2022

Heather McGugan Donahue

Class of 1981

Heather Donahue participated in field hockey, basketball, and track at Stonington High School. As a member of the field hockey team, she was named All-ECC as a junior and senior and All-State as a senior, when she served as co-captain. She was a member of the undefeated 1980 Class M champion girls basketball team as a junior, and was co-captain as a senior, when the Bears had an undefeated regular season. She excelled in track, and won the state championship as a member of the 4x100 relay team for three straight years.

She has coached basketball at many levels, including in the Stonington Como Youth league, at Mystic Middle School, and AAU.

Kevin Donahue

Class of 2008

Kevin Donahue excelled in basketball for Stonington High School, ending his career with 1,714 points, second all-time for boys at SHS. He was team captain as a junior and senior, and earned All-ECC honors three times. He was a CIAC All-State selection in 2007 and 2008, when he helped lead the Bears to the Class M semi-finals.

He continued his basketball career at Assumption College, and earned numerous awards while scoring 1,242 points and helping lead Assumption to the 2009 Northeast 10 Conference Championship. He played for five seasons in Europe, in Denmark, Spain, and Germany, and also coached women’s and youth teams in Denmark and Germany. He has also coached at Mystic Middle School, in Stonington Recreation’s youth leagues, and at Northfield Mount Hermon School.

Woody Douville

Contributor

Woody Douville was a longtime football coach at Stonington High School, and contributed to athletics in the Town of Stonington in many ways. He was the head football coach from 1949-1963; the Bears won the ECC championship in 1955, 1960, and 1961 and were awarded the CIAC Merit Award in 1955 and 1960. He received the Retired Coaches Award from the Southeastern Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame.

He was the Stonington Recreation Director from 1963-1988, ran the elementary school basketball and baseball programs for many years, was a member of the Pawcatuck Little League Board of Directors, president of the Stonington Youth Football League, president of the Stonington High Athletic Council, and advisor to the SHS “S” Club.

He was a graduate of Holy Cross and served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II, and taught math at Stonington High for 35 years after starting his career in his hometown, Northbridge, MA, where he is a member of the Northbridge High School Hall of Fame.

Haley Gilles Randall

Class of 2008

Haley Randall participated in softball and gymnastics at Stonington High School. She earned All-State honors in both sports and was awarded the Athletic Achievement Cup as the top female athlete in the senior class. In her junior year, she earned All-ECC Honorable Mention in gymnastics, then earned Class S All-State for her floor routine at the state meet, scoring 8.8. She was the starting catcher for the softball team for four years, batting .437 for her career. As a junior, she was named All-ECC and team co-MVP. As a senior, she had six doubles, five triples, and four home runs, scored 27 runs and had 29 RBI and a .903 slugging percentage. She was again team co-MVP, All-ECC, and First Team All-State. The Bears had a 20-3 record, won the ECC divisional title, and made it to the Class M quarterfinals.

She went on to catch at Temple University, where she was a Dean’s List student. She currently manages a fellowship at Georgetown University.

Jeffrey Parkinson

Class of 1999

Jeff Parkinson participated in football, basketball, indoor track, and outdoor track at Stonington High School. A member of Class M State Champion teams in Outdoor Track in 1998 and 1999, he graduated holding numerous school records and earned All-ECC status six times and All-State status three times. He also earned All-ECC honors in football. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, where he was a member of the track team and earned All-New England honors in 2000. He has taught and coached at Plainfield High School and Stonington High School, and is currently the assistant principal at Griswold Middle School.

Lindsey Trubia

Class of 2007

Lindsey Trubia participated in soccer and tennis at Stonington High School. Although she was unable to play as a senior due to injury, she was named All-ECC and All-State in soccer as a freshman, sophomore, and junior, with the Bears amassing a three-year record of 42-12-1. As a freshman she scored 28 goals, setting the single-season record for SHS, and scored 64 in her career, a record at the time. She was a member of the Connecticut Olympic Development Program, including the 2004 ODP National Finalist team.

A high honors student throughout high school, she went on to Providence College, where she was a four-year starter as a defensive midfielder. She is the founder and CEO of Peak Flow, based in Encinitas, California.

Douglas Warner

Class of 2002

Doug Warner participated in soccer, basketball, indoor track, and outdoor track at SHS. He was named All-ECC three times as a member of the soccer team, also earning All-State honors as a senior, when he was a team captain. He was a member of the indoor track ECC champion 4x200m team as a sophomore and was a captain of the basketball team as a senior, when he was named to the all-tournament team at the Westerly Community Credit Union Holiday Basketball Tournament. He also was a member of the 1999 Class M Champion Outdoor Track team and was a captain as a senior.

He attended Norwich University and played soccer, earning GNAC All-Rookie Team honors as a freshman, and later played semi-professionally for several teams. He also coached boys soccer at SHS and helped launch the SHS Unified Sports program. He also coached soccer at St. Bernard High School, and ran the basketball and soccer programs at the Stonington Community Center for four years. He is the owner and director of Prestige Physical Therapy & Rehab in Brownsville, Texas.