After two years of dismissal as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, the Washington County Sports activities Corridor of Fame is able to induct a brand new class of members subsequent month.
The 2022 class will embody 5 inmates to be enrolled within the Corridor of Fames’ thirty fourth banquet on July 16 at Elks Lodge No. 378 on Robinwood Drive in Hagerstown.
Gregg DeLauney, Corridor of Fame’s longtime president, mentioned the wait has been price it.
“We might have given the popularity (in 2020 and 2021), but it surely’s extra about their celebration,” he mentioned. “I like that they are there with their friends, with their households, with their mates. It is their evening. For them to have the ability to attend the celebration with these individuals, it is all price it. That is why we put up with it. it for 2 years.
“The good factor about it’s that not solely is it the inmates’ evening, however we now have former inmates from the final 34 years who will come 12 months after 12 months and share within the celebration,” he added. “The tales get greater, the lies get greater, but it surely’s actually an ideal evening to mingle with their mates.”
Class 2022 consists of:
Greg Eversole
Washington County baseball has been a lifelong ardour for Eversole.
As a younger participant, he was a part of the West Finish Little League group in 1962 that gained a state title, and in 1966 he performed for Hagerstown within the Colt League World Sequence.
He continued his enjoying profession at North Hagerstown Excessive, Hagerstown Neighborhood Faculty and Frostburg State and is a member of the HCC Athletic Corridor of Fame.
His highschool teaching profession started in 1977 in St. Louis. Maria Goretti, the place he guided the gills for six years, highlighted by a Blue Ridge league title in 1978.
Eversole then spent three years as assistant coach below Chuck Zonis in North Hagerstown and helped lead the Hubs to second place within the state in 1984 and the state title in 1986.
Thereafter, Eversole skilled in South Hagerstown for greater than a decade, main the Rebels to a state title in 1996, a 12 months after ending second.
After a 12-year break from teaching, Eversole returned to St. Louis in 2014. Maria Goretti, the place he stays. Gaels gained Outdated Line League titles in 2017, 2021 and 2022 and is 38-6 over the past two seasons.
Ling Louie
Louie, who served sports activities for greater than half a century, will probably be recorded posthumously. He died on October 21, 2021.
He labored in any respect ranges – skilled, faculty, highschool and youth leagues – in a number of sports activities, together with baseball, softball, soccer, basketball, volleyball and bocce.
Louie’s officer profession started whereas attending South Hagerstown Excessive Faculty and continued by his days at Hagerstown Neighborhood Faculty, Shepherd College and the US Marine Corps.
He was a referee in minor league baseball within the Gulf Coast, South Atlantic and Carolina leagues in 1981 earlier than returning to Washington County. He additionally served for the U.S. Olympic and Nationwide Baseball Groups.
He was chosen to work on the highschool state finals and semifinals in baseball, softball, soccer and volleyball and was a longtime member of a number of county authorities associations.
As an athlete, Louie turned one of many first members of the JFK 50 Mile ultramarathon’s 500 Mile Membership, after finishing the legendary race 10 occasions.
Scott Jennings
In his 41 years as head baseball coach, Jennings has by no means had a dropping season whereas successful 1,083 wins.
He just lately accomplished his twenty second season at Hagerstown Neighborhood Faculty and is the successful coach in this system’s historical past with 691 wins.
His Hawks have gained Area 20 and Japanese District titles and completed as excessive as third within the nation on the NJCAA Division I World Sequence.
Jennings has coached a number of All-Convention and All-Area gamers, in addition to a number of All-Individuals and Educational All-Individuals. 22 of his gamers have both been drafted or signed skilled contracts.
He has gained a number of Coach of the Yr awards, together with for the Maryland JUCO Convention, the Maryland JUCO Coaches Affiliation, Area 20, the Japanese District and the Louisville Slugger.
In 2020, Jennings was inducted into the Maryland State Affiliation of Baseball Coaches Corridor of Fame.
Bob Parasiliti
Parasiliti, a mainstay of The Herald-Mail, has been reporting on native sports activities since becoming a member of the newspaper in 1987.
Highlights have included in-depth protection of Hagerstown Suns minor league baseball groups and the College of Maryland soccer and basketball groups. He interviewed many well-known athletes whereas overlaying the Suns, together with Frank Robinson, Willie Mays, Brooks Robinson, Bryce Harper, Ryan Zimmerman and Deion Sanders.
Parasiliti portrayed Nick Adenhart’s brief, dynamic profession, from Little League to Williamsport Excessive Faculty to Los Angeles Angels, earlier than the star pitcher’s tragic demise.
Parasiliti has gained a number of MDDC Press Affiliation awards, and in 2017 he was named the Maryland State Affiliation of Baseball Coaches Media Individual of the Yr. He’s additionally a member of the Heisman Trophy voting committee.
Parasiliti, who writes a well-liked weekly column, has a capability to dig deeper than the outcomes and statistics of his work.
Ray Shriver
At Smithsburg Excessive Faculty, Shriver has been the top coach of cross-country snowboarding since 2001 and both the top or assistant athletic coach, indoors and outdoor, for the reason that fall of 1999.
He turned the primary Washington County coach to win a state title every season – fall, winter and spring – and in all, his group has gained eight state championships and 12 states in second place.
Whereas in Smithsburg, he was instrumental in introducing absolutely automated timing to county athletics applications.
Shriver started his teaching profession in 1985 because the JV soccer coach at North Hagerstown Excessive Faculty, the place he continued to teach the JV and freshman groups for 5 years.
He started coaching at North as an assistant in 1986 and have become head coach in 1990, the identical 12 months he began the Hubs’ indoor program. He continued to coach each indoors and outdoor on the North by the spring of 1999.
Different honors and awards
The Washington County Sports activities Corridor of Fame will current a wide range of awards and scholarships for highschool sports activities. They embody:
• Harry Cunningham Jr. Male Athlete of the Yr: Jevon Yarbrough, Williamsport.
• Sara “Skip” Ward Feminine Athlete of the Yr: Alexis Zimmerman, Smithsburg.
• Dotty Piccolomini Scholarship: Micah Stine, Boonsboro.
• Millie Shank Scholarship: Ava Selby, Boonsboro.
• Gregg DeLauney Presidential Scholarship: Maggie Schmidt, Boonsboro.
• Nick Adenhart Scholarship: Reed Gordon, Boonsboro.
• Previously inductee scholarship: Ryan Linn, Smithsburg.
• Jeff Scuffins Memorial Scholarship: Jarrett Winders, Smithsburg.
• Carroll Reid / Cumberland Valley Athletic Membership Scholarship: Jairik McCauley, Clear Spring.
• Carroll and Virginia Reid Scholarship: Dillon Smith and DJ Miller, Smithsburg.
• Greg Shank Memorial Scholarship: Matthew Stine, North Hagerstown.
• Robert “Turtle” Smith Fellows: Dylan Moser, Smithsburg; Mike Hawbaker, South Hagerstown; Maddux Grove, Williamsport; Brooks Aleshire, Clear Spring; Likelihood Phillips, South Hagerstown.
• Don Stoner Coach of the Yr: Eric Gerber, Smithsburg boys basketball.
Banquet data
The occasion begins with a social hour at. 17.30. Dinner begins at 18.30 and this system follows.
To buy tickets, which price $ 35 every, ship a verify to WCSHOF, 19738 Meadow Brook Rd., Hagerstown, MD, 21742; or Gregg DeLauney, 90 Byron Dr., Smithsburg, MD, 21783.
For data, name DeLauney at 240-675-1228 or Frank Linn at 301-730-8401.