Bob Thompson
Mike Palermo
Vito Costanza
Katrina Ercole
Tanesha James
Mitch Jones
Jim Klimschott
Kelly O'Neill
Steve Puccia
Brian Quinlan
Tony Scott
Anthony Spennacchio
Shawna Williams
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Photo by James Lathrop
Class of 2004
Coaches and Administrators
Bob Thompson: (Administrator) |
Member of the Boys' Basketball Committee
1970-1991 as Coordinator of media and Public Relations, and a member of the
NYSPHSAA Tournament Committee which, under the direction of Bill Farrell, started the
State High School Basketball Championships in 1978, which brought the
Tournament to Rochester for the first three years (1978-1980). In the community, has
has been active in the Press-Radio Club and a member of the Rochester
Community Baseball Board of Directors. Press room Chairman for the LPGA 1979-1983.
Retired Administrator with BOCES 2 in Spencerport.
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Michael Palermo: (Official) |
IAABO Board 60 Official for Boys' Basketball,
1967-2003, where he served as an Official, Executive Committee Member and Past
President. Also a member, Executive Committee Member and Past President of
Women's Basketball, CWNYBOWS, 1975-2002. Currently the game assigner of officials
for Monroe County (1991-Present) and previously the assigner for the
City-Catholic and Livingston County Leagues, 1991-1998. The Ronald McDonald All-Star
Basketball game co-founder, and still remains an integral part of this annual
event.
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Vito Costanza: (Coach) |
Retired Physical Education teacher and Basketball
Coach at Edison Tech, where he served two coaching terms, 1954-1964 and 1966-1975,
achieving a career record of 280 wins and 140 losses (.667) in his 21 years.
Was also a basketball official for 24 years with IABBO Board 60. Received
the Mayor's Trophy in 1972, when only one coach in Section V was named Coach of
the Year, among all classifications.
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Players
Katrina Ercole (Katrina Messenger) |
Outstanding player at Penfield High School,
1978-1982, where she was named Female Athlete of the Year in 1982. Earned a
four-year scholarship to NCAA Division I Villanova University, where she graduated
in 1986.
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Tanesha James |
An Edison Tech graduate , she was named to the Rochester City
All-Star team twice, and in her senior year averaged 18.7 points, 4 steals
and 5.3 rebounds per game, leading the Inventors to the section V Class BB
championship, where she earned MVP honors. She was also named to the All Greater
Rochester team that year. Went on to a college career filled with honors at
Monroe Community and Roberts Wesleyan.
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Mitch Jones |
East High graduate of 1974, where he played four seasons on the
Varsity, and was a three-time member of the All Greater Rochester Team,
1972-1974. His East High Orientals won consecutive titles in Class AA, 1973 and
1974.
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Jim Klimschot (Deceased) |
Member of the Webster Thomas squads of 1972-1974,
where he earned All Greater Rochester Honors in '73 and '74. He went on to
establish himself as an impact player at the University of Rochester, where he
still holds the record for the most foul shots made in a single game (18). He
is a member of the Frontier Walk of fame and the University of Rochester
Athletic Hall of fame.
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Kelly O'Neill |
A four-year Varsity starter for Mercy High (1992-1995). Was
team captain the last three years of her career at Mercy. She was a three-time
member of the All Greater Rochester team, four-time Private/Parochial
All-Star, four-time Section V All-Star, two-time
Section V Champion, twice a finalist for the Sports Woman of the Year Award,
MVP of the Ronald McDonald Senior All-Star Team in 1995, went past the 1,000
benchmark for both points scored and rebounds while at Mercy. Was also a
standout soccer player at Mercy, recording 29 career shutouts while in the goal,
and made the All Greater Rochester Soccer team twice. Went on to become a star
at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. After graduation, she was part of 2
National Championships as an assistant coach at Monroe Community; one in soccer,
and another in basketball.
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Stephen Puccia |
Played 4-year career at East Rochester (70,71) and Pittsford
(72,73). Was named All-County First Team three times (71, 72, 73), and was
named Section V All-Tournament Team in '71 at East Rochester and '73 at
Pittsford. Given All Greater Rochester honors in 1972 and 1973, and was named All New
York State Third Team in 1973.
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Brian Quinlan |
A 1995 graduate of Dansville High, where he and his teammates
achieved the school's best basketball record of 18-5. The Mustangs won the
Livingston County Championship in 1993, and to the Class B Section V semi-finals
in 1995. Individually, Brian averaged 26.2 points per game in 1994 and 34.5
points per game in his senior year ('95). He holds the Livingston County
record for the most points in a game ('95), was a Livingston County All-Star in '94
and '95, and was a Ronald McDonald All-Star in 1995. During that same year,
he was named to the NYS Class B All-State seventh team. He went on to play
for Alfred University, where he was the Emp[ire Association's Rookie of the Year
in 1996. His career there included establishing a record for most 3-point
field goals made in a career, and currently id fourth all-time scorer for the
university with 1,487 points.
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Tony Scott |
East High graduate. Was a two-time AGR selection in 1987, 1988.
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Anthony Spennacchio
| Was a three-year star at Madison High School
(1945-1947), where he was named to the All-Scholastic Team each year. Also played
varsity football and baseball. Played his college basketball at Brockport State,
and has been named to the Brockport Sports Hall of Fame. Played for the East
Rochester Pauls in a semi-pro league, and was given a tryout for the Rochester
Royals in 1954. Was elected to the Monroe County Athletes Hall of fame in
1976 and the Section V Football Hall of fame in 2000. He is a retired school
teacher and Assistant Superintendent at gates-Chili Central School District.
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Shawna Williams
| Played for Greece Athena 1991-1995, and was the 1995 MVP of
the Section V Tournament. That same year, she was named Greece Athlete of
the Year. While at Athena, she was also the 1994 and 1995 Section V Pentathlon
Champion in track and field. She played one year at Monroe Community College
(1997), where she was the Conference Player of the Year, and was named to the
NJCAA 1st Team All-American. Her college shifted to Roberts Wesleyan, where in
three years, she was named American Mideast Conference Player of the Year in
2000, NCCAA (National Christian College) 1st team All-American and NAIA 3rd
Team All-American.
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