Colleen Nuschke Wurz - Inducted 2017

Souderton Area High School- Class of 1982
Ithaca College- Class of 1986

Souderton Area High School
Track and Field
- 4 Varsity Letters
- First Athlete in School History to Attend the State Track and Field Competition
- PIAA State Track and Field Championship Long Jump and Triple Jump Medalist
(1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
- School Record in the Triple Jump (37’ 4 1/2”) and Long Jump (18’4’’)
- Team’s Leading Point Scorer (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
- Named Team’s Most Valuable Player (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)
- Souderton Area High School Athlete of the Year (1982)
- Triangle Club Dannenhower Award Winner (1982)
- Participated in the Penn Relays in the 4x400 (1982)
- Finished 6th Place in the National Junior Olympics
Basketball, Field Hockey and Tennis

Ithaca College
Track and Field
- Won Numerous Titles and Competed at the National Level
- Set School Records in the Long Jump (18’10 ½’’) and the Triple Jump (37’10”)

Colleen’s Physical Therapy career includes working at Yale New Haven Hospital and other
acute settings, home care with Shock Trauma in Baltimore, and being an Area Director in
the Baltimore/Washington DC area for Genesis Rehab Services.

When Colleen returned to the Souderton area she served as an assistant track coach for the
Souderton Area High School program. She resides in Perkasie, Pennsylvania with her
husband and best friend Ron and her two wonderful children Josh (13) and Cayla (10).