CT Women's Hoop Hall to Welcome Windsor Locks Resident

Seven significant contributors to women's basketball, including a Windsor Locks resident, have been elected as the 30th class of inductees to the Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

Susan Altieri, a 1981 graduate of North Haven High School who earned all-league and all-state honors in basketball, volleyball, and softball, was elected as a high school player. As a shooting guard, she scored 1,294 points, and averaged 24.6 points, 8.3 assists, and 1.9 steals per game. Her volleyball teams won two state championships; the basketball and softball teams were Housatonic League Champions. The current Windsor Locks resident went on to a successful basketball and softball career at Division I Providence College while earning Dean’s List honors all four years.

Other honorees are Michelle Florin Custis of Masuk High School and the University of Richmond (high school player), Fred P. Williams of Colebrook (high school coach), William Dixon of New Haven (honorary), Judy Ruthko of New London (referee), Jessica Grossarth of Fairfield University (college player) and Denise Bierly of Vernon and Eastern Connecticut State University (college coach).

The induction ceremony will be held Wednesday, April 19 at Cascade Banquet Facility, 480 Sherman Avenue, Hamden. Ticket information may be obtained from Tina Gonyea at (203) 927-4476, or tlghoop@aol.com.

The Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame was the first organization of its kind in the country. It was created in 1987 by five professional and personal friends who strongly felt the need to honor outstanding basketball players, coaches, officials, and advocates. The Hall of Fame honors those who have contributed to the enhancement of women’s basketball in Connecticut -- either through participation, through service, through support, or through achievement.

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