For many, the Seton Hall Prep Hall of Fame Dinner is the school’s flagship event. Every fall, The Prep recognizes the accomplishments and contributions of its finest athletes, coaches, trainers, parents, and teams.
About the Event
The Hall of Fame Dinner regularly attracts upwards of 300 alumni, family members, and friends and is a memorable evening for everyone involved.
The 40th Hall of Fame will be held on October 15, 2025, featuring 8 Individual Inductees, 1 Honorary Inductee, and 2 teams.
Salvatore Caprio H'88 Samuel F. Champi '62 Harry Coates '06 Msgr. William Daly '38 Frederick J. Dwyer '49 Connie Egan '56 Vincent A. McIntee H'83 John T. Merklinger '80 James E. Reynolds '66 Thomas Sheridan H'85 Frank “Finn” Tracey H'85 Anthony J. Verducci H'87
1986
Rev. William N. Bradley H'86 Richard E. Dec'61 Rev. William J. Duffy H'86 William Gardner'70 Rev. Stephen Kilcarr H'93 Melvin Knight'67 Charles F. Lorenzo, Sr.,'52 John R. Morrison'63 Thomas A. Reynolds'48 Michael J. Sheppard, Sr.,'54 David P. Smalley'52 Joseph A. Spinazzola'79
1987
Paul G. Caffrey '69 Hugh Dunnion '56 Rev. Frank J. Finn H'87 Ted Fiore '58 Rev. William M. Giblin H'87 Msgr. Walter G. Jarvais '22 Keven R. McDonald '74 John B. Murray '59 Nicholas J. Palihnich '57 Ted Schoenhaus '71 Tom Sharkey '50 Msgr. Thomas J. Tuohy H'87
1988
Frank Baier '55 Les Blaha '45 Fred Buechel '63 Chuck Doehler '52 Charles F. Douress H'86 Msgr. Thomas G. Fahy H'88 O. Larry Keefe William Langheld '64 Neal Nolan '47 Chet Parlavecchio '78 Phil Thigpen '47 Russell “Packy” White '27
1989
Marty Caffrey '70 Pete Calcagno H'89 Hugh Gallagher '52 Jeff Gausepohl '61 Dr. Joseph P. Kane H'87 Dr. Felix “Buddy” Masterson '56 Pete O'Connor '59 Joseph O'Connor, MD, '50 Jim Reardon '51 Steve Schoenhaus '64 Frank E. WalshJr., '59 Tony “Stanley” Woods '83
1990
Fred Brown '64 Herb Campbell '68 Jack Farrell '47 Brian Hunt '63 John Lombardo '49 Frank Meehan '15 Dick McDonough '60 Bob McDonough '47 Charlie O'Connell '59 Joe Rawley '55 Pat Sullivan '72
1991
Frank Besson '58 Ken Blaha '69 Dante Caprio '71 Joe DeGeorge '75 Dick Farrell '53 Bill Farquhar '49 Sam Martucci H'85 Walter “Bus” Murray '32 Fred Pierro H'91 Patrick Sages '77 Bernie Suttake '54 Ed Wyrsch '59
1992
Tom Ard '83 Vince Campi '72 Gayton Ciccone '60 Ron Karnaugh '84 Edmond Kirby '54 Ken Kluxen '62 Matt Lasher '86 Ferdy Masucci '77 Jim Meehan '55 John Parker '59 Joseph Walsh '66 John Warchol H'92
1993
Tom Arminio '73 Tom Battaglia '68 Tom Coccia '71 Ed Coppola H'93 Paul Deehan '77 Bernie Degnan '47 Bob Farrell H'94 Rod Gardner '73 Peter Herms Luddy Landgraf '53 Rick Pawlewicz '71 Larry Sweeney H'93 Tom Van Grofski '62
1994
Greg Amsler '86 Michael Deehan '80 Mike Farrell '56 Bill “Doc” Ferinden Jeff Goldberg '77 Bob Hartman '44 Ted Krawczyk '70 Richard Morris H'95 Paul “Spike” Reilly '52 Paul Sant'Ambrogio '76 Ted Schiller '73 Frantz Volcy '86
1995
Carmen “Skip” Bova '39 James Carter '71 James Condon H'95 John Feeney '38 Frank Maguire '44 Mike Mielko '69 Jim O'Brien '55 Pete Petrone '84 Kevin Quinn '75 Jack Thorne '44 Dave Tracy '76 Frank Rinks H'95
1996
Peter Butler H'92 Greg Cunningham '74 Pete Davis '50 John DeNoia '60 Frank Finn '57 Tom Guthrie '44 Jack Kiley '47 Roman Matusz '85 Thomas McManus '67 John Prisco '64 Pete Reavey '81 John Strong '35
