CLASS OF 2008

Patti Aliberti Crossman ’77:

Patti Aliberti Crossman earned an impressive 11 varsity letters and the Most Athletic Award in her senior year.  She played varsity field hockey for four years in the left halfback position.  She earned 2nd Team All-Conference status as a sophomore, All- South Jersey status as a junior and senior and 1^st Team All-Conference in her senior year.  She was a member of the State Championship team field hockey team and was selected captain of the team in her senior year.  She also competed for the varsity basketball team for three years as a forward and played four years of varsity softball as a pitcher. 

Gary Brackett ’97:

A captain and starting middle linebacker for the Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts, Brackett began his football career as a Bulldog playing fullback and linebacker under Coach Bob Cleary.  He played varsity all four years at GHS, earning first team All-Conference, All-South Jersey Group I honors in 1996 and first team All South Jersey honors in junior and senior seasons.    Gary walked on at Rutgers University and earned a full athletic scholarship after his freshman year. He was selected the 12^th Man Award for his special teams play during his freshman year. At Rutgers, he was a captain in his junior and senior years.  During his career at Rutgers, he received the Homer Hazel Award as the team’s Most Valuable Player and was selected first team All-ECAC.  Gary was undrafted free agent who signed with Indianapolis after college.  He made the team and has established himself as a tenacious leader for the Colts.  He in 2005, he was selected NFL Defensive Player of the Week against the Baltimore Ravens.  Last season, he led the team in tackles with 149 and 79 of those were solo tackles.  Brackett’s Bulldog jersey #32 was retired last year during a ceremony in his honor.

Carla attended Rutgers University on a full athletic scholarship and graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Sciences in Exercise Science and Sports Studies.  By the time she finished playing at Rutgers, she was the career leader in batting average, hits, singles, doubles, triples, RBI’s and stolen bases.  At the conclusion of her career, Carla was the 1993 Headley-Singer Award winner as the university’s top female student-athlete, culminating a career that included three, Atlantic-10 All-Conference selections and a 1993 All-American selection.  In 2004, Carl was inducted into Rutgers University Athletic Hall of Fame for her accomplishments in softball.

         

 

    Dan Corradetti ’72:

Dan Corradetti was a pitcher and outfielder for three years with the baseball team, earning a career batting average of .376 and his career pitching record was 22-7.  He also played three years as a wide receiver for the Bulldog football team and one year as a basketball forward. 

As a baseball standout, he was three times named 1^st Team All-Olympic Conference, 1^st team All- Group I three times and was 1^st team All-South Jersey in his senior year.  Dan was selected honorable mention All-State during his sophomore and senior seasons. 

He received the Coaches’ Most Athletic Award in 1971 and 1972 and the William Wilt Award as team captain in his senior year.  He pitched a no-hitter in the South Jersey Group I tournament game against Williamstown in 1970, helping the team achieve a 2-0 shutout.  In 1972 he struck out 17 batters in eight innings against Williamstown.

Dan earned his special education degree from Glassboro State College in 1976.  He returned to Glassboro High School and started coaching baseball right away.  He was promoted to head coach in 1980.  His teams won National Division Olympic Conference championships in 1981 & 1982.  He led the 1985 team to the school’s only Diamond Classic Tournament championship.  In 1985 & 1986 he guided the Bulldogs to Tri-County Classic Division championship.  He finished his career with a record of 104 and 62.   

Dan will join his brother Lou this year in Glassboro’s Athletic Hall of Fame.  He retired from teaching in 2006 and is currently residing in Newfield, NJ.

 

Mario Lazaro Ayala ’94:

The four-year gridiron standout under Hall of Fame Coach Bob Cleary and was selected honorable mention offensive guard and defensive tackle in his sophomore year.  As a junior, he was selected first team All-Conference in both positions.    Mario was selected 1^st team All-South Jersey by the Touchdown Club and Brooks-Irvine Club.  He was selected Player of the Week by both football organization during his senior year and the Brooks-Irvine Club named him lineman of the year.   Also as a senior he was named 1^st team All-Conference and Courier-Post 1^st team All Group I.  Mario was selected honorable mention All-State.  He started in the North-South All-Star Classic.  He earned a full-tuition athletic scholarship to Temple University where he played defensive tackle.   At Temple, Mario started as a true freshman in the Big East Conference.

Mario graduated from Temple University in 1999 with a degree in Business Administration.  He is married to Lauren and has three children, twins Tori and Cejani and Jaydon.  Currently, he lives in Philadelphia.

Lingerfield was a four-year starter in soccer, a two-year starter in baseball (catcher) and played one year of basketball while at Glassboro High School. 

During his soccer career, he was selected 1^st Team All-Olympic Conference twice, 1^st Team All-Group I twice, and 2nd Team All-South Jersey in his senior year.  Jim became the first player to be named All-Gloucester County 1^st team for three years in a row.  He earned the 4th place county scoring title and was the second all-time leading scorer in county history behind Frank Mancuso.

After high school, Jim played soccer for two years at Gloucester County College and then moved on to start for Glassboro State College for two more years.

Jim is retired from teaching and coaching in the Sea Isle City Public Schools.  He coached soccer for 17 years and basketball for 15 years.  He has coached at some very prestigious soccer camps during his career, most noticeably the Pocono Invitational Soccer Camp for 20 years and he even toured Europe, coaching soccer in Holland, Germany and Austria. 

             

        

                 Coach Jean Bower

  Jean Bower was Glassboro’s field hockey coach from 1968-75.  During this time her teams boasted a record of 87-13-14.  They were champions of their Conference in the years of ’68, ’70, ‘71, ’72 and ’75. In 1972 her team won the South Jersey State Title and NJ All State Title with a record of 18-0.  In 1975 her team won the SJ Group 1 and NJ Group One Title.

          She graduated from Audubon High school, NJ where she played 4 years of field hockey and 4 years of tennis.  She graduated from Ursinus College and taught at Penns Grove, NJ for 3 years where her hockey team and basketball teams won their conference title 2 years.

          She was named the Coach of the Year by the Woodbury Times in 1975, the first woman to earn that distinction.  She was also named the Camden Courier-Post Coach of the Year in 1975 and the Field Hockey Club of South Jersey Coach of the Year in 1972.  She was inducted into the Gloucester County Hall of Fame in 1986.

                       

1975 State Championship Field Hockey Team