MBCA
Massachusetts Baseball
Coaches Association
Hall of Fame Members

To nominate a coach for membership into the MBCA Hall of Fame, please refer to the nomination procedures and data form at the end of the list of Hall of Fame members.

1969 Joseph W. Cogan, Rockland HS Thomas Fitzgerald, Brookline HS Lucius “Jeff” Jones, Newton HS Luke Urban, Durfee HS	1970 James J. Burnes, Coyle-Cassidy HS Charles Fitzgerald, Boston Latin HS James “Sonny” Foley, Cambridge Latin HS Earl Lorden, Turners Falls HS
1971 William Pendergast, Dorchester HS Leo H. Smith, Northbridge HS Arthur G. Terrill, Medford HS William G. Wise*, Springfield HS	1972 Charles Espanet, Milford HS Harold Goodnough*, Wellesley HS Lester Lane, Bridgewater HS Tremaine Robarts, Marblehead HS
1973 John “Jack” Daniels, Framingham HS Howard Ferguson, Newton North HS Arthur Fox, Pittsfield HS Orlando “Andy” Scafati, Norwood HS	1974 Peter Igo, St. Clement’s HS Joseph Jachym, Westfield Vocational HS Bart McDonough, Woburn HS Stanley Stoklosa, Lowell HS
1975 John Consolati, Lee HS Joseph Conway*, Malden Catholic HS Charles McGeoch, Malden HS	1976 Felix W. Andrus, Haverhill HS Walter Dragone, Everett HS Francis P. Donaher, St. Peter’s HS Worcester Worcester Trade HS Clement S. Spillane, Sr., Oliver Ames HS Wareham HS Ashland HS
1977 Stanley Benjamin, Greenfield HS Joseph M. Hyland, Manchester HS Sigmond S. Strzelecki*, Bartlett HS Merrill W. Wilson, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional HS	1978 Robert C. Gibson, Canton HS Michael M. Kleminich, Shrewsbury HS Thomas Landers, South Hadley HS Thomas Moran, Director of P.E. & Athletics, Boston
1979 William Moge, Chicopee HS Thomas O’Connell, Braintree HS William Stewart, Jr., Boston English HS Roger Walsh*, St. Columbkille’s HS Brighton	1980 James Cavalieri, Arlington HS Edwin E. Fraktman, Newton North HS John “Jinx” O’Connor, Holyoke HS
1981 Charles Abramson, Amherst HS John Carroll, Natick HS William Emrich, Tantasqua Regional HS Thomas J. O’Brien*, Athol HS	1982 Walter R. Carew, Concord-Carlisle Regional HS Robert M. D’Agostino, Longmeadow HS Lawrence Gibson, Cambridge Rindge & Latin HS Earl F. Tonet, Hampshire Regional HS
1983 Paul J. Hunter, Boston College HS Charles “Chuck” Lampson, Billerica HS Cornelius Spillane, Brockton Amateur League Raymond S. Yetten, Waltham HS	1984 Fred Ebbett, Harwich HS George “Benny” Lee, North Andover HS Jim Rivers, Wahconah Regional HS James Sullivan, Somerset HS
1985 James Curtin, Burlington HS Dan Dulchinos, Chicopee Comprehensive HS William Leanues, Holbrook HS William Quigley, West Springfield HS	1986 Peter Ambrose, Cardinal Spellman HS Jack Donahue, Nauset HS John “Hank” Pearson, Bridgewater-Raynham Regional HS John Tivan, St. Joseph’s HS
1987 Dick Berardino, Watertown HS Howard Burns, Springfield HS Hugo Guidotti, Hudson HS George Player*, Weymouth North HS	1988 J. Michael Dymon, Quabbin Regional HS Francis O’Brien, Jr., Randolph HS George Pellerin, Pittsfield HS Walter J. Scanlon, Methuen HS
1989 John “Ace” Case, St. John’s HS Shrewsbury George Kerivan, Sr., Wellesley HS Julius J. Vennochi, East Boston HS James Vincent, Southwick HS	1990 Bino Bareira, Framingham South HS Ronald Bonollo, Franklin HS George Cornwell, Palmer HS Robert Lavery*, Arlington HS
1991 John Capone, Revere HS Ronald Ekblom*, West Boylston HS Hurley Silbor, Jr., Blackstone-Milville Regional HS	1992 John K. Doldoorian, Sr., Northbridge HS John J. Hurley, Ludlow HS Richard Lenfest, Sr., Lee HS Arthur Valicenti, Thayer Academy
1993 Ron Berestka, Hopkins Academy Robert Gordon, Case HS William Gould, Randolph HS Thomas J. McGrath, Drury HS	1994 Paul Dorsey, Milton HS Emile S. Johnson, Leominster HS Thomas M. Pileski, Brockton HS Gerald Smith, Agawam HS
1995 Wallace Boen, Southeastern Vocational HS Paul Fenton, Auburn HS Don Fredericks, Braintree HS David Grills, Hampshire Regional HS	1996 Vic Colo, Mahar Regional HS Michael Dube, Tantasqua Regional HS Don Klocek, Hopedale HS Thomas Sgroi, Westfield HS
1997 Al Blasi, Revere HS Donald Ferrari, Athol HS Bartlett HS Gary Lombard, King Philip Regional HS William Pettingell, Newburyport HS	1998 Alphonse Giardi, Salem HS Raymond Medeiros, Durfee HS Barry Rosen, Winthrop HS Armand Sabourin, Bedford HS
1999 Al Kassatly, Norwell HS Nello Luccini, Franklin HS Francis Reardon, Wahconah Regional HS Peter Richards, Nashoba Regional HS	2000 Robert Haff, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional HS Bill Seabury, Stoneham HS Ed Shaughnessy, Smith Vocational HS Pete Wall, Norwood HS
2001 Robert Ashley, Stoughton HS Frank Carey, North Reading HS Thomas Graham, Abington HS John Pacheco, Diman Reg. Voc. Tech. HS	2002 Frank DeFelice, Swampscott HS Ronald Lamothe*, Lunenburg HS Peter Moscariello, Reading HS David Murphy, Duxbury HS
2003 Ray Arra, Minnechaug Regional HS David Coleman, Boston Latin HS David Fouracre, Brockton HS Harris Jameson, Lynnfield HS	2004 Jack Hughes, Acton-Boxborough HS Fred Thacher, Harwich HS Roger Tuveson, Marblehead HS Bill White, St. John's HS
2005 David Mollica, Norton HS Tom Suchanek,Greenfield HS Jim Tgettis,Lynn Classical & St. Mary's HS Bill Tompkins, Walpole HS	2006 George Cunha, Lowell HS Russell Downes, Westwood HS Jon Sidorovich, Billerica HS Charlie Stand, Milford HS
2007 William Fulginite, Wayland HS Bernard Gaughan, Clinton HS Harvey Krupnick, Holliston HS Robert Moynihan, Pittsfield HS	2008 Scott Blaney, Greater Lawrence Technical HS Richard Maynard, Holy Name Central Catholic HS Kevin McCarthy, Bishop Fenwick HS Joseph Stoico, Milford HS

