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Athletic Hall of Fame
Celebrating a long tradition of athletic excellence, the Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Athletic Hall of Fame honors the exceptional achievements, leadership and values demonstrated by select individuals and teams from over the years at Sacred Heart, St. Vincent, Cathedral and Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Thousands of Fightin’ Irish and Torrians have worn our colors and competed on countless fields, courts and tracks. We believe that participation in sports naturally augments a student’s educational experience and personal growth. Today, SHC offers a vibrant athletic program, with more than 700 of the school’s students participating on at least one of 56 teams competing in 22 different sports.
Hall of Famers by Decade
1852-1919
James Corbett 1880 * Harry Heilmann 1912 * Cornelius Kennedy 1894 * Anthony Marvier 1917 * Ronaldo Pinelli 1914 *
1920s
Raymond Arata ’24 * Alfred Banuet ’24 * Leonard Callan ’28 * Adolph Camilli ’26 * Daniel Collins ’22 * Edward Costello ’26 * John Costello ’27 * Joseph Cronin ’24 * John Curley ’29 * Daniel Curran ’26 * Joseph Espinal ’21 * Henry Fraser ’29 * James Gallagher ’22 * Theodore Gloistein ’26 * Ignatius Gorricho ’25 * Maurice Higgins ’26 * James Kidwell ’24 * Gerald Linares ’25 * George Mannix ’21 * Felix Marty ’29 * John McArdle ’24 * Martin McGuinn ’26 * Jeremiah Murphy ’29 * William O’Grady ’23 * Walter O’Leary ’24 * Adolph Penebsky ’29 * Elmer Preston ’28 * Frank Razzetto ’26 * James Roddy ’25 * Philip Seldner ’28 * Robert Sheldon ’23 *
1930s
Attilio Bisetti ’39 * George Butler ’38 * John Caulfield ’36 * Bernard Corrigan ’32 * Edward Cummins ’32 * F. James Delaney ’39 James Desmond ’37 * Michael DeStefano ’37 * Francis Hawkins ’34 * Thomas Hawkins ’33 * Frank Kellener ‘39 Thomas Kelly ’38 * Charles Keyer ’35 * Clark Keyer ’38 * Christopher Koorsones ’34 * Henry Lapera ’38 * Walter MacIntyre ’39 * Joseph McGrath ’37 * Eugene McGreevy ’38 Francis Miller ’38 Joseph O’Kane ’32 * John Pierovich ’39 * Matthew Ryan ’39 Rev. Joseph Sanguinetti ’30 * Stanley Welch ’33 *
1940s
1949 Girls Varsity Basketball Team Rudy Biale ’40 * August Bullwinkel ’45 * Gerard Butler ’49 Richard Carberry ’41 * William Deely ’43 * John Desmond ’44 Joseph Devine ’41 Raymond Driscoll ’41 * Mervyn Fauss ’48 Daniel Galvin ’45 * William Henneberry ’48 Thomas Horan ’40 * Warren Johnston ’48 Richard Keane ’44 * Jerry Mahoney ’44 * Allen Menicucci ’49 Edward Miller ’41 * Paul Millett ’40 * Raymond Neal ’40 * Richard O’Regan ’43 * Timothy O’Regan ’44 * Howard Poblitz ’49 Edward Roth ’40 John Ryan ’43 * Thomas Ryan ’41 * Ed Sarraille ’41 * Gilbert Schoenstein ’47 John Shields ’44 * John Tierney ’48 * Robert Wentworth ’45 Matthew Zidich ’45 Tony Zidich ’46
1950s
1952 Varsity Baseball Team 1957 Varsity Football Team Walter Arnold ’57 Donald Baroni ’53 * Barbara Reinhard Bruno ’53 Robert Butticci ’52 Anthony Cannizzo ’53 Herman Carmassi ’52 William Coleman ’54 Monica Contrero ’52 * Vincentine Contrero ’51 John Cullen ’59 Robert Des Meules ’55 Reno Di Bono ’59 John Diggins ’53 Mervyn Donahue ’50 LaRoy Doss ’55 * Thomas Dowd ’54 William Franco ’51 Ronald Gaggero ’53 Richard Galliani ’50 * James Gentile ’52 Beverly Reinhard Hendon ’55 Bernard Kelly ’51 Edward Lampe ’55 Larry MacLeitch ’58 Henry Marshall ’50 Philip Marvier ’54 Donald Modena ’52 Richard Muratore ’57 Roger Neff ’57 Dennis O’Keefe ’59 Patricia Mekeel Olson ’56 Arthur Orrante ’56 Henry Padia ’59 Thomas Palma ’54 Anthony Santino ’52 Richard Scramaglia ’51 Ronald Shirley ’53 Daniel Sullivan ’58 Paul Torrente ’51 Roy Tripaldi ’57 Frank Zupo ’57 *Richard Ferrazzano ’58* Ken Barbieri ‘59
