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A left insider for the IUP soccer team, Schatko was an influential member for the squad during his time. Schatko helped lead IUP to a winning season in its inaugural year of 1971. In the same year he scored 11 goals in 12 games, a team-high.
Following the 1971 season, Schatko went to play in an all-star game in Pittsburgh where he scored the first goal of the match.
After his graduation in 1972, Schatko served in the U.S. Army for three years. Following his assignment with the army, he returned to IUP to earn his master’s in German education.
Schatko also started the boys’ soccer program at Indiana High School, where he was the coach for more than a decade following his education at IUP.
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