SOUTH COUNTY: High school will open athletic Hall of Fame

By John Tredrea, Special Writer
South Hunterdon Regional High School has created an athletic hall of fame, to be known as the Eagle Hall of Fame.
The project was undertaken by a committee of school and community leaders. The first group of inductees into Eagle Hall of Fame will be announced during the first home football game of the season on Friday, Sept. 19. The inductees will be honored at a formal dinner in late winter or early spring.
In addition, the area just outside the high school gymnasium has been made into a display area to honor Hall of Fame inductees and current sports teams. The Hall of Fame Committee will sell 4-by-8-inch glass engraved "gift tiles" that will surround he trophy case. The cost for a tile is $60.
The school’s athletic director, Jason Miller, hailed the coming of the Hall of Fame at the school, which opened in the late 1950s.
"When I first started my teaching and coaching career here, I used to hear all the stories of the great players and coaches who played and coached here long before my start as a teacher and coach," Mr. Miller said. "It always sort of bothered me that we did not recognize those people in a way that I, along with many others, felt they deserved."
Mr. Miller decided to move on the idea this year.
"I approached our principal (Mark Collins) and superintendent (Louis Meunker) for approval to move forward with the creation of a Hall of Fame. Both of them, along with the school board, were more than willing to support the project. I started by forming a committee of people who I knew supported our school’s athletic programs."
To order a tile, visit formstack.com/forms/FRB-southhunterdon or contact Jason Miller at 609-397-2652 or emailjason.miller.shrhs.org.