There was a buzz in the air during the 3rd Annual Woburn Hall of Fame Induction Event, held recently at the Hilton Boston/Woburn. This part reunion, part celebration, organized by WCEF in collaboration with Woburn Memorial High School, honored the achievements of 5 athletes, 2 teams, 2 coaches, 2 community members and 3 distinguished alumni, representing several generations of Woburn’s finest scholar athletes and community citizens, selected for their athleticism, integrity, leadership and contributions to Tanner Pride.
The Woburn Hall of Fame is also a fundraiser; this year’s event raised almost $30,000 to support WCEF Educator Grants and special projects at Woburn Memorial High School. Special thanks to our event sponsors, who helped ensure this success: Presenting Sponsor New Horizons at Choate, Silver Sponsors Casco Bay Recovery, Chapters Recovery Center, Lightwork Therapy & Recovery, Motta Financial and Nocella Paving; Bronze Sponsors J. Mulkerin Realty, Salem Five Charitable Foundation, and Winchester Cooperative Bank.
Special thanks to the evening’s emcee, Alex Rae, and to Brian Ouellette, Anthony Giglio, Lauren Coleman and Jennifer Gatta at Woburn Public Media, for their outstanding work on the inductee interviews. Woburn Hall of Fame Committee Members include WMHS Vice Principals Ed Maguire and Meg Patrissi, Athletic Director Jim Duran, WCEF Board Members Colleen Cormier, Mike Martini, Mike O’Brien, Don Queenin, Brian Teague, Maureen Willis, Maria Zeqo, and community members Ken Busa, Mark Gaffney and Doug Lentz.
In closing the Woburn Hall of Fame event, the committee announced that moving forward, the program will seek nominations for the next class of inductees every other year, and will host a biannual induction event to continue this celebration of Tanner Pride. The next installation of inductees into the Woburn Hall of Fame will take place in 2026, with a call for nominations to be announced in 2025.
The induction event was filmed by Woburn Public Media. For a link to the video, to view the Woburn Hall of Fame Event Program, read bios of all the inductees and to view pictures taken at the event, please visit the Woburn Hall of Fame website at https://bit.ly/WoburnHOF
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