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South Jersey Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame
Saturday, April 9, 2005
The annual induction ceremony with will be held Sunday, May 1, 7 p.m., at Masso's in Glassboro.
The inductees:
TIM McCLEMENTS: McClements grew up in Blue Anchor in Winslow Township. He played youth soccer in Winslow Township and travel soccer in the South Jersey Soccer League. He attended Edgewood High School (now Winslow Township High School) where he was a three-year letter winner under coach Tom Miller. Following gradation from high school in 1983, he played collegiate soccer at Indiana University and Wheaton College. After graduation from Wheaton in 1988, McClements played with the New Jersey Eagles of the American Professional Soccer League. He also played in the National Professional Soccer League with the Dayton Dynamo and Chicago Power. He began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant at Northern Illinois University and Midwestern State (Texas) University. After graduating with a Masters in Kinesiology from MSU in 1994, he became the head coach at Baker University in Kansas (NAIA). He earned conference Coach of the Year honors in 1995. He coached at Eastern Illinois University (NCAA Division I) from 1996-99. After coaching at EIU he became the assistant men's soccer coach at Southern Methodist University in 2000. SMU reached the Men's College Cup in 2000 and were ranked No. 1 (NSCAA national ranking) for most of the 2001 season. He is currently the head men's soccer coach at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. Tim and his wife Karen have a daughter, Paige (9), and a son, Ian (5). They reside in Franklin, Tenn., just south of Nashville.
CHRIS ADAMKIEWICZ: Adamkiewicz resides in King of Prussia, Pa., with wife Lorrie and daughters Kasey, Alexa and Haley. Chris was born 50 years ago in France to parents Sophie and Wladimir Adamkiewicz. Chris' high school career began at Vailsburg High School in Newark. Among his accomplishments, he was named to the all-state soccer team and won a city tennis championship. He began his four-year college soccer career in 1973 at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). In 1976, he was named captain, first team all-league and New Jersey goalkeeper of the year. He is one of only three goalkeepers in NCAA history to record 300 saves in one season. His 21.64 saves per game in 1976 is an all-time NCAA record. In 1977 and 1978, he was a member of the Newark Ukrainian Sitch soccer club. The Newark Sitch soccer team was one of the first professional soccer teams in the United States playing in the first pro-league called the American Soccer League. Adamkiewicz has been coaching soccer at Clearview High School for 25 years. His teams have recorded 243 wins, 140 losses and 37 ties with five Coaches Tournament appearances and three league championships. He was named South Jersey Coach of the Year in 1985 and Gloucester County Coach of the Year in 1988. He is the director of the Launfal soccer camp at Swarthmore College and the director of Timberlake soccer camp located at Neumann College. He also doubles as head men's volleyball coach and serves as the director of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
ANDY LOGAR: Logar started playing soccer at the age of 10 with the Greentree and Mount Laurel soccer clubs. He joined the Medford Soccer Club in 1985. Logan attended Lenape High School and played varsity soccer from 1986 to 1988. As a senior he was co-captain and played stopper or center halfback. He was named All-Burlington County, BCSL Liberty all-star, All-Group 4 and All-South Jersey. He continued playing soccer at Glassboro State College (Rowan University) where he was co-captain for three years. His honors included: NJAC All-Conference and New Jersey All-State first teams in 1989, 1990 and 1991. He was selected to the All-Regional Team in 1989 (second team), 1990 (first team), and 1991 (first team). He was a player on the 1990 national championship team at Glassboro. He received All-American honors in 1990 and 1991. During his senior year, he was voted NJAC Player of the Year as well as the New Jersey Sportswriters Player of the Year. Logar was voted 1991 NCAA Division III Player of the Year. As a defender at Glassboro, he contributed 34 goals and 17 assists. After graduating, Glassboro retired his No. 17 - the first in the college's history. Logar was drafted by the Milwaukee Wave (NPLS) and continued his career with the Delaware Wizards of the USISL. During his time with the Wizards, Logar received offensive and defensive Player of the Week honors. The Wizards reached the playoffs each year and the USISL championship game while he played. He contributed nine goals and five assists in four seasons. Logar finished his career with the South Jersey Barons (USISL) in 1998.
PETER DeFEO: DeFeo has been involved in South Jersey soccer as a player and coach for over 20 years. A 1984 graduate of Paul VI High School, he was a three-year starter and captain in 1982 and 1983. He was an All-Parochial player and MVP of the 1983 Paul VI team that won the Coaches Tournament. At Rutgers-Camden, he was a four-year starting goalkeeper and captain in 1987 and 1988. He was a two-time All-NJAC player and a two-time Regional All-American. He held the Rutgers-Camden record for lowest goals against average until 2004, when one of his former players broke the record. After playing at Rutgers-Camden, DeFeo played several years in the South Jersey Men's Amateur League where his team won two league championships. He started his coaching career at Paul VI where his team won a Olympic Conference National Division title in 1993. From there he moved on to Eastern, where he is currently the boys' soccer coach. As the owner of over 100 career victories, he has coached many All-Conference and All-State players as well as an All-American player. A former ODP coach, he now coaches his own children for the Highland Youth Soccer Club. His is co-director of both the Back of the Net Soccer School and Moorestown Girls Soccer Camp. In 2001 he was elected to the position of Vice President of the South Jersey Soccer Coaches Association, a position he currently still holds.
