University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Athletics

    Sean Isgan, Pitt-Johnstown Advisory Board member, was a two-time All-American who became the first Mountain Cat Wrestler to reach the National Finals in 1981. Mr. Isgan earned NAIA All-American honors as a heavyweight by placing fourth and NCAA All-American honors with a national runner-up finish, both in 1981. He wrapped up his Mountain Cat career with a 92-30 overall record.
    Mr. Isgan graduated from Somerset Area High School in 1977 and enrolled at Pitt-Johnstown where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering technology in 1982. In 1999, Mr. Isgan, a registered professional engineer licensed in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and New Jersey and a professional land surveyor licensed in Pennsylvania, established CME Engineering Inc. in Somerset, Pa. Three years later in July 2002, Mr. Isgan’s organization rescued the Quecreek miners that were trapped underground through new technology that was used to drill an air hole 240 feet into the ground to provide the miners with oxygen. All nine miners were safely rescued from the Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pa. In 2005, he created another corporation, CME Operations, LP, that operates and maintains water and wastewater treatment plants.
    Mr. Isgan resides in Somerset, Pa. with his wife Annette and three children.
    Mr. Isgan is Mountain Cat Proud to receive this distinction and shared, “It is a tremendous honor to be inducted as part of the inaugural Pitt Johnstown Athletics Hall of Fame and I share this award with Pat Pecora ---for without him, it would not have happened. Pitt-Johnstown has produced many extraordinary athletes and to be one of the first inductees is frankly humbling.”