Bio

Inaugural Class of 2019-20

Michael Menichini starred at Penn State Delco in 1995-96. While serving as captain of the men's basketball team, Menichini averaged 20.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, earning First Team All-CCAC honors. On February 10, 1996, Menichini recorded what is believed to be the only triple-double in program history, a 13-point, 15-rebound, 10-assist performance during a 103-74 victory over Penn State Scranton. Following the season, Menichini received the Samuel Cozens Award as one of the top basketball players from small colleges in the region and was selected to compete in the Philadelphia Area Small College Basketball Association All-Star Game.

Upon graduation from the University in 1997 with a degree in communications, Menichini served as an assistant women's basketball coach during the 1997-98 season and as a men's basketball assistant under his former head coach and Brandywine Athletics Hall of Famer, Bill Wiley, in 1998-99.

Menichini was posthumously inducted into the hall of fame following his tragic death in 1999 at the age of 24. His legacy has continued to live on at Penn State Brandywine and throughout Delaware County during the last two decades through the Michael Menichini Scholarship Fund, a fund instituted to provide scholarships to basketball players at seven local schools. In addition, each year since 2000, Penn State Brandywine Athletics has awarded the Michael W. Menichini Memorial Award, recognizing an individual or office within the Brandywine community that displays dedication and service to athletics throughout the year.