A Century of Greatness
Since 1894, we have proudly honored and supported Atlantic County’s best and brightest young athletes. The Old Grad Award recognizes more than just athletic achievement—it celebrates the character, leadership, and perseverance that define true excellence. Each winner embodies not only talent on the field, but also a deep commitment to their teams, their schools, and their communities. These student-athletes represent the promise of tomorrow, inspiring others through their dedication both in competition and in life.
Backed by over a hundred years of tradition, the Old Grad legacy lives on through these extraordinary individuals. Please join us in honoring these exceptional individuals whose impact continues to inspire generations of student-athletes.
2023
Sean Burns, Holy Spirit High School
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Emma Peretti, Hammonton High School
2022
Elijah Stewart, Holy Spirit High School
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Female:
Camryn Dirkes, Mainland Regional High School
2021
Ahmad Brock, Egg Harbor Twp. High School
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Female:
Sophia Pasquale, Holy Spirit High School
2020
Thomas TJ Given, Holy Spirit High School
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Brielle Smith, Oakcrest High School
2018
GianCarlo Palmieri, Hammonton High School
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Female:
Alyssa Aldridge, Mainland Regional High School
2017
Miles Melton, Cedar Creek High School
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Female:
Aysiah Cintron, Buena Regional High School
2016
Salaam Honre, St. Joseph High School
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Female:
Carlina Sacco, St. Joseph High School
2015
Christian LaFragola, St. Joseph High School
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Jane Donio-Escone, Hammonton High School
2014
Louis Corgliano, Hammonton High School
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Emily DeMarco, St. Joseph High School
2013
Dayshawn Reynolds, Atlantic City High School
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Constance Capone, Oakcrest High School
2012
Domenic LaFragola, Holy Spirit High School
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Christin Bettis, Hammonton High School
2011
Patrick Casey, St. Joseph High School
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Female:
Megan DeMarco, St. Joseph High School
2010
Tejay Johnson, Egg Harbor Twp. High School
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Female:
Jessica Combs, Hammonton High School
2009
Kenneth Miles, Buena Regional High School
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Carissa Santora, Mainland Regional High School
2008
Anthony Barone, Hammonton High School
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Allison Nickles, St. Joseph High School
2007
Steve Hevalow, Absegami High School
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Bethany Mooney, Holy Spirit High School
2006
Jack Corcoran, St. Joseph High School
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Kim Warren, Atlantic City High School
2005
Paul A. Zemanik, Buena Regional High School
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Female:
Samantha Horner, Buena Regional High School
2004
Niall "Frank" McGrath, St. Augustine Prep
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Female:
Danielle Mento, St. Joseph High School
2003
Richard H. Amos, Jr., Hammonton High School
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Female:
Emily Bateman, Mainland Regional High School
2002
James Hargrave III, St. Joseph High School
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Female:
Kristine Costa, Absegami High School
2001
Neil Anderson, Jr., Egg Harbor Twp. High School
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Female:
Tiara Monroe, Absegami High School
2000
Joe Weiss, Mainland Regional High School
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Female:
Lauren Ann Hickman, St. Joseph High School
1999
Corey Collins, Egg Harbor Twp. High School
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Female:
Kathryn Sikorski, Egg Harbor Twp. High School
1998
Ryan Ojeda, Holy Spirit High School
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Female:
Ann Marie Slusarski, Egg Harbor Twp. High School
1997
Ronald Dorsey, Hammonton High School
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Female:
Amanda Haines, Hammonton High School
1996
Nathaniel Harley, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Karen Shutz, Egg Harbor Twp. High School
1995
Kurt Wayton, Mainland Regional High School
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Female:
Noelle Pflum, Mainland Regional High School
1994
James Jenkins, Oakcrest High School
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Kim Stoll, Holy Spirit High School
1993
Steve Harper, Atlantic City High School
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Female:
Alice Foreman, Mainland Regional High School
1992
Ronald Roberts, Buena Regional High School
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Gail Wilkins, Holy Spirit High School
1991
Aaron Bullock, Egg Harbor Twp. High School
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Sue Devlin, Mainland Regional High School
1990
Christopher Cannan, Oakcrest High School
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Renee Ranere, Hammonton High School
1989
George Maxwell, Buena Regional High School
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Jennifer Weber, Egg Harbor Twp. High School
1988
Shawn McDonnell, Oakcrest High School
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Jennifer Devlin, Mainland Regional High School
1987
Gary Melton, Absegami High School
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Angela Evans, Mainland Regional High School
1986
Steve McLaughlin, Absegami High School
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Female:
Joanna Sulmonetti, St. Joseph High School
1985
Robert Malatesta, St. Augustine Prep
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Female:
Letitia Peigatt, Egg Harbor Twp. High School
1984
Robert Furca, Oakcrest High School
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Female:
Susan Brown, Egg Harbor Twp. High School
1983
Henry Wimberg, Absegami High School
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Female:
Julieta Stack, Atlantic City High School
1982
Kevin Jones, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Carmen Mejlak, Hammonton High School
