Paul J. Diana (1986) - Janet E. and Barry C. Burkholder Athletics Hall of Fame

Paul J. Diana

Induction:
1986
Class:
1970

Paul Diana played for three seasons on both the baseball and soccer teams at Drexel. He had the distinction of winning all three Outstanding Athlete Awards presented at Drexel; the Major Greene Award (sophomore), the Sigma Alpha Mu Award (junior), and the Varsity Club Award (senior).

Diana, who graduated in 1970, earned two Middle Atlantic Conference All-Star awards in each sport. He served as a two–time captain while a goalie on the soccer team, where he had nine shoutouts, and was a captain as a senior on the baseball team, where he was a catcher. Diana set the record for triples in a season and held the career triples mark until 1978.