Mount Saint Mary College Athletics

Dr. Thomas Sarro is in his 45^th year at Mount Saint Mary College and along with 2019 inductee Dr. William Lahar began the Athletic Department after the two served as Co-Athletic Directors. The duo helped shape the department into what it is today.
 
Along with Dr. Lahar, Dr. Sarro started the Men's Basketball program with just a handful of men on campus and helped coordinate an intramural program without a gym facility on campus. Dr. Sarro also assisted with the Women's Basketball program, as their academic advisor, helping build it into a Skyline Conference powerhouse that went on to the NCAA Tournament's Second Round.
 
"One of my more memorable moments was opening night of the Kaplan Center when the men's team played the Lithuanian Olympic team. While walking towards the Kaplan Center that evening, students bustling, lights blazing, it was then that I realized we had become a "real college"," recalls Dr. Sarro.
 
Dr. Sarro also states that the athletics at the Mount helped provide an opportunity to help the college grow and provide a vehicle to get the know the student body better.
 
"It is very rewarding to see where we have gone from where we began. It is hard to believe looking at our athletic program now and knowing where it all started. We started with a campus without a gym, only a handful of men, and limited resources, but what we did have was a college community with one purpose in mind, to make the Mount what it is today. We all worked together to achieve common goals they were to:

Knowing that I contributed a small piece of all of this is enough for me."
 
Dr. Sarro is married to his wife Kitty and the couple has one daughter Becky. Becky and her husband Jeremey are parents to Dr. Sarro and Kitty's granddaughter Natalie.