Hastings-on-Hudson High School
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Ronald W. Lindemann Sports Hall of Fame 2007 Inductions October 6, 2007... When former students are being honored for their athletic accomplishments, we realize it's not only athleticism being honored. We are rewarding individuals with dedication, strength of conviction, determination, willingness to strive and hard work that made these wonderful athletes standouts. A good crowd of alumni, family and friends gathered at a familiar site for the evening's activities … Rudy's Beau Rivage, with the Hudson River for a backdrop. As the beautiful sunset cast its glow, the induction ceremonies began, hosted for the evening by Coach Dick Bub, who kept the proceedings light and absorbing. Twelve new outstanding members were inducted into the distinct Ronald W Lindemann HHS Sports Hall of Fame. "Hats off" to Steve Cuppek, Jr., who planned the event and did a sensational job. And let's not forget the nominating committee, who again made great choices in their selection process.
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George J. "Dee" DiChiara 1946. Varsity Basketball (3 yrs), Varsity Football (3 yrs), All-County Honorable Mention (Senior Year), Second Team All Hudson Valley (Senior Year): George is a proud veteran of two foreign wars. After graduation, George enlisted in the Merchant Marines and Navy and bravely served his country during World War II. George was again called to service during the Korean War as a member of the United States Air Force. George was the proprietor of DiChiara’s Liquor Store in Irvington, New York. He retired in 1997 after 33 years in business. He and his wife still call Irvington home. They have been married for 57 years and have two married children and four grandchildren.
Kelly Moroch Duffy 1993. Varsity Basketball (3 yrs, Co-Captain Senior Year, All-League Honorable Mention Sophomore Year, All League Junior/Senior Years, Honorable Mention All Section Senior Year, MVP Senior Year), Varsity Softball (4 yrs, Co-Captain Senior Year, All League Honorable Mention Junior/Senior Year, Coaches Award Senior Year, Harlowe Memorial Award Freshman and Senior Year, Outstanding Athlete), Varsity Volleyball (one year): Kelly graduated from Springfield College (SC) in 1997 with a B.S. in physical education. While at SC she played one year of Division II Basketball. Her first job was teaching physical education, K-12, at The Cathedral School in Manhattan. She left Cathedral and backpacked through Australia and New Zealand for six months, where she became certified in scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef, went sky diving and bungee-jumping in New Zealand. Kelly returned home to a job at Horace Mann School, where she met her husband, Mike Duffy. They married in November 2003 and have two sons, Michael, (2) and Ryan, (11 months old). Kelly teaches physical education at the Rye Middle School. In 2003, she earned an M.S. in health education from Lehman College. Kelly says she, "loves being a teacher, a wife and a mother."
Margery "Margy" Jenkins Fisher 1961. Varsity Field Hockey (4 yrs, captain 2 yrs), Varsity Basketball (4 yrs, captain 4 yrs), Varsity Volleyball (4 yrs), Varsity Archery (4 yrs, highest amount of shooting points), Varsity Softball (4 yrs), Silver Winged Foot (Senior Year): After graduation and a short-lived career as a nurse, Margy entered the world of banking. She was employed by Hastings Federal Savings & Loan as an assistant bookkeeper until 1969. Margy married George Fisher in 1966 and after the birth of their second child, Margy became a stay-athome mom. She volunteered at school, became a brownie leader and managed her girls' softball league. In 1983, she re-entered the work force, initially working for a law firm as a comptroller and later finding her true calling as the unit coordinator in a cardiovascular intensive care unit at a prestigious hospital in the Tampa Bay area. Margy resides in Seminole, Florida, and has two daughters, Debbie and Cheryl, and an 11-year-old grandson. She says that "getting older has not changed her; she still likes to talk as much as she did in school."
Karen Koblosh Flaherty 1975. Varsity Field Hockey (3 yrs) Varsity Volleyball (4 yrs, co-captain senior year, All League Senior Year, All County Senior Year), Varsity Basketball (4 yrs, co-captain Senior Year, All League Senior Year), Varsity Track (2 yrs): Karen attended SUNY Brockport for one year after graduation and playing on the volleyball team before transferring to Niagara University, where she was a two-sport, Division-1 athlete in volleyball and swim team. In 1979, she graduated with a B.S. in physical education and continued her studies earning a master's degree from the College of New Rochelle in special education. She has been teaching physical education and coaching middle school and high school at the Blind Brook School in Rye Brook for more than 25 years. Karen married her college sweetheart, Michael, and they recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. They live in Hastings, have four children and are awaiting the arrival of their first grandchild. Karen says her biggest accomplishment to date has been "combining work with raising four future HHS Athletic hall-of-famers."
