NE Basketball Hall announces 2009 high school inductees
The New England Basketball Hall of Fame will honor over 100 former high school playing and coaching greats from the region at its annual induction ceremony on Oct. 9 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The ceremony has become one of the largest sports dinners in America, attracting over 1,000 attendees at each of the previous four gatherings.
High school boys' players
Jim Benedict, Hartford Public, Ct.
Lloyd Hinchey, Norwich Free Academy, Ct.
Steve Balkun, Northwest Catholic, Ct.
Donald Lewis, Cromwell, Ct.
Harold Pressley, Saint Bernard’s, Ct.
Chris Smith, Kolbe, Ct.
Jimmy Piersall, Waterbury, Ct.
Al Attar, Durfee
Andy Farrissey, Durfee
Mike Bradley, Worcester Burncoat
Dick Armstrong, Leominster
Robert Kovalski, Smith Academy
Jim Babyak, Easthampton
Joe Koz, Saint Mary’s
Matt Palazzi, Saint John’s of Shrewsbury
Lew Perkins, Chelsea
Dan Prince, Worcester Commerce
Steve Pound, Stearns, Maine
Nick Scaccia, Sanford, Maine
Jack Scott, Ellsworth, Maine
Andy Bedard, Mountain Valley, Maine
Matt Alosa, Pembroke, N.H.
Joe Drinon, Concord, N.H.
Rich Shrigley, Nashua, N.H.
Jack Allen, De La Salle Academy, R.I.
Joe Hughes, Central Falls, R.I.
Don Kaull, Rogers, R.I.
Brian McGovern, Coventry, R.I.
Andrew McGowan, LaSalle Academy, R.I.
Don Suggs, Tolman, R.I.
Gerry Suggs, Tolman, R.I.
Mike Evelti, Rice Memorial, Vt.
Todd Roberts, Fairhaven, Vt.
High school girls' players
Bethany Collins-Irwin, Branford, Ct.
Kelly Camp, West Haven, Ct.
Valerie DePaolo, Southington, Ct.
Kathy Curley Cochiss, Milford, Ct.
Anne Lindsay, Avon, Ct.
Jessica Mudry, Naugatuck, Ct.
Anna Kinne, Monument Regional
Jean Owens Peterson, Girls’ Latin
Kelly Barker, Billerica
Ann McInerney, Worcester Burncoat
Mary Ann Palazzi, Saint Peter Marian
Kim Cummings Singh, Brockton
Cyndi Meserve Bona, Livermore Falls, Maine
Liz Coffin, Ashland, Maine
Bri Fecteau, Westbrook, Maine
Linda Johnson Freeman, Scarborough, Maine
Julie Veilleux, Cony, Maine
Brenda Ginaitt, Warwick Vets, R.I.
Betsy Lang Zancan, Smithfield, R.I.
Kristen Mulholland, Cranston East. R.I.
Deb Pereira, Cumberland, R.I.
Allegra Schell, Central, R.I.
Pat White Gianunzio, Inter-Lakes, N.H.
Celeste Lavoie Blankenship, Nashua, N.H.
Lisa Russell, Manchester Central, N.H.
Libby Smith, Essex, Vt.
Rebecca Bright Pugh, South Burlington, Vt.
High school boys' coaches
Ralph King, McMahon, Ct.
Dave Shea, Bacon Academy, Ct.
Ken Smith, Windsor, Ct.
Pat Riera, Plainville, Ct.
Rollie Massimino, Lexington
Vic Ortiz, Brockton
Walter Perry, Somerville
Jack Lehane, Brockton
Jeff Hart, Camden, Maine
Charlie Katsiaficas Sr., Ellsworth, Maine
John Shaw, Rumford, Maine
Thomas Maines, Morse, Maine
Danny Parr, Saint Thomas Aquinas, N.H.
Al Simoes, Merrimack, N.H.
Jimmy Ahern, Mount Pleasant, R.I.
Jim Donaldson, Saint Raphael Academy, R.I.
Tom Sorrentine, Saint Raphael Academy, R.I.
Dan Sylvester, West Warwick High School, R.I.
