2021 Athletic Hall of Fame Program Book

Athletic Hall of Fame Induction BISHOP

FENWICK

HIGH

SCHOOL

OCTOBER 16, 2021 • CRUSADER SQUARE Bishop Fenwick High School, 99 Margin Street Peabody, MA

Fenwick Athletic Hall of Fame

Nominees have distinguished themselves and brought honor to Fenwick for their outstanding participation in the athletic program.

Nominees have continued, after graduation, to distinguish themselves and have brought honor to their organizations and community.

Nominees serve (or have served) as outstanding examples of the character, courage, leadership, and well-rounded individuals which Fenwick seeks to develop through its athletic programs.

Induction Program BLESSING AND WELCOME

Tom Nunan

INTRODUCTION OF INDUCTEES COLLEEN CORCORAN ’16

Adam DeBaggis

SOCCER, BASKETBALL, LACROSSE

NICK BONA’14

Dave Dugan '90

FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL

AMY PELLETIER ’11

Adam DeBaggis

BASKETBALL

DINNER INTRODUCTION OF INDUCTEES CARA LINEHAN BUCKWELL ’01

Gaby Trahant '11

(AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY) SWIMMING (BOTH ATHLETE AND COACH)

Kiersten Fuller '04

CHRISTOPHER GAROFALO ’04

Dave Dugan '90

HOCKEY, GOLF

1980 GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM

Tom Nunan

STEPHEN CZARNECKI ’72

Zach Nardone '11

HEAD COACH OF CROSS COUNTRY, INDOOR TRACK, AND OUTDOOR TRACK

CONCLUSION

Tom Nunan

COLLEEN CORCORAN’16 Colleen, a Beverly native, was a four year varsity player and two year captain of a State Championship Basketball Team that went 21-4 in her senior year. In 2016, Colleen earned honors as a Boston Globe All Scholastic, a Boston Herald All Scholastic, and a CCL MVP. She was also a two time Salem News Player of the Year, with a double-double average. She scored 975 points, and is among the all-time Fenwick leaders in rebounds. Colleen was a rare three sport Captain and CCL and Salem News All Star in both soccer and lacrosse, to complement her many basketball accolades, and led her team to the North Finals in soccer her senior year. She was named to both the Eastern Massachusetts All-Star Soccer Team, and to the Massachusetts All-State Soccer Team.

Colleen earned a scholarship to play Division 2 Basketball at LeMoyne College. She was again a two year Captain, and is tied for fourth all time in program history for games played (112) and 25th all time for offensive rebounds (132). Her teams reached the league playoffs all four years, and qualified for the NCAA tournament in 2019-2020. She and her fellow senior class teammates are the winningest class in LeMoyne’s Women’s Basketball history.

Currently Colleen works as a Graduate Assistant Coach for the Division 1 University of Albany. She is studying for her Master’s in Educational Policy and Leadership, with a concentration in Higher Education. Colleen’s ultimate goal and dream is to move to California and become a Division 1 Head Coach or a WNBA Coach. Her passions include talking about and watching all sports, working out, photography, spending time outdoors, and with family and friends.

NICK BONA’14 Nick is a Peabody native who served as the only three year Fenwick Football Captain in history, and was a rare four year starter. During his senior year, Nick was the CCL MVP, a Boston Globe and Boston Herald All Scholastic, and Boston Globe Player of the Year. He was also the Salem News and Lynn Item Player of the Year. Nick was named to the All-State Team, and played in both the Shriners and Agganis All Star Games.

Nick made 219 tackles senior year, and 499 over his career, which are both school records, and he was 16-3 as a starting quarterback. Nick was widely considered as the best two way player in the State, and led his team to the 2013 State Championship at Gillette Stadium, by a score of 28-0. In baseball, Nick was the CCL MVP his junior year, and was also named a Boston Herald All Scholastic and a Salem News All Star. He was a four year starter, on a team that made the state tournament all four years, and won the CCL Championship.

