Hall of Fame
Amy E. Glowacki ’91 – Class of 2004
“We are fortunate…”
Her high school coach called her one of the strongest all-around softball players ever to come from her area. Le Moyne Coach Chris Rizzieri recruited Amy Glowacki from Weedsport High School and later recalled that there was something about the way she got dirty and hustled in high school that made her stand out.
Stand out she did. A left-handed hitter with some power, while catching and playing first base she led the Dolphins at the plate three of her four years – and finished second in the other. Her .459 batting average in her freshman year was sixth in the nation. Twice she led Le Moyne to ECAC tournament bids. She was chosen for the All-Northeast and Northeast Region All-America teams.
Never effusive, when Coach Ken King took over the team he recalls she would take a particular seat when the team traveled and just stare out the window. Yet she exerted the sort of leadership that can coax a laugh out of a teammate who’s down or ignite a rally with a hustling play.
Her leadership extends beyond the diamond. An Academic All-American, her Le Moyne degree in cum laude and she was selected for Phi Alpha Theta, the National History honor society and Phi Gamma Mu, the National Social Science honor society. Athletic and Academic demands did not prevent her from working with children in Syracuse’s Hispanic Community and tutoring at Henniger High School.
She earned a Masters Degree in Public History at Indiana University and was invited to conduct research at the Economic Council for the History and Population of Social Structure at Cambridge University. In her career at the National Park Service she has consistently been selected for elite assignments ranging from instruction to fire-fighting and she is a recipient of the prestigious Crystal Owl Award.
Amid a demanding career and an array of commitments to professional, civic and community organizations, she regularly makes time to appear behind the Le Moyne bench when the Dolphin softball team ventures near her home in New England.
“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action,” observed philosopher Herbert Spencer. Le Moyne can point to no greater success in this regard than this young woman who once led its softball team and has since consistently reflected honor on her alma mater.
The college is fortunate to be able to count her among its distinguished graduates and to induct
Amy E. Glowacki ’91, into the Le Moyne College Athletic Hall of Fame.
February 7, 2004