Valerie Frye Harmon 1961. Varsity Field Hockey (4 yrs, honor team 4 yrs), Varsity Basketball (4 yrs, honor team 4 yrs), Varsity Volleyball (4 yrs), Varsity Archery (4 yrs), Varsity Softball (4 yrs, first team 4 yrs), Silver Winged Foot (senior year): Two months after graduation, Valerie married Jim Harmon and within a few years had three children. When her children were still toddlers, Val started her long road toward a college degree. In 1971, she graduated from Mercy College with a B.A. in education. She received a Masters in Counseling in 1976 and a Masters in Special Education in 1980 from Manhattan College. In 1972, Valerie worked at the RISE East School for multiply handicapped students in Rockland County, where she designed and implemented programs to meet their special needs. In 1978, Val accepted a position as Special Education Guidance Counselor in the Clarkstown School System and continued to develop and apply new programs for learning disabled children. Valerie retired in 2004 and as a retiree, has plenty of time to be with her three grandchildren, travel, scuba dive and play golf.
Lee R. Kaiser 1987 Varsity Soccer (4 yrs, captain Senior Year, All League Senior Year), Varsity Baseball (4 yrs, Captain Senior Year, All League Honorable Mention Junior Year, All League Senior Year, MVP Senior Year): Lee graduated from SUNY Oswego in 1991 with a B.S. in education and George Mason University in 1999 with a M.Ed. in counseling and development. He taught 6th grade for seven years and has been a school counselor since 2000 for grades 4, 5 & 6 in the Fairfax County Public School System in Northern Virginia. He has successfully coached a Virginia High School State Championship Team, a Virginia High School Northern Region Championship Team, in two different sports, and a championship travel soccer team. Lee and his wife, Nadine, reside in Centreville, Virginia, and have two daughters, Zoe and Carson. He has continued playing a variety of sports for the past two decades, which led to a total right hip replacement in June '07. But, Lee says he "wouldn't have changed a thing."
Eric "Tank" Kantor 1958. Varsity Football (1 yr), Varsity Basketball (2 yrs), Varsity Baseball (2 yrs, Senior Year: Captain, All League, Honorable Mention All County): Known as "Tank" to his friends and classmates, Eric received his B.S. from Springfield College (SC) in Springfield, MA. In recognition of his outstanding performance on the playing field, Tank earned a varsity letter in football at SC. He continued his studies and received an M.A. from Columbia University. After a 44-year long career of teaching mathematics at Edgemont High School, including the last 11 years as the mathematics department chair, Tank retired in June 2007. As you can tell from the photo, Tank is an avid Yankees fan. Here's a bit of Hastings High School sports trivia and something probably only relatively few people know about Tank: his all around talent in baseball got him a try out with both the Milwaukee Braves and the San Francisco Giants in 1958.
Regina Rehak Lockwood 1955. Varsity Field Hockey (2 yrs), Varsity Basketball (2 yrs), Varsity Volleyball (2 yrs), Minor Letter 1953, Major Letter 1954 and 1955): Regina received an A.S from Cornell University SUNY College in industrial & labor relations. After college, she was employed by Philip Morris as an aviation flight dispatcher at Westchester County Airport. She retired from that position in 1993 and began a second career working in the office at Hillside Elementary School. Regina is a professional artist and has designed for the General Foods Corporation. Most recently she has finished illustrating a children’s book for 4-7 year olds. The manuscript is presently with an agent, and she’s hoping it will be published and on the market in late fall. In 1958, Regina married John Lockwood and next year they will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They have two grown sons and three grandchildren. She enjoys working in her garden, making jam, canning vegetables and loves to draw.
