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    Hall of fame to induct new class
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    11/16/2007
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    The Litchfield Sports Booster Club will induct nine new members into the Litchfield Athletic Hall of Fame on Nov. 23.

    Selected for induction are Tom O'Dell, George Baldwin, Kathleen Hogan Ehrlich, Donald E. Protzmann Jr., Bill Dranginis, David Fabbri, Rick Christian, Kathy Speight Kraynak and Thomas Speight. The induction ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. at the Litchfield Community Center.
    O'Dell was a four-year letterwinner in baseball at Litchfield High, was team captain twice and was a two-time All-Berkshire League selection. After graduation in 1971, O'Dell played baseball at Adelphi University. He also played soccer at Litchfield High.
    Baldwin played on two state championship basketball teams at Litchfield High, was a three-year letterman in baseball and was the first captain of the Central Connecticut State University soccer team.
    Hogan earned 11 varsity letters at Litchfield High between 1986 and 1990. She ran on the cross-country team for four years and was the Berkshire League steeplechase champion in 1989. In swimming, she won three letters and was part of four record-setting relay teams.
    Protzmann made his mark for Litchfield High in the pool as a four-time Berkshire League All-Star and an All-American in 1976. He also ran on the cross-country team and did the pole vault and high jump for the track and field team.
    Dranginis, a founder of the hall of fame, has coached golf, swimming, track and soccer at the middle and high-school levels in Litchfield. Eight of his swimmers have achieved All-State status. Dranginis graduated from Torrington High School and was a swimmer at the University of Maryland.
    Fabbri played soccer, basketball and baseball at Litchfield High in the late 1960s. He was captain of the baseball team as a junior and senior and went on to play baseball at Fairfield University.
    Christian was an outstanding swimmer and golfer at Litchfield High in the early 1980s. He parlayed his degree in agronomy from the University of Massachusetts into a job as superintendent of the Pine Valley Golf Course in New Jersey, one of the top courses in the country.
    Speight Kraynak graduated from Litchfield High in 1978. She played field hockey and basketball and ran for the track and field team. She set track records in the 100-yard dash and 4-by-100 relay. After college, she became an outstanding golfer and won the West Coast Women's Golf Association Championship in 2000.
    Tom Speight, a 1977 Litchfield High graduate, was captain of the cross-country and track and field teams. He was a Berkshire League All-Star in cross-country and led the indoor track team to the Class S championship.
    Tickets for the induction are available at Murphy's Pharmacy, the Village Wine Cellar and the Village Restaurant. Tickets will also be available at the community center the night of the gala. For more information, call Jon Torrant at 567-4044, Vic Hladik at 567-4116 or Tom Hogan at 567-4381.


    ©The Litchfield Enquirer 2009


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