Dear friend of New Milford High School athletics,

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The New Milford High School Athletic Hall of Fame hosted its inaugural induction banquet Oct. 28, 2017 at Fairview Farm Golf Course in Harwinton.

 

Twelve coaches and athletes representing a span of nearly 100 years of Green Wave sports were honored as our first class, including iconic coach/athletic director Joseph Wiser and legendary coaches Russell Devin and Fran Zaloski, as well as nine exceptional athletes ranging from Fred Collins, Class of 1933, to Ashley O’Connor, Class of 2010.

 

We hosted our second annual induction banquet on Oct. 27, 2018 at Fairview when we honored a dozen more athletes, ranging from Alfred "Sonny" Zaloski, Class of 1947, to Conor Kirkegard, Class of 2012.

 

Our third class of 12 inductees, crossing the years from the late Sam Blackman, Class of 1956, to Emma Crowcroft, Class of 2009, were inducted Nov. 2, 2019.

 

Our fourth induction banquet was Oct. 21, 2023 at Fairview Farm, with six athletes spanning from Dick Volinski, Class of 1953, to Sarah DaRos Keppeler '07, plus our fourth coach, Green Wave boys' cross country mentor Chris Bacich, earning center stage. Sharing the spotlight were the 2003 and '04 boys' cross country teams, the AHOF's first teams to be inducted.

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On Oct. 19, 2024, our fifth induction banquet, once again at Fairview, featured six athletes ranging from Tom Roberts '68 to Vienna Pallisco Teixeira '13. Also inducted was coach George Doring, who worked his magic from the early '60s through the late '80s, as well as Norm Cummings, an NMHS golfer, career journalist and the AHOF founder, who was the first to be inducted in the 'sports supportive' category.

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The NMHS AHOF board will announce its next class of inductees in the near future.

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For all inductees' full Green Wave biographies and plenty of photos, see the accompanying pages here on this website.

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We are a non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization and hope you will join us in our quest to honor the finest of Green Wave athletes, coaches and teams. Toward that goal, we have created the New Milford High School Athletic Hall of Fame Club.

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For your tax-exempt contributions, club members will receive numerous benefits, in addition to the satisfaction of helping the AHOF to continue our efforts to honor Green Wave sports’ very best.

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Among the benefits:

1) Members’ names will be listed in the induction banquet program booklet

2) Major donors will receive priority signup for each year’s induction banquet and invitations to the pre-banquet reception for AHOF inductees

3) Members will receive the NMHS AHOF’s annual letter

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Club membership is available at various levels.

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Individual............................................. $25
Family.................................................. $50
Contributing....................................... $100
Supporting......................................... $250
Benefactor.......................................... $500
Green & White................................. $1,000

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We extend to you an invitation to join our club, and thereby show your support for Green Wave sports and its place in our community’s history.

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For those who wish to join via mail and with a check, please email us at normc49@att.net so we can help you sign up.

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We hope you will join us in our ongoing efforts. Thank you so much for your consideration.

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Norm Cummings

President

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The AHOF Club membership roll

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Green & White

$1,000

Dr. Howard 'Pete' Pease and Kate Pease

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Benefactor

$500

Tom 'Tucker' Burke

Dr. John 'Jack' Lavalette

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Supporting

$250

Bob Pearson

David and Donna Lillis

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Contributing

$100

Peter Bass

Jack Bouclier

George and Carol Buckbee

Margaret Rinaldi Chappuis

Devon and Kelsey Dobson

Art Cummings and Audrey McKay

Norm Cummings

John Devin

Joe Gargon

David Golembeski

Dean and Marlene Golembeski

Len Lavalette and Beth Lavalette

The McGrade family

Mike Morris

Mary Schneider

Gary and Chrissie Scribner

Peter Squires

Dr. Stephen Tracy

Fran Zaloski

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Family

$50

Carmela Castro

Daryl Daniels

Morgan Brady Degan

Keith and Linda Gasser

Louis Heaton

Bill Kraft

Judith Monsarrat and Dr. Michael Monsarrat

Ginger Rettenmeier

Tom Mulvihill

John and Linda Wrenn

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Individual

​$25

Bill Dahl

John Dunne

Bob Greco

Louise Heaton

Patrick Heaton

Kathy Hyland

David Lawson

Jean Gileno Lloyd

Bethany Mihaly

Ed Miltner

Terry Wiser Pitcher

Leslie Westfall Schlemmer

Kate Siegle

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