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A Century of Distinction

Since 1894, we have celebrated Atlantic County’s outstanding young athletes who demonstrate talent, commitment to their teams, schools, and communities. These student-athletes symbolize the promise of tomorrow and inspire others through their dedication. With over a century of tradition, the Old Grad legacy thrives through these remarkable individuals. Join us in honoring their enduring impact on future generations.

2025

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Anthony Liakhnovich, Hammonton High School

Sophia Day, Mainland Regional High School

2024

Male:

Female:

Cohen Cook, Mainland Regional High School

Riley Lerhner, Cedar Creek High School

2023

Male:

Female:

Sean Burns, Holy Spirit High School

Emma Peretti, Hammonton High School

2022

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Elijah Stewart, Holy Spirit High School

Camryn Dirkes, Mainland Regional High School

2021

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Ahmad Brock, Egg Harbor Twp. High School

Sophia Pasquale, Holy Spirit High School

2020

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Thomas TJ Given, Holy Spirit High School

Brielle Smith, Oakcrest High School

2018

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GianCarlo Palmieri, Hammonton High School

Alyssa Aldridge, Mainland Regional High School

2017

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Female:

Miles Melton, Cedar Creek High School

Aysiah Cintron, Buena Regional High School

2016

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Female:

Salaam Honre, St. Joseph High School

Carlina Sacco, St. Joseph High School

2015

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Christian LaFragola, St. Joseph High School

Jane Donio-Escone, Hammonton High School

2014

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Female:

Louis Corgliano, Hammonton High School

Emily DeMarco, St. Joseph High School

2013

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Female:

Dayshawn Reynolds, Atlantic City High School

Constance Capone, Oakcrest High School

2012

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Female:

Domenic LaFragola, Holy Spirit High School

Christin Bettis, Hammonton High School

2011

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Female:

Patrick Casey, St. Joseph High School

Megan DeMarco, St. Joseph High School

2010

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Tejay Johnson, Egg Harbor Twp. High School

Jessica Combs, Hammonton High School

2009

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Female:

Kenneth Miles, Buena Regional High School

Carissa Santora, Mainland Regional High School

2008

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Female:

Anthony Barone, Hammonton High School

Allison Nickles, St. Joseph High School

2007

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Female:

Steve Hevalow, Absegami High School

Bethany Mooney, Holy Spirit High School

2006

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Female:

Jack Corcoran, St. Joseph High School

Kim Warren, Atlantic City High School

2005

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Female:

Paul A. Zemanik, Buena Regional High School

Samantha Horner, Buena Regional High School

2004

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Female:

Niall "Frank" McGrath, St. Augustine Prep

Danielle Mento, St. Joseph High School

2003

Male:

Female:

Richard H. Amos, Jr., Hammonton High School

Emily Bateman, Mainland Regional High School

2002

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Female:

James Hargrave III, St. Joseph High School

Kristine Costa, Absegami High School

2001

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Female:

Neil Anderson, Jr., Egg Harbor Twp. High School

Tiara Monroe, Absegami High School

2000

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Female:

Joe Weiss, Mainland Regional High School

Lauren Ann Hickman, St. Joseph High School

1999

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Female:

Corey Collins, Egg Harbor Twp. High School

Kathryn Sikorski, Egg Harbor Twp. High School

1998

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Female:

Ryan Ojeda, Holy Spirit High School

Ann Marie Slusarski, Egg Harbor Twp. High School

1997

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Female:

Ronald Dorsey, Hammonton High School

Amanda Haines, Hammonton High School

1996

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Nathaniel Harley, Pleasantville High School

Karen Shutz, Egg Harbor Twp. High School

1995

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Kurt Wayton, Mainland Regional High School

Noelle Pflum, Mainland Regional High School

1994

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James Jenkins, Oakcrest High School

Kim Stoll, Holy Spirit High School

1993

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Female:

Steve Harper, Atlantic City High School

Alice Foreman, Mainland Regional High School

1992

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Female:

Ronald Roberts, Buena Regional High School

Gail Wilkins, Holy Spirit High School

1991

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Aaron Bullock, Egg Harbor Twp. High School

Sue Devlin, Mainland Regional High School

1990

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Christopher Cannan, Oakcrest High School

Renee Ranere, Hammonton High School

1989

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Female:

George Maxwell, Buena Regional High School

Jennifer Weber, Egg Harbor Twp. High School

1988

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Shawn McDonnell, Oakcrest High School

Jennifer Devlin, Mainland Regional High School

1987

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Gary Melton, Absegami High School

Angela Evans, Mainland Regional High School

1986

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Female:

Steve McLaughlin, Absegami High School

Joanna Sulmonetti, St. Joseph High School

1985

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Female:

Robert Malatesta, St. Augustine Prep

Letitia Peigatt, Egg Harbor Twp. High School

1984

Male:

