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Hall of Fame

Dr. Gabriel Vitalone

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    1997
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  • Assistant Baseball Coach (1957-60)
  • 1959 baseball team was first men’s team to be invited to a national tournament
  • 18-game winning streak and captured baseball conference championship in 1958
  • First cross country coach, 1958
  • Coached Hall of Famer Brian McColgan
  • Junior varsity basketball coach (1957-61)
  • Overall basketball record of 59-27, 69% winning percentage
  • Head baseball coach (1961-62)
  • Reorganized and coached a club soccer program and fostered it into becoming a varsity program
  • Professor Emeritus, retired in 1991 after 34 years
  • Lifetime fan and supporter of Pioneer Athletics
  • U.S. Senior Olympics 1995 (200, 400, 800, 1,500, 5,000 meters)
 

Inducted November 13, 1997

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