VERMONT SPORTS HALL OF FAME

2026 Inductees- 13th class

(Photo Credit: Vermont Sports Images)

The 2026 Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Class was inducted on Saturday, April 25, 2026 at the Delta Marriott Burlington Hotel. The inductees are lacrosse standout Sarah Dalton Graddock of Cornwall; Susan Dunklee of Barton who was a three-time Olympic biathlete and a multi- sport standout in high school and college; Saint Michael’s College basketball star and longtime high school coach  Dick Falkenbush of South Burlington; the first-ever wrestler inducted, Steven Forrest of Bennington, a champion and national team member; track and field star Mary Heitkamp of Orwell; Olympic moguls skiing medalist Hannah Kearney of Norwich, Vt.; Swanton’s Matt Raleigh, a standout player and successful coach at all levels of baseball; and legendary collegiate coaches Mickey Heinecken of Cornwall and Middlebury College and Mike McShane of Norwich University;  Veteran and award-winning sportswriter Tom Haley of Proctor is this year’s Mal Boright Media Inductee.  Jake Agna of South Burlington, an inspirational tennis coach, is the 2026 David Hakins Inductee for exceptional promotion of sports, athletics and recreation in the state. The late Fenwick Watkins of Burlington, who had several racial firsts as an athlete and a coach in the early 1900s, is the 2026 Historical Inductee. Click HERE then click on the 2026 Vermont Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for a link to a free photo gallery of the event courtesy of Vermont Sports Images.

2026 Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Inductees  (click on name for bio):

Sarah Dalton Graddock

Susan Dunklee

Dick Falkenbush

Steven Forrest

Mickey Heinecken

Mary Heitkamp

Hannah Kearney

Michael ‘Mike’ McShane

Matt Raleigh

Jake Agna (David Hakins Inductee)

Tom Haley  (Mal Boright Media Inductee)

Fenwick Watkins (Historical Inductee)