| Overview | 2005 Inductees | Past Years'
Inductees |
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| 2005 Inductees: |
| Brad Sheridan | William
(Bill) Ackerman | Amy
Stanton Ladd | Raymond Kelsey | Tom
Colby |
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| Brad Sheridan
(Coach's Award) |
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| Brad Sheridan coached boys' basketball for 21 years
and golf for 16 years at Marblehead High School. His
Marblehead career began in 1969 when he arrived here
following coaching and teaching stints in Newington,
CT, Swampscott, MA and Townsend, MA. His Marblehead
basketball teams recorded over 250 wins during his
tenure and were NEC Champs in 1978 and 1985. Qualifying
for the basketball tournament a total of 10 times,
his hoopsters captured Division II North titles in
1978 and 1984. Brad's 1983 golf team also captured
the Division II North Championship. |
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| Coach Sheridan, who is being inducted into the Marblehead
Boosters' Hall of Fame posthumously, graduated from
Bowdoin College in 1961, where he was co-captain of
the basketball team. He continued his education at
NYU and at his Alma Mater, receiving a Masters Degree
at each institution. He taught math for a total of
39 years before his retirement in 2001 and was a head
teacher and department head at Marblehead High School. |
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| During Brad's coaching career he was the recipient
of many noteworthy awards. He was recognized by area
basketball officials in 1976 and presented with the
Robert Pierce Sportsmanship Coaching Award. He was
named Division II Coach of the Year by the Boston Globe
and the Massachusetts Basketball Coaches' Association
in 1984. In 1989, he received the prestigious National
HS Coaching Gold and NEC Leonard Nolan Achievement
Awards. The North Shore Basketball Coaches' Association
inducted Brad into its Hall of Fame in 1998. Locally,
Coach Sheridan was named Coach of the Year numerous
times by area newspapers. |
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| Brad Sheridan was the consummate teacher-coach. He
will be long remembered by his former students and
athletes for his wit, attention to detail, academic
and athletic expertise, sense of fair play and easygoing
manner. He was most proud of his family: his wife Fran;
daughters, Christy and Katie; sons Tim and Peter; son-in-law,
Rick; daughter-in-law, Susan; and grandchildren, Loch,
Brigie, Ellie, and Connor. If Brad were here this evening,
he would humbly thank us for establishing a scholarship
in his name and for this honor. He would remind us
how much he loved Marblehead High School, the community,
and its traditions. |
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| William (Bill) Ackerman |
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| Bill Ackerman was one of the best tennis players
to play at Marblehead High School and "one of the best
in Eastern Mass during his time," according to former
coach B. Fumarola. He was also a fine example of someone
who excelled in both academics and sports, a member
of the National Honor Society all three years and graduating
fourth in his class. Bill's tennis and academic experience
at Marblehead High School served as excellent preparation
for Amherst College, where he played varsity for four
years and won the college's first ever Top Racquet
Sport Player Award. |
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| Locally, Bill and his younger brother, Rob, led Marblehead
to an undefeated season in 1984. Overall, the Ackerman
brothers held the #1 singles position for four consecutive
years and posted a combined record of 130-16, a .900
winning percentage. Besides tennis, bill also played
soccer and basketball and Marblehead High School. |
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| Bill's accomplishments in tennis feature
a three-year record of 56-4, including state tournaments.
This three-year
span featured a 6-0 record against perennial contender
and arch rival Swampscott. As #1 singles player in
his junior and senior years he coasted to a 34-1 record,
remaining undefeated his senior year. As captain, Bill
led Marblehead to two NEC tennis titles. In addition,
he took the team to the state semi-finals three times
and advanced to the quarter finals in the state individual
tourney. In 1984 he was named Lynn Item Player of the
Year; in an era when high school had no freshman class,
he was a three-time Salem Evening News All Star, three-time
Lynn Item All Star, three-time NEC All Star, and Marblehead
Team Co-MVP all 3 years. |
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| Bill continues to be an avid tennis
player and tournament winner in Marblehead and the
North Shore. |
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| Amy Stanton Ladd |
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| Amy Stanton Ladd epitomizes the premier
student/athlete at Marblehead High School. She holds
the unique distinction of being elected a three-sport
captain her senior year. Amy's on-court and off-court
accomplishments are many, and the leadership qualities
she exhibited during her athletic career are a lasting
testament to the enormous contributions she made to
her teammates and the programs in which she participated.
In an era not far removed from the enactment of Title
9, Amy proved to be a genuine role model to many young
girls growing up in town. Amy was also a member of
the National Honor Society at MHS. |
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| Amy was a three-year varsity starter
in tennis, basketball, and softball. She was undefeated
in tennis and a two-year NEC All Star. In basketball,
Amy was an NEC All Star and the NEC Foul Shooting Champion
for three years in a row. In softball she was a starting
pitcher for three years. She was also recognized as
Temple Israel's Female Student-Athlete her senior year. |
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| Amy attended the University of Maine
at Orono. She was a member of the varsity tennis team
at Maine for four years and was captain her senior
year. Her accomplishments include Maine's Women's Doubles
Champion in 1981 and being named All Maine Woman in
1982. |
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| Amy has maintained her tennis game
at a high level, playing competitive singles, doubles,
and mixed doubles. In 2000 she completed the Chicago
Marathon. |
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| Amy continues to be an active supporter
of youth sports in Danvers where she resides with her
family. |
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| Raymond Kelsey |
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| Ray Kelsey was an outstanding multi-sport
athlete at Marblehead High School from 1952-56. Ray
was an outstanding end in football, led the NEC in
scoring in basketball in 1956 and lit up NEC tracks
from 1954-56. |
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| In football, Ray was an outstanding
pass-catching end on the 1955 team. He was Marblehead
High School quarterback Ronnie Conn's favorite target! |
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| In basketball, Ray played varsity from
1954-56. In 1956, Ray led the NEC in scoring, and the
team went on to win the NEC and advance to the Tech
Tournament at Boston Garden, where the team lost to
Braintree in overtime! He was a terrific all-around
player. |
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| In track, Ray was an outstanding miler.
In 1956, he was the NEC Mile Champion. Winning the
regional event, Ray went on to win the Class D Championship
in Boston. His time was the lowest recorded in classes
A, B, C, and D that year. |
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| Tom Colby |
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| Tom Colby is an ideal candidate for
the MHS Boosters Club Hall of Fame. Pound for pound,
he played with heart, spirit, and total dedication.
Tom played hockey for Marblehead High School from 1971-1973.
He is Marblehead High School's second all-time leading
scorer. In 1996, Tom was inducted into the Marblehead
Hockey Hall of Fame along with his father. Tom has
continued his love of hockey by coaching the Marblehead
High School Boys' Hockey Team for the past two years. |
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| He was captain of the 1973 MHS Hockey
team that was the North Shore Hockey Co-Champ and boasted
a gaudy 19-1 record. MHS was seeded fourth in the State
Tournament and lost to the eventual winner, Arlington. |
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| Tom scored nine hat tricks during his
three-year varsity career to become Marblehead's all-time
leader in that category. His 81 goals and 47 assists
for a total of 128 points are second only to all-time
leading scorer Toot Cahoon's. Tom scored four goals
in the last game of his senior year against Malden
Catholic (4-2, Marblehead) to tie Malden Catholic
for first place and ruin their unbeaten season. His
accomplishments also include: most points as a junior
(55), most goals as a junior (34), and most goals in
a single game (5--tied with five others). |
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| Tom went on to play hockey at the University
of Vermont for four years and then played professional
hockey in the Pacific Coast League. |
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