The following is the sixth in a series of profiles of individuals who will comprise the Slippery Rock University Athletic Hall of Fame's 27th induction class. Induction ceremonies will be held Saturday, September 18, prior to The Rock's home football game vs. West Chester University.

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Three-time golf All-American John Zack will be one of six individuals included in the Slippery Rock University Athletic Hall of Fame's 27th induction class in September.

A four-year letterman and player with the lowest scoring average each season, Zack earned College Division All-America honors in 1975, 1977 and 1978. He culminated his collegiate career with a fourth-place national finish and first-team All-America honor in his senior season. He also won the Penn State Invitational with a course-record 216 score that season (1978).

Aside from his achievements as a member of The Rock, Zack earned an invitation to play in the 1978 Western Amateur (top 72 amateurs in the nation) and was club champion at both the Pleasant Valley Golf Course and Windber Country Club in 1977 and 1978. He played on the professional mini tour in Florida from 1979-82 and was the Tri-State PGA Open runner-up in 1980.

Zack has also earned berths in the prestigious Sunnehanna Tournament of Champions on three occasions, including both the 2008 and 2009 events. He won the Sunnehanna Country Club championship in both 2007 and 2008.

His collegiate and post-collegiate accomplishment came on the heels of Zack winning the 1973 Greater Johnstown junior championship and 1974 District 6 high school title.

In addition to be an excellent high school golfer, Zack set the single-game and single-season assists records in basketball and was the second leading scorer on his Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center team.

Shortly after receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from Slippery Rock as a business economics major, Zack began a successful career as a golf pro and corporate sales representative, primarily within the golf industry.

He was the golf pro at Somerset Country Club from 1979-81, Seven Springs Resort in 1982, Summit Country Club in Cresson from 1983-86 and Ebensburg Country Club from 1987-90. He then worked as a golf representative for Reebok, Cleveland Classic, Sun Mountain Sports and Founders Club from 1991-2000 before accepting his current position with Consolidated Steel Company in 2001. He is currently vice president of both Consolidated Steel and Structures of USA.

A 1974 graduate of Greater Johnstown Area Vocational-Technical School, Zack and his wife, Cynthia, reside in Cresson.

Zack will be joined in the SRU Athletic Hall of Fame's 2010 class by longtime western Pennsylvania athletic administrator Jack Fullen, three-time PSAC track and field discus champion Mike Hambrick, women's basketball all-time leading scorer and No. 2 rebounder Heather Kearney, two-time football All-America quarterback Randy McKavish and baseball All-America shortstop Craig White.

The 2010 SRU Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held prior to The Rock's Sept. 18 home football game vs. West Chester University (7 p.m. kickoff). Ceremonies will start with a social hour at 2:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 3:30 p.m. Inductees will also be honored during halftime of the football game at N. Kerr Thompson Stadium.

Tickets for the Hall of Fame induction are $35 each and can be purchased from Pearl Shaffer, Assistant to the Athletic Director, 1 Morrow Way–Room 101 Morrow Field House, Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057.

For more information, please call Ms. Shaffer at 724.738.2768 or via email at pearl.shaffer@sru.edu.