The Youngstown State Penguin Club will honor Ed Muransky as the Penguin of the Year at Mr. Anthony's Banquet Center in Boardman on Thursday, Feb. 23.
The annual Scholarship Ring Banquet will be a busy event as we recognize YSU's 2021-22 conference champions – Women's Lacrosse, Men's Cross Country, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field, Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field and Women's Basketball.
Full tables, half tables, individual tickets and program advertisements are currently available for the evening. Deadlines to purchase tickets and ads is Feb. 8. Please contact the Penguin Club office at (330) 941-2351, (330) 941-3801 or (330) 941-7466 with any questions or take part in event.
As always, proceeds from the dinner will be used to not only fund YSU's athletic scholarship program, but also provide championship rings for our outstanding student-athletes and coaches. This event is a great way for our supporters to meet our student-athletes who represent our institution and community so well. The event begins at 6 p.m.
Muransky is Chairman of the Board and Founder of The Muransky Companies, a multifaceted business management company, and also Founder, Chairman, CEO and majority owner of the Surgical Hospital at Southwoods in Boardman, Ohio – an accredited, state-of-the-art inpatient surgical hospital that serves more than 20,000 patients annually. Muransky also serves as Founder, Chairman and CEO of Chestnut Land Company, the holding company for Auntie Anne's Soft Pretzel franchises operating throughout the United States. There are now over 1,000 employees under Muransky's management whose endeavors include a wide array of real estate and medical development projects.
Additionally, he serves as the Chairman of the Board for the YSU Foundation.
A football and academic All-American at the University of Michigan, Muransky went on to play with the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League before pursuing his business interests full-time. Muransky was on the Super Bowl XVIII Championship Team.
Muransky is active in many local community groups that focus on the youth. He currently serves on the Board for the Better Business Bureau, Youngstown Mahoning Valley United Way and the Difference Makers. He has participated and chaired in fundraising events for the Boys & Girls Club, Salvation Army, Beatitude House, Millcreek Children's Center, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, Circle of Friends, American Cancer Society and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
He currently lives in Poland, Ohio with his wife Christine and has three children Eddie, a graduate of the University of Michigan law school, Deloran and Donielle graduates of Washington University in St. Louis.