Female:

Robert Furca, Oakcrest High School

Susan Brown, Egg Harbor Twp. High School

1983

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Henry Wimberg, Absegami High School

Julieta Stack, Atlantic City High School

1982

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Female:

Kevin Jones, Pleasantville High School

Carmen Mejlak, Hammonton High School

1981

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Female:

Douglas Strang, Mainland Regional High School

Gabrielle Gandolfo, Mainland Regional High School

1980

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Brian Husta, Oakcrest High School

Pamela Elliot, Atlantic City High School

1979

Male:

Female:

Ralph Leek, Oakcrest High School

Monique Purcell, Holy Spirit High School

1978

Male:

Female:

Paul Ordille, St. Joseph High School

Mary Kate McCabe, Holy Spirit High School

1977

Male:

Female:

Edward Belfi, Buena Regional High School

Debra Solazzo, Hammonton High School

1976

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DeHart Washington, Pleasantville High School

Doris Arch, Mainland Regional High School

1975

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Timothy Dale, Pleasantville High School

Denise Robbins, Atlantic City High School

1974

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Female:

Ronald Dorsey, Hammonton High School

Jeanne Mohr, Oakcrest High School

1973

Male:

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William Howarth, Atlantic City High School

Cheryl Eddins, Absegami High School

1972

Male:

Female:

George Buttle, Mainland Regional High School

Linda Casey, St. Joseph High School

1971

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Female:

Ronald Kraus, Oakcrest High School

Barbara Daley, St. Joseph High School

1970

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Female:

Lawrence Gustafson, Oakcrest High School

Shelley Ball, Mainland Regional High School

1969

Male:

Female:

William Blann, Oakcrest High School

Roberta Sapp, Oakcrest High School

1968

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Female:

Archie Robinson, Pleasantville High School

Letitia Keating, Atlantic City High School

1967

Male:

Female:

George Landis, Mainland Regional High School

Susan Straus, Hammonton High School

1966

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Female:

James Morano, Hammonton High School

Redenia Gilliam, Atlantic City High School

1965

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Female:

Joseph Braithwaite, Atlantic City High School

Vivian Browlee, Mainland Regional High School

1964

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Female:

George Spivey, Oakcrest High School

Catherine Cohen, Oakcrest High School

1963

Male:

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Robert Williams, Pleasantville High School

Jean Sapp, Oakcrest High School

1962

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Salvatore Ingemi, St. Joseph High School

Gloria Melendez, Hammonton High School

1961

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Female:

Louis Polisano, Atlantic City High School

Machelett DeReimer, Atlantic City Friends School

1960

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Female:

John Kochmansky, Holy Spirit High School

Lillian Senn, Egg Harbor City High School

1959

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Theodore Evans, Pleasantville High School

Margaret Wimberg, St. Joseph High School

1958

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Nicholas Russo, Atlantic City High School

Cora Ingrum, Egg Harbor City High School

1957

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Nathaniel Parker, Atlantic City High School

Mary Cullen, Atlantic City High School

1956

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Michael Lindner, Pleasantville High School

Cynthia Levin, Pleasantville High School

1955

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Harmon Linder, Pleasantville High School

Carol Wescoat, Hammonton High School

1954

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Female:

Joseph DiGiacomo, Pleasantville High School

Jeanne Bertino, St. Joseph High School

1953

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Female:

Donald Clark, Pleasantville High School

Erma Frick, Egg Harbor City High School

1952

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Female:

Robert Seylhouw­er, Atlantic City Tech High School

JoAnn Hackney, Atlantic City High School

1951

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Female:

Thomas O’Brien, Holy Spirit High School

Christina Atkinson, Pleasantville High School

1950

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Female:

Vincent DeLaurentis, Hammonton High School

Margaret Pitale, Hammonton High School

1949

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Female:

George Dingler, Pleasantville High School

Janet Holman, Atlantic City Tech High School

1948

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Female:

Reginald Lee, Atlantic City High School

Jean Durkin, Atlantic City Friends School

1947

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Francis Toner, Holy Spirit High School

Margaret Graham, Atlantic City High School

1946

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Female:

John DeLaurentis, Hammonton High School

Rita McGurk, Holy Spirit High School

1945

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Female:

Howard Obergfell, Egg Harbor City High School

Katherine Channell, Atlantic City High School

1944

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Thomas Braddock, Pleasantville High School

Edna Yoos, Pleasantville High School

1943

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Female:

Charles Goetz, Atlantic City High School

Virginia Wright, Atlantic City High School

1942

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Female:

Joseph Dwyer, Holy Spirit High School

Ethel Breder, Egg Harbor City High School

1941

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Female:

Louis Maguire, Holy Spirit High School

Mary Donaldson, Atlantic City High School

1940

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Female:

