 | For many, the Seton Hall Prep Hall of Fame Dinner is the school’s flagship event. Every fall, The Prep recognizes the accomplishments and contributions of its finest athletes, coaches, trainers, parents, and teams. Held at the elegant Mayfair Farms, the Hall of Fame Dinner regularly attracts upwards of 300 alumni, family members, and friends and is a memorable evening for everyone involved.
The newest group of inductees, that were honored on October 18, 2012 included:
Thomas G. Cook ‘86,
William E. Cummins ‘61,
Mark J. Curry ‘00,
Zachary P. Hatcher ‘98
Charles “Corky” Kray ‘56,
Philip A. Passalaqua, MD ‘54,
Vernon G. Richards Jr. ‘86,
Todd K. Walthall ‘88,
Kevin Williams,
Raymond J. Wyrsch ‘62,
Martin J. Zittel ‘57,
1959 Baseball Team
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| 1985 Salvatore Caprio H’88 • Samuel F. Champi ’62 • Harry Coates ’06 • Msgr. William Daly ’38 • Frederick J. Dwyer ’49 • Connie Egan ’56 • Vincent A. McIntee H’83 • John T. Merklinger ’80 • James E. Reynolds ’66 • Thomas Sheridan H’85 • Frank “Finn” Tracey H’85 • Anthony J. Verducci H’87 |
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1986Rev. William N. Bradley H’86 • Richard E. Dec ’61 • Rev. William J. Duffy H’86 • William Gardner ’70 • Rev. Stephen Kilcarr H’93 • Melvin Knight ’67 • Charles F. Lorenzo, Sr. ’52 • John R. Morrison ’63 • Thomas A. Reynolds ’48 • Michael J. Sheppard, Sr. ’54 • David P. Smalley ’52 • Joseph A. Spinazzola ’79 |
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| 1987 Paul G. Caffrey ’69 • Hugh Dunnion ’56 • Rev. Frank J. Finn H’87 • Ted Fiore ’58 • Rev. William M. Giblin H’87 • Msgr. Walter G. Jarvais ’22 • Keven R. McDonald ’74 • John B. Murray ’59 • Nicholas J. Palihnich ’57 • Ted Schoenhaus ’71 • Tom Sharkey ’50 • Msgr. Thomas J. Tuohy H’87 |
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| 1988 Frank Baier ’55 • Les Blaha ’45 • Fred Buechel ’63 • Chuck Doehler ’52 • Charles F. Douress H’86 • Msgr. Thomas G. Fahy H’88 • O. Larry Keefe • William Langheld ’64 • Neal Nolan ’47 • Chet Parlavecchio ’78 • Phil Thigpen ’47 • Russell “Packy” White ’27 |
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| 1989 Marty Caffrey ’70 • Pete Calcagno H’89 • Hugh Gallagher ’52 • Jeff Gausepohl ’61 • Dr. Joseph P. Kane H’87 • Dr. Felix “Buddy” Masterson ’56 • Pete O’Connor ’59 • Joseph O’Connor, MD ’50 • Jim Reardon ’51 • Steve Schoenhaus ’64 • Frank E. Walsh, Jr. ’59 • Tony “Stanley” Woods ’83 |
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| 1990 Fred Brown ’64 • Herb Campbell ’68 • Kevin Duffy ’74 • Jack Farrell ’47 • Brian Hunt ’63 • John Lombardo ’49 • Frank Meehan ’15 • Dick McDonough ’60 • Bob McDonough ’47 • Charlie O’Connell ’59 • Joe Rawley ’55 • Pat Sullivan ’72 |
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| 1991 Frank Besson ’58 • Ken Blaha ’69 • Dante Caprio ’71 • Joe DeGeorge ’75 • Dick Farrell ’53 • Bill Farquhar ’49 • Sam Martucci H’85 • Walter “Bus” Murray ’32 • Fred Pierro H’91 • Patrick Sages ’77 • Bernie Suttake ’54 • Ed Wyrsch ’59 |