Nick believes that going away for football camp was one of the best experiences of his life, and noted that beating Peabody in baseball in 2013 was special.

Nick earned a scholarship to play at Stonehill College, where he majored in Criminology and minored in Communications. He played every game in his career, starting the final 32 games.

Nick was Captain his senior year, and is top ten all time in unassisted tackles (132). He belongs to the 200 career tackle club, just the 19th in program history (234). Nick was named to the All-NE10 second team Defense in 2017, and made the NE-10 Honor Roll January 2014-Spring 2017. Nick made Dean’s List in 2017 and 2018, and earned the Mike Carr Skyhawk Award, for the Stonehill football player who best exemplifies dedication, leadership ability, and enthusiasm.

Since graduating from Stonehill, Nick has served as a Corrections Officer for the Essex County Sheriff’s Department.

He will begin at the Police Academy on November 1st to pursue a career with the Lynn Police Department. Nick has also served as an Assistant Football Coach at Fenwick from 2019-2021.

AMY PELLETIER ‘11 Amy, a Beverly native, is one of only 4 women to ever score 1,000 points at Fenwick. Her 1,219 points combined with 355 assists gained her spots on the Boston Globe and Boston Herald All Scholastic Teams, as well as being named the Salem News Player of the Year, all during her senior year. The three time CCL All Star, two time team Captain, and MVP led her squad to the North Finals junior and sophomore years. In addition, Amy was named the South MVP in the 2011 Agganis Basketball Classic, a 2011 Lynn Item All Star, and a 2010 Salem News All Star. She connected on 168 three-pointers, with a 43% shooting accuracy. Amy was a National Honor Society Member with a 4.25 GPA. Amy earned a full scholarship to play at Division 2 Stonehill College. She captained the team and led them to the Division 2 Sweet Sixteen. In her junior year, she broke the program’s record for three-pointers made in a single season, connecting on 87. Her senior year she became the program’s 28th 1,000 point scorer. That same year Amy broke the record for most career three-point field goals made, connecting on 267, finishing her career with 40% shooting percentage. Amy was a Finance major with a minor in Economics at Stonehill. Amy earned the NE-10 Commissioner’s Honors Roll nod every semester, with multiple semesters on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, and was a recipient of the national Division II ADA (Athletic Directors Association) Academic Award. Her career numbers at Stonehill totaled 1,217 points, 241 assists, and 172 rebounds.

Amy has a brother, Eric Pelletier, Fenwick Alum of ’06 (inducted to the Hall of Fame with the 04’ state championship baseball team). Amy served as an Assistant Coach on the 2016 State Championship Fenwick Girls Basketball team, and currently resides in Salem, MA with a career in finance as a Sr. Vice President at Silicon Valley Bank.

CARA LINEHAN ’01 BUCKWELL (Posthumously)

Cara, a Melrose native, was two year swim captain who qualified for Sectionals and States in all four of her seasons at Fenwick.

Cara earned a scholarship to swim at the championship level for a Division 1 program at the University of Maryland. She was an accomplished breaststroker and an exceptional individual medley swimmer. Cara captained her college team during her senior year.

In addition to her great success as a high school and college swimmer, Cara was a decorated and highly successful Head Coach at Bishop Fenwick. Cara coached at Fenwick for 10 seasons, and was undefeated in dual meets during her last three seasons as the Head Coach, ending her coaching career on a 25-0 note. In addition to her winning ways, Cara built the program to have the largest number of swimmers in ten seasons, and improved record keeping and goal setting for every swimmer.

For the first time in over 20 years, Fenwick sent a boys relay team to the States under Cara’s direction. Her coaching acumen was rewarded by being chosen as the Boston Globe Division 2 Coach of the Year in 2016.

