The former Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at Immaculata High School in Somerville, NJ, Pierce Frauenheim, will be the honoree at the 24th Annual Somerset County Park Foundation Raymond L. Hughes Memorial Pro-Celebrity Golf Tournament. Coach Frauenheim will be honored for his extraordinary contributions to Immaculata High School and the thousands of lives that he touched during his stellar career.
Coach Frauenheim will join more than 50 athletes from Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, professional boxers, and others on Monday, May 5, 2014 at Neshanic Valley Golf Course on South Branch Road in Neshanic Station, NJ. He will be formally honored at the dinner following the day of golf.
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The Tournament is played with groups of five golfers, with each foursome joined by a celebrity guest. Among the athletes who have committed to participate in 2014 are former New York Yankees Sparky Lyle, Goose Gossage, Rick Cerone, Graig Nettles, Tino Martinez and Tommy John; New York Giants Bart Oates, Karl Nelson, Stephen Baker, Bill Ard, OJ Anderson, and Carl Banks; New York Jets Marty Lyons, Bruce Harper, and Kenny Schroy; Major League Baseball players including Mitch Williams, Art Shamsky, Gary Sheffield, Dan Plesac, and Al Santorini; National Football League players include Al Singleton, Shawn Mayer, Ben Hawkins, Mark Slawson, Jeremiah Trotter and Johnny Davis; heavyweight boxers Gerry Cooney and Michael Spinks; and Rutgers Basketball Coach Eddie Jordan.
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The Pro/Celebrity Tournament has raised nearly $1,000,000 for the Somerset County Park Foundation, supporting a variety of Park Commission programs with a majority of funding dedicated to the Therapeutic Recreation Department. Scholarships to Camp Okee Sunokee, a six-week summer day camp structured for children ages 6 through 13 who are classified with a learning disability or Asperger Syndrome, has historically been a primary beneficiary of the outing. Funds are also applied to park and recreation projects that may not otherwise be possible to fund without the support of the Pro-Celebrity event.
Reservations for the dinner honoring Coach Frauenheim are $100 and are available at www.somersetcountyparks.org or by calling 908-369-1458, ext. 428.
FRAUENHEIM BACKGROUNDER
Frauenheim served Immaculata students and parents as the Head Football Coach for 46 years and Director of Athletics for 50 years. In addition to his responsibilities at Immaculata, he serves on the David Bender Fund Board of Directors at Rutgers University; the American Cancer Society as Chairman of the Board of Managers for Somerset County and Income Development Chair; and Chair and Committee Member for the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
He has been inducted into six Halls of Fame, was the first Recipient of the Lou Rettino Coach of the Year, the first Recipient of the Dr. John F. Bateman Winners for Life Award, the first Recipient of the Spirit of Somerset County Award, and earned the National Football Foundation Bill Denny Chapter, Lifetime Coaching Achievement award. He is one of seven coaches who have won more than 300 football games throughout their careers, retiring with 330 wins.
