MARS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Julie Weller Dunsworth
(Class of 1970): Lettered in basketball and was a member of the girls track and volleyball teams. ... Voted Mars High's female athlete of the year in 1970, as well as the girls basketball team's most outstanding player. ... Played basketball and field hockey at Westminster College.
Tim Clark (1973): Earned three letters as a sprinter on the boys track and field team. ... Was a member of the Planets' WPIAL Championship 880-yard relay team as a senior. ... Earned letters in football (3), basketball (2) and baseball (1). ... Became the first Mars football player to score four touchdowns in a game. ... Ran track at Slippery Rock University.
Mike Knox (1977): Lettered in baseball four years before turning down an offer from the Pirates, deciding to play baseball at the College of Wooster (Ohio). ... While there, he was named to the Ohio Conference All-Star Team as a sophomore first baseman. ... Was MVP in his junior season, batting .360 with 16 home runs and 67 RBI while compiling a 10-1 record as a pitcher with a 1.24 ERA. ... Later spent six seasons in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
Rachel Brooks Tilko (1980): Earned four letters in both cross country and track and field. ... Holds the school record in the 3,200 meter run (11 minutes, 9.2 seconds), which remains the second-best finish of any Butler County girl. ... Was a member of three straight WPIAL track and field title teams from 1978-80 and three consecutive WPIAL cross country title teams (1976-78). ... Won the WPIAL cross country individual title twice. ... A member of the 1976 girls cross country squad that remains the only team in school history to win a state championship. ... Also competed at California (Pa.) University.
Nancy Molnar Raymond (1980): Lettered four years in three sports: basketball, track and field, and volleyball. ... Still holds the school record in the javelin at 131 feet, 8 inches. ... Named MVP of the volleyball team. ... Was a sophomore on the girls basketball team that placed second in the state in 1977. ... Was the basketball team's MVP and named to the all-WPIAL team as a senior. ... Scored more than 1,000 points in her basketball career. ... Voted outstanding female athlete at Mars. ... Played softball and basketball at Mount Union (Ohio) College, finishing as the school's all-time leading scorer in the latter.
Ryan Salazar (1989): Voted MVP of the football team as a senior. ... Also MVP and all-section as a senior in basketball. ... Was all-section in baseball as a junior and senior. ... Played football and baseball at Westminster College, helping the Titans reach the national title game in football.
Kelsie Hess Bernot (1993): Lettered in track and field (4) and cross country (2). ... Qualified for the state cross country meet as a senior. ... Her time of 45.6 seconds in the 300 intermediate hurdles was in the WPIAL's Top 25 all-time finishes until 2008. ... Selected as Mars' top female athlete in 1993. ... Competed in track and field and cross country at Duquesne University.
Joe McKinney (1997): Lettered in track and field (4) and football (3). ... Won a WPIAL and PIAA title in the discus as a junior. ... As a linebacker and offensive guard, helped the football team reach the WPIAL title game against Aliquippa at Three Rivers Stadium in 1996. ... Still holds the program's season and career tackle marks. ... Voted Mars' top male athlete as a senior. ... Played linebacker for the Pennsylvania team in the Big 33 Game in July 1997. ... Played in two bowl games for Penn State's football team.
Jaime Lynn (1999): Lettered in basketball (3) and soccer (2). ... Scored more than 1,000 points in basketball even though she did not arrive at Mars until her sophomore season. ... Named a Butler Eagle girls basketball All-Star first-teamer as a senior. ... Voted Mars' top female athlete in 1999. ... Played four years of basketball at Westminster College.