Stefanie Parrott 1986. Varsity Volleyball (3 yrs, All County 84-86, MVP 86), Varsity Basketball (3 yrs, All County 84-86, MVP 85-86, first girl in Yellow Jackets history to score 1,000 points, high points scored in a game -- 42), Track (3 yrs, All County 85): After graduating from HHS in 1986, Stefanie attended Dartmouth College where she studied philosophy, film studies and women’s studies. Now living in Oakland, California, Stefanie is working as a real estate broker. She plays tennis every day and enjoys playing her bass guitar.
Bern "Bernie" Richards 1960. Varsity Football (2 yrs, co-captain Senior Year, Honorable Mention All SWIAC Senior Year), Varsity Baseball (1 yr), Varsity Track (1 yr, Gold Foot Award for most points in a year, Bronze Medal in 440 Relay at Pelham Relays 1960), Harlowe Memorial Award in Freshman and Senior Years for Outstanding Athlete: Bernie received degrees from Paul Smith's College - forestry; North Carolina State University - wildlife management; Syracuse University (for the U.S. Air Force) – Russian linguist. Today, a DAV. For 35 years, Bernie has been the owner/operator of FairWinds, a Native American arts and crafts gallery; a teacher and facilitator of indigenous-themed workshops, crafts and animal assisted therapy projects. He has spent four years at the Green Chimneys School in Brewster, New York. Bernie self-published six poetry booklets between the years of 1975-1983. He is married to Gail Keating and is presently semi-retired leading workshops entitled "Footfalls for the Four Directions" and "Feathersmithing." a craft. His favorite memory in sports past is "punting a football."
Patricia "Pat" Sinatra 1975. Varsity Volleyball (4 yrs, All County 74 and 75), Varsity Field Hockey (4 yrs), Varsity Basketball (2 yrs), Co-ed Volleyball (2 yrs, All County 75), Harlowe Memorial Award 1971 (Outstanding Athlete): After graduation, Pat attended college at SUNY Cortland where she received a BS in biology and minors in chemistry and art. Pat then attended the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School where she conducted post-graduate doctoral studies in virology. She was a Visiting Asst. Professor at the University of Dallas then subsequently left academia and has been employed by the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry for the past 25 years. Pat is currently an executive for a biotech start-up venture in Silicon Valley. Pat has never lost her love for athletics. She has participated in a number of activities since high school including running, squash, swimming and soccer. An avid road cyclist Pat had a custom road bike built for her not so big frame. She rides about 40 – 120 miles per week and does other strengthening exercises. Pat misses team sports but riding better suits her unpredictable schedule. Pat's traveled extensively throughout the U.S and Europe, owns three guitars and used to play professionally. Pat now lives in Burlingame CA which is about 20 miles south of San Francisco with her significant other and two Abyssinian cats that run their lives.
Jordan Wolff 1994. Varsity Cross Country (2 yrs, All County 1500/2000 Steeplechase '94, All League Honorable Mention – '92, All Section 3200 Meter Run '94, All League '93 3000 Meter Steeplechase '94, All Section '93, Section I - Class "C" Champion, All County '93 1600 Meter Run '94, 3000 Meter Steeplechase '94), Varsity Indoor Track and Field (2 yrs, All State Honorable Mention, All League Honorable Mention 3200 Meters '93 3000 Meter Steeplechase '94, All League 1600/3200 Meters '94, National Champion 5000 Meter Run '94, All Section Honorable Mention 3200 Meters '94, Section I Class "C" Champion 1600 Meters and Hastings, HS Track Records '94: 3200 Meters, '94: 1600M – 4min, 24 sec, 3200M – 9 min, 33 sec), Varsity Track and Field (4 yrs, 2000M Steeplechase – 6 min, 20 sec, All League 3200 Meters – '93 and '94, 3000 M Steeplechase – 9 min, 37 sec): Jordan graduated from Brown University with a degree in anthropology. In his junior year, he was a member of the 1996 Brown cross-country team that finished 14th in the nation. He spent a semester studying abroad in Australia and took his running to the next level – barefoot running in the Sydney half-marathon. After graduation, Jordan accepted a teaching position in South Korea and spent the next four years working, studying and traveling in the Orient. During that time, he learned Korean and got his master's degree in international relations. He returned home in the spring of 2003 ready for his next challenge: law school. He attended the University of Georgia Law School and graduated with honors in 2006. He found a job with Greenberg Traurig LP, a global law firm in NYC. Jordan is currently employed in Greenberg's litigation department, where he works primarily in securities class action litigation.