1997
Ed Argast '74 Al Calcagno '70 Ric Green '80 Tim McCloone '65 Jerry McGee '51 Bill Persichetty H'82 Dan Prachar '85 Steve Reynolds '76 Steve Riley '78 Larry Sartori '38 Jack Reilly '45 John Sheppard '84
1998
Peter DeLuca '75 Rev. Martin Foran H'87 Michael Gallo '79 J. David Gill '68 David Kahney '90 Brevin Knight '93 Joseph Lucciola '52 Phillip Magnotti '55 Steve Mohyla '75 John Slevin '65 Ira Bowman '91 Michael Cocco '82
1999
Mani Almeida '71 Marty Berman Ed Bilinski '62 Larry Burgund '44 Jack Gentempo '57 John Hughes '59 John Looney '37 Rev. Paul Manning '51 George “Kelly” Martin '77 M. Richard Merklinger '65 Bob Petrucelli '66 Mike Ragan '78
2000
Tom Cregan '65 Tom Campagna H'00 Chris DeGrezia '86 Jarrod Johnson '87 Kevin Kelly '82 John MacArthur '81 Kevin O'Callaghan '81 Vadim Schaldenko '63 Chris Seebode '80 Sam “Tip” Spina '82 Michael Stephans '92 Art Williams H'00
2001
John Allen H'97 Jim Addonizio '71 Ken Donovan '76 Tony D'Urso '79 Pat Smith '83 Frank Gagliano '82 Stanley Kossup '51 Jack Langella '62 Jack O'Rourke '51 Pat Powers '63 Ray Maragni '83 Frank Mazzochi '67 1952 Basketball Team
2002
Pete Burns '78 Ben Birch'52 Jack Condon '82 Paul Natale '71 Ryan Peterson '97 John J. Rooney '49 Vincent Russomagno '78 Anthony Simonelli '64 Reggie Smith '85 John Sweeney '80 1976 Football Team
2003
Adam Daniels '97 Salvatore DeVito '79 Steve Evanoff Semos Gardner '83 Mark Hopkins '91 Richard E. Merklinger '90 Jeff Miller '98 Robert Oelz '47 John Probst '95 Michael Przywozny '94 1971 Baseball Team
2004
John Reitmeir Ralph F. Powers '44 Joe Ponzo '51 Thomas O'Brien '56 Bill McDonough '65 Jay Gsell '69 Ed Aulisi '78 Joe Aulisi '78 Glenn D. Smith '83 Mike Keohane '83 Marteese Robinson '84 1961 Cross Country Team
2005
Larry Baggitt H'18 William Barrett '73 Richard Blumette '78 Frank Fitzgerald '74 Michael Guidice '83 Thomas Hensler '76 Michael Holovak '39 Mark Kenah '92 Brandin Knight '99 Michael J. Sheppard Jr., '77 John Tirpak '60 1973-74 Wrestling Team
2006
Brandon J. Doria '99 Michael J. Furiness '71 John F. Gross '77 Frank P. Gately '86 Patrick J. Henning '95 Anthony Karpowich '40 Christopher J. O'Connell '83 Edward C. Neu '84 Michael F. Newman '66 Steven P. Ricciardi '97 John H. Sampers '89 1960-61 Basketball Team
2007
Larry Yannuzzi '59 Kevin Torppey '59 Joe Tutela '75 Thomas Rathbun '84 Mark Duffy '86 Joe Cocuzza '85 Stephen F. Smith III '86 Dorian Scott '00 Joe Martinez '01 Thomas Cuomo, MD Vince Aulisi 1955 Football Team
2008
James G. O'Connor '60 Frank P. Richardi '70 John J. McMenamin '72 William L. Griffith '87 Darren S. Volker '90 John J. Mitzak '91 Douglas J. Nevins '91 Aleem Tyrone Barley '00 Marcus L. Toney-El '00 Richard Grady, MD, '44 Dennis Gunn 1982-83 Hockey Team
2009
Jerry Groome '50 Dennis Tallagnon '50 Al Mattia '57 Charles "Bud" McCurran '60 Sam Fortunato Kally McIntosh '89Msgr. Edward Bradley, H'91 Mike Kahney '96 Andy Perez '98 John Dibble '99 Charlie Rowan '02 1956 Basketball Team
2010
Malcolm D. Forrester '55 Thomas "Plug" Feehan '56 Edward M. Bonder '72 Stephen B. Bigotto Jr., '78 Frank J. Ellmo '81 Jon M. Daidone '83 John Bryan Backes '90 Andre D. Callender '03 Eric Anthony Duncan '03 Drew Beifus, H'92 Robert Anthony Palermo 1949 Football Team.