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| 1992 Tom Ard ’83 • Vince Campi ’72 • Gayton Ciccone ’60 • Ron Karnaugh ’84 • Edmond Kirby ’54 • Ken Kluxen ’62 • Matt Lasher ’86 • Ferdy Masucci ’77 • Jim Meehan ’55 • John Parker ’59 • Joseph Walsh ’66 • John Warchol H’92 |
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| 1993 Tom Arminio ’73 • Tom Battaglia ’68 • Tom Coccia ’71 • Ed Coppola H’93 • Paul Deehan ’77 • Bernie Degnan ’47 • Bob Farrell H’94 • Rod Gardner ’73 • Peter Herms • Luddy Landgraf ’53 • Rick Pawlewicz ’71 • Larry Sweeney H’93 • Tom Van Grofski ’62 |
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| 1994 Greg Amsler ’86 • Michael Deehan ’80 • Mike Farrell ’56 • Bill “Doc” Ferinden • Jeff Goldberg ’77 • Bob Hartman ’44 • Ted Taylor ’70 • Richard Morris H’95 • Paul “Spike” Reilly ’52 • Paul Sant’Ambrogio ’76 • Ted Schiller ’73 • Frantz Volcy ’86 |
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| 1995 Carmen “Skip” Bova ’39 • James Carter ’71 • James Condon H’95 • John Feeney ’38 • Frank Maguire ’44 • Mike Mielko ’69 • Jim O’Brien ’55 • Pete Petrone ’84 • Kevin Quinn ’75 • Jack Thorne ’44 • Dave Tracy ’76 • Frank Rinks H’95 |
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| 1996 Peter Butler H’92 • Greg Cunningham ’74 • Pete Davis ’50 • John DeNoia ’60 • Frank Finn ’57 • Tom Guthrie ’44 • Jack Kiley ’47 • Roman Matusz ’85 • Thomas McManus ’67 • John Prisco ’64 • Pete Reavey ’81 • John Strong ’35 |
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| 1997 Ed Argast ’74 • Al Calcagno ’70 • Ric Green ’80 • Tim McCloone ’65 • Jerry McGee ’51 • Bill Persichetty H’82 • Dan Prachar ’85 • Steve Reynolds ’76 • Steve Riley ’78 • Larry Sartori ’38 • Jack Reilly ’45 • John Sheppard ’84 |
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| 1998 Peter DeLuca ’75 • Rev. Martin Foran H’87 • Michael Gallo ’79 • J. David Gill ’68 • David Kahney ’90 • Brevin Knight ’93 • Joseph Lucciola ’52 • Phillip Magnotti ’55 • Steve Mohyla ’75 • John Slevin ’65 • Ira Bowman ’91 • Michael Cocco ’82 |
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| 1999 Mani Almeida ’71 • Marty Berman • Ed Bilinski ’62 • Larry Burgund ’44 • Jack Gentempo ’57 • John Hughes ’59 • John Looney ’37 • Rev. Paul Manning ’51 • George “Kelly” Martin ’77 • M. Richard Merklinger ’65 • Bob Petrucelli ’66 • Mike Ragan ’78 |
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| 2000 Tom Cregan ’65 • Tom Campagna H’00 • Chris DeGrezia ’86 • Jarrod Johnson ’87 • Kevin Kelly ’82 • John MacArthur ’81 • Kevin O’Callaghan ’81 • Vadim Schaldenko ’63 • Chris Seebode ’80 • Sam “Tip” Spina ’82 • Michael Stephans ’92 • Art Williams H’00 |
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| 2001 John Allen H’97 • Jim Addonizio ’71 • Ken Donovan ’76 • Tony D’Urso ’79 • Frank Gagliano ’82 • Stanley Kossup ’51 • Jack Langella ’62 • Jack O’Rourke ’51Pat Powers ’63 • Ray Maragni ’83 • Frank Mazzochi ’67 • 1952 Basketball Team • |
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| 2002 Pete Burns ’78 • Ben Birch’52 • Jack Condon ’82 • Paul Natale ’71 • Ryan Peterson ’97 • John J. Rooney ’49 • Vincent Russomagno ’78 • Anthony Simonelli ’64 • Reggie Smith ’85 • John Sweeney ’80 • 1976 Football Team |
