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Athletics
Athletic Hall of Fame
Celebrate Athletic Excellence
It's our privilege at Christopher Columbus High School to honor our most outstanding alumni athletes through our Athletic Hall of Fame, which was started in 2009. The inductees to this prestigious group must have graduated from CCHS and been out of school for at least five years and have been chosen 1st Team All-County or 1st Team All-State or played at Division 1 or 2 level in college or played professionally.
If you would like to nominate an alumnus to the Athletic Hall of Fame, e-mail Alumni Director Barbara Branas at bbranas@columbushs.com and be sure to include:
Name of alumnus you are nominating with their CCHS graduating year
Sport you are nominating them for
How they meet the criteria listed above
The pictures of all Columbus Athletics Hall of Famers are displayed in a special area on the second floor of the All-Sports Fitness Complex.
Class of 2023
List of 16 items.
Alex Meneses 2002
Baseball
Andrew Moran
The Dave Riley Excellence in Coaching Award
Carlos Gutierrez 2004
Baseball
Damian Penichet 2014
Wrestling
David Gutierrez 2005
Baseball
Eric Evans 1977
Football
Guzman Castro 1991
Soccer
Humberto Freire 2016
Track & Field
John Mosure 2006
Football
Michael Davide 2013
Lacrosse
Nick Meyer 1985
Cross Country
Paul Kumer 2001
Football
Steve Holtmann
Tennis Coach
Terry Palmer 1985
Football
Victor Cereijo 2012
Volleyball
Wendell Johnson 2002
Football
Hall of Fame Members
All members of the Columbus Athletics Hall of Fame are listed here alphabetically for easy discovery and information access. Click + to expand each section.
Matthew Barket (’01) - Baseball Craig Barry ('92) – Swimming Bret Baynham (‘77) – Football and Baseball Eugene Becker (‘67) – Baseball Enrique “Kiki” Bengochea (‘99) – Baseball Tom Bernhardt (‘93) – Baseball John Bevilaqua (‘65) – Basketball Greg Blackwell (‘04) – Golf
Eduardo Blanco (‘83) – Baseball Frank Boucek (‘64) – Football John Bow (‘76) – Football Bernie Brewer – Special Contributor Timothy Briand (‘96) – Golf Matthew Britton (‘87) – Football Marc Buoniconti (‘83) – Football Nick Buoniconti (‘82) – Football Dr. E. Carter Burrus (‘62) – Football Deon Bush ('12) – Football Gary Bush ('09) – Track & Field Robert "Bob" Bustamante (‘72) – Basketball Warren Butler (‘76) – Basketball
Michael Davide ('13) – Lacrosse Andres Davila (‘06) – Cross Country
Peter De Morejon (‘92) – Baseball
Gustavo De Quesada (‘09) – Baseball Raymond DeCario (‘64) – Football Armando "AJ" del Valle (‘11) – Track & Field Thomas DeSiato (‘76) – Football James Desmond (‘81) – Football Orestes Destrade (‘80) – Baseball Eric Diaz (‘05)- Basketball Joseph DiBernardo (’92) - Football Rick DiBernardo (‘80) – Wrestling Scott DiMare (‘85) – Football John Doyle (‘69) – Football David Drier (‘83) – Swimming & Diving Kirk Dulom (‘84) – Baseball Cesar Trigo De Serrano (‘05) – Volleyball Dave Dunn (Dave Riley Excellence in Coaching Award)
Joseph Flaherty (‘65) – Baseball and Wrestling Brian Flynn (‘80) – Football Mike Flynn (‘70) – Football Nelson Fonseca (‘91) – Basketball Fred Foyo (‘75) – Track & Field Coach Humberto Freire ('16) – Track & Field Robert “Bobby” Fuller (‘87) – Football
Alex Galvez (‘92) – Football Dwayne Ganzy (‘84) – Track & Field Alex Garabedian (‘04) – Baseball Bryan Garcia ('13) – Baseball Jeff Gardner (‘72) – Football Kito Gary (‘95) – Track & Field Ed Gehret (‘64) – Track & Field and Cross Country Danny Gil (‘03) – Baseball David Gil (‘96) – Baseball Rudy Gomez (‘93) – Baseball Joaquin Antonio Gonzalez (‘97) – Football David Goodman (Swimming Coach) – 1963-1971 Jakhari Gore ('10) – Football Brian Griese (‘93) – Football
Pedro Grifol (‘88) – Baseball
Camilo Guerci (‘06) – Volleyball Anthony “Tony” Guerra (‘89) – Soccer Mark Gulesian (‘11) – Cross Country Sean Guthrie (‘97) – Football Carlos Gutierrez ('04) – Baseball David Gutierrez ('05) – Baseball Joseph “JoJo” Gutierrez (‘03) – Baseball
