VERMONT SPORTS HALL OF FAME

12th Class- 2025 Inductees

On April 26, 2025, the VSHOF inducted its 12th class of inductees in South Burlington.

The inductees are gymnastics champion Nini Wuensch Anger of St. Albans and Colchester; world and national champion horseshoe pitcher Debra Brown of Bristol; record-setting high school and collegiate soccer scorer Kyle Dezotell of Derby; high school and collegiate ice hockey standout Lou DiMasi III of Burlington; Olympic rowing medalist Carlie Geer of West Fairlee and South Burlington; U.S. National Champion and two-time Olympic ski jumper Jim Holland of Norwich; high school and collegiate football and track star Bill Looker of Rutland; Basketball sharp shooter Tony Orciari of Burke Hollow; three-sport high school star Mike Rochford of South Burlington who went on to pitch for the Boston Red Sox; and legendary coaches Connie LaRose of Bristol and Mount Abraham Union, and Frank Pecora of Northfield and Norwich University. 

Award- winning sports broadcaster Jack Healey of Rutland is this year’s Mal Boright Media Inductee and the late Leo Papineau of Swanton, St. Albans and Richford, a legendary athlete, coach and official from the 1920s through the 1960s is the VSHOF Historical Inductee. 

Looker, considered part of the 2025 class, was unable to attend and will receive his plaque at the 2026 induction and celebration.

2025 Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Inductees (click on name for bio):

Nini Wuensch Anger 

Debra Brown

Kyle Dezotell

Lou DiMasi 

Carlie Geer

Jack Healey  (Mal Boright Media Inductee)

Jim Holland

Connie LaRose

Bill Looker

Tony Orciari

Leo Papineau (Historical Inductee)

Frank Pecora

Mike Rochford