The 2013 distinguished awardees and inductees are, from left, Charisse Duroure, Erin Pac Blumert, Tony Hall, Donta Johnson, Phyllis Lerner, Robert Pataky, Sherren Granese and Howie Davis. Not pictured: Peter Helie and Kevin Cahill.
The Tarbell Medallion Charisse F. Duroure ’80
A student leader at Springfield College, Charisse Duroure continues to serve the College by serving as a prospective student recruiter and interviewer, on her class Reunion Committee, and as president of the Rhode Island Alumni Association executive Committee. She served on the Alumni Council, and as its president and a College Trustee from 1998–2000. In 2004, she was elected to the Board of Trustees, and was chair of the Academic Affairs Committee as well as a member of the Board’s executive committee. Longtime members of the David Allen Reed Society, she and her husband, Joseph Marrone, started the Duroure Scholarship in 2004. Duroure is currently employed by G Group Consulting as the spa director at the G Spa at MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort.
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Robert L. Pataky ’57, G’69 Robert Pataky was a gymnastics team captain and MVP at Springfield, and the New england Collegiate and Amateur Athletic Union still rings champion. After graduation, he was president of the Gymnastics Association of Puerto Rico, coaching their first Olympic team in 1960. He coached at Port Jefferson (N.Y.) High School, compiling a record of 104-4 and was named State Coach of the Year in 1966 and Teacher of the Year in 1963. In 1972, he began a U.S. Gymnastics Training Center Summer Camp, and for 20 years, Pataky owned the nonprofit eastern School of Gymnastics in Deland, Fla., which produced 50 female state champions. In 1996, Pataky began competing in the Senior Games, where he’s garnered more than 300 medals, trophies, and citations, even placing fourth in the discus throw in the National Masters Championship.
Royden A. “Tony” Hall ’77
Royden “Tony” Hall was an eight-time All- American gymnast and four-time recipient of
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the Leslie J. Judd Award, given to the gymnastics MVP. Hall was a national vault champion and New england All-Around champion. As a senior, Hall earned All- America honors in four events (all-around, parallel bars, rings, and vault) and the Pride won the NCAA Division II national team title. Hall had the second place All-Around score at the NCAA Division II championship, earning the right to compete at the NCAA Division I championship. In 1997, the state of Rhode Island proclaimed a day “Tony Hall Day,” to celebrate his accomplishments in gymnastics at Springfield College. As a standout gymnast in high school, he won the Rhode Island High School All-Around championship. After graduation, Hall coached boys and girls gymnastics for 10 years at the YMCA of Concord, N.H.
Sherren M. Granese ’83
A four-year starter on the Springfield College field hockey team, Sherren Granese earned All-American honors her senior year and was selected as the Female Team Sport Athlete of the Year as a sophomore and as a senior. In 1981 and 1982, Granese competed in the U.S. Olympic Sports Festival, winning two gold medals, and was a member of the U.S. Field Hockey Squad. Granese was head coach of the Boston College field hockey team where she compiled a record of 145-80-2. She helped lead the eagles to four NCAA tourna- ments and 10 Big east postseason tournaments. Her team won two Big east regular season championships, and three Big east postseason titles. She was named Northeast Region Coach of the Year in 1994 and Big east Coach of the Year in 1998. Granese currently is the assistant athletic director at the Winsor School in Boston.
Donta V. Johnson ’98, G’00
Donta Johnson was a four-year starter on the men’s basketball team and a captain in his senior and junior years, and was regarded as one of the top point guards in the country. He was a member of the 1997-98 National Association of Basketball Coaches Northeast All-District 1 Team and the 1998 eastern College Athletic Conference New england
Division III All-Star First Team. Following an impressive career as a student-athlete, Johnson went on to play for the Connecticut Pride and Springfield Slamm before estab- lishing himself professionally in the field of college student affairs. He then turned his love of the game into a full-time job when he founded Drive4Stardum, an organization that helps basketball players hone their skills.
Kevin L. Cahill ’01, G’04
Kevin Cahill is one of the most decorated two-sport athletes in Springfield College athletics history, serving as the captain of both the football and baseball teams. He still holds the school record for the most touch- down passes in a game. In 2000, Cahill received a number of player of the year honors as a member of the football team, including the New england Player of the Year, the eastern College Athletic Conference Player of the Year, and the Freedom Conference Player of the Year. As the team’s quarterback, Cahill led the Pride to a pair of NCAA tournaments, including one that reached the east Regional Final. He was twice named Freedom First Team All-Conference in 1998 and 2000, and was named to the All- Conference Second Team once.
Howard M. Davis
Howard Davis served as the Springfield College sports information director from 1968-1980. He was the first Springfield College SID to be elected president of the New england Sports Information Directors Association; president of the eastern College Athletic Conference Sports Information Directors; president of the National Collegiate Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA); and the college division representa- tive to the National Board of Directors of CoSIDA. Davis wrote the first textbook in the history of college sports publicity, entitled Basic Concepts of Sports Information, and has won 28 national awards for his athletic publi- cations. In 1989, Davis was elected to the CoSIDA Hall of Fame and, in 1995, he was awarded the CoSIDA Arch Award, the highest honor given by the organization for excel- lence in the profession.1
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