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The OHS Alumni Association announced the second class of Inductees to the Oneonta High School Wall of Distinction and Athletic Hall of Fame.  Thirteen OHS graduates, who were selected from over 80 nominees, will be enshrined at a public induction ceremony to be held at the Oneonta High School’s Belden Auditorium on Sat-urday, October 4th, 2008 at 9:00am as part of the Oneonta High School Alumni Association Weekend activities.  The public is invited to this free event.

“Both committees had a very difficult task as there were more nominations joining the candidates who were still on the list from the inaugural year.” said president Kathryn Dailey,  “It was a difficult task, and the two chairperson’s deserve a round of applause Ron Brazier and Vince Foti did an outstanding job along with their committees.  They both feel the second class is as strong as the first, and sets a high bar of excellence for future years.” 

This year’s Wall of Distinction Inductees, selected from over 30 submissions, include: Irving McNeil Ives, Class of 1914, who went on to become a US Senator; Joseph P. Molinari, Class of 1919, who became a New York State Supreme Court Judge and he was presented with the Papal Bull by Pope Paul VI; David C. Hurley, Class of 1958, who is the Chairman of National Air and Space Museum; Jerry Jeff Walker, who graduated in 1960 as Ronald C. Crosby; and John L. Carline, Class of 1946, who went on to receive a BS, MA, MS, MMS and a PhD, and was a coach, superintendent, professor, commercial pilot, business owner, producer, education specialist, and an actor, among other accomplishments. 

The Athletic Hall of Fame inductees, chosen from a group of 48 nominations, run the gamut from Clay Bellinger, Class of 1986, who played for the Yankees, earning two World Series rings and participated in the 2004 Olympics;  Joe Hughes, Class of 1976, Athlete-of-the-year (’76) who was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles and is now the Athletic Director of Oneonta High School; Joe Pidgeon, Class of 1956, John Bertuzzi, Class of 1972 and Rick Page, Class of 1975, three three-sport athletes who were voted Athletes of the year in 1956, 1972, 1975; Kelly Sosa, Class of 1998  a four-sport athlete who earned All Ivy League honors 3 times playing soccer for Princeton; Kristin Zeh, Class of 1999, the all-time leading scorer at OHS with 1,698 points and record 495 steals, among other honors; and Harold (Hal) Hunt, who was an inductee to the section IV Coaches Hall of Fame, who was awarded a citation from the Cooperstown Hall of Fame as Section IV All-Star Coach, who also was a history and Sunday-School teacher, a Boy scout leader, and a fireman!

The Oneonta High School Alumni Association invites all Oneonta residents to attend the induction ceremony, the highlight of the alumni weekend activities.    It is a ceremony not to be missed, so join us as we honor our OHS alumni and former residents of The City of The Hills.