2016

Everett Flagg

Class of 1958

Everett Flagg participated in football, basketball, track, and baseball while at Stonington High School, earning nine varsity letters. He earned First Team All-Eastern Connecticut Conference honors in baseball as a sophomore, junior, and senior, in football as a junior, and in basketball as a senior, and was captain of both the basketball and baseball teams in his senior year. He was a member of the 1955 ECC champion football team, which also received the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class B Merit Award, the 1956 ECC and Connecticut Class B champion basketball team and ECC champion baseball teams in 1955, 1956, and 1957. He was the 1958 recipient of the Tuite Cup, awarded annually to the top male athlete in the class. He was also a member of the “S” Club, Student Council, and served as president of the Class of 1958 in his sophomore year.

He attended Valley Forge Military Academy, where he played football and baseball. He was captain of both soccer and baseball at Windham College, and earned a bachelor’s degree in education from its Mark Hopkins College division, where he later was a member of the Board of Directors and served as the Director of Recreation. He was a member of the Windham Walkers and also was invited to try out for the United State Olympic soccer team. After a career in the civil engineering department at New England Electric, he started working in the Worcester, Massachusetts Public Schools. In 2005, he received the Thomas Jefferson Award for outstanding contributions to the staff and students of Vernon Hill Elementary School.

Robert E. Thibdeau, Sr.

Class of 1960

Robert Thibdeau lettered in football, basketball, baseball, and track while at SHS. He earned All-Eastern Connecticut Conference honors in baseball as a sophomore, junior, and senior, and he helped lead SHS to the 1960 Connecticut Class B Baseball championship. He was a member of three ECC champion teams in baseball as well as ECC champion teams in basketball and track. As a junior, he pitched 51 2/3 innings for the baseball team, striking out 62. He only gave up 10 earned runs, and finished with a record of 6-1 and the Bears reached the state semi-finals for the first time. As a senior, he had a 5-0 record on the mound and batted .451 as SHS won its only state championship in school history.

He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and holds a degree from the University of New Haven. He retired as a lieutenant from the Stonington Police Department, also worked as a Teaching Assistant at Westerly High School, and is a member of the Watch Hill Fire Department.

David Weber

Class of 1971

David Weber participated in football and track at Stonington High School. He earned All-Eastern Connecticut Conference and Second Team All-State honors in football, leading the Bears in scoring as a senior, when the Bears had a 9-1 record and received the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class S Merit Award. As a member of the track team, he ran the 100, 200, and 4 x 200, earning All-ECC honors and was a co-captain in his senior year, when the Bears were ECC champions.

He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Central Connecticut State University. He taught in the Waterford High School Art Department for 37 years, and coached indoor and outdoor track and football at Waterford. He served as the Art Department Curriculum Leader at Waterford, and also taught Adult Education classes. In 2000, he was recognized by the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts with a Distinguished Service Award for his work in Art Education.

Karen Kluttz Lariviere

Class of 1976

Karen Kluttz Lariviere participated in tennis, basketball, and softball at SHS. She was captain of the basketball team in her senior year, and was named All-Eastern Connecticut Conference as a junior and senior and First Team All-State as a senior, Stonington’s first female All-State basketball player. She also earned All-ECC honors in softball in her senior year. A member of the National Honor Society, she was named SHS’s female Scholar-Athlete in 1976. She was treasurer of the Student Council and business editor for the SHS yearbook, the Pawmystonian.

She played basketball at Northeastern University and then attended Boston University, graduating with a B.S. in Nursing. She also holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Rivier College and a J.D. from the Massachusetts School of Law.

Cherryl A. Hobart

Class of 1977

Cherryl Hobart participated in tennis, field hockey, basketball, and softball at SHS, earning letters in all four sports.

She was co-captain of the basketball team in her senior year, when she was named team Most Valuable Player. She earned All-Eastern Connecticut Conference honors in basketball as a junior and senior and in softball as a senior, and was named Honorable Mention All-State in basketball as a sophomore and junior. She was the recipient of the 1977 Athletic Achievement Cup, awarded annually to the top female athlete in the class. She was a member of the “S” Club, co-editor of the Pawmystonian sports section, and earned election to the National Honor Society.

