MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Four alumni will comprise the Penn State Harrisburg Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The induction ceremony will take place at the Capital Union Building on Oct. 24, as part of Penn State Harrisburg's annual "We Are Weekend."
The purpose of the Penn State Harrisburg Athletics Hall of Fame is to commemorate the achievements of those student-athletes, coaches, administrators and staff who have distinguished themselves through excellence in athletic performance and service.
The 2025 class, which includes a pair of former student-athletes, a former head coach and one alumnus who both competed and coached, represents eight programs.
The inductees are:
Jim Baker, Class of 1976 — men's basketball
A pioneer during the first decade of Penn State Harrisburg athletics, Jim Baker was the catalyst for the earliest period of success for the men's basketball program. When the college was still a two-year institution, the Harrisburg native led the Lions to a then-program-record 15 victories — the first double-digit-win season in program history — in 1975-76. He was named the team's MVP after tallying 644 points and 195 rebounds in 1974-75 and he followed it up by averaging 26.5 points per game the following year. As a senior, he scored 41 points in a victory over Spring Garden and added six 30-point games. After completing his playing career as the program's all-time leading scorer (1,206 points), Baker served as an assistant under former head coach Fred Baker in 1976-77 before being elevated to head coach for two seasons from 1977-79.
Danielle Lynch, Class of 2024 — men's and women's track and field and cross country
Helming six programs during her time at Penn State Harrisburg, head coach Danielle Lynch built the men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field programs from scratch beginning with club competition in 2013-14, before ushering the programs into NCAA competition in 2014-15. During her eight-year tenure, men's and women's track and field athletes earned one NCAA Division III national championship, six U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-America honors, 19 NCAA championship qualifications, two USTFCCCA Regional Athlete of the Year awards. and 46 USTFCCCA All-Region honors. Lynch was named the 2018-19 Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) Women's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year, while her athletes racked up eight conference major awards and captured 25 individual conference championships. Following her success at Penn State Harrisburg, Lynch became director of athletics at Haverford College in 2022 before earning her doctorate from Penn State in 2024.
Kaitlyn (Carmo) Mizanin, Class of 2017 — women's basketball
One of the most impactful players of Penn State Harrisburg's Capital Athletic Conference era, Kaitlyn (Carmo) Mizanin, of Palmyra, completed her career as the program's all-time leading scorer, amassing 1,168 points. She is one of just two players in program history to rack up 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds. Her 297 free throws stand as a program record and she ranks in the top three all time in multiple career statistical categories, including points scored, scoring average (11.8), total field goals (372) and 3-point field goals made (127). During her senior campaign, she scored a then-single-game program-record 31 points in a win over Southern Virginia University and added a crucial double-double in a victory over University of Mary Washington later that year.
Cameron Yon, Class of 2019 — men's track and field
One of the most consistent and successful student-athletes in Penn State Harrisburg history, Cameron Yon reached the pinnacle of college athletics when he capped his career by winning the NCAA Division III national championship in the discus throw in 2019. The lone national champion in school history, he burst onto the scene as a freshman in 2016 when he finished third in the discus at the NCAA Outdoor Championships that spring, earning his first all-America honor in the process. The Patuxent River, Maryland, native qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships four times and secured three USTFCCCA All-America honors during his career. Thanks to a record-breaking senior campaign, he was named the USTFCCCA Mid-East Regional Athlete of the Year, the Capital Athletic Conference Male Athlete of the Year and the CAC Outdoor Co-Field Athlete of the Year. Yon earned six USTFCCCA All-Region honors, won a pair of CAC championships and earned two ECAC titles during his career. He holds program records in five events, including the indoor shot put (14.65m) and weight throw (16.88m), as well as the outdoor shot put (13.94m), discus throw (56.27m) and hammer throw (51.10m).