43RD ANNUAL INDUCTION BANQUET May 22, 2018 • Chase Center • Wilmington, Del. Jimmy Allen Clinton Burke Sarah Cashman Tom Fort Gersky Bunny Miller Heidi Pearce Larry Shenk Penny Welsh David Williams MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame is to celebrate the history, preserve the legacy, and honor the heroes of the sports within Delaware and those who have brought recognition to Delaware by their accomplishments elsewhere. The membership strives to educate young and old about athletics, sportsmanship, and work ethic while providing inspiration to maintain active and healthy lifestyles through sports. DELAWARE SPORTS MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME OFFICERS & BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2018 President • Marty Walsh 1st Vice President • Chuck Durante 2nd Vice President • Willy Miranda Secretary • Chuck Durante Treasurer • Jeff Cooney Historian • Bill Fleischman Immediate Past President • Tom Fort BOARD MEMBERS Zach Carter • Sandy Coveleski • Amy Eaton • Bill Hayes • Frank W. “Bud” Hitchens, Jr. • Henry Milligan • Tom Ogden • Michelle Whalen EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Don Voltz • Scott Selheimer TONIGHT’S PROGRAM Call to Order and Welcome Marty Walsh • President Welcome Chuck Durante • First Vice President Introduction of Past Inductees Introduction of Class of 2018 Invocation Willy Miranda • Second Vice President National Anthem Bips Egnor Dinner Induction Ceremonies Banquet Chairwoman • Lorrie Alesi Silent Auction • Susan White Photos • Mark Campbell Video • Brad Wolak JIMMY ALLEN ( Cape Henlopen) DAVID WILLIAMS (Caesar Rodney) Henlopen Athletic Conference Congratulations to the Conference Honorees for their induction into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame and all the other inductees From the Henlopen Conference Athletic Directors TTHEHE OFFIOFFICERSCERS & MMEMBERSEMBERS OF THETHE DDELAWAREELAWARE AAFRO-AMERICANFRO-AMERICAN SPORTSSPORTS HALLHALL of FAFAME,ME, IINCNC Founded 1996 CONGRATULATECONGRATULATE JIMMYJIMJIMMMY ALLENALLELLENN & BUNNYBUUNNNNNY MILLERMMILLEILLEILLERR 2018 IINDUCTEESNDUCTEES INTOINTO TTHEHE DELAWAREDELAWARE SPORTSSPORTS MMUSEUMUSEUM AANDND HAHALLLL OF FAFAMEME www.daashof.orgwww.daashof.org 2018 INDUCTEES JIMMY ALLEN Jimmy Allen scored 1,785 points in four years at the University of New Haven (Conn.) where he was a second team NCAA Division II All-American in 1979. He followed with a long career as a professional player and college coach. At Cape Henlopen High School, he was a 6-3 point guard on the 1975 team that went 25-0 and is widely regarded as the best Delaware high school team of the decade. He was twice named second team All-State. At New Haven, he led the Chargers in scoring for four consecu- tive years, graduating as the second-leading scorer in school history, while leading the team in assists. He earned second team All-American honors and also competed for the UNH track & field team, setting school records in the long jump, high jump, and triple jump. He served as assistant basketball coach at New Haven in 1988-2004. Selected by the Boston Celtics in the fifth round of the 1979 Na- tional Basketball Association draft, he played four years for their minor league affiliates, averaging 30 points per game one season for the Pittsfield (Mass.) Shamrocks. At Cape Henlopen HS, he also high jumped 6-6 to place second at the Division 2 state championship. He also played first base and batted clean-up for Cape’s state tournament baseball team. He was previously inducted into the University of New Haven Ath- letics Hall of Fame (1987), Delaware Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame (2007), and Delaware Basketball Hall of Fame (2014). He currently resides in Wilmington. Congratulations Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame Class of 2018 Jimmy Allen , Cape Henlopen High School Clinton Burke, William Penn High School Sarah Cashman Gersky, Tower Hill School Tom Fort, DIAA Track & Field Official Bunny Miller, Howard High School Heidi Pearce, 6W$QGUHZ·V6FKRRO Larry Shenk, Wilmington News Journal Penny Welsh, St. Elizabeth High School David Williams, Caesar Rodney High School Former Delaware High School Athletes, Officials, and Media The purpose of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association is to preserve and promote the educational significance of interscholastic athletics, ensure that interscholastic sports remain compatible with the educational mission of the member schools, provide for fair competition between member schools, promote sportsmanship and ethical behavior, establish and enforce standards of conduct for athletes, coaches, administrators, officials and spectators, protect the physical well-being of athletes, and promote healthy adolescent lifestyles. 