Hall of Fame
A longtime Gannon advocate, Gaeta was one of the founding members of the Gannon Athletics Booster Club and has been an important member for 37 years, serving as a past President and actively participating in the collection of over $400,000 to benefit Gannon sports teams. A graduate of Gannon University in 1962, he is already a member of the LaSalle Academy Hall of Fame and the Metropolitan Erie Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
Gaeta worked 31 years in management at GTE/Verizon and has been married for 46 years with three successful adult sons. He was a two-sport student-athlete during his collegiate career at Gannon, being nicknamed “Little General” for being a team leader and playmaker. Gaeta served as a team captain for both the baseball and basketball teams. In baseball, he hit .335 as a senior. In basketball, he scored 172 points and dished out 132 assists as a senior.