The Slippery Rock University Athletic Hall of Fame will induct seven new members at 7 p.m. April 17 in the multi-purpose room of SRU's University Union.

This year's inductees include national champion diver Mark Seybert, All-American women's basketball player Kory Fielitz Malkus, Academic All-America men's basketball player Dr. John A. Samsa and Ohio State University quarterbacks and receivers coach Joe Daniels.

William Beatty, Virginia Kelly Grindle and Edward Olkowski are also being inducted.

The event begins with a 5:45 p.m. social hour. Tickets are $30 and are available at the SRU athletic office at 724-738-2021.

Deadline for buying tickets is April 7.

Here are profiles of the seven inductees:

A 1956 Rock graduate, he holds the school record for rebounds in a game with 32 against Wooster (Ohio) in 1954-55. He is eighth on SRU's all-time rebounding list with 814.A 1952 Slippery Rock High School graduate, Beatty is credited with forming a varsity football program there in 1965. He served as the school's head baseball and golf coach. He also served as athletic director before becoming principal of the school. Beatty retired in 1991.Beatty taught and coached at Ridgway and Moniteau high schools and was a PIAA football, basketball and baseball official for more than 30 years.

A 1964 Rock graduate, he was a four-year letterwinner in football and a two-year award winner in gymnastics. He was an all-district running back and was co-captain of the 1963 football team.Daniels recently completed his third season as an assistant football coach at Ohio State University. He also served as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at the University of Cincinnati for four years.Between 1967 and 1998, Daniels coached at New Hampshire, Boston College, West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Akron. He also served seven seasons as an NFL receivers coach with Cleveland, Buffalo and the New York Jets.

A 1960 Rock graduate, she was a cheerleader and active participant in intramural sports. There were no competitive sports for women at that time.Grindle was one of the founders of girls high school swimming and diving and synchronized swimming programs in Western Pennsylvania, and served more than 30 years as a PIAA swimming official.She was head women's swimming coach at Pitt from 1968-74. Grindle was instrumental in the formation and development of aquatic classes at Western Pennsylvania high schools, colleges and universities, as well as through the Pittsburgh American Red Cross office.

A 1994 Rock graduate, she earned NCAA Division II All-America honors and graduated as the women's basketball program's No. 2 all-time scorer with 1,694 points and as its all-time top rebounder with 961.Malkus was the PSAC Rookie of the Year in 1990-91 and was a three-time All-PSAC performer. She is now the head girls basketball coach at her alma mater, Revere (Ohio) High School.

A 1953 Rock graduate, he lettered in basketball and was a member of the baseball team. He compiled a 323-96 record as head boys basketball coach at Beaver High School from 1968-84.His teams won four PIAA championships, nine section titles and seven WPIAL crowns. He received the Distinguished Coaching Award in 1973 and 1974.Olkowski was inducted into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Western Pennsylvania Chapter Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.

A 1983 Rock graduate, he earned second team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors as a senior guard on the men's basketball team. Samsa is currently director of both the cardiac catheterization and echocardiography laboratories for Lake Hospital Systems in Ohio.Selected in 1993 as SRU's Outstanding Senior Male, he served as commencement speaker. As an undergraduate, he received the Sharon Mowry Arts & Sciences, Maree McKay and James Steele Memorial scholarships.Samsa graduated fourth in his class from the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1988. He completed his residency at the Cleveland Clinic.

A 1979 Rock graduate, he won the NCAA Division II national championship in 3-meter diving as a senior. That title earned him his fourth All-America honor in three seasons.Following graduation, Seybert moved west and was an elementary school teacher in Colorado, Nevada and Utah. He was killed in an all-terrain vehicle accident in Utah on Dec. 5, 1988.