Play Golf with Your Sports Heroes

The former Head Football Coach and Athletic Director of 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 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. The event includes lunch, golf with one of the athletes, refreshments on the course, and the awards banquet. Registration begins at 11:00 A.M. with lunch served. Tee off is scheduled for 12:15 P.M.

The Tournament is played with groups of five golfers, with each foursome joined by a celebrity guest. Among the athletes who have participated are former New York Yankees Joe Torre, Sparky Lyle, Goose Gossage, Rick Cerone, Graig Nettles, Stick Michael, Scott Bradley and Tommy John; New York Giants Bart Oates, Karl Nelson, Stephen Baker, Jeff Feagles, Bill Ard, OJ Anderson, Shaun O’Hara, and Brian Kelley; New York Jets Marty Lyons, Bruce Harper, Richard Caster, Chad Cascadden and Kenny Schroy; Major League Baseball players including Mitch Williams, Larry Bowa, Art Shamsky, Gary Sheffield, Jack Fisher, Dan Plesac, and Tracy Stallard; National Football League players include Al Singleton, Shawn Mayer, Ben Hawkins, Mark Slawson, John Mallory and Johnny Davis; and heavyweight boxers Gerry Cooney and Michael Spinks.

Registration is open for both foursomes and individual golfers and may be accomplished at any of the five Somerset County courses, Green Knoll in Bridgewater, Spooky Brook and Quail Brook in Somerset, Warrenbrook in Warren Township, and Neshanic Valley in Neshanic Station. Registration and information is also available at www.somersetcountyparks.org or by calling 908-369-1458, ext. 428 for more information.

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.

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.

“The Pro/Celebrity tournament grows every year, attracting more professional athletes and more community members and business people who enjoy a totally unique golfing experience on an exceptional golf course,” stated Park Foundation Trustee and Event Chairman John Kitchen. “It’s a great day at a world-class golf course where you can meet and play golf with world-class professional athletes.”