Fran O'Hanlon, who made his mark at three of the Philadelphia Big 5 schools, highlights a Big 5 Hall of Fame class that will be inducted during the inaugural Big 5 Classic at the Wells Fargo Center.
Fran O'Hanlon, pictured here in 2022 during a ceremony honoring his tenure as Lafayette head coach, will be inducted into the Big 5 Hall of Fame. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The InquirerClassic tripleheader Dec. 2 at the Wells Fargo Center will not only celebrate the new Big 5 of the present and future, it will also honor its past., announced its latest Hall of Fame inductees Thursday, and the seven members of the 2023 class who will be inducted during the Dec. 2 event.’s Fran O’Hanlon.
Bembry and Duren both recently helped their respective schools reach the NCAA Tournament, twice in Bembry’s case. The Hawks won two Atlantic 10 titles with Bembry, who was both league and Big 5 Player of the Year in 2016. Duren, who played at Neumann-Gorreti in high school, is La Salle’s all-time leader in games played .Anthon, a Penn Athletics Hall of Fame inductee in 2010, is seventh on Penn’s all-time scoring list.
Kern and Jerardi combine for nearly 75 years of experience covering college basketball in Philadelphia for the Daily News and covered and wrote columns on Big 5 greats like John Chaney, Jay Wright, Phil Martelli, and many more. Jerardi was once president of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and was inducted into that organization’s Hall of Fame in 2014. Kern, a former president of the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association, was named the state’s best sports writer in 2003.
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