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2024 Hall of Fame Inductees

 

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About the inductions

Inductees were voted on by the Chemung County Sports Hall of Fame committee based on nominations submitted from committee members and members of the public. Nomination forms for future years and a list of current Hall of Fame members are available at www.chemungcosportshof.com.

Athletes must be inducted into their school Hall of Fame to be considered and need to have been graduated from high school for at least five years.

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Athletes

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Amanda  Kent Hoobler

 

Amanda is a 1999 graduate of Horseheads High School where she played (4) years of soccer and softball in addition to (3) years of track. While at Horseheads Amanda was All STC First Team in Soccer and All State First Team in Softball. She was part of the Section Four  4x400 Relay team that were state champions. While in High School Amanda was part of the NYS Class A Softball Champion team in 1996.  While in High School Amanda earned (12) Varsity letters.

 

Amanda attended St Johns Fisher and played softball. Amanda holds the school record for (3) consecutive homeruns in a game.

 

Amanda graduated in 2003 from St. Johns Fisher. She was inducted in the Horseheads High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.

 

Matthew Kent

 

Matthew is a 1999 graduate of Horseheads High School where he played (3) years of varsity in Soccer, Basketball and Lacrosse.

 

Kent was named Section 4 First Team for Lacrosse. Matthew still holds the Horseheads High School record in basketball for the Most Assists in one game and Most Assists in a season. Kent was also named to the Section 4 First Team in Lacrosse in 1998 and 1999. Matthew was a member of the Horseheads Lacrosse team that were the Section 4 champs in 1998.

 

Mathews went on to play Lacrosse at Nazareth College where he was the Empire 8 Player of the year in 2003. Kent was inducted in the Horseheads High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.

 

David Holleran 

 

David is a 2003 graduate of Southside High School. Holleran played (3) years of Varsity football, (2) years of Basketball and ran (4) years of track for the Green Hornets.

David was named to the Star Gazette All Star Team and named to the Ernie Davis Classic team in 2002. David was also a member of the Section 4 Champs in 2003 for the Green Hornets Basketball team.

 

David attended Cortland State where he played football from 2003 to 2007. David was a starting right tackle in his junior and senior year. Holleran was also named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference, Second team in 2007.

 

Holleran was inducted into the Southside High School Hall of Fame in 2016. For the past 10 years David has been an Assistant Coach for the Elmira Express football team.

 

 

Natalie Frost

 

Natalie is a 2004 graduate of Elmira Notre Dame. While at Notre Dame Natalie played (5) years of varsity soccer and softball and (4) years of Basketball. Natalie still holds the record at Notre Dame for Goals (139) and Assists (69).

 

Natalie helped the Lady Crusaders to (8) sectional games and (6) NYS Tournament appearances.  In 2003 Frost was named 1st team All State in soccer while leading her team to Class C NYS title.

In softball Natalie helped lead the Lady Crusaders to (5) sectional titles and was named to the All-State team 4 times. In 2004 Frost was named Notre Dame’s Female Athlete of the Year.

 

Frost continued her athletic career at Niagara University where she played soccer. In her freshman year she was named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to the All-Rookie Team. Frost held lead her team to (2) MAAC Championship games which included the school’s first title in 2006.

 

Oliva May

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Oliva is a 2013 graduate of Elmira Notre Dame. May was named 1st Team Class C All State four times. Oliva was twice named NYS Class C Play of the Year for softball.

 

In 2011 she led the Lady Crusaders to a 26-0 record along with a State Championship. During that season she threw 17 shutouts with point 33 earned run average.  Oliva holds 10 different records for pitching in New York State. Her over record was 90 wins with 11 losses. This included 46 shutouts, 12 no hitters and 1,138 strikeouts. Oliva was also a threat at the plate where she hit 26 home runs, 178 runs batted in. She was also intentionally walked 82 times.

 

Oliva went on to Cornell University where she continued her softball career. Oliva was recently inducted in the NYS Softball Hall of Fame.

 

 

Contributor 

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Larry Ransey

 

Larry has been a coach, mentor and friend to athletes around the area dating back to the mid-70s. When he wasn’t coaching local teams, you could find Larry in the broadcast booth calling games, and particularly this tournament for a number of years.

 

Larry began coaching in 1976 when coached a CYO team at St. Peters & Paul. Ransey coached Elmira Small Fry in the 70s and 80s. He became a fixture on the High School court when he was the Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach at Elmira Free Academy from 1991 to 1997.

 

Larry’s broadcast career began in 80s when he was heard on WELM radio. He continued calling games on RLM Sports with Bob Michaels. Larry also called several televised games for WETM from 2007-2010.

 

When he is not attending a local basketball game Larry is watching or attending a NY Knicks game.

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