2024, the Pocono Mountain West All-Sports Booster Club initiated the Pocono Mountain Panther Athletic Hall of Fame to recognize those truly outstanding individuals who are deserving of being selected in the Pocono Mountain West Athletic Hall of Fame based upon their achievements in athletics, coaching or support of PM Panther athletics.

Selections to the Pocono Mountain Panther Athletic Hall of Fame depend upon accurate and complete information provided by friends, family members or even the nominee themselves.  Newspaper files, family scrapbooks and written personal anecdotes should be supplied so that the committee members, who may not personally recall the nominee, can make appropriate selections.   Please refer to the Hall of Fame eligibility criteria below for a student athlete, coach or other individual from Pocono Mountain West High School.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Your nomination is subject to review and is not necessarily a guarantee that the nominee will be put into the pool of nominees for consideration for the Hall of Fame.
• Your nominee must be willing to accept the Hall of Fame nomination, and, if voted in, be willing to be inducted into the Hall of Fame and make every effort to attend and participate in the Hall of Fame events/ceremony.
• You and the nominee will be notified once the nomination paperwork is deemed acceptable and complete.
• Once the nominee is accepted and approved to be in the pool of nominees, there is no time frame for when, or if, he or she will be selected into the actual Hall of Fame.
• The nominee will remain in the pool of nominees indefinitely for consideration to be selected into the Hall of Fame until they are voted into the Hall of Fame or the Pocono Mountain School District determines they be removed.
• All nominations for the current year are due by October 31st.
• Voting by the Hall of Fame committee for the current year’s Hall of Fame inductees takes place in late fall.
• The Hall of Fame committee will only contact the “voted in” nominees (current year’s inductees).  This would take place in approximately the beginning of November.
• The current year’s Hall of Fame event will take place during the winter season 
• Timeline subject to change depending upon inductees/team nominations.

If there are any questions prior to submitting the nomination form, please email them to:

PMWPantherHOF@gmail.com

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POCONO MOUNTAIN PANTHER ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

 Nomination Criteria

Student Athlete:

1. Must have graduated as a student athlete from Pocono Mountain West High School as a Panther.
2. Must have graduated at least eight years prior to the nomination.
3. Must have participated in athletics at Pocono Mountain West.
4. Must not have left the school for any reason which would be detrimental to the image of the Pocono Mountain School District.
5. Must have participated as a District 11 finalist (team or individual) or…
6. Must have participated as a league champion (team or individual) or…
7. Must have been chosen as an All-State, All-Conference, All-League and/or All-Area selection by the state, league or conference and/or a recognized press service or an equivalent or  . . .
8. Must have excelled in an individual/team sport or hold records for that particular sport

Coach:

1. Must have been a coach of a recognized interscholastic sport since the formation of the Pocono Mountain School District as a "Panther".
2. Must not have left the school for any reason which would be detrimental to the image of the Pocono Mountain School District.
3. Must have participated as a District 11 finalist Coach or…
4. Must have participated as a league champion Coach or…
5. Must have been chosen as an All-Conference Coach or an All-County selection by a recognized press service or an equivalent.
6. Preferably coached the same sport for more than one full season; must have demonstrated an unusually high degree of success relative to the same.
7. Must have coached in a program that was successful. Success is not necessarily measured by wins and losses, but by the degree of respect created by the coach as deemed by the athletes and colleagues who were involved in the coach's career.
8. Must be retired from coaching for at least 2 years 

Any other individual - Service Award:

1. Someone who made a major impact/contribution or demonstrated a strong and/or unique interest to promote and/or support Pocono Mountain Panther Athletics and the school district as a whole.

Alumni Award

1.  Must have been a Male or Female West athlete and had an outstanding collegiate or professional career.
2. Consider professional, Olympic, Collegiate (D1, DII and DIII) in descending order along with awards at each level.  

Team Nomination

1.  Played a minimum of 8 years prior to nomination.
2.  One team inducted per year maximum
3.  Significant contribution to West Athletics
4. Team participated in a league, district or state level competition.

**All nomination requirements are subject to committee’s approval.

Nomination Form

Please click on the link below to submit your Hall of Fame Nominee:

Pocono Mountain West Hall of Fame Nomination Form