*Deceased

Scott Blaney

Greater Lawrence Technical School

Scott’s career spans over 34 years, 24 of those years as the Varsity coach at Greater Lawrence Technical High School. Greater Lawrence participated in the Merrimack Valley Conference followed by the Commonwealth Athletic Conference under coach Blaney’s tenure. During that time his teams won 4 championships and qualified for the state tournament 14 times. He was named the Lawrence Eagle Tribune Baseball Coach of the Year in 2003.

Scott’s career statistics are formidable but above all else in placing Scott in to the Hall of Fame his impact on the lives hundred of players should be noted. Scott has taken the discipline needed to succeed in sports and brought it as a lifetime lesson to the young men he both teaches and coaches. The Greater Lawrence Tech School District serves some of the most disadvantaged children in the Commonwealth yet year after year Scott’s players mirror his high standards for success and perseverance.

Coach Blaney’s knowledge and passion for baseball has been noted in the community. His practices are thoroughly planned and organized. He is known as master a teacher of the game and excellent motivator of his players.

Scott’s interest in his players goes far beyond the diamond. Many of his players have challenges that go beyond being successful student athletes. He takes pride as he watches his charges fulfill the dream he has helped them achieve, graduation from high school.

Richard Maynard

Holy Name Central Catholic High School

Dick has coached at Holy Name Jr./ Sr. High school for 21 years from 1985 through 2005. In those years, his teams have won 266 games, 4 Central Mass Conference titles and 1 Central Mass Division 1 Sectional title in 1992. Coach Maynard has also coached the Grafton Hill / Vernon Hill legion team for over 30 years. In that time, he has one a state championship and 16 zone championships. He has over 400 wins in legion baseball.

No matter where Coach Maynard has coached, he has demanded his players play the game of baseball with respect. His players are expected to conduct themselves like gentlemen. When his players left Holy Name, they left as better players and better people.

A strong advocate for his players, Coach Maynard never let an opportunity pass to promote the school or its athletes. He was actively involved when it came to a prospective college and its recruiting process. He tried to open up opportunities for athletes to excel at the next level and it even led to professional baseball for quite a few. Coach Maynard was active in getting Central Mass involved in the MBCA all- star games, just another example of how he helped get recognition for players in Central Mass.

Kevin McCarthy

Bishop Fenwick High School

For the past thirty years, Coach McCarthy has been the head coach of the Bishop Fenwick Baseball program. During his tenure, he has amassed more than 300 wins, a Division III State Title in 2004, runner-up in 1986, and multiple Catholic Central League championships. Coach McCarthy has been recognized as a “Coach of the Year “ by numerous publications including the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Salem Evening News and the Lynn Daily Item. He has been selected to coach the Agganis Classic and the Emass All-Star games. He has also been enshrined in the Bishop Fenwick Athletic Hall of Fame.

