The Hall of Fame was created by Robert Travers and John Voneiff when they were acting officers of the MSSRA back in 1997. The first inductee ws Ambassador William H. G. Fitzgerald and the ceremony was held at his home in 1997 and then a large group of 7 individuals were inducted in 1998. Here is a list of the recipients
1997: William H. G. Fitzgeral
1998: Eugene O’Connor, George Doetsch, James J. Lacy, Joseph Lacy, William Lamble, Alexander Martin and Tommy Schweizer.
1999: Nancy Cushman was inducted she is also the recipient of the MSSRA outstanding achievement award.
2001: G. Diehl Mateer, Jr., Thomas Poor, Michael Pierce, Morris Clothier
2003: Douglas C. Rice
2005: Raja Riaz Arshad, Jervis Finney, Alva P. Weaver, T. James Hense, jr.
2007: Patrick Miller
2008: Joseph Fitzpatrick, Jr., Geoffrey Ewing Kennedy
2011: Dave Bennett, Andrew Cordova, Narelle Krizek
2014: Paul Assaiante, Albert C. Hubbard, Gilbert Brien Mateer, David Jonathan Rosen and Lissen Thompson Tutrone and photos follow
2016: Stanley Dorney, John Voneiff, Robert Travers
2018: Patrice Cromwell, Doug Hoffberger, David Talbott, Mark Talbott, Jim Zug
2019: Vaughan Schmidt, Denis Bourke, Elizabeth Ann Everts
2022: Wade Johnston
See induction ceremony on the tabs to the left for photos and other info
Denis above and Liz below – you go
Vaughan induction below wow Denis looks quite happy –
BELOW: All the ladies that rule squash below.
ABOVE: Vaughan Schmidt being inducted with Liz Everts in 2019, and Lissen Tutrone, Nancy Cushman and Patrice Cromwell were inducted in prior years. Front row is Liz Everts, Nancy Cushman and Patrice Cromwell. In the second row is Vaughan Schmidt, Nancy Wolf, Abby Marco and Lissen Tutrone and they all rule the world of squash. (Nancy Wolf and Abby are not in the Hall of Fame but Nancy Wolf was inducted into the Robert Everd Outstanding achievement award and Abby was inducted into the Nancy Cushman Impact Award )
BELOW: Helen Lacy (in red) representing her husband who was one of the first nominated into the Hall of Fame
Scooter Dorney below
Scooter Dorney above and John and I below
Paul Assiante being inducted below
Paul Assiante above and A. C. Hubbard being indicted below
A.C Hubbard above and Doug Hoffberger being inducted below
Doug above and Gilbert Mateer being inducted below
Gilbert above and Lissen Tutrone below being inducted
Lissen above and Dave Rosen below
Dave Rosen above and Doug Rice below after induction
Doug Rice above after ceremony and Riaz Arshad below after ceremony = yes he always kicked my you know what
Jim Hense and Nancy Cushman below both are recipients of the Hall of Fame and many other awards
Pat Miller and Jim Hense are both recipients of the Hall of Fame
In the photo below it is of the Fitzgerald Cup Team, e regional team challenge of Baltimore versus Washington. In it is Dave Bennett, Doug Rice , Denis Bourke, Jervis Finney, Riaz Arshad, all members inducted into the hall of Fame “o” including me
All theree pictured below are in the Hall of Fame: Doug Rice, James Zug and Sandy Martin , they are so awesome I humbly bow down and shine their shoes
Various photos from the parties and of squash players and the ladies that rule
Various photos below
Some of the tournaments I won were: 1991 Fall Doubles open championship, 1992 & 93 BCC Doubles and Single Champ, 1993 State 40 doubles champ, 1995 state singles 40 champ, 1994 chat chum Cup winner, 1996 MSSRA State Veteran champ, and so on