1981
Douglas Strang, Mainland Regional High School
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Female:
Gabrielle Gandolfo, Mainland Regional High School
1980
Brian Husta, Oakcrest High School
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Pamela Elliot, Atlantic City High School
1979
Ralph Leek, Oakcrest High School
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Female:
Monique Purcell, Holy Spirit High School
1978
Paul Ordille, St. Joseph High School
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Female:
Mary Kate McCabe, Holy Spirit High School
1977
Edward Belfi, Buena Regional High School
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Female:
Debra Solazzo, Hammonton High School
1976
DeHart Washington, Pleasantville High School
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Doris Arch, Mainland Regional High School
1975
Timothy Dale, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Denise Robbins, Atlantic City High School
1974
Ronald Dorsey, Hammonton High School
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Female:
Jeanne Mohr, Oakcrest High School
1973
William Howarth, Atlantic City High School
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Female:
Cheryl Eddins, Absegami High School
1972
George Buttle, Mainland Regional High School
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Linda Casey, St. Joseph High School
1971
Ronald Kraus, Oakcrest High School
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Female:
Barbara Daley, St. Joseph High School
1970
Lawrence Gustafson, Oakcrest High School
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Female:
Shelley Ball, Mainland Regional High School
1969
William Blann, Oakcrest High School
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Roberta Sapp, Oakcrest High School
1968
Archie Robinson, Pleasantville High School
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Letitia Keating, Atlantic City High School
1967
George Landis, Mainland Regional High School
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Susan Straus, Hammonton High School
1966
James Morano, Hammonton High School
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Female:
Redenia Gilliam, Atlantic City High School
1965
Joseph Braithwaite, Atlantic City High School
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Vivian Browlee, Mainland Regional High School
1964
George Spivey, Oakcrest High School
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Catherine Cohen, Oakcrest High School
1963
Robert Williams, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Jean Sapp, Oakcrest High School
1962
Salvatore Ingemi, St. Joseph High School
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Female:
Gloria Melendez, Hammonton High School
1961
Louis Polisano, Atlantic City High School
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Machelett DeReimer, Atlantic City Friends School
1960
John Kochmansky, Holy Spirit High School
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Lillian Senn, Egg Harbor City High School
1959
Theodore Evans, Pleasantville High School
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Margaret Wimberg, St. Joseph High School
1958
Nicholas Russo, Atlantic City High School
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Cora Ingrum, Egg Harbor City High School
1957
Nathaniel Parker, Atlantic City High School
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Female:
Mary Cullen, Atlantic City High School
1956
Michael Lindner, Pleasantville High School
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Cynthia Levin, Pleasantville High School
1955
Harmon Linder, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Carol Wescoat, Hammonton High School
1954
Joseph DiGiacomo, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Jeanne Bertino, St. Joseph High School
1953
Donald Clark, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Erma Frick, Egg Harbor City High School
1952
Robert Seylhouwer, Atlantic City Tech High School
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Female:
JoAnn Hackney, Atlantic City High School
1951
Thomas O’Brien, Holy Spirit High School
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Female:
Christina Atkinson, Pleasantville High School
1950
Vincent DeLaurentis, Hammonton High School
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Female:
Margaret Pitale, Hammonton High School
1949
George Dingler, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Janet Holman, Atlantic City Tech High School
1948
Reginald Lee, Atlantic City High School
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Female:
Jean Durkin, Atlantic City Friends School
1947
Francis Toner, Holy Spirit High School
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Female:
Margaret Graham, Atlantic City High School
1946
John DeLaurentis, Hammonton High School
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Rita McGurk, Holy Spirit High School
1945
Howard Obergfell, Egg Harbor City High School
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Female:
Katherine Channell, Atlantic City High School
1944
Thomas Braddock, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Edna Yoos, Pleasantville High School
1943
Charles Goetz, Atlantic City High School
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Female:
Virginia Wright, Atlantic City High School
1942
Joseph Dwyer, Holy Spirit High School
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Female:
Ethel Breder, Egg Harbor City High School
1941
Louis Maguire, Holy Spirit High School
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Mary Donaldson, Atlantic City High School
1940
Edward Reed, Holy Spirit High School
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Female:
Jane Driscoll, Hammonton High School
1939
Norman Woods, Atlantic City Trade High School
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Female:
Margaret Dickerson, Holy Spirit High School
1938
Joseph Mohr, Egg Harbor City High School
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Female:
Edith Megargel, Hammonton High School
1937
Maxwell Manning, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Thelma Bufano, Atlantic City High School
1936
Charles Nicastro, Hammonton High School
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Female:
Sophie Prodromos, Atlantic City High School
1935
Bernard Creswell, Holy Spirit High School
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Female:
