EG Athletic Hall Of Fame To Induct New Members

EAST GREENWICH, CT - From East Greenwich High School: The East Greenwich ATHLETIC Hall of Fame has announced its 2018 slate of Inductees, who will be honored May 5th, 2018 at an Induction ceremony to be held at the Quonset 'O' Club in North Kingstown.

This year's class includes a host of muti-talented athletes, both at EGHS and on to the college playing fields, courts and courses.

MICHAEL KAMIN - Class of 1991 : A four year Varsity track and 3 year basketball star, Kamin was a 3 time All State shot put champion and javelin thrower. He holds school records in both events.

In basketball he was All State leading team to a State title and was a Street & Smith Honorable Mention All America. He helped EG to 1991 Class B State hoop title and was a Providence Journal Honor Roll Nominee.

At the University of Illinois he was a 2 time letter winner in javelin and is one of the Illini's top ten throwers of All-Time. In 1992 he was Top Male Student-Athlete and was All Academic Big Ten three times, also winning U of I's prestigious George Huff Award.

STEPHANIE BALKCOM GLORIA - Class of 1989: Played 4 sports at EGHS. Cross Country, Basketball, Soccer and Track. She established 5 school records in 3 sports, track, basketball and soccer. Steph earned first team All Division honors 9 times and All State Honorable Mention 4x.

In college Balcom played club basketball one year and club soccer one year but made her mark running varsity cross country and track for the Fordham Rams. She was named All Patriot League in 1992 and placed in the PL's top 15 Indoor track times for the Mile and the 3000. Her running sparked Fordham's Patriot League title in 1990 and Metropolitan crown in 1992.

Stephanie Balkcom Gloria continues her running to this day and took a first place in the Don Davis Memorial 5K. She has also been a high finisher in several other Road Races in the Ocean State.

ROBERT J. CORR - Class of 1976: A first team All Class B selection in football at EGHS. Also a member of the track team. Next, at Governor Dummer Academy he played football and lacrosse and was named 2nd team Boston Globe Independent Prep Team as running back.

At Muhlenberg College in PA., Bob was a four year starter in Lacrosse and a three year starter in football. He came to EGHS as a Freshman football coach and also did JV and assistant varsity before taking over the reins in 2002. As Head Varsity Coach he turned out an undefeated regular season team in 2004, which lost in playoff semi-finals. In 2005 EG lost in semis again, but in 2006 Bob piloted the Division iii Super Bowl champions. 2007 saw them rush into the semi-finals again before losing.

Mr. Corr founded the East Greenwich Alumni Football Association, which started the now traditional Annual Thanksgiving Eve Pasta Dinner.

CHRIS DELLAGROTTA- Class of 1983 : A four year hockey standout for the IceAvengers, he graduated in top 10 of his class. Made the Phi Beta Kaplan Society and was first team All Division. Selected to RI All Star team, which won the 1983 New England Yankee Conference Tournament. He played in 127 games at EG and had 80 goals and 138 assists, giving him the All Time scoring record at 218 points. He was named MVP twice and his teams won Met B crowns three times.

At Bentley College he played 4 years of hockey getting two hat tricks as a freshman, with seven overall there and garnering 6 game winning goals. he ended up as Bentley's 9th All Time scorer by the time he graduated Cum Laude with a degree in Accounting.

ALLEN PRITCHARD - Class of 1978 : A four year starter in both football and baseball and a three year starter in wrestling, Pritchard was All Conference as an Outfielder (JR) and as a pitcher (SR) and was Co-MVP. In wrestling he came in fourth in state at 185 as a Senior.

He was one of 2 people ever outside of Warwick to be asked to play for Warwick's American Legion Shields Post #43. At Elon College he was best pitcher in '80 & '81 and was #2 in the NAIA in ERA. He also won NAIA All District and All Conference honors and had school honors in victories and ERA marks.

He was elected to the Elon College Sports Hall of Fame and chosen to throw out first pitch when Elon celebrated 100 years of baseball in a game versus Brown. He was invited to the ST.Louis Cardinals for a tryout and played for the Johnson City Cardinals minor league team.

STEPHEN DiIURO - Class of 1992 : Wrestling, Football and Baseball at EGHS, while playing soccer for EGSA travel teams during that period. DiIuro was a Wrestling All Stater and the 145 pound champion, also making All League. He was the Class B Sectional Champion. The team's captain he was chosen as a Providence Journal Bulletin Winter All Star.

In football he was second team All State, first team All League, the Thanksgiving Day MVP and his team's MVP. Steve was also named the Dr.Uno Uustal Award winner and EGHS Most Out-standing Male Athlete Award winner. He also served as Student Council President for two years. He graduated from URI with a B.S. in Management Science and Information Systems.

KRISTEN MANSON - Class of 1995: A field hockey, basketball and softball star at East G., Ms. Manson went on to star in field hockey at James Madison University and coach at Central Michigan and then back at JMU. In Field Hockey she was All Division twice and All State twice while leading her team to State titles. She made All Tournament and was the defensive MVP in the state All Star game. She also served as the Avenger captain. In basketball she made All Division twice and was also Honorable Mention All State.

At James Madison Kristen grabbed All Conference honors and was a NCAA Regional All American second teamer. She was the Lady Dukes team captain, team MVP and played in the North-South Senior All Star Game. In her time at JMU they were CAA Champs, an NCAA Final Four team, and were ranked in the top ten.

As an Assistant Coach at Central Michigan, she helped the Lady Chips take the 2002 MAC Field Hockey Championship.

This outstanding 2018 Class of Seven will be honored at the May 5th Banquet along with Special Award winner Kerry Withrow Valentine and Golden Avenger picks, Frederick " Bebe " McDonald and Bruce Roberts.

Also to be announced soon will be the two Senior East Greenwich Avenger athletes picked for the Anthony "Tar " Ucci Award.

For further information or details, contact Guy Asadorian at guyasa821@gmail.com or Jeff Santos at 884-3513 or jsantoseg@verizon.net.

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