She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, where she received a partial scholarship to pitch for the softball team, earning four letters with a career earned run average of 0.98. She pitched the first no-hitter in UConn history, a 1-0 win over Yale on April 8, 1980, and was a UConn Centennial Student Leader. She later pitched for the Bridgeport Co-eds semi-professional fast pitch softball team.

Jeanne Berthasavage Lucey

Class of 1982

Jeanne Berthasavage Lucey participated in field hockey, basketball, and track at Stonington High School, earning numerous All-Eastern Connecticut Conference honors in field hockey as a senior and in track as junior and senior. She earned All-State honors in track as a sophomore, junior, and senior. She was a member of the Class M State Champion 4x100 meter relay team as a sophomore, and was the Class M State Champion in the 100 meters as a junior and senior, equaling the state record of 12.5 seconds as a junior.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from Rhode Island College and participated in track for four years. She earned numerous Eastern College Athletic Conference and National Collegiate Athletic Association honors. As a senior she was ranked first in New England in the 100 meters and earned All-ECAC status in both the 100 and 200, setting RIC records that still stand. She qualified for the Division III Nationals in the 100 and 200 meters in 1985 and 1986, finishing 6^th in the 100m in 1986 to earn All-American status. She was inducted into the Rhode Island College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. She completed the Philadelphia Marathon in 2004 and the Boston Marathon in 2005.

Karen E. Colwell

Class of 2004

Karen Colwell participated in basketball and crew at Stonington High School, playing on an Eastern Connecticut Conference champion basketball team as a sophomore and serving as a captain as a senior, and is the most accomplished rower to graduate from SHS. Her rowing accomplishments while at SHS include the Hammer Award for the fastest 2000m-ergometer score for each of her four years. She earned gold medals in Junior Women’s 8+ and Junior Women’s 4+ at CanAmMex, a weeklong junior development camp for athletes from Canada, Mexico and the United States, in 2002, and was a Junior Women’s 2- Club National Champion in 2003.

Her rowing accomplishments earned her a full scholarship to the University of Michigan, where she earned Division 1 All-American honors in 2008 and 2009, National Scholar-Athlete recognition in 2007, 2008, and 2009, First Team All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten honors multiple times, was the team captain for three years, and earned numerous other awards from Michigan. She earned a Silver Medal at the 2008 Senior World Rowing Championships. She holds a B.S. in Physical Education from Michigan and an M.S. in Exercise Science from the University of Central Oklahoma.

Dr. Stephen H. Murphy

Contributor

Steve Murphy, retired Stonington High School principal, was instrumental in the formation and success of the SHS Athletic Hall of Fame. He served as assistant principal in the 1995-96 school year, and was named principal in 1996, a position he held until his retirement in 2014. During his tenure he was involved in numerous improvement projects, including the renovation of SHS that was completed in 2005. He facilitated the formation of the Athletic Hall of Fame Committee and oversaw the planning for each induction starting with the first, held in 2005, until his retirement in 2014.

He has been an educator since 1972, including 20 years at Seekonk High School, where he taught English and art and spent three years as the Curriculum Coordinator before coming to Stonington. He holds a B.A. from Providence College, an M.A. from the University of Rhode Island, and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. He is currently the Coordinator of Teaching and Learning for the Diocese of Providence and is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Secondary Education at Salve Regina University.

Team

1956 Boys Basketball Team

The 1956 Boys Basketball team were Eastern Connecticut Conference and Class B State Champions. Under the leadership of Coach Morris Fabricant and Captain James Cavanaugh, they were undefeated in ECC play and had an overall regular season record of 16-4. They defeated Farmington, Seymour, Darien, and East Haven in the state tournament to finish 20-4, and ended East Haven’s 77-game winning streak with their 62-60 victory in the state championship game at Yale University’s Payne Whitney Gym. The team averaged 81 points per game, scoring over 100 points four times, and held their opponents to an average of 59 points per game.

The members of the team were seniors Jim Cavanaugh, Pete Arnold, Victor Rebello, Wayne Lawrence, Ralph Ballato, Ron Gibson, Hector Choquette, and Bill Lazarek; juniors Dick Chipperfield, Ed Harrison, Frank Raymond, Walter Brown, Bob Clemons, and Charlie Wood; and sophomore Everett Flagg. Team Managers were Ken Wilcox and Walter Sicard.