1960s
1960 Varsity Baseball Team 1961 Varsity Baseball Team Frank Bertaina ’61 Richard Braun ’63 * Ronald Butori ’61 Joseph Callaghan ’64 Christopher Callen ’68 Thomas Callen ’65 Luis Cobos ’69 George Cosmos ’60 Michael Deschler ’66 Donald DeVincenzi ’63 Vance DeVost ’65 Susan Elvander ’62 Ronald Fassler ’64 Fred Fegan ’65 William Gianquinto ’63 Russell Gumina ’62 Robert Heaney ’64 * Richard Henderson ’63 Michael Horan ’69 Kevin Illia ’63 John Keating ’63 Rudy Lapera ’63 Bruce Markovich ’66 William McDonagh ’67 Don Meroff ’60 William Moe ’60 Edward Monahan ’61 Richard Morosi ’61 Michael Murphy ’69 John Palau ’60 Christopher Ransom ’64 Dennis Rice ’62 David Roberts ’60 Dennis Russell ’60 Gerald Sobeck ’69 Larry Sozzi ’65 Patrick Tarantino ’60 Tad Tassone ’69 Louis Zuardo ’60 John Toomey ’69 Samir Ayoub ‘67
1970s
1972 Varsity Basketball Team 1978 Varsity Baseball Team Timothy Burke ’70 J. Darryl Burns ’75 Ronald Busalacchi ’77 Theodore Cercos ’77 Denise (Langlois) Cirelli ’72 Stephen Collins ’74 Cyrus Kon ‘71 John Conefrey ’78 James Datrice ’70 Richard DeMartini ’76 Timothy Dempsey ’77 Stephanie Townsend Dong ’78 Anthony Feliciano ’78 Melody Ballard Fountila ’78 Matthew Gallegos ’78 Michael Hallinan ’76 Brian Harrigan ’76 Glen Hubbard ’72 Frank Lee ’76 Charles Mahoney ’71 Gary Marenzi ’74 Joseph Marion ’70 Patrick Murphy ’70 Paul O’Leary ’70 David Pella ’76 Richard Restani ’72 William Scudder ’78 John Silverfoote ’72 Thomas (Tippy) Mazzucco '78
1980s
Roberto Aparicio ’87 Yvette Chin ’88 Diannah Crawford Cox ’87 Phillip Freed ’80 Kevin Gogan ’83 James Horan ’83 Frozena Jerro ’88 Darlene Lee ’84 Donal Murphy ’84 Ray Ortiz ’86 Joseph Peterson ’83 * Pete Russell ’82 Kobi Wu ’89
1990s-Present
Molly (Horan) Anibale ’94 Alexandra Christ ’92 Kelly Gallagher ’95 * Elizabeth Kelber ’00 Cristina Kosta ’97 Melissa Langness ’96 Justin Love ’96 David O’Keeffe ’95 Georgia Onyemem ’05 Sarah Richen ’98 Toni Russell ’01 Christina (Di Luzio) Russo ’99 Jamar Sheppard ’97 Kamailia Williams ’96 Jazmine Jackson ’08 Stefan Gartrell ’02 Tierra Rogers ’09 Brendan Uniacke ’99 Dominique Neal ’93 Shannon Rowbury ‘02 LyRyan Russell ‘97 Jason Hill ‘03 Irene Gardner ‘03
Non-Alumni
Stephen Franceschi, James Koeppen, Bill Krueger, Chris Lansing, Sr. Frances Meyer, DC Dick Murray*, Gerald Phillips Douglas Scovil*, Br. Francis Verngren, FSC*, Margi Beima, Jo Ann Momono
Teams
1949 Girls Varsity Basketball Team 1952 Varsity Baseball Team 1957 Varsity Football Team 1960 Varsity Baseball Team 1961 Varsity Baseball Team 1972 Varsity Basketball Team 1978 Varsity Baseball Team 2006 Varsity Girls Basketball Team 2007 Varsity Girls Basketball Team 2008 Varsity Girls Basketball Team 1969 Varsity Basketball Team 1997 Varsity Football Team
Congratulations to the 2022-23 Inductees
Frank Canepa ’67 During his time at Sacred Heart, Frank Canepa ’67 received an All City distinction for each of his four years on the gridiron. Frank helped lead the 1965 team to the Triple A Championship Title, a performance that caught the eye of the University of Wyoming, who ultimately offered Frank a football scholarship. Eventually, Frank transferred to the University of Santa Clara where he received his bachelor’s degree, and then he went on to receive an MBA from Southern Oregon University. |