2018 INDUCTEES CLINTON BURKE Clinton Burke was a two-time All-American wrestler at the University of Oklahoma where he was the NCAA runner-up and a Big Eight champion as a junior (1983), and finished third in the NCAA tournament as a senior (1984), each time at 134 pounds. His collegiate record was an impressive 102-20, ranking him among the all-time lead- ers in OU history. His 1983 performance made him just the second Delawarean to achieve All-American wrestling status and the first to reach the NCAA semifinals or finals. He lost the championship match when his oppo- nent, Clar Anderson of Oklahoma State, whom Burke had defeated three times during the season, scored a takedown with just 20 sec- onds remaining. Burke was also ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation as a sopho- more in 1982. The Sooners were perennially among the top teams in the Big Eight Conference and placed third at the NCAA’s in 1982, fourth in 1983, and fifth in 1984. He was an alternate for the 1984 U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team and an alternate on the 1992 U.S. Olympic judo team. At William Penn High School, he was a two-time Blue Hen Con- ference champion and state runner-up and finished with an overall record of 52-6-1. He was inducted into the Delaware Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2001. He also was a six-time national champion and five-time Pan Am champion in sambo, a martial art originally developed by the Soviets as a synthesis of catch wrestling, judo, and jujutsu that combines wrestling and submission holds. He medaled in international sambo competition more than any other wrestler in modern history, represented the USA in the World Cup and World Championships finals, and was inducted into the Sambo Hall of Fame. In the predecessor to Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), he retired as the World Shoot Fighting champion. He now resides in Southern California. !"#$%#&'(')#$*'+,#!*'&&$!"#$$%#&'(')# *'+,#!*'&& $ "'&&"'&&$-.$.'/#$$-. .'/# !!"!"#$%&'()&'*+,"#$%&'()&'*+, 001223$'4456$7$+898:$;8<:2861223$$'4456 7$+898: $;8<:286 =5=5663$(54<:663$(54<: TheThe bestbest ever?ever? JimmyJimmy AllenAllen (13)(13) withwith PurnellPurnell Ayers,Ayers, BillyBilly McGinnis,McGinnis, EmoryEmory SumSumlin,lin, HowHowardard Stevenson,Stevenson, coachcoach RalphRalph Baird,Baird, LorenzoLorenzo Mifflin,Mifflin, and JohnJohn BishopBishop of Cape HenlopenHenlopen HS inin 1975.1975. [Outside[Outside picture:picture: CarltonCarlton Allen,Allen, Ronson Burton.]Burton.] PennyPenny WelshWelsh (left)(left) and SarahSarah CashmCashmanan (t(thirdhird fromfrom lleft)eft) wwithith thethe 11979979 all-stateall-state tteam,eam, TTinaina MidiriMidiri of Concord,Concord, DebDeb BBrezialrezial of HowardHoward and JobyJoby McVeyMcVey of BrandywineBrandywine [Missed[Missed photo:photo: SabrSabrinaina LeonardLeonard of IndiIndianan River]River] PhotosPhotos by KeithKeiittthh MeyersMeyyeerrss ((P(PhiladelphiaPPhhhiiilllaaddeellpphhiiiaa Inquirer)Inquuiririreerr)) 2018 INDUCTEES SARAH CASHMAN GERSKY Sarah Cashman Gersky distinguished herself in three sports – basketball, lacrosse, and field hockey - at Colgate University and Tower Hill School. At each institution, she ranks among the best basketball players ever. At Colgate, she was the leading scorer three years in basket- ball, averaging 16.5 points per game over her career, and graduated as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,666 points. The first player in Colgate history to reach 1,000 points, she also set school records for most points in a game (36) and in a season (473), most field goals in a season (191), consecutive free throws (17), and most steals in a game (10), season (86), and career (260). A co-captain her junior and senior years, she finished second in Player of the Year voting in the Upstate New York Basketball Conference. At Tower Hill, she was a first team All-State selection in 1979 when she averaged 20.2 ppg and led the Hillers to the state championship game after three straight Independent Conference titles. She also was a mainstay of powerful field hockey and lacrosse teams, earning 11 varsity letters on three outstanding teams. In lacrosse, she led Colgate to fourth place finishes in the AIAW Division II nationals in her sophomore and junior seasons and was named to the national championship all-tournament team in 1981. She set a school record for most goals in a season (49) and became the second Colgate woman to score more than 100 career goals. In field hockey, she paced the Raiders to second and fifth place finishes at the AIAW Division II nationals during her two varsity sea- sons. She started varsity on all three sports as a freshman. She was inducted into the Colgate Hall of Honor in 1994 and the Delaware Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018. Colgate retired her bas- ketball number (24) in 1983. She now resides in Woodbury, Conn. 2018 INDUCTEES TOM FORT For nearly 50 years, Tom Fort was a leader in organizing and officiating track and field events and amateur sports throughout the state of Delaware. A trackman at the University of Missouri, he became a leader for the Delaware Sports Club after moving to Delaware in 1967. He was director of the Caesar Rodney Half Marathon, organized new road races that helped ignite the local running boom of the 1970’s, and served as an officer of the Club for 38 years, the last 32 as president. He officiated at nearly 1,000 track and field meets at the youth, high school, college, and masters levels, from 1973 until the end of his life. He was the Delaware representative to the Road Runners Club of America for 26 years and served as national secretary-treasurer from 2000 until 2004.