VERMONT SPORTS HALL OF FAME

7th CLASS- 2019 Inductees

 

Click HERE for a link to photos from the 2019 Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Celebration held April 13, 2019 in South Burlington, Vermont. Photo gallery courtesy of Paul LaMontagne, Vermont Sports Images.

The VSHOF’s seventh induction class is made up of World Cup champion and Olympic moguls skier Ann Battelle; state and NCAA hockey championship coach Bill Beaney; softball standout and pro baseball player Elizabeth Burnham; four-time Olympic Nordic skier Larry Damon; stock car driver Harmon ‘Beaver’ Dragon; field hockey star Jenny Everett; football and track star Jeff Hughes; basketball legends Layne Higgs and Rich Tarrant; Olympic Gold Medalist snowboarder Ross Powers; record-setting state amateur golfer Holly Reynolds; and Olympic alpine skier Tiger Shaw. The late Mal Boright, a legendary journalist and a founder of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame, was selected by the hall’s board of directors as its David Hakins Inductee.

The 2019 Inductees (click on last name for bio):

Ann Battelle, Moguls Skiing, Williston

Bill Beaney, ice hockey, Cornwall

Mal Boright, David Hakins Inductee, Williston

Elizabeth Burnham, softball, Newbury

Larry Damon, Nordic Skiing, Burlington/Stowe

Harmon ‘Beaver’ Dragon, auto racing, Milton

Jenny Everett, field hockey, Rutland

Layne Higgs, basketball, Barre/St. Johnsbury

Jeff Hughes, football, Burlington

Ross Powers, snowboarding, South Londonderry

Holly Reynolds, golf, Morrisville

Tiger Shaw, alpine skiing, Stowe

Rich Tarrant, basketball, Saint Michael’s College