Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame
Celebrating 36 Years!
Founded in 1987, the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame pays tribute to the men and women whose achievements in the world of sports have made Syracuse synonymous with athletic success, and have brought special honor to our community.
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Three Championship Teams Earn 2024 Team of Honor Recognition
The Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame (GSSHOF) dinner on Monday, November 11 will recognize championship teams from three local sport organizations, in addition to seven area sports standouts. The Fayetteville-Manlius girls lacrosse teams from 2004-05-06, the Corcoran girls basketball squads from 1997-98-99 and the GP/Syracuse Express teams from 1985-86-87 will be honored at the 37th annual GSSHOF dinner at the Oncenter Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center. Tickets are on sale now (click here).
The GSSHOF Class of 2024 features Kim Black (swimming), Jack Hanley (basketball/baseball), Luke Hobika (golf), Dave Mirra (action sports), Pat Murphy (baseball), Kristen Taylor (lacrosse) and Susie Wynne (figure skating).
Fayetteville-Manlius Girls Lacrosse (2004-05-06)
Winning a state championship merits applause. Winning two in back-to-back seasons deserves a standing ovation. And coming one win shy of a three-peat completes a resume worthy of Hall of Fame recognition. What a run those Fayetteville-Manlius High School girls lacrosse teams had two decades ago. Coached by Hall of Famer Kathy Taylor, the Hornets began their historic feat in 2004 by ending West Genesee’s longest Section III winning streak (69 games).
Corcoran Girls Basketball (1997-98-99)
The Corcoran Cougars certainly made for a remarkable bunch as they dominated girls high school basketball in Central New York back in the late 1990s. They had not one, but two career 1,000-point scorers in Camille Murphy and Sameerah Aiken. They had, in Murphy, a CNY Player of the Year. They had four athletes who would go on to play collegiately. They had a head coach, Jim Marsh, who’d become one of only two girls coaches to win 500 games in Section III. Oh, and they won three consecutive Section III Class-A championships (1997, 1998 and 1999) . . . and in 1998 became the first girls basketball squad in Syracuse-area history to earn a New York State Class-A title.
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GP/Syracuse Express (1985-87)
Area football fans would consider this a pretty easy trivia question: Back in the day, which local team suited up players named Glenn Moore and Mandel Robinson, Mike Kmetz and Roland Grimes, Dave Jacobs and Bill Pendock, Garry Acchione and Jerome Hall and so on and so forth? The easy answer is Syracuse University. But the just as accurate one is the GP/Syracuse Express, which went 36-6 across the 1985-86-87 seasons and won a pair of Minor Professional League national championships in 1985 and 1987.