JEFF EPPRIGHT: Eppright played his high school soccer at Haddon Heights where he earned All-South Jersey and All-State honors. He went on to play two years at Camden County College under coach Barry Wray and played his final two years at Nasson College in Springfield, Maine, under coach Bob Reasso. He was the captain both his junior and senior years; being named the Most Courageous Player his junior season and Most Valuable Player his senior season. His first coaching position was as an assistant coach at Camden County College. In 1987, he was named the head coach at his alma mater, Haddon Heights. After 17 seasons, he has a career record of 206-108-30. He is the winningest coach in school history. His teams have been to six sectional championships and have qualified for the state tournament 15 out of the last 17 seasons. His teams are ranked consistently in the Top 20 in South Jersey, as well as participating in the Coaches Tournament many times over the years. In 2001, Heights defeated arch rival Haddonfield to win the last outright Colonial Conference championship. Haddon Heights received the Jim Black Sportsmanship Award in 1994. In 2001, he was named South Jersey Coach of the Year by the Coaches Association and in 2002 was recognized with the Soccer Coaches Association of New Jersey Honoree Award. Along with his wife Mary-Jo, he is active in coaching his two daughters, Joslyn (16) and Jackie-May (13), as well as his son Jeff (8), in the Barrington Youth league. He holds a NSCAA national coaching license.
JOHN BENN: Benn has a wide-ranging soccer background. He began his soccer career in earnest in the early 60s by playing on his college's inaugural team. He was captain in his senior year and held the school's single-season scoring record for many years. He will be inducted in the Massachusetts Maritime Academy's fifth Hall of Fame class and is the first soccer player so honored. He has been a soccer fixture in the South Jersey area for over 20 years as a State Cup winning coach with the U-16 Medford Strikers boys in 1990. He served concurrently as an elected official with South Jersey Soccer League and the New Jersey Youth Soccer Association, as well as an appointed official in several capacities with the USSF, Region I. He was inducted into the New Jersey Youth Soccer Hall of Fame for outstanding achievement and dedicated service to youth soccer in 2001. His officiating career began in the late 80s and he attained the USSF rank of Grade 6, State Referee in 1999 and just recently joined the Emeritus ranks in 2005. He was a volunteer with the Philadelphia Host Committee for the 2003 Women's World Cup and the 2004 Championsworld soccer series at Lincoln Financial Field in 2004. Since his recent retirement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, he has found time to also become a high school varsity official with the South Jersey Soccer Officials Association. For the past year and a half he has been the chairman of the SJSL referee committee, which is dedicated to the recruitment, retention and mentoring of USSF officials who officiate travel league games on Saturdays and Sundays.
LES HEGGAN: Soccer has been a lifelong passion for Heggan. He played his college soccer at Tusculum College, where he captained the team for three years. In his senior year, he scored 16 goals for the Pioneers. His first head coaching assignment was at Williamstown High School, winning the Olympic Conference National Division championship in 1972 and 1973. After coaching five seasons at St. Augustine, he returned to Williamstown and captured the 1991 Tri-County Conference championship. He was named the Coach of the Year for the first time in 1992. He was named the head coach at St. Augustine for two stints, 1982-1986 and 1992 to the present. Success followed Haggan at St. Augustine, winning seven Cape-Atlantic National Division championships, two Cape-Atlantic League co-championships, three South Jersey Parochial B championships and a Parochial A state championship in 2003. In 2004, he was named Coach of the Year while guiding the Hermits. He has always considered it a privilege to represent Williamstown and St. Augustine Prep as their head coach. He is also proud of the fact of being a co-founder and coach of the successful Winslow Township Youth Soccer League and of coaching the Winslow Township men's soccer club.
JILL KLATT: Klatt played soccer for Moorestown High School and led the Quakers to their first state championship in school history (1995). She was the captain of this team and finished her career with 87 goals. Honors that Klatt received are: first team all-conference (1991-1995), first team all-county (1993-1995), first team All-Group (1993-1995), All-State - South (1993), first team All-State (1994-1995) and All-State Top Seventeen (1995). She was selected first team Parade Magazine All-American and was the first female from New Jersey to receive this honor and the only female athlete from Moorestown to receive this recognition. She was a Top 10 forward in the United States, being the first and only female athlete from Moorestown to receive this honor. She was selected to the U.S. Region 1 Team from 1993 to 1995 and was an alternate for the U.S. Women's U-18 National Team in 1995. She attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick on a full scholarship and finished her college career with eight goals and seven assists.
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