The 12th class of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame presents inducted from Olympians and high school stars to a major league baseball player and the award -winning broadcaster, the VSHOF board of directors announced in a press release.
The VSHOF board of directors unveiled its 2025 class on Wednesday afternoon. The 13 new members will be officially registered during a celebration banquet on Saturday, April 26.
The enthronement dinner begins with a reception at 5.30 p.m. at the Delta Marriott Burlington Hotel on Williston Road in South Burlington. Ticket information for 2025 dinner will soon be available on the vshoF website in www.vermontportshall.com.
Last year: Vermont Sports Hall of Fame 2024 class
The product of dinner and raffles will benefit the prevention of the mistreatment of Vermont children, the designated charity of the VSHOF. Previous dinners have collected more than $ 37,000 for the organization, a press release said.
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The class of this year carries the total of the members of the room to 143 since the first class was inducted in 2012. The enthusiasts now represent 60 cities of the State of Green Mountain and 13 of the 14 counties of the State are represented . The class was selected by three groups: the VSHOF board of directors of 15 members, a sports consulting committee on the level of the State and the previous enthronements, according to the press release.
This year’s class (With the kind permission of the VSHOF Liberation):
Nini wuensch anger
Gymnastics
Nini Wuensch Anger was triple individual secondary champion for Colchester before graduating in 1977 after his junior year. She participated in the NCAA division I in the south of Illinois before becoming a long -standing and official coach of Vermont. Vermont Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association elected her athlete for the year in secondary 1976-77 and was presented in the Faces of Illustrated Sports in the crowd.
Debra Brown
Horseshoe pitch
Debra Brown turned out to be one of the best launchers in the state, the country and the world. Brown is a champion of state 24 times with nine crowns from New England. She also posted 10 TOP-10 in the Worlds, underlined by a world championship in 2015. She was honored by three inductions of renowned rooms and numerous state, regional and national prizes. She has played a decisive role in the development of Sodbusters Horseshoe Pitch Club to succeed in the County of Addison and has trained or supervised many junior players over the years.
Kyle Dezotell
Football / Nordic ski
Kyle Dezotell In high school and college, Kyle Dezotell was also an excellent Nordic skier and is a male football coach of the NCAA. He was the player of the year of Gatorade 1998 at North Country Union High establishing a new score record of the metro division (36 goals) and leading the Falcons for the title of State of Division I. In winters, He was champion of Vermont State and New England in Nordic skiing. He went to Middlebury Setting Program Marks in goals, assists and points, and he helped the Panthers to their very first title Nescac in 2000. After graduating, he was coach of VSU-Johnson, Norwich, Manhattanville, Ithaca and currently in Tufts leading his teams to seven NCAA tournaments combined with seven divisions.
Lou Dimasi III
Hockey
The best player in the state high school in 1999, Lou Dimasi continued an out -of -competition career in Norwich, twice winning the honors of division III of the first team, and played four seasons of professional hockey. In Burlington High School, he was the Burlington Free Press 1999, Mr. Hockey and led the Hippocampes as State of Division I. In Norwich, he was twice defender All-American, was directed to the cadets National title of Division III of the 2003 NCAA and was inducted from his fame of fame in 2014. He went to play five seasons as a pro, two in the United States minor leagues and three in Europe. A young and school coach since his return to Vermont, since 2011, he has been an integral part of the success of the Pond Classic hockey on Mallets Bay.
Carlie Geer
Rowing
A graduate of Dartmouth in 1980 where she was an exceptional rower in the crew team, Carlie Geer was an Olympia twice winning a silver medal in single in Los Angeles in 1984. She was also appointed in The 1980 Double Sculls Olympic team with his sister Judy but the United States did not compete. She also participated in three world championships, rowing double sculls in 1981 and Quad Sculls in 1982-1983. The equipment is Vermont’s first wife to win a medal at the Olympic Games d’été. Last year, she was enthroned at the temple of the national renown of rowing rowing rowing.
Jim Holland
Ski jumping
A six -time national ski jumper Jim Holland, participated in the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympic Games. During the 1992 Albertville Games, he was the best American in the events of Grande Hill and Normal Hill . He competed on the FIS World Cup circuit from 1989 to 1993 with several TOP-10. We also remember Holland for his courageous return after having undergone serious injuries during a training jump in 1987, modifying his technique to go further than before. He retired in 1993 and after the US Ski Association abandoned the ski jump in 2007, the Dutch people helped start and finance the ski jump to the United States (now USA Nordic Sport), a non -profit organization that manages national national and Nordic ski programs for men and female.
