VERMONT SPORTS HALL OF FAME

A virtual celebration presented by Myers Waste was held online on April 29, 2021. The inductees will also be honored at the next dinner.

Click here to watch the Virtual Celebration presented by Myers Waste!

The 2020 inductees are standout cross country and track star Tara Chaplin of Middlesex;  legendary ice hockey coach Jim Cross of the Burlington and 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 Norwich U. and Sarah Schreib of East Fairfield; record-setting golfer Thomas ‘Tom’ Pierce of Rutland; fabled pro golfer and basketball player Libby Smith of Essex Junction; and women’s ice hockey pioneer, Carol Weston of Bristol. Mickey and Ginny Cochran of Cochran's Ski Area in Richmond are this year's David Hakins Inductees for exceptional promotion of sports, athletics and recreation in the state.

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 2020 Inductees (click on last name for bio link):

Tara Chaplin 

Mickey and Ginny Cochran

Jim Cross

Toby Ducolon 

Debbie Dunkley

Jeff Hastings

Ed Hockenbury 

Tom Pierce

Sarah Schreib

Libby Smith

Carol Weston