Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2018
L-R – front Mike Linehan, Kristin Karat, Fred Medina, Coach Bob Berozski, Raphael Cerrato
Back row Rob Burns, Ryan Aiken, Coach Lenny Shortz
Ryan Aiken
2003 graduate of Fermi High School, and named to All-Central Connecticut Conference East baseball team all 4 years (2000-2003). Batted .589 in 2001 & .486 in 2002, and hit cycle in Class L state tournament in 2003. Named All-American at USSSA national tournaments twice (15U in 2000 and 18U in 2002). University of New Haven from 2004-2007. Finished with a .362 career batting average with over 564 at bats. Named 2nd team All-NYCAC and 2nd team All Northeast Region in 2005 while leading the University of New Haven Chargers with a .397 BA. 1st team All-NYCAC and 2nd Team All Northeast Region (ABCA/Rawlings and NCBWA) in 2006. Earned 2nd team Academic All-District 1 honors from ESPN the Magazine. Named 2nd Team All-ECC & 2007, 2nd team All-Northeast region. Played in 2007 New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association All Star game at Fenway Park. Finished UNH collegiate career as 6th all-time in hits, 7th in Home Runs, 4th in RBI’s, 6th in total bases, and 3rd in Hit by Pitch. Ranks 4th all-time in single season hits with 69. Played 12 years in Greater Hartford Twilight Baseball League with multiple all-star selections. Awarded 2008 GHTBL MVP, while leading the league in hits, runs batted in, and doubles. Received 2014 GHTBL Playoff MVP award.
Rob Burns
1990 Fermi High graduate, earning 8 varsity letters in baseball, basketball, and football. 3-year starter as a pitcher/infielder, and captain on the baseball team. Named to the All-Conference team as a senior. Multiple-year basketball starter, averaging a double-double in points and rebounds his senior season as captain. Starting quarterback in his junior & senior seasons. In senior year, led the team to an 8-2 record and best record in school history, and had 27 combined touchdowns. Set school records, including 2,495 passing yards as a senior, 39 career passing touchdowns, 4,524 passing yardage, and 351 completions. Named to the All-Conference team in both his junior and senior seasons (quarterback) and All-Conference (punter) in his senior season. Honorable Mention All-State quarterback and USA Today Honorable Mention All-American in his senior season. Led the Thompsonville Merchants to 1989 Connie Mack Massachusetts baseball state championship. Led Worcester Academy football to 7-2 record against top New England and Mid-Atlantic prep schools. 3-year starting quarterback at Southern Connecticut State University. Led SCSU to 8-3 record during his senior season, setting career records of most passing yardage in a single game, and single season passing yardage.
1989 graduate of Enfield High School, and All league player in CCC East in basketball and baseball as a senior. Baseball and basketball captain as a senior. Member of the University of Rhode Island baseball team from 1989-93. Captain in 1993, and was an Atlantic 10 All-Conference pick in 1992. Upon graduation, held record for 2nd highest single season batting average at .376, tied for most doubles in season. 1994 URI graduate, and Head baseball coach at his alma mater since 2015. Selected 2015 & 2016 A10 Coach of the Year. Led URI baseball to their first A10 regular season title in 2016, first since 2006 with an 18-6 record. Led URI to their first NCAA tournament win over #7 ranked, University of South Carolina. At URI, he had 6 wins over nationally ranked teams, 8 ABCA All-Region selections, 5 All-America team selections, 4 wins over nationally-ranked teams, 5 MLB draft picks, 3 freshman All-Americans, and 3 National Player of the Week selections. Guided 1 NCBWA District I Player of the Year, A10 Rookie of the Year selection, and 1 A10 Championship MVP. Previously, Head Coach at University of New Haven from 2007-2011. Held Assistant Coaching roles at The New York Knickerbockers, URI, UMASS, and Brown University from 1996-2006.