CONNIE Larose
Coach / multi-sport athlete
Connie Larose has an incredible and legendary sports career for over 50 years as a student-athlete in high school and college and high school coach in Vermont. She was a versatile athlete of Bristol High and Champlain College before starting her coach career in 1966. A pioneer in women’s athletics from Vermont before title IX, basketball was her main sport as a coach , where she has raised a career of 486-232 record in three secondary schools, the fourth greatest cerceau coach in the state. She won five female basketball titles, including the crown of division II in 2022 – her last year of coach at Mount Abraham.
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Multi-sport / football / track and field athlete
A quick multi -sport athlete at Rutland High and then at the University of Vermont, Bill Looker was one of the best state -owned state football players and was the best sprinter in the state. He won five of his six individual outdoor state sprint titles in 1970 and 1971 and anchored team relay teams. He helped lead the raiders to the 1969 state football title and also led the 1971 Vermont sanctuary team to a victory over the New Hampshire. Outpature receiver at UVM, he was appointed throughout the brand new England and the first team of the All-Yankee conference in 1974, and was the best bettor of the conference in the early 1970s. He was a member of the UVM sports temple.
Tony Orciari
Basketball
A leading goalkeeper from East Burke, Orciari in four years each at St. Johnsbury Academy and UVM, collected more than 1,700 career points in high school and college. He led the Hilltoppers to three consecutive trips in the Final Four of Division I from 1995 to 1997, twice in the final and the state of 1997. He was the first winner of Mr. Basketball by the Burlington Free Press, in 1996 and 1997, and the two seasons, he was also the winner of the Gatorade Award of Vermont. It was the recruit of the year of America East 1998 for the catamoths and was the second UVM player to win the honors of all four seasons.
Frank Pecora
Baseball coach
Baseball coach in the state for almost five decades at the Northfield High School, then at the University of Norwich, Frabk Pecora won 15 secondary statements. He was coach and sports director of Northfield for 38 years from 1975, leading the marauders at 19 trips to the match for the title of State while winning 488 games. After helping Norwich for three seasons, he became cadet coach in 2016 before retired in 2024. He was appointed coach of the year GNAC in 2017 and his last team reached the GNAC 2024 championship. The baseball field at the Northfield Memorial Park was appointed Frank Pecora Field at the Memorial Park in 2013. In 2014, he was the first coach of the Vermont to be appointed to the National Federation of Secondary Schools of the State High School High School of Fame.
Mike Rochford
Multi-sport / baseball
An exceptional athlete of three sports in South Burlington High School in the early 80s, Mike Rochford is the first and the only product of the Vermont High School to be selected in the draft of major leagues and to reach major leagues. He was a football, basketball and baseball in South Burlington. The protruding facts include the title of the rebels at 1981 Division I State title as a senior, marking 1,026 career points in the hoops leading the SBHS in 1981 to 20-3 and the semi-finals. In the fall, he was out of competition of three years in the quarter and as a junior, he led the team to the 1979 state championship. A left-handed launcher, Rochford was selected by the Red Sox at first Tour du Répadeage of January 1982 of the Santa Fe Community College in Florida. After an excellent section for minors, he continued in eight three -season games for the Red Sox from 1988 to 1990.
Jack Healey
Media (badly boright inducted)
A veteran of broadcasting for over 50 years in the state, Jack Healey has been appointed Vermont Sportscaster of the year since unprecedented 20 times. There are no many levels of sports that he has not called in the state, first on the radio and now on the internet. Healey called many football and basketball games at high school in and around Rutland, including many state championship matches, called male basketball and male hockey, baseball Minor leagues for the Reds of Vermont, sailors, exhibitions and monsters of the lake. The hockey press box with the Spartan arena from Castleton in Rutland was appointed the Jack Healey broadcast stand in October 2022.
Leo Papineau
Multi-sport / athlete / coach / administrator (induction historical)
A captain and athlete outside competition (ice hockey, football and tennis) at St. Michael’s College in the 1920s, Leo Papineau compiled a record of coach of 670-216-9 in five sports over 27 years in three county of Franklin High schools. He was also a long-standing administrator of athletics and was a basketball official recognized on a state scale. An ardent defender of girls in the 1930s and 40s, Papineau led his schools to several female basketball state championships. He also helped to bring hockey boys to the BFA St. Albans in the 1930s, winning two state titles.
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