The Vermont Sports Hall of Fame is an athletics

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in the U.S. state of

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

. Above all, induction "is for accomplishments in sports and recreation that generate a great source of pride to the state." Launched as a project in 2011, the Hall of Fame inducted its inaugural class on November 17, 2012. Inductees include multiple Olympic athletes and medalists, professional sports hall of fame inductees, and historical contributors from the state of Vermont or one of its colleges and universities.

Inductees

Class of 2012

*Larry Benoit, outdoors *Jen Carlson, soccer * Ray Collins, baseball *

Larry Gardner William Lawrence Gardner (May 13, 1886 – March 11, 1976) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1908 through 1924, Gardner played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Indians. He was a four-time World Series ...

, baseball *

Albert Gutterson Albert Lovejoy Gutterson (August 23, 1887 – April 7, 1965) was an American athlete who won a gold medal in the long jump at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Gutterson also set a new Olympic record of 7.60 meters at this event. Gutterson was a native ...

, track & field * Bill Koch, Nordic skiing *

Andrea Mead Lawrence Andrea Mead Lawrence (April 19, 1932 – March 30, 2009) was an American alpine ski racer and environmentalist. She competed in three Winter Olympics and one additional World Championship (Olympic competitions also counted as the Worlds during t ...

, alpine skiing *

John LeClair John Clark LeClair (born July 5, 1969) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins. With the Flyers, LeCl ...

, ice hockey * Nicole Levesque Andres, basketball * Bob Yates, football *Tony Adams, contributor - media *

Jake Burton Carpenter Jake Burton Carpenter (April 29, 1954 – November 20, 2019), occasionally also known as Jake Burton or Jakie, was an American snowboarder founder of Burton Snowboards and one of the inventors of the modern day snowboard. A native of New Yor ...

, contributor - snowboarding *

Ken Squier Kenley Dean Squier (born April 10, 1935) is an American sportscaster and motorsports editor from Waterbury, Vermont. From 1979 to 1997, he served as the lap-by-lap commentator for ''NASCAR on CBS'', and was also a lap-by-lap commentator for T ...

, contributor - auto racing and media

Class of 2013

* Charles Adams, historical pioneer *

Barbara Cochran Barbara Ann Cochran (born January 4, 1951) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from the United States. Born in Claremont, New Hampshire, Cochran was the second of four siblings of the famous " Skiing Cochrans" fam ...

, alpine skiing * Keith Cieplicki, basketball *Ollie Dunlap, football * Ray Fisher, baseball *Edward Kehoe, contributor - outdoors *

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, alpine skiing * Ralph LaPointe, baseball * Phil Latreille, ice hockey *Jean Robinson, contributor - coach *Gretchen Scheuermann, field hockey

Class of 2014

* John Buffum, motor sports * Bob Cochran, alpine skiing *

Marilyn Cochran Marilyn Cochran Brown (born February 5, 1950) is a former FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer from the United States. The eldest of four siblings of the "Skiing Cochrans" family of Richmond, Vermont, she became th ...

, alpine skiing *Michael D. Gallagher, Nordic skiing/running *

Ted Hoehn Edward Hoehn is an American former tennis player. Hoehn was raised in Hanover, New Hampshire, and won state high school championships for singles and doubles in both 1957 and 1958. He played collegiate tennis for the University of North Carolina, ...

, tennis *Jade Huntington, basketball * George Jacobs, contributor - coach/athletic director * Ernie Johnson, baseball *Mae Murray Jones, golf *

Judi St. Hilaire Judi St. Hilaire (born September 5, 1959) is an American former middle and long-distance runner. She won a silver medal at the 1985 World 15 km Road Race Championships and finished eighth in the Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women' ...

, track & field/running * James P. Taylor, historical inductee - outdoors

Class of 2015

*Shelly Addison Smith, soccer * Carl Christensen, soccer *Bobby Dragon, stock car racing *Mona Garone, contributor - coach *Tom Lawson, contributor - coach/administrator *

Jack Leggett Jack Leggett (born March 5, 1954) is a retired American head college baseball coach. He was recently the head coach of the Clemson Tigers from 1994 to 2015. Under Leggett, the Tigers reached the College World Series six times. As of the end of ...

, multisport athlete/contributor - coach * Jim McCaffrey, basketball *

Kirk McCaskill Kirk Edward McCaskill (born April 9, 1961) is a Canadian-American former Major League Baseball pitcher and former professional ice hockey player. He played in Major League Baseball for the California Angels and Chicago White Sox between 1985 and ...

