On Sat. April 11 the Connecticut College Athletic Hall of Fame inducted three alumni and one former coach with a ceremony plaque reveal in the Hall of Fame Room for their achievements as Camels. The recent inductees are former head coach of women’s field hockey and lacrosse Anne Parmenter, javelin thrower Kerry Newhall Heath ’98, dual athlete in men’s lacrosse and ice hockey Tim Boyd ’01 and long distance runner Adam Fitzgerald ’03.
Parmenter led the field hockey team from 1987 to 2000, where they appeared in six ECAC Division III New England Championships, and the lacrosse team from 1991 to 2000 with a 107-47 record and nine ECAC attendances and two championship titles. Since 2000, Parmenter has coached women’s field hockey at Trinity College and in 2006, climbed Mt. Everest.
Heath placed fifth in the javelin throw at the 1996 NCAA Championships for track & field, and in 1997 won the ECAC championship in the same event and still holds the school record.
Boyd helped lead the men’s lacrosse team in 2001 to their first appearance in the semifinal round of the NESCAC Championship, and the men’s ice hockey team to an ECAC Championship game in 1998. Upon graduating, he was given the Anita L. DeFrantz ’74 Award.
Fitzgerald placed 25th at the 2003 NCAA men’s cross-country championship and contributed to the Camels’ notable 20th place finish that year. He won multiple New England Division III Championships, All-New England Championships and NESCAC titles in the 10,000-meter run. Since graduating Fitzgerald served as volunteer assistant coach to the Camels cross country and track & field teams from 2004 to 2010 and is an avid marathon runner.
The Athletic Hall of Fame was created in 1989 to honor members of the college community “who have brought distinction to themselves and Connecticut College through their achievement, commitment, sportsmanship and leadership in athletics.” •