2011
John Cosgrove '60 William Lennon '60 Michael Purzycki '63 Ron Heffers '65 John Sabo '71 Thomas Verducci '78 Greg Rogers '90 John Bravette '95 James Dooley '97 Casey Grimm '99 Traver Davis '02 1958 - '59 Track Team.
2012
Thomas G. Cook '86 William E. Cummins '61 Mark J. Curry '00 Zachary P. Hatcher '98 Charles “Corky” Kray '56 Philip A. Passalaqua, MD, '54 Vernon G. Richards Jr., '86 Todd K. Walthall '88 Kevin Williams Raymond J. Wyrsch '62 Martin J. Zittel '57 1959 Baseball Team
2013
James W. Hanlon '47 Richard J. Gralewski '56 Michael W. Burton '84 Jameel H. Spencer '85 Antonio D. DeBellonia '88 Keith E. Gehm '89 Michael J. Newman Jr., '91 Anthony F. Brannan '96 Alexander F. Buzbee '03 1946 Cross Country Team
2014
Walter J. Kobin '57 Robert W. Dowling '59 Joseph A. Luongo '65 Joseph J. Seebode, Jr. '75 Rafael A. Fernandez '88 The Hon. Arthur J. Batista '90 Colin P. Smith '95 Richard Miller '97 Matthew W. Merklinger '98 1990-1991 Basketball Team
2015
Scott Chisolm '03 Nicholas Christiani '05 Brandon Costner '05 Jack Decker '04 Frank Diaco '87 Clayborne Fields Jr. '87 Victor Iannelli '62 Dr. Peter Kelly '50 Jamar Nutter '03 Andrew Pusar '05 1958 Football Team
2016
Donald P. Carter Jr. '87 Christopher J. Rogers '89 Derek Fogg '91 Michael K. Walsh '94 Michael Cordovano '97 Christophper M. Andrews '05 Christophper O'Dougherty '05 Alex R. Wujciak '06 Michael J. Ness '06 1982-83 Wrestling Team
2017
Robert K. Barsky '82 Kevin Goeden Bryan II '02 Kyle Frankowski '02 Salvatore Fusari '06 Viken Manoukian '91 Robert Mautone Robert C. Miller '97 Rick Porcello '07 Dr. Emanuel J. Scrofani '57 1938 - 1939 Basketball Team 1957 -1958 Swim Team 1977 & 1978 Football Teams
2018
Carmen Inteso '57 Guilaum "Gil" Knight '86 David J. Snyder '89 Scott A. Eberenz '02 Daniel W. Merklinger '04 Angelo DiLeo '05 C.J. Crooks '08 Ashton T. Gibbs '08 1998-99 Basketball Team
2019
Patrick Blackie '07 Alfred Carolonza '57 Anthony Drejaj '02 Clayton E. Parros '09 Michael Purzycki '39 EJ Solimine '01 Kevin D. Wilson '09 1981 Football Team
2021
Christopher Tortora '10 Jonathan Hartman '09 Evan Danieli '07 Eddie Caldwell '99 David Gagliano '85 Danny O'Callaghan '83 David Rothman '79 1995 Baseball Team
2022
Brandon Adler '11 Sterling Gibbs '11 Kyle Madley '11 Nick Ammirati '09 Frank Drejaj '97 John Keegan '57 Michael McMahon '60 John Ford '57 1969 Football Team 1985-86 Basketball Team
2023
Sean Maguire '12 Connor Wujciak '11 Lou Mascola '11 Sean O'Hare '09 Terry Robinson '04 Pete Monteverdi '81 Michael Pannullo '77 John Finnegan 2001 Baseball Team 2007 Soccer Team
2024
Spencer Weisz '13 Brenden Calas '13 Kevin Monangai '11 Chris Zarkoskie '08 Brian Trembley '05 Tim Dugan '01 Mark McCree '93 Mark Smith 1960 Track & Field 1992 Lacrosse 2003 Baseball