NYSAAA Alan Mallanda, CMAA
HALL OF FAME Induction Ceremony
2018
JAMES P. RISHE Madrid-‐Waddington School District (Retired)
Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Graduated from SUNY Brockport in 1960
• Taught Physical Education and coached many sports at Madrid-‐Wadding since 1961, most notably Soccer & Baseball
• Became Director of PE & Athletics in 1968, serving 27 years, retiring in 1995
• Charter Member of NYSAAA (1981)
• Chapter 10 Representative 13 years (1981-‐1994)
• Section X Basketball Official for 25 years
• NYSPHSAA Section X Athletic Council & Served on many Section X Sport Committees
• Selected in 1994 as an Officer on the NYSAAA Executive Board, becoming President in 1996 (First and only President to come from Chapter 10)
• Attended National Athletic Directors’ Conference in 1981 and served as NYS Delegate to the Delegate Assembly
• Northern NYS Physical Education Teacher of the Year (1991)
• NYSAAA Chapter 10 Athletic Administrator Award (1991)
THEODORE “TED” BONDI Geneseo CSD (Deceased)
• SUNY Brockport (1951); UNC @ Chapel Hill (1952)
• Taught Science @ Geneseo HS; Coached Football, Basketball, Baseball & Track (1954-‐1988)
• Athletic Director at Geneseo HS (1954-‐88)
• Section V Soccer & Baseball Official
• Executive Director – Livingston County Athletic Association (1988-‐1998)
• NYSAAA Charter Member (1981)
• Section V Athletic Council (16 years); President (1997)
• NYSPHSAA Executive Committee (27 years); Handbook Committee (26 years)
• Geneseo Athletic Fields Named in his honor.
• Numerous Section V and NYS Honors
• SUNY Brockport Hall of Fame, Charter Member; SUNY Geneseo Hall of Fame
• Section V Soccer & Basketball Halls of Fame
• Geneseo CSD Hall of Fame
• NYSAAA Chapter 5 Athletic Administrator Award (1987)
• NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame (2009)
AL BRUNETTI Horseheads CSD; Union-‐Endicott CSD (Retired)
Johnson City, NY
• Mepham HS (1967); Nassau CC (1970); SUNY Cortland (1972, 1990)
• Taught PE & Head Football Coach at Owego Free Academy, then Auburn HS
• Moved to Johnson City in the mid-‐eighties to teach and become Head Football Coach, also became Assistant Principal
• Site Chair NYSPHSAA Track & Field Championships (2003)
• Site Chair NYSPHSAA Baseball Championships (2003-‐2007)
• Section IV Lacrosse Chair (2001-‐05); Football Chair (2001-‐07)
• NYSPHSAA Football Committee
• Section IV Representative to the NYS Football Coaches Association (2001-‐07)
• NYSAAA Conference Planner Three Times (1999, 2005, 2008)
• Lacrosse “Man of the Year” (2002)
• Man of the Year, NFL Foundation & College Hall of Fame (2007)
• NYSAAA Chapter 4 Athletic Administrator Award (2006)
• NYSAAA Apple Appreciation Award (2008)
DR. MIRA MARTINCICH Roslyn Public Schools (Retired)
Bayside, NY
• Queens College (1975); West Chester State College (1977); St. John’s University (1981 & 1993)
• Taught PE and Science; Coached & Intramural Director at Roslyn Middle and High Schools
• Director of Physical Education and Athletics (1977-‐2009); Adjunct Professor – Adelphi University (2003-‐11)
• NYSPHSAA Committee for Modified Athletics (1997-‐present)
• NYSPHSAA Section VIII Executive Committee, Athletic Council
• Section VIII Standing Committees – By Laws, Constitution, Ethics, Modified Athletic Council, Safety, Sports Season committees for ten years (1999-‐2009)
• Section VIII President (2005-‐07); President Section VIII High School Athletic Association
• NYSAAA Conference Planner twice (2001, 2009)
• NYSAAA Conference Banquet Emcee (two times)
• NYSAAA Conference Workshop Presenter (2001, 2005)
• NYS AHPERD COA PE Director of the Year (1995); Professional Service Award (1994)
• NYSAAA Apple Award (2005, 2009); NYSAAA Chapter 8 Athletic Administrator Award (2004)
• Nassau County HS Athletics Hall of Fame (2015); Nassau Zone Presidential Citation (2008); Roslyn Bulldogs Boosters named annual scholarship in her name (2009)
• NYS AHPERD Hall of Fame (2014); NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame (2014)
ROD MERGARDT Fox Lane HS (Retired)
Bedford, NY
• University of Notre Dame; SUNY Cortland (‘63); Univ. of Bridgeport (‘66); NYU (’67) Southern Connecticut (‘76); SUNY New Paltz (‘87)
• Began teaching & coaching at Fox Lane HS in 1965
• Director of Health, PE & Athletics (1970) until retirement (1996)
• Consultant & Interim Director of PE & Athletics for six school districts since retirement (1997-‐2004)
• NYS SED Instructor of Required Coaching Courses in Westchester County
• Section I -‐ Girls’ Gymnastics Coordinator; NYSPHSAA Central Committee Rep.; Boys’ Lacrosse Coordinator
• President, NYS Gymnastics Officials’ Association
• SUNY Cortland Supervisor of Undergraduate PE Student Teachers
• Workshop Presenter at numerous NYS AHPERD Conferences
• National Director of Professional Development at Bigger, Faster, Stronger
• Adjunct Professor of Sport Law and Advisory Board at Manhattanville College
• NYSAAA Conference Planner – Rye Town Hilton (1989)
• NYSAAA Chapter I Athletic Administrator Award (1984)
• NYS AHPERD President (2013-‐2014)
GARY VAIL, CMAA Windsor CSD (Retired)
Windsor, NY
• Walton HS (‘65); SUNY Cortland (‘69); Ithaca College & SUNY Cortland (‘72 & ‘80)
• PE Teacher & Coach in Windsor, NY for 31 years (1973-‐2004)
• District Director of PE & Athletics 25 years (1979-‐2004)
• Established Windsor’s Adaptive PE Program (14 years)
• Section IV Officials’ Coordinating Committee; Hall of Fame Committee; Finance Committee; and League Rep. to the Athletic Council
• Athletic Secretary to the Susquenango League for 15 years
• NYSAAA Chapter 4 President (2002-‐04)
• Windsor Varsity Basketball Coach 25 years; Varsity Baseball Coach for 27 years
• Director of Broome County CYO Basketball Coaches Clinic (2015
• First Athletic Administrator in NYS to attain a CMAA certification (2002)
• LTI Instructor for 13 years (502); NYSAAA Conference Planner (2004); Conference Workshop Presenter 5 times
• NYS AHPERD Zone Honor Award (2001); Section IV Hall of Fame (2005)
• NYSAAA Apple Award (2004)
• NYSAAA Chapter 4 Athletic Administrator Award (2004
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