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WYNCOTE, PENNSYLVANIA, RESIDENT DONNA SEYBOLD INDUCTED INTO MANHATTAN COLLEGE’S ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Donna Seybold, a resident of Wyncote, Pennsylvania, and a 1990 graduate of Manhattan College, was inducted into the College’s Alumni Society Athletic Hall of Fame on March 27.

Ms. Seybold, former head coach at Indiana State University and Loyola College, became the Most Valuable Player of the MAAC Tournament her senior year at Manhattan College as she competed with two broken toes.  Her desire to help her team, even while in pain, gave the Manhattan Jaspers their second NCAA bid in four years.

Ms. Seybold, who now works in sales for pharmaceuticals company Eli Lilly, began her Jasper career as part of the first-ever Lady Jasper MAAC Tournament Championship squad.  In the 1990 MAAC Tournament, she shot 61 percent and averaged 20.6 points per game.  She was named Metropolitan Collegiate Basketball Association Player of the Year and Player of the Year for the Al Carino Club of South Jersey.  She also was listed in “Who’s Who in Athletics in American Colleges and Universities.”

“Donna, you strengthened a fledgling Jasper program with your skill and generosity.  You shared your Jasper spirit with many young women who love the sport as you coached on the college level.  For helping to build a new Jasper tradition of winning women’s basketball, Manhattan College proudly welcomes you into its Athletic Hall of Fame,” according to a citation read at the ceremony.  The 25th annual ceremony was held at the College’s Smith Auditorium.

Manhattan College, which was founded in 1853, is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning that offers more than 40 major programs in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science. 

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