2003 Enfield High School graduate and four-year varsity starter. 1,000 point scorer, 3 time All-NCCC player, and was a member of the 2003 Class M All-State team. Started her collegiate career at Keene State College where as a freshman was named to the All-Tournament team of the Grand Canyon Holiday Classic. Transferred to Becker College in 2006, and in her two seasons at Becker, she averaged 14.6pts, 4.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and averaged 38.6 minutes a game. Awarded an All- North Atlantic Conference Selection twice. Named to the Worcester Area Basketball Coaches Association First Team during her senior campaign. A key component to winning Becker College’s first NAC Women’s Basketball Championship earning a bid to the 2008 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. She made her coaching debut at Tufts University as an assistant under former University of Connecticut standout, Carla Berube. At Tufts, Karat helped the Jumbos win their first NESCAC tournament championship and helped the program reach their first ever Final Four appearance. She is now the Head Basketball Coach at Cedar Crest College, and was recently promoted to Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Performance.
Raised in Enfield and a 1978 Enfield High School (EHS) graduate and multi-sport athlete. 1974-1978 lettered in soccer (1978 Captain), basketball, and track/field (Co-Captain 1978). Selected to the CCIL soccer team in 1977 and 1978. Played soccer at the University of Hartford (1978-1982), and was recognized as an All-NE Conference player in 1980 and 1981, and was co-captain the same years. The team reached the NCAA DII NE Semi-Finals in 1978, in 1980 the NCAA DII National Quarterfinals, and in 1981 the NCAA DII NE Semi-Finals. Played in the CSL/MSL after college for the Hartford Portuguese (1982-1990), Gremio Lusitano (1990-1992) and the Glastonbury Celtics (1992-2003). Began his coaching career with the Enfield Soccer Club from 1992-2001 and was a member of the Kevin Barmak Memorial Soccer Tournament committee. His passion for coaching continued with the West Hartford Premier Club (2001-2005) and the Farmington Soccer Association (FSA) 2006-Present and achieved multiple CJSA Division and State Championships. Mike is currently the head coach of the Southington High School Girls Varsity Soccer team (2014-Present). Holds a USSF National Youth Coaching license and is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
Spent three summers playing with the AAU Connecticut Dawgs that finished in the Top 16 nationally in the 14-year-old division. Played for Team Connecticut AAU, which also went to the nationals in 2001. 2003 graduate of Enfield High School (EHS), and holds the school record with 38 victories as a pitcher. Named co-MVP in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, while leading his team to the 2001 Class L finals with an 18-2 season. Received All- State honors two times, and All-NCCC four times. Was the most-feared pitcher in the North Central Connecticut Conference during his time at EHS. Voted Hartford Courant’s Best of the Top 50 players in state in 2003. He earned athletic scholarships to American International College, and later to the University of Bridgeport. All- East Coast Conference with a 4-1 record and 2.78 ERA in 2007 and conference starter with University of Bridgeport.
The Enfield Eagles, founded in 1975, was the first all-girls ice hockey team in Enfield. The group originally was formed as a broomball team, but that quickly changed into skating, giving the girls an opportunity to play ice hockey instead of just going to the Enfield Twin Rinks to watch their brothers play. The traveling team joined a western Massachusetts league consisting of teams from Holy Cross-Springfield, 16 Acres, Greenfield, Ludlow, Holyoke, West Springfield and Hampden. The Eagles captured five Western New England championships, and several team members earned scholarships before the program disbanded in 1981. Enfield was coached by Richard Berozsky, assisted by Jackie Chaput; team members included Robin Bailey, Lori Berozsky, Rosemary Boudreau, Robin Chaput, Maria Dennis, Lee Ann Fleming, Judy Galligan, Mary Grinuk, Debbie LaDuke, Barbara Loubier, Mary Massey, Roberta Massey, Sue Meunier, Debbie Patsky, Leah Secondo and Lynn Wadsworth.