Robert ‘Stretch‘ Gillam, Green Mountain Union, Vt.
Dan Gandin, U32 High School, Vt.
High school girls' coaches
Pam Childs, Putnam, Ct.
Kathy Rusch, South Windsor, Ct.
Chris Webster, North Branford, Ct.
Gertrude Fisher, O’Bryant (Boston Tech)
Kay Nehubian, Barnstable
Rick Clark, York, Maine
Roland Cote, Sanford, Maine
Joe Adamovicz, Manchester Central, N.H.
Rose Galligan, Pembroke Academy, N.H.
Sean Reddy, LaSalle Academy, R.I.
Jimmy Robinson, Central, R.I.
Jayne Barber, Bellows Falls Union, Vt.
Sue Pollender, Black River High School, Vt.
Prep school boys' players
Durelle Brown, Kingswood-Oxford, Ct.
Ed Cooley, New Hampton Prep, N.H.
Jack Phelan, Saint Thomas More, Ct.
Dick Stewart, Worcester Academy
Archie Tracey, Maine Central Institute
Paul Dufour, Phillips Exeter Academy, N.H.
Billy Lahart, Suffield Academy, Ct.
Prep school girls' players
Amy Belliveau, Thornton Academy, Maine
Brenna Chiaputti, Kingswood-Oxford, Ct.
Charde Floyd, Worcester Academy
Prep school boys' coaches
Rick Francis, Williston-Northampton
Rick Mahoney, Phillips-Exeter Academy, N.H.
Whit Lesure, New Hampton Prep, N.H.
Prep schools girls coach
Will Becker, Tabor Academy
* The annual Clark University high school tournament, held every year since 1939 in Worcester, will receive a special honor. Two of the major contributors to the success of the tournament, late Clark AD Russ Granger, and former Northbridge High boys' coach and AD John Doldoorian, will also be inducted, along with three of the finest players in tournament history, Paul Baker (Northbridge), Bill Herrion (Oxford), and Cliff Smith (Leicester), will also be honored.
* The next announcement from the hall, to be released on Aug. 10, will encompass college players and coaches, media, scholar-athletes, referees, team honorees and the newly-established "Perry Category".
* For information on the purchase of tickets, visit www.internationalsport.com/basketball or contact Dr. Mal Mackenzie at mmackenzie@internationalsport.com or 401-874-2673.
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Look for updates from:
- Bob Holmes: A Reading resident (Go Rockets!) and Boston College graduate, Holmes is the Boston Globe High School Sports Editor. We remind you now that his weekly picks are often made in jest so everyone just calm down when he picks against Everett for 11 straight weeks.
- Mike Carraggi: An Everett native (Go Tide!), Mike attends Eastern Nazarene college and is entering his second year with the Globe. He'll focus on Division 1 this fall, which means he'll spend a lot of time in his hometown, which Forsberg thinks is cool because the Tide have that Fried Dough cart.
- Emily Wright: A Hyannis native (Go Barnstable Red Raiders!), Emily is a senior at Emerson College and has been with the Globe since the end of July. She'll cover Division 1A and will be the first intern we've trusted to navigate her way to Dennis-Yarmouth or any other school on the Cape.
- Mike Grossi: A Lexington native (Go Minutemen!), Mike attends Northeastern and has been with the Globe for two months. He'll cover Division 2 and 2A and unsuccessfully lobbied to include Lexington in the preseason Top 20.
- Jonathan Raymond: A native of Benicia, Calif. (a suburb of San Francisco), Jonathan attends Northeastern and has been working at the Globe since the end of June. He will be focusing on Division 3 and is likely woefully underprepared for covering a game in a foot of snow.
- David Carty: A native of West Bridgewater (Go Wildcats!), David is a senior at Emerson College and has been working at the Globe for a year. He'll cover Divisions 3A and 4 because, "small school ball is in my blood."
- The bench: You'll also catch updates from our regional contributors, including Globe North's Julian Benbow and South's Monique Walker. Correspondent Brendan Hall will have updates from the Globe West coverage area and will often try to sneak in Central Mass. news.
