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Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Announces Its 2026 Class

Two winter Olympians, including a two-time medalist, a legend of the hardwood, a wrestler who represented his country on the mat, a multi-time champion in track and field, a talented baseball player who earned a World Series ring, an all-American women’s lacrosse player, an award-winning sportswriter and a pair of championship collegiate coaches are the 10 newest inductees of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. The VSHOF Board of Directors announced members of its 2026 induction class, its 13th since its inception in 2011.

The inductees are lacrosse standout Sarah Dalton Graddock of Cornwall; Susan Dunklee of Barton who was a three-time Olympic biathlete and a multi- sport standout in high school and college; Saint Michael’s College basketball star and longtime high school coach Dick Falkenbush of South Burlington; the first-ever wrestler inducted, Steven Forrest of Bennington, a champion and national team member; track and field star Mary Heitkamp of Orwell; Olympic moguls skiing medalist Hannah Kearney of Norwich, Vt.; Swanton’s Matt Raleigh, a standout player and successful coach at all levels of baseball; and legendary collegiate coaches Mickey Heinecken of Cornwall and Middlebury College and Mike McShane of Norwich University;  Veteran award-winning sportswriter Tom Haley of Proctor is this year’s Mal Boright Media Inductee.  Click HERE for information and bios of the 2026 class.

Unable to attend last year, football and track star, Rutland’s Bill Looker, a member of the 2025 class, also will be inducted at the 2026 dinner.

The class will be formally inducted at the 2026 Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Celebration on Saturday, April 25th at the Delta Marriott Burlington Hotel on 1117 Williston Road in South Burlington. The evening begins with a reception at 5:30 p.m. with the induction ceremony following dinner. Information on the dinner and how to purchase tickets is availble on the Induction Dinner Information page of this site, or by Clicking HERE

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Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Inducts Its 2025 Class

(Photo credit: Vermont Sports Images)

The 12 newest members of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame were inducted on April 26. 2025 at the Delta Marriott Burlington Hotel in South Burlington. Vermont Governor Phil Scott, a regular at the induction events since the start, was on hand to present the inductees plaques.

Inducted were gymnastics champion Nini Wuensch Anger of St. Albans and Colchester; world and national champion horseshoe pitcher Debra Brown of Bristol; record-setting high school and collegiate soccer scorer Kyle Dezotell of Derby; high school and collegiate ice hockey standout Lou DiMasi III of Burlington; Olympic rowing medalist Carlie Geer of West Fairlee and South Burlington; U.S. National Champion and two-time Olympic ski jumper Jim Holland of Norwich; Basketball sharp shooter Tony Orciari of East Burke; three-sport high school star Mike Rochford of South Burlington who went on to pitch for the Boston Red Sox; and legendary coaches Connie LaRose of Bristol and Mount Abraham Union, and Frank Pecora of Northfield and Norwich University. Award-winning sports broadcaster Jack Healey of Rutland is the 2025 Mal Boright Media Inductee and the late Leo Papineau of Swanton, St. Albans and Richford is the VSHOF Historical Inductee. Also recognized was 2024 inductee Dr. Kim Silloway, a basketball standout from St. Johnsbury. Multi-sport athlete Bill Looker of Rutland deferred his induction until 2025. Click HERE for bios of the 2025 Inductees!

Click HERE for a free photo gallery from the event courtesy of Paul Lamontagne of Vermont Sports Images.

Proceeds from the event go to Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, the designated charity of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. The past dinners and other fundraisers have raised over $37,000 to support PCAVT’s work state- wide. For more information on PCAVT, please click HERE .

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