Mary Goehler, Pleasantville High School
1934
Joe Staut, Atlantic City High School
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Female:
Edith Faick, Egg Harbor City High School
1933
Joseph Kohlman, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Ethel Ireland, Atlantic City Tech High School
1932
Robert Mawhinney, Atlantic City Trade High School
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Female:
Mary McGuigan, St. Nicholas High School
1931
Woodburn Hudson, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Leona Fithian, Hammonton High School
1930
George McMillan, Atlantic City High School
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Female:
Mary Scarle, St. Nicholas High School
1929
Leo Keating, Atlantic City High School
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Pauline Lake, Pleasantville High School
1928
Joseph Cicero, Holy Spirit High School
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Female:
Frances Winter, St. Nicholas High School
1927
Elijah Dearolf, Atlantic City Tech High School
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Female:
Helen McDonald, Holy Spirit High School
1926
Walter Hand, Egg Harbor City High School
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Female:
Anna LaMaine, Atlantic City High School
1925
Richard Bew, Atlantic City High School
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Female:
Marie Zimmer, Egg Harbor City High School
1924
Borden Painter, Pleasantville High School
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Female:
Dorothy Lowery, St. Nicholas High School
1923
Arol Aigner, Hammonton High School
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Virginia Scache, Mays Landing High School
Older Winners
1923
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Male: Arol Aigner, Hammonton High School
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Female: Virginia Scache, Mays Landing High School
1922
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Male: William Petrecca, Hammonton High School
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Female: Helen Jones, Atlantic City High School
1921
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Male: Dominick LaVigna, Pleasantville High School
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Female: Erva Shemela, Atlantic City High School
1920
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Male: William Schaaf, Atlantic City High School
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Female: Hertha Weiss, Atlantic City High School
1919
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Male: George Elvins, Hammonton High School
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Female: Virginia Adams, Hammonton High School
1918
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Male: Robert Dorman, Atlantic City High School
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Female: Hannah Rinear, Pleasantville High School
1917
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Male: Frank Romeo, Hammonton High School
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Female: Regina Hagen, Atlantic City High School
1916
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Male: Nicholas Dirago, Atlantic City High School
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Female: Edith Morris, Atlantic City High School
1915
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Male: Larry Conover, Atlantic City High School
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Female: Katherine Muckensturm, Hammonton High School
1914
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Male: Ward Hammell, Atlantic City High School
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Female: Ada Taylor, Atlantic City High School
1913
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Male: Standish Bradford, Winchester Prep
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Female: Florence Glover, Egg Harbor City High School
1912
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Male: Clarence Higbee, Atlantic City High School
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Female: Pauline Schwickerath, Atlantic City High School
1911
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Male: Harold Willits, Atlantic City High School
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Female: Mazie Scanian, Atlantic City High School
1910
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Male: Ernest Piez, Hammonton High School
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Female: Ora Ennis, Hammonton High School
1909
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Male: Roger Williams, Atlantic City High School
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Female: Lila Dodd, Hammonton High School
1908
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Male: Henry Kuehnle, Egg Harbor City High School
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Female: Dorothy Helfrich, Atlantic City High School
1907
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Male: Walter Creighton, Atlantic City High School
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Female: Irma Chalfant, Hammonton High School
1906
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Male: Harold Cain, Atlantic City High School
1905
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Male: George Greis, Hammonton High School
1904
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Male: Anthony Esposito, Hammonton High School
1903
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Male: Clayton Schimpf, Atlantic City High School
1902
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Male: John Bewley, Atlantic City High School
1901
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Male: Howard North, Atlantic City High School
1900
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Male: Claude Myrose, Hammonton High School
1899
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Male: Otto Voelker, Atlantic City High School
1898
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Male: Howard Bradbury, Hammonton High School
1897
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Male: Lewis Smith, Hammonton High School
1896
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Male: John Nance, Atlantic City High School
1895
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Male: Henry Theilacker, Egg Harbor City High School
1894
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Male: Dudley Farrar, Hammonton High School