Cara ran the Boston Marathon in 2011, for the “Run for Research” team, to raise money for liver research in honor of her late sister Laura. She raised money for both the American Liver Foundation and the Donate Life cause for organ donation. Cara married Daniel Buckwell in 2012, and gave birth to their daughter Claire Christine in 2016. Cara faced a stage four lung cancer diagnosis in March of 2017, and passed away later that year.

CHRISTOPHER GAROFALO ‘04 Chris, a Peabody native, was a four year varsity hockey player, and two year captain, who graduated as one of the top three scorers in Bishop Fenwick history.

He amassed 110 points in 4 years, with 93 of those coming in his final two years. In his senior year, he was one of the top scorers in the state with 56 points.

He was a CCL MVP in his senior year, and an All Star in junior and senior seasons. He also played four years of golf for Fenwick, being named an All Star in his sophomore, junior and senior years. He won the Boston Bruins Sportsmanship Award during his senior year, and was the MVP of the Carlin Cup Game vs. Peabody High in his senior year as well.

Chris played hockey at Endicott College for four years. He graduated with a degree in Finance, and went on to get his Masters Degree in Finance from Southern New Hampshire University.

Chris volunteered as an Assistant Varsity Hockey Coach at Fenwick for two years. Chris continues to play golf with a five handicap. Chris is the oldest of three Fenwick grads in his family, with a sister Michelle, ’08, and brother Matthew, ’15.

He is also married to a Fenwick alum, Jen Linehan '03 (daughter of former Girls Basketball Coach Bill Linehan) and they live in Beverly with their three children. Chris works for Affiliated Managers’ Group in Beverly as an analyst.

1980 GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM'81-'84 This team won Fenwick's first All-State Cross Country Championship. The team was undefeated in dual meets to win the regular season CCL title, then went on to win the league championship, and the Division 3 Eastern Massachusetts Championship. Victories included those against high caliber teams from 6-8 different states. Titles the team captured included Our Lady of Providence, New England Catholics, Northern Area Team Championship, and Knights of Columbus Holyoke Invitational Championship.

In the five years previous to the 1980 season, the girls won five straight CCL titles, and went undefeated in 44 straight CCL dual meets. In 1979, the girls finished third in the All-State meet, with the top six girls finishing very close to each other. During 1980, three different girls finished first over the course of the season, adding to the concept of depth and team strength.

After Fenwick, many of the girls went on to very successful leadership careers, indicating the high level of discipline they displayed in achieving an All-State title, especially notable for the size of Bishop Fenwick, relative to their All-State opponents.

STEPHEN CZARNECKI ’72 Steve is a Salem native who has served as a Fenwick Head Track or Cross Country Coach for 106 total seasons, leading the Crusaders for 648 meets, with an overall winning percentage of 82%. His Girls Cross Country Teams from 2017-2018 won the State Divisional Championship, with his 2017 team placing 7th in the Nationals as the New England Qualifier. His 2019 team finished as State Champ runner ups.

Steve has guided our athletes to state, all-state New England, and national meets, including the 2016 boys sprint medley team, which qualified for and placed in the Nationals Emerging division in both the indoor and outdoor meets. There are 12 athletes that Steve coached that qualified for Nationals. Steve has received many Coach of the Year accolades, including Boston Globe Boys Track, Lynn Item Boys Track, and Salem News Boys Track and Girls Cross Country.

Salem State University has also been blessed by Steve’s coaching talent. Steve served as Head Salem State Cross Country/Track Coach for 12 seasons, including leading them to a National Division 3 Championship. He took his team to the NCAA Nationals ten times, and mentored nine All Americans. Steve’s success at Salem State has earned him a spot in their Athletic Hall of Fame.

Steve has worked as a teacher and administrator at Fenwick since 1978, and lives in Salem with his wife Joan. In addition to Steve’s technical expertise, he has had a huge impact on thousands of Fenwick athletes, with a genuine care for his athletes that goes way beyond their athletic success.

