DeSales University Athletics

Honors/Accomplishments
·     MAC Cross Country Championship (2016).
·     Qualified team for NCAA Division III Cross Country National Championships (2016).
·     Top 3 finishes at MAC Championships 10 times.
·     Top 10 finishes at NCAA Division III Mideast/Metro Regional Championships 11 times.
·     MAC Coach of the Year twice (2012 and 2016)
·     Second place at MAC Indoor T&F Championships in 2009.
·     Third place at MAC Outdoor T&F Championships in 2009.
 
Coaching Experience
·     Head Coach, DeSales University (1997-Present)
·     Assistant Coach, DeSales University Men’s CC and T&F (1992-93; 1994-96)
 
Education
·       B.S., Criminal Justice, DeSales University (1992)
·       Masters, Social Work, Marywood University (1998)
 
Coaching at DeSales
Coach Hornig has guided the Bulldogs to a top three finish in cross-country 10 times.  DSU won its first-ever MAC CC Championship in 2016 and became the first team to qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships that same season.  In addition, Hornig has seen 10 individuals qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships.
 
In T&F, Hornig enjoyed the most success during the 2008-09 season when he led the Bulldogs to a second place finish at the MAC Championships in indoor track & field and a third place in outdoor track & field.  He has also guided several student-athletes to the NCAA Division III National Championships including DeSales’ Hall of Famer, Gina Lucrezi, who was a seven-time T&F All-American winning an individual National Championship in the 1,500 in indoor track in 2004.
 
Prominent DeSales CC Graduates
·       Christine Howe ’03 – Two-time All-MAC performer earning Second-Team honors in 1999 and First-Team honors in 2000…named All-Freshman Mid-East Region in 1999…All-Mid-East Region in 1999 (35^th place) and 2000 (14^th place).
·       Alicia Gould ’03 – Two-time All-MAC earning Second-Team in 2001 and First-Team in 2002.
·       Kacie Aristide ’04 – Two-time All-MAC Second-Team…All-Mid-East Region in 2003 with 32^nd place finish…Named MAC Women’s CC Senior Scholar-Athlete in 2003.
·       Gina Lucrezi ’05 – Three-time All-American with a seventh place finish at the National Championships as a senior in 2004…Four-time All-MAC First-Team and was MAC Individual Champion and MAC Runner of the Year 3x…Four-time All-Mid East Region and Mid-East Regional Champion in 2004…named Academic All-District First-Team twice…named Academic All-American in 2004…Four-time Dr. John Compardo Female Athlete of the Year…two-time LVAIAW Runner of the Year…Inducted into DeSales University Hall of Fame.
·       Tara Barlow ‘’08 – Two-time All-MAC First-Team…MAC Individual Champion and Runner of the Year in 2005…All-Mid East Region with 8^th place finish in 2005…qualified for NCAA National Championships as an individual in 2005.
·       Alessandra LaMastro ’10 – Two-time All-MAC earning Second-Team in 2006 and First-Team in 2007.
·       Sarah Braun ’14 – Three-time All-MAC Second-Team.
·       Cara Guth ’14 – Four-time All-MAC earning Second-Team honors three times and First-Team honors in 2012…named to MAC Academic All-Conference in 2013.
·       Jessica Curry ’16 – Three-time All-MAC First-Team…All-Mid East Region Freshman Team in 2012…Two-time Academic All-Conference…named to USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2014.
·       Abby Labar ’16 – Two-time All-MAC earning Second-Team honors once and First-Team honors once…named Academic All-Conference in 2015…named All-Mid East Region Freshman Team in 2012…USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2015.
·       Veronica Wheeler ’18 – Four-time All-MAC First-Team…two-time MAC Individual Champion and MAC Runner of the Year…MAC Rookie of the Year in 2014…MAC Academic All-Conference three times…LVAIAW Runner of the Year in 2017…four-time All-Mid Region including top five finishes three times…All-Mid East Region Freshman Team in 2014…MAC Women’s CC Senior Scholar-Athlete in 2017…All-American in 2017 with 18^th place finish at NCAA National Championships…three-time NCAA National Championship qualifier…two-time Dr. John Compardo Female Athlete of the Year.
·       Beth Dauer ’18 – Four-time All-MAC earning Second-Team twice and First-Team twice…MAC Academic All-Conference three times…named All-Mid East Region twice including 11^th place finish in 2017…three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic…individual qualifier at National Championships in 2017.
·       Angelina Biondo – Two-time All-MAC First-Team…MAC Rookie of the Year in 2015…All-Mid East Region performer twice…named to All-Mid East Region Freshman Team in 2015…named USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2015.
·       Meaghan Driscoll ’19 – Three-time All-MAC First-Team…two-time All-Mid East Region performer.
·       Kayla Murawski ’21 – Two-Time All-MAC in CC and Second-Team All-MAC in 10K once in T&F…MAC Women’s CC Scholar-Athlete…MAC Women’s CC Academic All-MAC in 2019…All-Mideast Region in CC in 2019…Qualified for NCAA Division III National Championships in CC in 2019 placing 75^th of 277 runners.
·       Haley Estus ’25 – All-MAC First-Team once and Second-Team twice in CC…All-Region in 2024…Academic All-MAC Team in 2024…USTFCCCA All-Academic twice in CC…USTFCCCA All-Region twice in T&F…Top 8 finisher at MAC T&F Championships 10x…won MAC Gold as member of DMR Relay team in Indoor T&F in 2023.
 
Running Career
Hornig was team captain and named the Most Valuable Runner in 1991 and earned Academic All-League honors.
 
Personal
Hornig resides in Center Valley, PA and works full-time as a psychotherapist and also as an adjunct professor at DeSales in the criminal justice department.  He is married to wife, Robie, and has one daughter, Hannah.