Nick Marnejon
Nick Marnejon is the longest serving member of the Mercer County Hall of Fame, having dedicated three decades to helping honor former athletes. He has served as vice-president, secretary and treasurer of the board and as a member of many committees. He helped rejuvenate the Hall when it was struggling in the mid-1970s and on the verge of disbanding.
But his most important role with the Hall has been as chairman of the Tom Burns Academic All-Star Awards, by which the Hall of Fame provides monetary awards to the male and female athlete at each county school with the highest grade point average.
Because of his diligence and communication with the schools, the Hall has been able to continue this service for 21 years and recognize these deserving student-athletes.
Nick also has a long career in athletic involvement. He lettered at Farrell High School as a pitcher under coach John Popadak. He later played baseball with the Farrell Pirates and Farrell Merchants in the Mercer County Independent League. He was a pitcher and infielder.
In independent softball, he played with Sawhill Tubular Products in the Shenango Valley Industrial League. He was a member of the Farrell Merchants of the Mercer County Independent Basketball League.
As a teacher and administrator at Sharon High School, he held several coaching roles. He was junior high basketball coach one season, his team going 14-2. He served as varsity assistant football coach under Tony Razzano and Cliff Smith. He was junior high football coach and his teams lost only one game in two seasons, going undefeated in 1961.
He was director of athletics at Sharon for seven years. During that time the Sharon program grew from four sports to 11. He was a charter member of the Pennsylvania Athletic Directors Association.
Nick also served as commissioner of the Keystone Football League, the former conference for local high school football teams. He was a prime mover in established a playoff game with the Northwest Football Conference, which continued until the state football playoffs were established.