Schenectady City School District Athletic Hall of Fame Names Class of  2008

The Schenectady City School District Athletic Hall of Fame committee is pleased to announce the induction class for 2008.  This year’s inductees will be Joe Loudis, Peter Famiano and John Grabowski. 

Loudis was a member of the 1954 Schenectady Little League World Championship team.  He was a four-sport letter winner at Mont Pleasant High School, playing on undefeated tennis and baseball teams. He has won more than four hundred basketball games as the coach at Cohoes High School and Mechanicville High School.  He took Mechanicville teams to the NYSPHSAA Basketball Tournament  semi-finals in 1995 and then the finals in 1996.  He will be inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame in March.

Famiano was a member of Linton High School’s undefeated New York State championship golf team in 1960.  He won the New York State Junior golf championship in 1961.  He played golf at the University of Houston from 1962-1966 and on the South African PGA Tour from 1971-1988.  He coached golf at Montclair State University.  He has been the New Jersey PGA Senior Player of the Year three times and is a member of the NJPGA Hall of Fame.

Grabowski graduated from the original Schenectady High School in 1918.  He had a seven-year Major League Baseball career, playing with the White Sox, Yankees and Tigers.  He was a catcher on the Yankees’ World Series championship teams in 1927 and 1928.  He batted .277 during the 1927 season.  His teammates included Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.  He will be inducted posthumously.

The Eleventh Annual Schenectady City School District Athletic Hall of Fame and Reunion Dinner is being planning for September.