Hall of Fame: Class of 2001

Manuel D. Nadal 1917
Thomas D. “Tote” Walker 1919
Sidney N. Towle 1931
Dayton F. Fryberger 1959
Donald K. Gowan II 1966
Scott E. Perry 1972
Ellen J. Remsen Webb 1976
Michael A. Wright 1981
Hope H. Eighmy Pascucci 1986

Manuel D. Nadal 1917

Bill was a two-time Pater’s Mug recipient (1917-1918) and played three varsity sports: football, hockey and baseball. He was a five-year letterman in football and scored an amazing 32 touchdowns in his 6th form year to lead the team to an 8-0 record in 1917.Bill lettered for four years in hockey and captained the team. In his 6th form year the team went 24-6-4. He also played baseball, earning five letters in this sport. He captained the team for two years. As a head coach for the football team from 1924-1945, his record was 70-58-13 with three undefeated seasons in 1929, 1930 and 1935. He was the head coach for the hockey team from 1930-1960, tallying 216 wins, 125 losses and 31 ties, including three Housatonic championship seasons: 1948, 1957, 1959. Bill was also the head baseball coach in 1920-1922 and from 1924 through 1956, and the assistant coach in 1919, and in 1957-1967 totaling 247 wins and 191 losses. Ziba Ogden ’42 wrote: “…not only was Bill a great coach but a great role model and made himself available for fatherly advice…”

Thomas D. “Tote” Walker 1919

Thomas D. Walker, affectionately known as “Tote” by decades of Kent faculty and students, coached football, club hockey, and crew for 28 years. Among the many highlights of his nearly three decades of service to the School include coaching the boats of numerous Henley Royal Regatta teams, and leading the 1938, 1947, and 1950 boats that captured the Thames Challenge Cup. “Tote Walker stood for hard work, integrity, honesty, fair play, and fun, and he combined these things artfully in all that he did, but most particularly in his work with young men on the ribbon of water that is outside the Chapel. He “could spot good horse flesh in young men” and line them up backwards so they might pull a tippy boat faster than anyone else pulled theirs. Tote’s crews were an articulation of what Kent School is all about: temperantia, fiducia, constantia - simplicity of life, self-reliance, directness of purpose.” - Robert Sanford ’50

Charlie Lippincott ’58 wrote: “Tote’s coaching style represented the very best that Pater might have wished that he could do himself. Nowhere have I seen a coach that better represents so well the Christian ideal while developing men and being successful with his crews.”

Peter Neely ’63: “…Tote had the uncanny ability to get the most out of his athletes without resorting to browbeating or ridicule.”

Peter Gilsey ’42: “A crew coach to die for!”

Sidney N. Towle 1931

Sidney was a Pater’s Mug recipient in 1931 and played three varsity sports: football, hockey and baseball. He was a three-year letterman in football and was captain in 1930. He also lettered in hockey and baseball. After Kent he attended Yale, where he lettered in football and hockey, and was named a football All-American. Sid was a recipient of Sports Illustrated’s Silver Anniversary Award for Lifetime Achievement. During Yale Law School, he coached the 150 lb. varsity football team, coached and captained the rugby team, coached the freshman hockey team, and was an assistant coach for the varsity hockey team. He became Kent’s 4th Headmaster and served until his death in 1980. He championed many teams, was a regular at Henley and enthusiastically supported competitive riding.

Dayton F. Fryberger 1959

Dates was a letterman in both soccer and hockey. During 1957, the soccer team went undefeated for the first time in nine years. In 1958, Dates lead the team to another undefeated year and a New England Championship. He also led the team in goals that season.

Dates lettered in hockey three times. In 1957 the team was undefeated. He led the team with 31 goals and 26 assists. In 1958 the team was second in the league with a record of 11- 4. Dates again led the team with 32 goals and 14 assists. In his 6th form year, 1959, he was captain of the team, which had a record of 10-4. He again led the team with 39 goals and 21 assists.

After Kent, Dates went on to Middlebury and lettered in hockey all four years, where he was a two-time All American.

Donald K. Gowan II 1966

Don was the recipient of 12 letters for football, basketball, and baseball. He was the captain of the basketball team his 5th and 6th form years and was League Champion in 1966 with a record of 12-0. He went on to play on the freshman basketball team in 1967 at the University of North Carolina.

Since returning to Kent, he has been a part of the football team as the assistant coach since 1970, tallying 164 wins and 89 losses. As the Varsity basketball coach from 1978 he has earned a record of 239 wins and 223 losses, and won the league championship in 1982, 1991, and 1992.

Don started the boys’ lacrosse program in the spring of 1971 and continued as head coach for 26 years. In 1977 the team was Western New England Division II champions as well as Division I champions in 1982 and 1984, and co-champions in 1983. During his reign as the head coach he coached 6 All-Americans and was chosen New England coach of the year in 1996.

Scott E. Perry 1972

Scott was a tri-varsity athlete in football, basketball and baseball. He lettered in football in 1970 and in 1971 when he co-captained the team to an undefeated and League Championship season where he scored 11 touchdowns. In 1970 and 1971, he lettered and helped the basketball team become Tri-State Champions each year. He lettered in baseball for three years and was captain in his 6th form year.

After Kent, Scott went on to Williams and played on the Varsity football team. Following Williams, Scott went to the National Football League and played for Cincinnati, Green Bay and San Francisco.

Ellen J. Remsen Webb 1976

Ellen was at Kent for three years and played varsity sports in eight of her nine seasons. In field hockey, Ellen played on teams with a combined record of 15-4-5. In her 6th form year, she played on the best Kent basketball team of the era which produced a 14-1 record. In lacrosse, she captained an undefeated team (7-0-1). In her Kent career, Ellen’s teams compiled a record of 53-13-6. What is perhaps most telling of her abilities is that she went on to Dartmouth and became a double All-American selection, in both field hockey and lacrosse.

Michael A. Wright 1981

Michael was awarded Pater’s Mug in 1981 and received 12 varsity letters in his 4-year career. As a four-year letter winner (1977-1980) he was the MVP co-winner as a 4th former with a team record of 7-1. He was the MVP co-winner again in 1979 as a 5th former with a team record of 5-2-1. In his 6th form year he was co-captain and named as co-winner of the best defenseman title in 1980.

He is the only three-year captain of any sport in Kent’s history! He captained the basketball team his 4th form year to a record of 11-6. His 5th form year he was the captain and named All League with a team record of 13-4. During his 6th form year he was again captain and received the award for most spirited player; this was a special award for his 3-year captainship.

Michael also lettered in baseball for four years. During his 4th form year the team was Erickson League Champions. During his 5th and 6th form years the teams went 11-2-1 and 13-4.

Hope H. Eighmy Pascucci 1986

Hope was a four-year athlete, earning 12 varsity letters and was the recipient of the Class of ’31 Bowl in 1985 and in 1986. She was soccer co-MVP in 1985 and 1986 as well as being captain in her 6th form year. Her team record in 1985 was 13-1-1, and in 1986 11-1-1. She captained and led the team to a League championship. In softball she was one of the best players in Kent history. She was recognized as the MVP all four years and batted .582 in 1984.