More than wins, Coach McCarthy has established himself as an ambassador and a true gentleman of the game of baseball. His Bishop Fenwick program is widely regarded throughout the state. It is one that has sent numerous players on to play at higher levels of competition. Any opponent of Bishop Fenwick knows that a Coach McCarthy team will be skilled in the fundamentals, prepared for any situation, and ready to compete to its utmost ability in a professional and sportsman-like manner.

Another hallmark of Coach McCarthy’s career is the number of his former players that have come back to coach baseball both at Bishop Fenwick, and other high schools, as well as in a number of youth programs. Coach McCarthy’s love and commitment to the game of baseball and the teaching of it to others is clearly observable and contagious. The term teacher-coach is most fitting for him. In addition to his career on the baseball field, Coach McCarthy has spent more than thirty years at Bishop Fenwick as a Math instructor, inspiring students in the classroom as well as on the athletic field.

Coach McCarthy has committed 30 years to high school baseball while making sure that the focus is always on the players and the game, not himself. This commitment and self-sacrifice is most deserving of recognition.

Joseph Stoico

Milford High School

Coach Stocio’s teams in 9 years won 111 games, 5 league titles, appeared in 4 district playoffs, won 1 Sectional Title, and was the State Runner-up in 1965. He is recognized not only for his on the field accomplishments, but more so for the significant impact he had on his players then, which continues even today. Eight former players who have gone on to coach felt so strongly about Coach Stoico that they wrote letters of recommendation with testimony of how he influenced their lives. Here are but a few of the comments

“Coach Stoico was an inspiration to many young players like myself who looked to him as a model of a teacher-coach that you would like to emulate.”

Coach Stoico’s tough nature drove his teams to push themselves to achieve greater goals. He had such a great rapport with his teams; we would do anything he would ask us to do .He was more than a coach; he is a mentor and a friend.”

“Coach Stoico’s tenure at Milford High School, though not lengthy in terms of years, would be best characterized by its intensity. Everything Coach did was done with total commitment and dedication. He had that unique ability to transfer that intensity to his players, so that it became theirs.”

“Coach Stoico brought a tremendous love for and knowledge of the game of baseball. His undaunted energy and drive to succeed is unparalleled. The fact that so many of his former players followed in his coaching footsteps, at various levels, attests to the influence and impact he had over them. Coach Stoico’s mission in life was to teach and coach and he did them both extremely well.”

HALL OF FAME

Criterion

The following information should be used in considering a member for the Hall of Fame membership:

The length of service shall be a minimum of fifteen years of high school baseball coaching.
Fifteen to twenty years of high school baseball coaching means that the nominee must be retired for a minimum of five years.
Over twenty years of coaching high school baseball means that the nominee must be retired for a minimum of two years.
Over twenty-five years is automatically eligible.

Procedures:

Please submit the following:

Nominee’s name ( first, middle,and last), address, and telephone number
Sponsor’s name, address, and telephone number
Resume’ (one page)
Letter of recommendation by the sponsor (one page)
Hall of Fame Data Form (please call or write the Hall of Fame Chairperson)

To be considered for nomination for the current year the above information must be submitted to the chairperson of the Hall of Fame Committee no later than November 15 of that year.

Please send all information to:

George Cornwell                                             George Cornwell
14 Worthington Brooke Circle                         Palmer High School
Agawam, MA 01001                                      4105 Main Street
413.786.7159                                                 Palmer, MA 01069
                                                                       413.283.6511

Hall of Fame Nominee Data Form

Date:__________

Nominee's Name_________________________________________________________________________________

Name as it should appear on the Awards_______________________________________________________________

Home Address___________________________________________________________________________________
(no. and Street)
City State _________________________________ Zip Code_________________________________________

Home Phone________________________________School Phone______________________________________

Name of School now coaching_______________________________City ________________________________

Family Info: Spouse Children’s (names/ ages)________________________________________________________
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Coaching Career

Total Years as a High School Baseball Head Coach ______________________________________years

Total Years as an Assistant or Freshman High School Baseball Coach_________________________years

Total Years as a High School Head Coach in all sports____________________________________ years

Are/ Were you a member of the M.B.C.A. YES_______ NO_______

Coaching Tenure

Note: This section applies to positions you held as a Head Coach

Dates School Number of years
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Coaching Record as Head Coach

Won __________ Lost __________ % Wins ___________

Championships In :
League _________________ Section ________________ State _____________ State Runner-up _____________

High School Coaching Honors

Note: Honors received as a result of your work as a High School Coach should be included.. such as Sportmanship Awards, All-Star Coach, Coach of the Year etc.
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Additional Information
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