Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Announces Its Class of 2020

POSTPONED  DUE TO COVID19 VIRUS

Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Celebration Rescheduled for October 24   The Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Celebration presented by Myers Waste has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 24, 2020. The eighth class of Vermont sports legends will be inducted at the annual event to be held at the Delta Marriott Burlington Hotel (formerly Trader Duke's Hotel) in South Burlington.    All tickets purchased for the originally scheduled date of April 25th can be used at the rescheduled event. If ticket holders are unable to attend the new date and wish to receive a refund, please e-mail: vermontsportshall@gmail.com    For more information on the dinner and to purchase tickets, please log on to: https://www.vermontsportshall.com/dinnerinfo.html   A portion of the proceeds from the dinner will benefit Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, the VSHOF's designated charity. Previous events have raised close to $20,000 for PCAV. To find out more about the 2020 inductees and all others, please log on to the official website of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame at www.vermontsportshall.com ~

Superstars from the courts, links, rinks, gyms and fields are among the 10 newest members of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. The VSHOF Board of Directors announced its eighth group of inductees -- the Class of ’20 -- during a news conference Wednesday afternoon at the Tarrant Center on the campus of St. Michael’s College. 

The inductees are: standout cross country and track star Tara Chaplin of Middlesex;  Legendary ice hockey coach Jim Cross of the University of Vermont; All-Star hockey player and coach Toby Ducolon of St. Albans; Renowned gymnastics champion Debbie Dunkley of South Burlington; Olympic ski jumper Jeff Hastings of Norwich; Basketball legends Ed Hockenbury of Northfield and Sarah Schreib of East Fairfield; Fabled golf pro and basketball player Libby Smith of Essex; Women’s ice hockey pioneer, Carol Weston of Bristol. Record-setting golfer Thomas ‘Tom’ Pierce of Rutland, also has been selected as this year’s historic inductee.
The class will be formally inducted at the 2020 Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Celebration Presented by Myers Waste at the Delta Marriott Burlington Hotel on Williston Road in South Burlington on April 25, 2020.

Ticket information for the 2020 induction and dinner will beCANCELLED DUE TO COVID19 VIRUS available soon on the VSHOF website at www.vermontsportshall.com. Proceeds from the event go to Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, the designated charity of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. The past dinners have raised about $19,000 to support PCAV’s work across Vermont’s 14 counties. Myers Container Service Corp, the “Red Can Family” is the new presenting sponsor for the annual event.

This year’s class, representing six of the state’s 14 counties, brings the membership in the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame to 97 since its first class was inducted in 2012. Also, Dunkley (gymnastics), Hastings (ski jumping), Pierce (men’s golf) and Weston (women’s hockey) are the first from those sports to be inducted into the VSHOF. The Class of 2020 was selected by three groups: the 15-member VSHOF board of directors, a statewide sports advisory panel and the previous inductees. 

Besides honoring those making significant contributions to the state's sports legacy, the Hall is designed to help promote and provide inspiration in sports and recreation to the youth of Vermont. 

To view previous classes and for more information on the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame, log on to its official website, www.vermontsportshall.com. For more information on the VSHOF’s designated charity, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, log on to www.pcav.org

Introducing the 2020 Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Inductees:

(complete bios available online at https://www.vermontsportshall.com/2020class.html

For more information about the dinner and to purchase tickets go to: https://www.vermontsportshall.com/dinnerinfo.html.