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ES-M Athletics inducts its 2011 Hall of Fame Class
Posted: 01.15.2011 at 11:15 PM
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It was a special day for anyone with ties to the East Syracuse-Minoa school district. The Athletics Department inducted the 2011 class into the Hall of Fame on Saturday night.
Here's a list of the inductees:
Christopher Asterino was well known for being extremely in several sports, but was best known for his lacrosse prowess in his graduating class of 1980.
Gary Becker is well-known and respected in athletic circles throughout Central New York, evidence of that, he's also in the Jamesville-Dewitt Hall of Fame. Becker was a physical education teacher for 32 years in the district, and was varsity baseball and basketball coach in different stretches of his career.
Jason Bognacki was a track prodigy, including delivering ESM's first track team Sectional Championship. He finished 4th in the National High Jump Championship.
Doug Hartman was a coach, teacher, and administrator for 36 years. As varsity wrestling coach, he earned 308 career victories. Included in that were 9 Section III indivdual champions and 3 team Class AA tournament champions.
Patricia Orr's introduction in the event program says it best, when it says "all-around athlete". She won different championships in field hockey, basketball, volleyball, and softball. Earning 16 varsity letters.
Coach Thomas Sheldon was football, basketball, and baseball coach at the old Minoa High School, and won county championships on the football field.
Allison Tyminski graduated in 2002 before taking her lacrosse talents to Division-I Connecticut. She was also 1st team all league in Soccer, in addition to lacrosse.