Edward Reed, Holy Spirit High School

Jane Driscoll, Hammonton High School

1939

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Female:

Norman Woods, Atlantic City Trade High School

Margaret Dickerson, Holy Spirit High School

1938

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Female:

Joseph Mohr, Egg Harbor City High School

Edith Megargel, Hammonton High School

1937

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Female:

Maxwell Manning, Pleasantville High School

Thelma Bufano, Atlantic City High School

1936

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Female:

Charles Nicastro, Hammonton High School

Sophie Prodromos, Atlantic City High School

1935

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Female:

Bernard Creswell, Holy Spirit High School

Mary Goehler, Pleasantville High School

1934

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Female:

Joe Staut, Atlantic City High School

Edith Faick, Egg Harbor City High School

1933

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Female:

Joseph Kohlman, Pleasantville High School

Ethel Ireland, Atlantic City Tech High School

1932

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Female:

Robert Mawhinney, Atlantic City Trade High School

Mary McGuigan, St. Nicholas High School

1931

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Woodburn Hudson, Pleasantville High School

Leona Fithian, Hammonton High School

1930

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Female:

George McMillan, Atlantic City High School

Mary Scarle, St. Nicholas High School

1929

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Female:

Leo Keating, Atlantic City High School

Pauline Lake, Pleasantville High School

1928

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Female:

Joseph Cicero, Holy Spirit High School

Frances Winter, St. Nicholas High School

1927

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Female:

Elijah Dearolf, Atlantic City Tech High School

Helen McDonald, Holy Spirit High School

1926

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Walter Hand, Egg Harbor City High School

Anna LaMaine, Atlantic City High School

1925

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Female:

Richard Bew, Atlantic City High School

Marie Zimmer, Egg Harbor City High School

Older Winners

1923

  • Male: Arol Aigner, Hammonton High School

  • Female: Virginia Scache, Mays Landing High School

 

1922

  • Male: William Petrecca, Hammonton High School

  • Female: Helen Jones, Atlantic City High School

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1921

  • Male: Dominick LaVigna, Pleasantville High School

  • Female:  Erva Shemela, Atlantic City High School

 

1920

  • Male: William Schaaf, Atlantic City High School

  • Female: Hertha Weiss, Atlantic City High School

 

1919

  • Male: George Elvins, Hammonton High School

  • Female: Virginia Adams, Hammonton High School

 

1918

  • Male: Robert Dorman, Atlantic City High School

  • Female: Hannah Rinear, Pleasantville High School

 

1917

  • Male: Frank Romeo, Hammonton High School

  • Female: Regina Hagen, Atlantic City High School

 

1916

  • Male: Nicholas Dirago, Atlantic City High School

  • Female: Edith Morris, Atlantic City High School

 

1915

  • Male: Larry Conover, Atlantic City High School

  • Female: Katherine Muckensturm, Hammonton High School

 

1914

  • Male: Ward Hammell, Atlantic City High School

  • Female: Ada Taylor, Atlantic City High School

 

1913

  • Male: Standish Bradford, Winchester Prep

  • Female: Florence Glover, Egg Harbor City High School

 

1912

  • Male: Clarence Higbee, Atlantic City High School

  • Female: Pauline Schwick­erath, Atlantic City High School

 

1911

  • Male: Harold Willits, Atlantic City High School

  • Female:  Mazie Scanian, Atlantic City High School

 

1910

  • Male: Ernest Piez, Hammonton High School

  • Female: Ora Ennis, Hammonton High School

 

1909

  • Male: Roger Williams, Atlantic City High School

  • Female:  Lila Dodd, Hammonton High School

 

1908

  • Male: Henry Kuehnle, Egg Harbor City High School

  • Female: Dorothy Helfrich, Atlantic City High School

 

1907

  • Male: Walter Creighton, Atlantic City High School

  • Female: Irma Chalfant, Hammonton High School

 

1906

  • Male: Harold Cain, Atlantic City High School

 

1905

  • Male: George Greis, Hammonton High School

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1904 

  • Male: Anthony Esposito, Hammonton High School

 

1903

  • Male: Clayton Schimpf, Atlantic City High School

 

1902

  • Male: John Bewley, Atlantic City High School

 

1901

  • Male: Howard North, Atlantic City High School

 

1900

  • Male: Claude Myrose, Hammonton High School

 

1899

  • Male: Otto Voelker, Atlantic City High School

 

1898

  • Male: Howard Bradbury, Hammonton High School

 

1897

  • Male: Lewis Smith, Hammonton High School

 

1896

  • Male: John Nance, Atlantic City High School

 

1895

  • Male: Henry Theilacker, Egg Harbor City High School

 

1894

  • Male: Dudley Farrar, Hammonton High School

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