Mercyhurst Prep assistant soccer coach amongst 12 honorees for 2020 class of the Metropolitan Erie Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports activities Corridor of Fame.

When making his determination on the place to attend school, Scott Gorring felt proper at residence when contemplating Mercyhurst.

Gorring was additionally accustomed to the sphere the place the Lakers performed residence video games – Veterans Memorial Stadium – which was additionally the venue of his alma mater, Tech Memorial.

Years later, Gorring is now an assistant coach for Mercyhurst Prep, which performs its residence contests on the campus of Mercyhurst College.

It has all come full circle for the household man who seems to be ahead to celebrating his induction into the Metropolitan Erie Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports activities Corridor of Fame. Gorring will go in as a member of the Class of 2020, however has to attend till the induction dinner in June 2021 earlier than giving his speech.

“It is an unbelievable honor,” he stated. “I used to be emotional once I acquired the decision.”

Gorring was surrounded by his nuclear household when studying he was going into the Corridor. He instantly put in a telephone name to his greatest followers, his mother and father David and Roberta.

“My father did not miss a highschool soccer sport,” Gorring stated. “And he missed just one school sport all 4 years. I all the time had my mother and father’ backing. I owe rather a lot to them.

“My dad nonetheless involves the stadium and watches me coach. He would all the time come to observe my son play, too. He nonetheless sits in the identical seat.”

Gorring is actually honored to be grouped in with lots of acquainted faces among the many greats of Erie sports activities.

“I had a possibility to play underneath some nice coaches again within the ’80s who’re in theHall of Fame” he stated. “It is good to sit down subsequent to a few of my teammates there, additionally.”

Gorring was a three-sport star for the Centaurs, competing in soccer, baseball and observe and discipline. He was a three-time All-Metro choice in soccer and one-time choice on the observe.

As a senior, Gorring helped Tech Memorial to an 8-1 document and Metro League championship. A quarterback his ultimate 12 months with Tech, he recorded a pair of touchdowns on runs of 92 and 40 yards because the Centaurs clinched the title with a 28-15 win towards Cathedral Prep on Oct. 21, 1983.

Later that faculty 12 months, Gorring opted to run observe as a substitute of taking part in baseball within the spring. Though, he finally discovered his means again onto the diamond whereas at Mercyhurst.

Gorring’s legend continued to develop throughout his time at then-Mercyhurst School. He reverted again to being a large receiver, which was his place earlier than he performed quarterback at Tech Memorial in his ultimate 12 months there.

Gorring totaled 94 receptions for 1,780 yards and 12 touchdowns from 1984 till 1987. Gorring additionally specialised as a kick and punt returner. He had a key punt return in the course of the Lakers’ 19-6 win over then-Division III powerhouse Dayton in 1985. He additionally made his solely collegiate discipline purpose that season, booting a 47-yarder.

It didn’t matter the place Gorring performed on the sphere. He was merely there to compete. He was finally honored in Mercyhurst’s personal Sports activities Corridor of Fame in its Class of 2000.

“That is simply the kind of athlete I used to be,” he stated. “I am a man that went out and performed arduous. I performed for my staff, my coaches, my teammates, my household, my pals.”

Whereas on the gridiron, Gorring totaled 3,258 all-purpose yards. He was a Pittsburgh Put up-Gazette Small School Second Group honoree in 1986 and a Pittsburgh Press All-District First Group choice in 1987.

Primarily a catcher on the baseball discipline, Gorring had a .294 profession batting common. He hit a grand slam in his ultimate at-bat in a Mercyhurst win over Westminster.

The Mercyhurst custom is powerful within the Gorring family. He graduated in 1989 with a level in Felony Justice. His spouse, Shawn, and two youngsters, daughter Casey (28) and son Scott (23), are additionally Mercyhurst grads.

Gorring can be a grandfather to 2: four-year-old Sophia and the late Wyatt, who handed away as an toddler.

Following commencement from school, Gorring grew to become a correctional officer on the Erie County Jail, and he stays there to this present day. When he isn’t working or teaching soccer, his pastime is pictures – a pastime that has taken him to locations corresponding to Iceland and Tanzania.

Contact Josh Reilly at jreilly@timesnews.com. Comply with him on Twitter @etnreilly.