CHRISTOPHER J. MCKELVY

Athlete, North Penn High School, 2000

9 Varsity Letters: 3 Football, 2 Indoor Track, 3 Spring Track, 1 Swimming

2000 INDOOR STATE SHOT PUT CHAMPION

Indoor School Record in Shot Put 58’ 10.25”

2000 PTFCA Indoor & Spring 1st Team ALL STATE, Shot Put

2000 NPHS Indoor & Spring Track MVP

2000 PIAA SPRING STATE SHOT PUT CHAMPION

Spring Track School Record in Shot Put 59’ 7.5”

1999 NPHS Football Team Co-Captain

1999 PENNSYLVANIA LINEMAN OF THE YEAR

1997, 98, 99 1st Team Offense, SOL, Reporter, Intelligencer

1999 1st Team Offense, Inquirer, Associated Press (Big Schools)

1999 1st Team Offense, PIAA All-State, All-East Elite Team

1999 1st Team Offense Parade Magazine All-American

2000 Big 33 & Montgomery County All Star Football Games

1997 MEMBER PIAA STATE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

Pennsylvania State University Football 1st Team Offense 2001, 02, 03

Pennsylvania State University, B.S. Kinesiology, 2006

INDUCTED 2013

1997 District qualifier and member of the 1997 Men’s state champion swim team.

2000 Indoor Track and Field, PIAA state champion (shot put), First Team All-State (shot put), placed 5^th in the Nike Indoor National Championships (shot put) North Penn High School indoor shot put record holder.

2000 Outdoor Track and Field, Suburban One League discus & shot put champion, District One shot put champion and PIAA State Champion (shot put), 1^st Team All-State (shot put) and North Penn High School outdoor shot put record holder.

1997 Football –1^st Team All Bucks County & Montgomery County.

1997, 1998, 1999 Football: 1^st Team Suburban One League (offense), 1^st Team All-Intelligencer (offense), and 1st Team All-North Penn Reporter (offense).  1999 1^st Team Philadelphia Inquirer (offense), “Associated Press” Big School 1^st Team All-State, “Prep Magazine” All-American, “Super Prep Magazine” All-American, “Parade Magazine” 1^st Team All-American, 1^st Team PIAA All-State (offense), 1^st Team All-East Elite Team, “USA Today” 2^nd Team All-American (offense), 1999 Pennsylvania Lineman of the year, “The Recruiting Advisor Magazine” #1 Offensive Lineman in the country, North Penn Booster Club MVP Award.  Chris received the 1998 North Penn High School most outstanding junior athlete award.  Chris was a team captain for football in 1999 and the North Penn High School most outstanding senior athlete award winner. He represented North Penn in the Montgomery County All-Star football game and Pennsylvania in the Big 33 All-Star game with teammate and running back Hikee Johnson.

College recognition: Chris attended Pennsylvania State University on a Football Scholarship. Lettered 3 years in Football 2001, 2002 and 2003 and saw significant playing time as a true freshman in the fall of 2000.  Chris was an offensive starter in 2001, 2002 & 2003 and a key contributor in the 2002 line that helped running-back Larry Johnson become the 9^th player in NCAA history to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season.  Chris started the Capitol One Bowl against Auburn in January of 2003 and represented Penn State in the Blue Gray All-Star game after his senior season.  Chris graduated Penn State with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Kinesiology.

Professional: Was offered free-agent contracts with the Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens and New Orleans Saints and signed a contract with the New Orleans Saints in 2004.

It is a little remembered fact by those that only knew Chris in high school or college that he actually began his athletic career as a swimmer with North Penn Aquatic Club, following in his brothers footsteps and started swimming competitively at the age of 5.  He still holds several team and pool records in the local area.  In High School Chris left swimming to pursue his own interests in Track and Field and Football.  He had a passion for both sports and loved the individual competition of Track and Field and the team aspects of Football.  Chris is extremely grateful to the coaches throughout the entire history of his association with North Penn.  They nurtured his development as an athlete and person, at all levels from youth programs to the High School level.  They played a big part in his life and imparted many valuable life lessons.  He would have loved to have competed in Track and Field at Penn State, but time constraints and the grueling football schedule simply would not allow it. He has many great memories at North Penn and Penn State. Some of the most notable were breaking the shot put record at North Penn that had stood since 1967 to the football grudge matches against CB West recorded in the ESPN documentary “The Season”, to running out of the tunnel at Beaver Stadium to play in front of a national TV audience and a packed house of 109,000 against Ohio State, Michigan and others.

Today, Chris is a Special Agent for Homeland Security Investigations.  Chris commented, “It’s an honor to associated with such a great group of athletes and I hope I can continue to represent North Penn and the community with great pride and success” as he is honored and humbled to become a member of the North Penn Athletic Association Hall of Fame.