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2001 Athletic Hall of Fame Listing of Inductees.
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2001 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees. Seated: Barbara Mello Valente, representing her late father Frank; Linda Ferrara Hawkins; Mary Ann Andrade, representing her late husband George; Jennifer Hicks Perrotti; Paula Polak Bartlett, representing her father Ben; Tommy McKale; and John Jannitto, representing his late father Freddy. Standing: Jack Flynn; Ken Medeiros; Mike Merolla; Francis "Tut" Jamiel; Joe Penkala; Donald "Duck" Ramsden; and Dick Brochu. Not present for the banquet were representatives of Abby Abbruzzi, Donat Arel, and Bill Servant. At the time of the picture, the existence of the Phyllis Abbruzzi Award (given later in the evening to her surviving children) had not yet been announced.
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Committee member and secretary Martha Delekta and Committee chairman and Contributor Inductee Jack Flynn. Jack was the scout for Pat Abbruzzi's football elevens from 1961 to 1980.
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Committee chairman and current year Contributor Inductee Jack Flynn and 2000 Athlete Inductee Buzz Barry. Buzz was a member of Warren High's State Baseball Championship teams of 1945 and 1946, before earning All State status as a second baseman in 1948.
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Athlete Inductee Linda Ferrara Hawkins, who received the University of Rhode Island's Holmes Award for excellence in academics and athletics by a senior female.
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Athlete Inductee Jen Hicks Perrotti. A two-time All State volleyball player at Warren High, Jen starred on championship basketball and volleyball teams.
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Athlete Inductee Joe Penkala and his sister, Committee member and 1999 Athlete Inductee Beth Penkala. A four-year starter on the Providence College Baseball team, Joe starred at shortstop for the Middletown team that captured three championships in the Newport Sunset League.
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Committee chairman Jack Flynn and John Jannitto, who accepted for his late father, Contributor Inductee Fred Jannitto, Sr. Recognizing Freddy's service to Warren Little League Baseball, the league named its Water Street field in his memory. (John was inducted himself as a Contributor member of the Class of 2004.)
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Athlete Inductee Donald "Duck" Ramsden and Committee member Stan Gosselin. A two-sports star at Warren High, Duck played on a University of Southern Indiana five that reached the NCAA Division Two quarterfinals.
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