Lyle Fleharty

For many years, Lyle Fleharty has championed Bronco Athletics.  He and his wife, Diann, have generously contributed funds and leadership toward the contruction of the Osborne Family Sports Complex, including the Lynn Farrell Arena, the Osborne Mears Track, the Lloyd Wilson Field and athe Dr. Ken Rhodus Women's Basketball Locker Room.  The Fleharty Educational Center, in which Lynn Farrell Arena is located, is named in honor of his father, Dr. Vernon B. Fleharty, a 1928 Hastings College graduate who served as Chair of the Chemistry Department at the College from 1936-1956.  Fleharty has provided both athletic and academic scholarships for Hastings College students, earned the President's Award in 2002 and served as chair of the Board of Trustees Building and Grounds Committee since 2002.  The Flehartys have been stalwart fans of Hastings athletics - at the college as well as at all levels in the Hastings community.  As the brother of Bronco Football player Gene Fleharty, the father of a Bronco Baseball player Mark Fleharty, an employee and a 15-year member of the Hastings College Board of Trustees, Lyle has cheered the crimson and white to many a victory.