Alex Halley (‘05) – Soccer Br. Kevin Handibode 1971-1988 – Head Basketball Coach
Darren Handy (‘86) – Football David Hartnett (‘82) – Baseball David Heffernan (‘80) – Football Jim Hendry 1980-1982 – Head Baseball Coach Joseph Hernandez (‘65) – Football Luis “Wicho” Hernandez (‘90) – Baseball Alonzo Highsmith (‘83) – Football David Hiss (‘63) – Football Cesar Hoed De Beche (‘88) – Water Polo Steve Holtmann – Head Tennis Coach Christopher Hosford (‘65) – Track & Field Marcelo Huarte (’10) - Golf Carlos Huerta (‘87) – Football Jim Husk - Coach
Julio LeBlanc (‘61) - Basketball Patrick Lee (‘03) – Football William "Bill" Lennon (‘76) – Track and Field Robert Lesperance (‘81) – Track & Field Donald “Donnie” Lewis (‘80) – Football Erik Lora ('09) – Football Chris Lynch (‘72) – Baseball Ed Lynch (‘73) – Baseball John Lynskey (‘78) – Football
Paul Mainieri (‘75) – Baseball Jose Marques-Neto (‘82) – Tennis Daniel Matienzo (‘97) – Baseball David McCammon (‘63) – Baseball Kevin McCutcheon (‘82) – Football Chris McKeon – Athletic Director
James McKirchy (‘64) – Basketball John McVeigh (‘81) – Football Rolando Medina (‘92) – Basketball Ricardo Mejia (‘81) – Wrestling Billy Mendoza ('84) – Football Jose Mendoza (’05) – Baseball Alex Meneses ('02) – Baseball Chris Merritt (Coach) – Football Nick Meyer ('85) – Cross Country Mark Miggins (‘72) – Baseball John E. Miller (‘67) – Football Alex Mirabal ('88) – Football Coach Ralph Montalvo ('84) – Football Francisco Montana (‘87) – Tennis Michael Montero (’11) - Track & Field Marco Morales (‘04) – Golf Andrew Moran (Dave Riley Excellence in Coaching Award) Edward Morse (‘89) – Swimming & Diving John Mosure ('06) – Football Stewart "Buddy" Munroe (‘06) – Baseball Robert Murphy (‘78) – Baseball Charles Musick (‘65) – Golf
Michael O’Brien (‘66) – Football Steve O’Brien (‘81-00) – Cross Country Coach Bill O’Dowd (‘87) – Basketball Robert O’Malley (‘66) – Tennis John Oakley (‘71) – Baseball Cesar Odio (‘77) – Basketball Edward Odio (‘11) – Basketball Todd Oelze (‘80) – Football
Lou Pagley (‘76) – Football Luis Palenzuela (‘86) – Soccer Terry Palmer ('85) – Football Damian Penichet ('14) – Wrestling Andres Perez-Lobo (‘10) – Baseball Tim Plummer (‘83) – Soccer Dick Pollock 1959-1970 – Head Basketball Coach Adilson Puna (‘00) – Soccer Michael Putman (‘07) – Track & Field Lewis Pytel (‘67) – Football
Javi Salas ('10) – Baseball Manuel Salgado (‘97) – Cross Country Javier Sanchez (‘00) – Baseball Jerry Santos ('87) – Baseball Jeff Sawyer (’76) - Football Marty Schuette (‘76) – Basketball Robert Schulz (‘99) – Golf Darrell Sheppard (’01) - Football Mike Shula (‘83) – Football Andre Simm (‘84) – Tennis Casey Sreenan (‘08) – Swimming Achille “Butch” Staiano (‘88-08) – Basketball Coach Michael Stevens (‘08) – Volleyball Michael Stewart (‘70) – Diving Andy Suarez (‘11) - Baseball Roberto Suarez ('69) – Football Thomas Suri (‘03) – Golf
Eric Thomas (‘95) – Football Thomas Thweatt (‘71) – Football Adrian Tramutola (‘93) – Wrestling Julio Travieso (‘64) – Track & Field Alex Trujillo (‘96) – Football Coach
Nick Wethy ('13) – Wrestling Christopher Cobden Wick (‘80) – Swimming & Diving Daniel Wick (‘72) – Swimming Mike Whittington (‘76) – Football Alexander Wright (‘94) – Soccer Ken Wright (‘72) – Tennis
Brotherhood, Faith, and Scholarship define the Marist Brothers Catholic education at Christopher Columbus High School. By making Jesus Christ known and loved and creating an inspiring academic and extracurricular environment, we prepare young men for higher learning and a life-long commitment to leadership and service through Gospel and Marist values.
Columbus is fully accredited by Cognia and is a member of the Marist Association of Secondary schools, the National Catholic Education Association and the Independent Schools of South Florida.