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Kevin Greene ’09 At SHC, Kevin Greene ’09 impressed on the field and on the court as a dual athlete in basketball and football. As a two-time NorCal Champion and a Division 3 State Champion, Kevin held the rebound record for the 2009 season. Ultimately, it was his football performance that spurred his career in the NFL. In his final football season at SHC, Kevin was named Cal High Sports Defensive Player of the Year, and the WCAL Defensive Player of the year. After graduation he went on to play at the University of Southern California where he received a bachelor’s in communications, and a master’s in communications management. His NFL career included stints on the San Francisco 49ers, the Carolina Panthers, and Tennessee Titans. |
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Tracey Lam ’07 At SHC, Tracey Lam ’07 dazzled on the court as a stand-out volleyball player, earning WCAL First Team All League in 2005, WCAL First Team All League in 2006, CCS Division 4 Champion and NorCal Finalist in 2005, and CCS Division 3 Finalist 2006. Tracey went on to play at Rice University, where she earned her career dig record (2,399). At Rice, she was the 2010 Joyce Pounds Hardy Award recipient, and a two-time American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American honorable mention, the AVCA All-Region Team C-USA Libero of the Year from 2008-10, and a two-time All-C-USA first team selection. Tracey was also a College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District awardee, and a three-time C-USA All-Academic Team selection. She also holds the distinction of the first Asian American athlete to be inducted into the Rice University Hall of Fame. |
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Chris Petrini ’05 Chris Petrini ’05 played basketball his freshman year at SHC, but ultimately, it was on the field where he excelled as a left-handed varsity pitcher. With multiple no-hitters in his high school record, Chris was awarded All League Utility Player on multiple occasions, and he also held the distinction of the Joe DiMaggio State Tournament MVP. Chris went on to play baseball on an athletic scholarship to the University of California at Berkeley. Following a successful college career, Chris signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. He was also invited to play in the prestigious Arizona Fall League, and earned the honor of being named a finalist for the best pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. Throughout his five spectacular seasons, Chris had a 2.87 ERA with 264 strikeouts. |
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Christon Rance ’96 At SHC, Christon Rance ’96 was a multi-sport athlete, excelling in football, basketball and track & field. He earned the WCAL Championship title in the 100m, 200m, and Long Jump; and was named team MVP for the 1996 football season. Ultimately, Christon went on to play on a football scholarship at Arizona State University where he was a four-time special teams Player of the Week, a four-time team captain, and a four-year Letterman. In 2001, Christon signed as a free agent with the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. |
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