Athletic Hall of Fame

2025 Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Event Details:

Thursday, May 8, 2025
5:00 p.m. – reception
6:00 p.m. – dinner

Individual Adults: $75
Table of 10: $700

Hogan Center at the College of the Holy Cross
1 College Street
Worcester, Massachusetts

For additional information about tickets, please contact
Shannon Bartley – 508-574-7339
WPSathletichalloffame@gmail.com

2025 Inductees:

• Lee Boykin – Worcester Boys Trade School, 1980 (Baseball)
• Robert Clem – South High School, 1975 (Football/Hockey)
• Katelyn (Petty) Cupelo – Doherty High School, 2004 (Basketball)
• Henry Cusack – Classical High School, 1953 (Basketball/Baseball)
• Maire Gallagher – Burncoat High School, 2022 (Field Hockey)
• Keith Gray – Doherty High School, 2004 (Football)
• Jermaine Johnson – South High Community School, 1992 (Basketball)
• Rodney Agyare-May – Burncoat High School, 2017 (Track & Field/Football)
• Lillian Melican (Posthumous) – South High School, 1937 (Field Hockey)
• Peter Stevens – North High School, 1958 (Track & Football)

Outstanding Contributors:
Forest Grove Coaches Jane Dowd, Jen Cormier and Nick Chacharone

Worcester Public Schools Team Honorees: 
Burncoat High School Football Team 2004

The Hall of Fame was created to both honor our best athletes but also highlight the incredible diversity and the lifelong spirit of sportsmanship that Worcester’s athletes exemplify.

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