Collegiate Pride was originally started as a hobby by Judy and Gary Moyer in their garage in State College, PA. Judy was involved with Girl Scouts and Brownies and Gary with little league baseball. Thinking it would be fun for the children to print their own T-shirts for activities and games, the Moyers contacted Gary’s brother Don (a graphic designer) to find out how to screen print clothing. Don
sent a “how to” book and the printing began in the Moyer’s garage as a fun activity for their children and their friends. Screen printing for kids led to screen printing for Lions Pride, a store we had opened in 1976 to sell high quality Penn State clothing. Soon we needed a larger space for offices, storage, and for the growing screen printing business. In 1984 Collegiate Pride was born in its own manufacturing facility in the Cato Industrial Park. Since 1984 we have remodeled and added to our facility in order to keep it state of the art. Our 13,500 square foot manufacturing facility houses our showroom, sales offices, a full service graphics department, production area, and warehouse space for thousands of pieces of imprintable apparel. The hand-operated printing has been supplemented by an automatic printer, which can print 700 shirts in one hour. Not only can we do small jobs, but large jobs can be finished in a timely manner. With our own art department we can develop screen printing designs for you or use your own designs. Collegiate Pride has a full service ad specialty division to help develop products with your logo such as coffee mugs, baseball hats, pens, pencils, balloons, etc., etc. No business can grow without the help of a competent staff. John Shaeffer, Debbie Mulhatten, and Keith Nyman have been on board since the beginning. John, the general manager, oversees all operations. Debbie supervises all transactions in the sales department. Recently, our son Steve and his wife Janelle have joined the team. They bring with them improved knowledge of new technology as well as their creative talents. We began with the idea that we would provide the highest quality available with the best price for the service we provide. Today, we continue to produce merchandise for quality retailers like Lions Pride as well as products for schools, corporations, and individuals with the same care as we did years ago. Our list of satisfied clients continues to grow every year. We would be pleased to work for you and demonstrate the value of over 30 years experience.
