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Chelsea MullinsChelsea Mullins excelled in Cross Country both at Jim Thorpe High School where she graduated in 2001 and for 4 years at Moravian College where she finished in 2005. Her specialties during her eight year career were the 10,000 meters and 5,000 meters races.

In 40 out of 41 dual and tri-meets at Jim Thorpe, she finished in 1st place. In 2000 and 2001 she finished 1st in the Lions Invitational Meet sponsored by Moravian Academy In Bethlehem. In District XI competition, Chelsea finished 2nd in 1999 and 2000. Then in 2001, she won the championship in her event and became the first District XI Cross Country Champion in the history of Jim Thorpe. In the PIAA State Championship meets, she earned a medal in all three years of competition, finishing 21st in 1999, 17th in 2000 and 11th in her senior year of 2001. She established course records at Salisbury, Shamokin, Freeland M.M.I and Mauch Chunk Lake Park and was named MVP in Cross Country for her entire high school career at Jim Thorpe (1998,1999,2000 and 2001).

After graduation from Jim Thorpe, Chelsea began another successful career at Moravian College as she Joined their Cross Country Team. She was ALL-MAC in Cross

Country each of her four years there and was Co-MVP and Co-Captain of the team in her senior year of 2005. She was a member of the team that finished in 3rd place in the NCAA Div. III Championships and she Just missed going to the Nationals that year. After college, she began training for the marathon hoping that she might be able to qualify in the Olympic trials for that event. A heel injury prevented her from doing that so from 2005-2008 she joined the Northampton (Mass.) Cycling Club of Northampton, Massachusetts, competing in Sprint Triathlons which consist of swimming, cycling and running.

She is currently attending the University of Massachusetts in Amherst where she is working on her Masters Degree in Social Justice Education.

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Brian BallietBrian Balliet graduated from Jim Thorpe Area High School in 1995 and excelled in basketball his entire time at Jim Thorpe. During his career he earned 4 varsity basketball letters while scoring 1,286 points. This achievement earned him 3rd place on the All-Time Jim Thorpe career scoring list, following only Joe Rader (1,348) and Jeff Hydro (1,342). He averaged 20 plus points per game during his junior and senior seasons, scoring 484 points in 1994 (his junior year) and 549 in 1995 (his senior season). He was the team’s MVP in both his Junior and senior seasons.

His signature performance happened in his senior year when he scored 55 points against Williams Valley. This shattered the previous single game scoring record held for 36 years by Billy Bechtold who scored 47 points against Lansford in 1959. In this game, he scored 12 3-point goals and was a perfect 9 for 9 from the foul line. For this outstanding performance, he received mention in the nationally circulated USA Today daily newspaper.

Looking back on his career, Brian finished with 160 3-point goals which at that time was the record in the Times News Area. As a senior, he shot 83% from the foul line and became the 10th player in Jim Thorpe history to be included on the 1,000 point career scoring list. He reached that mark scoring 22 points against Schuylkill Haven in a 54-40 victory by Jim Thorpe. He was recognized several times as WNEP 16 sports star of the week, the Morning Call athlete of the week and the Eyewatch News 13 male athlete of the week. He capped off his star studded career by being voted to the Times-News “All First Team” in both 1994 and 1995.

Brian is currently employed as a Union Carpenter and resides in Jim Thorpe with his fiance, Rachelle Reinart, his step-daughter, Kaylee and his newborn daughter, Brielle.

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Peter WernettPeter Wernett is a 1956 graduate of Jim Thorpe Area High School. He lettered in both baseball and football and was a member of the first football team in Jim Thorpe history. On April 28,1955, Wernett had the distinction of pitching the first no-hitter in school history against White Haven in a 14-0 victory for the Olympians. Ten days earlier, he pitched a one hitter against Ringtown and in May of that year pitched a two-hitter again over White Haven while striking out 10 batters. During the 1956 season he was the leading hitter on the team with at .545 batting average.

In 1956 he was named to the Tri County American Legion Junior Baseball League All-Star Team. He was then invited to and attended Baseball camps by the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates.

He also played tackle on the first football team at Jim Thorpe and was selected to the Panther Valley All-Star team.

During his senior year (1956) he was the recipient of the Babe Ruth Award for sportsmanship. Also during his senior year he was selected by the student body and faculty to represent Jim Thorpe High School as a page to the Hon. Francis E. Walters in the United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC. for the month of March.

He attended Norwich University and received a B.S. in Business Administration in 1960. He went on to attend Moravian Theological Seminary in 1967 and 1968 and received his Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1970. Peter is a retired ordained United Methodist Minister and currently is an owner of a Demographic Information Company, MissionInsite, LLC in Irvine, CA.

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The 1992 Jim Thorpe Area High SchoolGirls Championship Softball Team

The 1992 Girls Softball Team made history at Jim Thorpe by becoming the first and only championship girl’s softball team in the history of the school. Playing in the Schuylkill League’s II North Division, they garnered a record of 13-1 over the season and won their division. They also won the school’s first ever District #11 playoff game with a 4-2 victory over Cardinal Brennan. Their season ended in a nine inning 6-5 loss to Northwestern which brought their final record to 15 wins and 4 losses. No girls softball team before or after has had the kind of success on the field as this 1992 championship team.

Seven players were selected to the Schuylkill League Coaches’ All-Star Team. Tammy Mullen, Leslie Serfass and Kristin Heiser were selected to the First Team and Bobi Jo Lienhard, Marcia King, Jennifer Karper and Mary Gillespie were named to the Second Team. The Coaches also selected Ray Heiser as the 1992 Coach of the Year. The team defeated arch-rivals, Panther Valley and Marian, twice during the regular season and had a team batting average of .344 and stole 190 bases during the season, a remarkable 10 stolen bases per game. The leading hitters were: Kristen Heiser .425, Leslie Serfass .418, Bobi Jo Lienhard .360, Tammy Mullen .341, Mary Gillespie .333, Jennifer Karper .318 and Marcia King .302. Two members of the team also pitched no hit games during the season, Bobi Jo Lienhard and Jennifer Skelly.

The coaches were: Head Coach, Ray Heiser and assistants, Lori Leinhard and Tom Skelly. The team managers were Ian Heiser and Wendy Highland. The members of the championship team were: Bobi Jo Lienhard, Leslie Serfass, Jennifer Skelly, Jennifer Karper, Mary Gillespie, Kristen Heiser, Vicky Schafer, Tammy Mullen, Debbie Doll, Amy Zovak, Jolene Livengood, Rhonda Lazorick, Melissa Marzen, Marcia King, Jolene Haman, Hope Ferguson, Jenny Beers, Kerri Hartman, Jessy Schoch and Michelle Bianculli.