Ocean City High School Announces 2019 Athletic Hall Of Famers

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Ocean City High School announced its 2019 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees. Ten athletes, one coach and one team will be honored.

An induction ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 at the OCHS auditorium. A reception will follow.

This is the same weekend as the homecoming football game against Triton at 6 p.m. Oct. 18 and the homecoming dance Oct. 19.

Here are the inductees:

• Casey Beyel: (Class of 2007) was an all-star in field hockey, a key starter in basketball and an all-star in lacrosse.
• Robyn Fortsch: (Class of 1983) scored more than 1,000 points in basketball and was a key player in softball, despite missing action with knee surgery.
• Joi Johnson: (Class of 1993) scored more than 1,000 points in basketball and was a state champion in the high jump during track season.
• Jill Kozakowski: (Class of 1998) was an outstanding swimmer for the Raiders when the swim team was co-ed. She currently holds the only school record by a girl set before 2000.
• Scott Lipford: (Class of 1997) still holds school records for football, was a starter in basketball and holds two school records in track.
• Lauren McHale: (Class of 1998) is the second highest goal scorer in Ocean City girls soccer history and the all-time leader in assists. She also was a Meet of Champions winner in track.
• Joe Myers: (Class of 1977) a three-sport athlete who set pitching records in baseball that have lasted 40 years, including one that will likely never be broken – 12 complete games in a season. He was also a key starter in basketball and on both offense and defense in football.
• Miles Schoedler: (Class of 2011) a two-time South Jersey cross country champion, holds OCHS course records in cross country and the school track record for 3200 meters.
• Melody Sye: (Class of 1984) was the first OCHS girl to win a South Jersey championship in cross country and was a championship runner on the track team.
• Don Tarves: (Class of 1960) one of the few four-sport stars at Ocean City High School. He was an all-star in football (some of his school records are still active more than 50 years later), an all-star in baseball and a champion in both track and swimming.
• Coach Gary Degenhardt: Degenhardt’s football teams won 101 games including three South Jersey titles and six Cape-Atlantic League championships. His 1996 team, inducted into the OCHS Hall of Fame two years ago, was ranked No. 8 in the East by USA Today.
• 2010 baseball team: coached by Craig Mensinger, was 21-9 and was the first Raiders baseball team to win a South Jersey title on the field. The 21 wins was a school record and six individual school records were broken.

Tickets for the Hall of Fame induction and reception luncheon are $20 per person. Checks can be made payable to Ocean City High School Athletic Hall of Fame and may be sent to: Ocean City High School Athletic Hall of Fame or (OCHSAHF) at 501 Atlantic Ave., Ocean City, NJ c/o Geoff Haines, K-12 Athletic Director.

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