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| 2003 Adam Daniels ’97 • Salvatore DeVito ’79 • Steve Evanoff • Semos Gardner ’83 • Mark Hopkins ’91 • Richard E. Merklinger ’90 • Jeff Miller ’98 • Robert Oelz ’47 • John Probst ’95 • Michael Przywozny ’94 • 1971 Baseball Team |
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| 2004 John Reitmeir • Ralph F. Powers ’44 • Joe Ponzo ’51 • Thomas O’Brien ’56 • Bill McDonough ’65 • Jay Gsell ’69 • Ed Aulisi ’78 • Joe Aulisi ’78 • Glenn D. Smith ’83 • Mike Keohane ’83 • Marteese Robinison ’84 • 1961 Cross Country Team |
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| 2005 Larry Baggitt • William Barrett ’73 • Richard Blumette ’78 • Frank Fitzgerald ’74 • Michael Guidice ’83 • Thomas Hensler ’76 • Michael Holovak ’39 • Mark Kenah ’92 • Brandin Knight ’99 • Michael J. Sheppard, Jr. ’77 • John Tirpak ’60 • 1973-74 Wrestling Team |
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| 2006 Brandon J. Doria ’99 • Michael J. Furiness ’71 • John F. Gross ’77 • Frank P. Gately ’86 • Patrick J. Henning ’95 • Anthony Karpowich ’40 • Christopher J. O’Connell ’83 • Edward C. Neu ’84 • Michael F. Newman ’66 • Steven P. Ricciardi ’97 • John H. Sampers ’89 • 1960-61 Basketball Team |
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| 2007 Larry Yannuzzi ’59 • Kevin Torppey ’59 • Joe Tutela ’75 • Thomas Rathbun ’84 • Mark Duffy ’86 • Joe Cocuzza ’85 • Stephen F. Smith III ’86 • Dorian Scott ’00 • Joe Martinez ’01 • Thomas Cuomo, MD • Vince Aulisi • 1955 Football Team |
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| 2008 James G. O’Connor ‘60 Frank P. Richardi ‘70 John J. McMenamin ‘72 William L. Griffith ‘87 Darren S. Volker ‘90 John J. Mitzak ‘91 • Douglas J. Nevins ‘91 Aleem Tyrone Barley ‘00 Marcus L. Toney-El ‘00 Richard Grady, MD ‘44 Dennis Gunn 1982-83 Hockey Team |
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| 2009 Jerry Groome '50, Dennis Tallagnon '50, Al Mattia '57, Charles "Bud" McCurran '60, Sam Fortunato, Kally McIntosh '89, Msgr. Edward Bradley H;91, Mike Kahney '96, Andy Perez '98, John Dibble '99, Charlie Rowan '02, 1956 Basketball Team. |
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| 2010 Malcolm D. Forrester '55; Thomas "Plug" Feehan '56;Edward M. Bonder '72; Stephen B. Bigotto Jr. '78; Frank J. Ellmo '81; Jon M. Daidone '83; John Bryan Backes '90; Andre D. Callender '03; Eric Anthony Duncan '03; Drew Beifus,H'92; Robert Anthony Palermo; and the 1949 Football Team. |
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| 2011 John Cosgrove '60, William Lennon '60, Michael Purzycki '63, Ron Heffers '65, John Sabo '71,Thomas Verducci '78, Greg Rogers '90, John Bravette '95, James Dooley '97, Casey Grimm '99, Traver Davis '02, and the 1958 - '59 Track Team. |
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2012 Hall of Fame Program-
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Honoree Zach Hatcher was unable to attend due to the imminent birth of his child.
Click to hear his acceptance speech. |
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