Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

Steve Trudnak captured just about every football honor possible during his Lenoir-Rhyne grid career in the early 1950's.  The Bloomsburg, Pa., native was an all-stater in high school and went on to make the Associated Press Little All-American team in 1952 after making honorable mention the previous season.  The hard-running fullback was the Player of the Year in the North State Conference in 1951 and again in '52 and was named to the all-conference team three times and the all-state team for North Carolina collegians twice.  Trudnak scored 282 points during his L-R career, a record that still stands, and tallied 119 points during the 1951 season, which stood as the top mark in the state for many years.  He was Athlete of the Week in the state in 1951 when he scored all 20 points for the Bears in a 20-0 win over Appalachian State.  Trudnak worked in the Gaston County School System and was a vocational guidance counselor at North Gaston Senior High School.