Submitted by Mike Rosenberg
Former student-athletes, teams, coaches and friends of BHS athletics are eligible for induction. At least five years must have elapsed since nominees were active in high school athletics.
Letters of nomination should include details supporting the nominee’s inclusion in the hall. Previous letters of nomination have been retained for consideration this year.
Nominations will close on Friday, January 30, 2015, and a selection committee will announce the awardees the following week. The induction ceremony is scheduled for Saturday night, April 11.
Nomination letters may be sent to Keith Mangan, Bedford high School director of athletics, at [email protected] or by U.S. Mail to the high school at 9 Mudge Way, Bedford 01730.
Members of the first BHS Hall of Fame Class, inducted in 2006, are Dorothy Blake, Donn Campbell, Mike Elias, Yvonne Busa Ethridge, Ryan Friend, Coach Helen Gfroerer, Caitlin Hurley, Kristin Dougherty Maskalenko, Coach Arthur McManus, Coach Armand Sabourin, Joe Sickles,
Steven Shea, Dennis Taylor and the 1975 championship swim team
Two years later the hall welcomed honorees Kim Alcaide, Dr. Neil Amidon, Dr. Elisa Banner, Dan Callahan, Mike Genetti, Jim O’Shaughnessy, Coach Jake Sullivan, Steve Wood, Kerri McGovern Yaceshyn, the 1989-90 state championship winter track team and the 1990 state championship softball team.
The 2010 inductees include Christine Geilfuss, Lois Farrell Koering, Jennifer Hanson Naylor, Todd Russell, Coach Bob Petrillo, the 2002 state championship boys’ tennis team and the 1958 baseball team. Doug Coombs was inducted posthumously.
Most recently, the Hall made room in 2013 for Chuck Axtell, Joe Dooley, Kevin Paul Dupont, Carla Inferrera Monte, Kim Ginder Ratcliffe, Kip Sternberg , Carol Ward, Coach Dave Wilson and the 2000 boys’ soccer team.
Call or write Mike Rosenberg (781-983-1763, [email protected]) with any questions.