Men's Swimming | 3/9/2020 3:39:00 PM

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Former Bloomsburg University swimming standout, and Huskies' current head men's and women's swimming coach, Stu Marvin '78 will be inducted into the Pennsylvania Aquatics Hall of Fame part of the Class of 2020.
 
Marvin will join Anthony "Tony" Bartle, William Ronald Forrester, Jr., G. Michael Gobrecht, Henry Jamison "Jam" Handy, John Bayes Norton, Mike Orstein, and Susanne Marie Shields as this year's inductees into the Pennsylvania Aquatics Hall of Fame. The group is to be honored at the PIAA State Swimming and Diving Championships at Bucknell University which begins on Wednesday, March 11. Marvin, however, will not be present to accept his honor as he will have five Bloomsburg University swimmers competing at the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, at the same time.
 
The Pennsylvania Aquatics Hall of Fame was established by the Pennsylvania State University in 1968, and recognizes those Pennsylvanians who have exhibited extraordinary service and achievement through aquatics. The Hall of Fame is located in McCoy Natatorium Building on the University Park Campus. It includes a plaque with appropriate inscription, nameplates, framed pictures of elected members, and a brief summary of their accomplishments.
 
"Congratulations to Coach Marvin for this well-deserved honor and all that he has accomplished during his decorated career," said Dr. Bashar W. Hanna, Bloomsburg University President. "His dedication and commitment to Bloomsburg's swimming program – both as a student-athlete and now as its head coach – are commendable, and the program's success under his leadership speaks for itself. Coach Marvin epitomizes what it means to be a 'Husky for Life,' and this Hall of Fame recognition could not go to a more deserving individual."
 
Marvin is a 1978 graduate of Bloomsburg and, during his time in the pool, was an 11-time All-American performer for the Huskies, while winning five Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) titles and setting six conference records. He was a two-time winner of the school's Danny Litwhiler Underclass Male Athlete of the Year Award and received the Robert B. Redman Award as the school's top male senior athlete in 1978. He later became the first swimmer inducted into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990. In addition to the BU Athletic Hall of Fame, Marvin has been enshrined in three other Halls of Fame: the Florida Gold Coast Masters Hall of Fame (2005), the Broward County Florida Sports Hall of Fame (2011), and the Upper Dublin High School Athletic Hall of Fame (2018).
 
In 2002, the YMCA of the USA named him the recipient of the 2002 Joseph G. Rogers Award for outstanding service to their National Competitive Swimming & Diving Committee.
 
Marvin is a two-time FINA Masters World Champion and former world record holder, a 28-time US Masters National Champion, and a 13-time YMCA Masters National Champion. He is a certified Level 5 member of the American Swimming Coaches Association, as well as a member of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).
 
He spent 30 years in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he oversaw the operation of the aquatic complex at the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He was involved in coaching with the Fort Lauderdale Swim Team and Fort Lauderdale Aquatics. Marvin was also an administrator for the College Swimming Coaches Association of America during their annual Swim Forum. He returned home to become the head coach of the men's and women's swim teams at Bloomsburg University in 2008. Since his return, Marvin has coached 16 All-Americans, 34 individual PSAC champions, and 56 All-Conference performers between the two programs.
 
Under Marvin's guidance, the women have broken 19 of the school's 20 records, including the PSAC championship meet record in the 200-yard medley relay, and his swimmers now own 169 of the 210 times on the all-time top ten list. On the men's side, the Huskies now hold six PSAC Conference records and six PSAC championship meet records. Every team record has been broken multiple times since his arrival and his swimmers occupy 197 of the 210 spots on the BU All-Time Top Ten list. Additionally, Bloomsburg posted its first-ever undefeated season in program history when it went a perfect 7-0 in 2016. As a result of these accolades, Marvin has been named the PSAC Coach of the Year six times – five on the men's side – during his tenure.