Anna Heim Hilton ’10 - New Moravian Hall of Fame Inductee
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Anna Heim Hilton '10, a two-time track & field pole vault national champion, is being inducted into the Moravian University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 8, 2021 in Johnston Hall beginning at 6:00 p.m.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Anna Heim Hilton '10, a two-time track & field pole vault national champion, is being inducted into the Moravian University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 8, 2021 in Johnston Hall beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Hilton, a 2010 Moravian graduate, was a two-time NCAA Division III Champion in the pole vault, winning both the indoor and outdoor title as a senior, while setting meet records at both championship events. Hilton's indoor mark of 4.16 meters is still fifth in NCAA Division III history while her outdoor mark of 4.17 meters is sixth in NCAA history. Hilton went to the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Championships in each of her four seasons and ended up being a six-time All-American with six top-eight finishes.
Hilton was a versatile student-athlete, competing in the 400-meter hurdles, the long jump, the javelin, the 400-meter dash and the 4x400-meter relay. Hilton captured 12 conference individual and relay titles in her career including 10 Landmark Conference titles, and she also captured three ECAC Division III titles in the pole vault. Hilton capped her career by being honored as Moravian's Outstanding Senior Female Athlete in 2010.
Hilton is being joined by baseball and football student-athlete Michael Abbate '02; three-sport student-athlete Stephen Brandafi '40; men's track & field national champion Beresford "Ozzie" Brown '10; softball student-athlete Elizabeth Paly '08; women's basketball player Stephanie Seaman Kennedy '06 and men's track & field All-American Nathaniel Tussey '08 make up the class of 2021 that will be inducted into the Moravian University Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2007-08 men and women's track & field teams that Brown, Hilton and Tussey competed on will also be inducted on October 8 while Jon Otis '79 will receive the Robert Martin Herbstman Award.
Online registration for the 2021 Moravian University Hall of Fame Ceremony closes on September 26 and is available at https://moravian.prestosports.com/information/HOF/2021/registration.
