Newton - The Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame finalized its nominees for the class of 2006 at its membership meeting on Tuesday, June 20. A record number of 28 athletes and coaches, representing eight SCIL high schools and a wide variety of sports, will be on the ballot. The public now has an opportunity to vote for up to nine candidates. Hall officials attributed the record number of nominees to the enthusiasm of Sussex County residents who became involved in the nomination process. The 28 nominees are: Joe Ash, 1956 graduate of Atlantic Highlands High School and 1961 graduate of the University of Nebraska, was nominated for his basketball coaching and scouting accomplishments. Jeffrey Barnhill, a 1975 graduate of Newton High School and 1979 graduate of Rollins College, was nominated for his accomplishments in baseball, basketball and cross country. Keith Fletcher, 1978 graduate of Newton High School and 1982 graduate of James Madison University, was nominated for his accomplishments in football and baseball. Gunner Frauenpreis, a 1978 graduate of Pope John High School and 1982 graduate of East Stroudsburg University, was nominated for his accomplishments in football, basketball and track. Laurie Gazdalski Genna, 1991 graduate of Pope John High School and 1996 graduate of William Paterson University, was nominated for her accomplishments in swimming. Michelle Fisher Grubb, a 1985 graduate of Jefferson High School, 1989 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College with a B.A. in mathematics-psychology, and 1997 graduate of the University of Virginia with a Ph.D. in neuroscience, was nominated for her accomplishments in high school field hockey, basketball and softball, and in college basketball. Jill Harden, 1983 graduate of Wallkill Valley Regional High School, 1987 graduate of Niagara University, and 1990 graduate of Western New England School of Law, was nominated for her accomplishments in high school basketball, track and field, and field hockey. Jeffrey Hughes graduated Wayne Valley High School in Wayne in 1967; graduated New York Institute of Technology in 1972 with a B.S. in physics; and earned teacher certification from Montclair State in 1973. He was nominated for his tennis coaching accomplishments at Sparta High School. Mike Juskus, 1976 graduate of Hopatcong High School and 1981 graduate of Glassboro State College (Rowan University) was nominated for his accomplishments primarily in collegiate track and field and secondarily for his accomplishments in high school baseball, football, wrestling and bowling. Tina Kemether, a 1979 graduate of Newton High School, who attended Cortland State University for two years and graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1985, was nominated for her accomplishments in softball, basketball and field hockey. Scott Klinger, a 7th degree black belt in Isshinryu karate and chief instructor and president of East West Karate Academy in Sparta, was nominated for his accomplishments as a karate coach and competitor. He has been training for 32 years. John Kuntz, 1974 graduate of Metuchen High School, 1978 graduate of West Virginia University, and 1995 graduate with a master’s degree from New Jersey City University, was nominated for his accomplishments as coach and athletic director. James N. Lame, 1991 graduate of Wallkill Valley Regional High School, who attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and was a grauduate of the class of 2000 of the Police Academy, was nominated for his accomplishments in high school cross country, wrestling, and track and field. Ronald Lee Lehmer, a 1966 graduate of Sparta High School, who attended Hiram Scott College from 1966 to1968, was nominated for his accomplishments in baseball and softball coaching. Scott Longcor, 1976 graduate of High Point Regional High School, who attended LSU from 1976 to 1978 and Penn State from 1978 to1980, was nominated for his accomplishments in wrestling, football and baseball. Bob Melillo, 1972 graduate of West Orange Mountain High School and 1976 graduate of Kean University, was nominated for his accomplishments as baseball coach of Newton High School. George Morville, 1972 graduate of Newton High School and 1976 graduate of Plymouth State College of the University of New Hampshire, was nominated for his accomplishments in lacrosse and coaching. Angela A. Paternostro, 1994 graduate of Pope John High School, 1998 graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, and 2001 graduate of Rutgers School of Law, was nominated for her accomplishments in basketball, field hockey and softball. Stephanie Andrasek-Pavlick, 1992 graduate of Newton High School, 1996 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, and who received a master’s degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla, was nominated for her accomplishments in track, cross-country and triathlon. John Place, 1983 graduate of Sparta High School, who attended Penn State University from 1984 to 1987, was nominated for his accomplishments in football and wrestling. Kyle Poyer, 1991 graduate of Newton High School, 1996 graduate of Wagner College, and 1999 graduate of Carson Newman College with a master’s in guidance counseling, was nominated for his achievements in football, wrestling and baseball. Richard Roy, a 1976 graduate of Sparta High School, was nominated for his accomplishments in boxing. Tracy Pombo Schramm, a 1994 graduate of Vernon High School and 1999 graduate of Penn State, was nominated for her accomplishments in cross country, swimming and track. Betty Schanstra Scymasnki, 1984 Wallkill Valley Regional High School graduate and 1988 graduate of Montclair State University, was nominated for her accomplishments in basketball. Ed Sheridan, 1972 graduate of Sparta High School and 1976 graduate of Princeton University, was nominated for his achievements in football, baseball and basketball. Gary Sparta, 1959 graduate of Hamburg High School and 1963 (B.S.) and 1966 (M.S.) graduate of East Stroudsburg State, was nominated for his accomplishments as an athlete, coach and athletic director. Donna Wolf Tompkins, 1984 graduate of Wallkill Valley Regional High School and 1988 graduate of Pfeiffer University, was nominated for her accomplishments in basketball, field hockey and softball. Vickie Ann Zummo, 1996 graduate of Wallkill Valley High School, was nominated for her accomplishments in wrestling. In 1993 she became the first female wrestler to become Sussex County champion in a league of 650 wrestlers. The full sports bio for each nominee can be seen on the SCSHOF web site at aroundthearea.com (or just “google” “scshof”). Ballots will be mailed on July 10 to members as of June 8. To join and become eligible to vote, send a check for $15, made out to SCSHOF, to SCSHOF, P.O. Box 911, Newton, NJ 07860. Ballots must be returned by Saturday, July 22. The ballots will be opened and votes counted on Wednesday, June 26, at the Newton VFW. The top nine candidates will be inducted into the SCSHOF at the annual Induction Dinner to be held on Nov. 18 at the Farmstead Country Club in Lafayette.