HALL OF FAME MEMBERS Robin Auger’80 Atkinson, Basketball Frederick Berry ‘68, Special Honoree John Blackington ‘71, Football Douglas Carrier ‘72, Football Walter Cullen ‘66, Football Walter Diachisin, ‘67 Football Steven Donaldson, ‘64 Football Theresa Durkin ‘80, Basketball James Farley ‘63, Football Dennis Gray ‘66, Football John Hanlon ‘81, Hockey John Jaworski ‘68, Football Mary Ellen Letvinchuk ‘76 Karin, Track Alex Kulevich, Coach Football John Manning ‘65, Football Mary Manning ‘67, Basketball Jacqueline McNiff ‘79 Regan, Track Cheryl Murtagh ‘77, Basketball Richard Prior ‘70, Football Lynda Lipson ‘89 Blutreich, Track John Childs ‘77, Track Sandra Costigan ‘82, Field Hockey David Fraizer ‘75, Track Donald Gleason ‘66, Football Thomas Konevich ‘75, Basketball William Lee ‘66, Football Cynthia Flick ‘77 McHugh, Track Margaret McNiff ‘76, Track Christopher McCarthy, ‘85 Golf Kevin McCarthy, Coach Baseball Robert Tierney, Coach Hockey Casey Arena ‘92, Basketball Michael Cranney ‘89, Football Jason Gray ‘92, Swimming Ed Henry ’67, Coach Softball Kerri Lyman ‘93, Softball James McHugh ‘67, Athletic Director Gina Marcinkowski ’90 Murphy, Basketball Marlene Myslinski ‘88, Softball Julie Obear ‘91, Field Hockey Carol Flaherty ’75 O'Neill, Field Hockey Colleen Parker ‘95 Softball

Sr. Joseph Leo Pietrowski, Faculty Special Honoree Tony Porcello ‘69, Baseball Kristin Amico ’89 Sesselman, Field Hockey Russell Steeves ‘85, Baseball Gail Ierardi Vaughn ‘84, Track Elaine Veloukas ‘89, Track Gerald Braun ‘80, Hockey Sean Connolly ‘98, Basketball Ralph Le Duc "Mr. Fenwick" Special Honoree Kent Robarts ‘80, Track Karla Roberts ‘93, Soccer Jeff Russell ‘87, Tennis Carolyn Ryder ‘85, Swimming Lorin Slade ‘94 Buksa, Softball John Tierney ‘63, Football Kelly Baril ‘99, Field Hockey Lawrence Callahan ‘65, Baseball Dennis Cormier ‘88, Soccer Joseph Cullen ‘96, Hockey Michael Hallinan ‘65, Baseball Beverly Agrella ‘83 Iwanicki, Softball Brian McCarthy ‘01, Football / Baseball Shannon Fletcher ’88 Straub Track The 1999 Football Team Kerri Burke ‘03, Basketball Fletcher Callahan ‘91, Swimming Fred Gardner, Special Contributor Ryan LaMontagne ‘94, Football Kristi Lyman ‘95, Softball Mike O'Brien ‘67, Coach Basketball Laurie Plante ‘86 Graumann, Volleyball Mary Wells ‘94, Softball The 1992 Softball Team Elaine Moulison Greenhalge, 1963 Michael Grady, 1978 Shannon Lyman Blacker, 1997 Meghan King, 2001 2004 Baseball Team Andrea Slaven, 2005 Bobby Tarr, 2008 Rebecca Graves, 2011

Hall of Fame Selection Committee 2021 Neil Harrington P ‘05, ‘06, ‘11, Board Chairman Maura Sullivan ‘83, Board Vice President Marc Duffy ‘02 Dave Dugan ‘90 Terry Durkin ‘80 John Jaworski ‘68 Kevin McCarthy, Teacher and Coach Jim McHugh ‘67 Cheryl Murtagh ‘77 Andrea Slaven ‘05