, baseball/ice hockey *Bev Osterberg, contributor - coach *Matha Rockwell, Nordic skiing * Laura Wilson Todd, Nordic skiing * Fred Harris, historical inductee - outdoors/ski jumping

Class of 2017

* John H. Caldwell, Nordic skiing *Bernie Cieplicki Sr., basketball - athlete/coach *

Lindy Cochran Linda Lorraine "Lindy" Cochran Kelley (born July 10, 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States. Cochran is the youngest of four siblings of the " Skiing Cochrans" family of Richmond, Vermont, whose parents built and op ...

, alpine skiing * Tad Coffin, equestrian * Clarence DeMar, distance running/historical pioneer *Don Fillion, media - sportswriter *Missy Foote, field hockey/lacrosse *Guy Gaudreau, ice hockey/soccer *Ed Markey, basketball/administrator *Tony Robitaille, boxing *

Martha Rockwell Martha Rockwell (born April 26, 1944) is a retired American Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier and coach, who competed at the Winter Olympic Games in 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics, 1976. She has been cited in ...

, Nordic skiing *

Betsy Snite Betsy Baxter Snite (later ''Riley'', December 20, 1938 – June 15, 1984) was an American Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer and Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, Olympic medalist. She competed in the Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter ...

, alpine skiing

Class of 2018

* Tim Caldwell, Nordic skiing *Robbie Crouch, stock car racing *Hilary Engisch Klein, moguls skiing *Ray Frey, track & field - coach * Matt Johnson, basketball * Larry Killick, basketball *Melba Masse, athlete/contributor/coach *David Morse, contributor - Mal Boright Media inductee *Bobby Mitchell, football *Jen Niebling, basketball *

Martin St. Louis Martin St. Louis (French spelling Martin St-Louis, ; born June 18, 1975) is a Canadian hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. He is the current head coach of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). An undraf ...

, ice hockey

Class of 2019

Ann Battelle Ann Battelle (born January 18, 1968) is a world champion and World Cup champion on the U.S. Ski Team; she competed in the freestyle skiing events of moguls and dual moguls. Early years Former U.S. National Champion and World Cup Champion, Olympi ...

, moguls skiing *

Bill Beaney Bill Beaney Jr. (born July 21, 1951) is a retired college men's ice hockey coach. He has coached hockey teams in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, and was the head coach at Middlebury from 1986 until 2015. He led the Middlebury hockey team to ei ...

, ice hockey *Elizabeth Burnham, softball *

Larry Damon Lawrence "Larry" Snow Damon (born December 8, 1933) is a retired American cross-country skier and biathlete who competed in the 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics. Early years Born December 8, 1933 in Burlington, Vermont, Damon attended Bur ...

, Nordic skiing *Harmon 'Beaver' Dragon, stock car racing *Jenny Everett, field hockey *Layne Higgs, basketball *Jeff Hughes, football *

Ross Powers Ross or ROSS may refer to: People * Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan * Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning * Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland Places * RoSS, the Republic of Sout ...

, snowboarding *Holly Reynolds, golf * Tiger Shaw, alpine skiing * Richard Tarrant, basketball

Class of 2020

*Tara Chaplin, track & field * Jim Cross, ice hockey *Toby Ducolon, ice hockey *Debbie Dunkley, gymnastics * Jeff Hastings, ski jumping *Ed Hockenbury, basketball *Tom Pierce, golf *Sarah Schreib, basketball *Libby Smith, golf/basketball *Carol Weston, hockey/soccer/track & field

Class of 2022

*Jayne Barber, basketball *

Taylor Coppenrath Taylor Burton Coppenrath (born November 8, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. Early life Coppenrath went to high school at St. Johnsbury Academy where he did not play for the varsity basketball team until his junior year. ...

, basketball * Stan Dunklee, Nordic skiing * Cathy Inglese, basketball *Bill O'Neil, ice hockey/soccer/softball *Erin Sullivan Lane, cross country/track & field * Tim Thomas, ice hockey

David Hakins Memorial Inductee

The David Hakins Memorial Inductee award is given to a person, business leader or organization that demonstrates exceptional promotion and development of sports, athletics and recreation in the state of Vermont. The award is named in memory of the late David Hakins, a Vermont businessman who was a founding member of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame and first president of its board of directors. *2013: Ray Pecor Jr., former owner of the

Vermont Lake Monsters The Vermont Lake Monsters are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Burlington, Vermont. From 1994 to 2020, they were members of Minor League Baseball's New York–Penn League (NYPL). They play their home games at Centennial Field, on ...

*2014: Tom Curley, motor sports contributor/former owner of

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*2015: Ernie Farrar, Vermont Golden Gloves *2017: Helmut Lenes, mountain climbing/outdoors *2019: Mal Boright, sports journalist *2020: Mickey and Ginny Cochran, alpine skiing *2020: Ted Ryan, sports journalist

References

External links

- Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Website
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