Current Robert Morris University linebackers coach and former standout linebacker Alex DiMichele '11 is one of 10 former student-athletes who make up the 2017 RMU Athletics Sports Hall of Fame. DiMichele is the 18th football player to be inducted into the Colonials Hall of Fame.
 
"It's definitely a blessing," said DiMichele. "I owe a lot of it to my teammates and my coaches. Without them, I wouldn't have had the success that I've had. And my family, they've been a big part of it. They've supported me in all of my decisions and everything I've gone through in life. And the Lord too, the Lord's first. It was a good surprise and I'm happy, but it's a team thing. My whole team should be there."

 

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In three seasons at Robert Morris after transferring from Temple, DiMichele compiled 330 career tackles, which ranks second all-time in program history. In his first season with the program in 2008, DiMichele set a single-season school record for tackles with 116, a total that was eclipsed in 2013. In his senior campaign in 2010, DiMichele, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., was the anchor on defense for an RMU squad that finished with an overall record of 8-3 (.727), including a mark of 7-1 (.875) in the Northeast Conference. The Colonials won the 2010 NEC title and became the first league program to garner an automatic bid to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs. DiMichele finished with 105 tackles in RMU's championship season and was selected as the 2010 NEC Defensive Player of the Year.
 
Joining DiMichele in the Class of 2017 are Melitta Brown (track & field; 2006-10), Jason DeFranco (men's soccer; 1998-2001), Brianna Delaney (women's ice hockey; 2008-12), Amanda Graham (volleyball; 2007-10), Nathan Longpre (men's ice hockey; 2007-11), Kiel Matisz (men's lacrosse; 2009-12), Chaz McCrommon (men's basketball; 2000-05), Chinata Nesbit (women's basketball; 2006-08) and Betsy Puskar (women's basketball; 1982-86).
 
Each of the former student-athletes will formally be inducted at the fifth annual RMU Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner, which will take place Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport. Public recognition of the RMU Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2017 takes place at halftime of the RMU men's basketball game against Fairleigh Dickinson Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at PPG Paints Arena.