Linden Athletic Hall of Fame
The Linden Athletic Hall of Fame will be celebrating its Eleventh Induction
Ceremony on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The ceremony will begin at 5:00 p.m. in the
Linden High School Multi-Purpose Room with a social hour and then dinner to
follow. The Induction ceremony will take place at the adjoining Linden Performing
Arts Center immediately following dinner.
This year’s inductees include:
* Longtime Cross Country and Track & Field coach Wayne Arrison.
*1970 Linden High graduate John Berg who was a 7-time varsity letter winner who excelled in wrestling and was a 3-time PCAA wrestling champion at Fresno State.
* 1983 Linden High graduate Mike Billigmeier who earned 4 varsity letters in basketball and golf and went on to play golf collegiately at U.C. Davis.
* 2018 Linden High graduate Brooke Bryant who is currently playing professional hockey for the Minnesota Frost after an outstanding collegiate career at Minnesota State University.
* 2005 Linden High graduate Eric Federico who earned 8 varsity letters in basketball and baseball and went on to play professional baseball in the Colorado Rockies organization.
* 2005 Linden High graduate Leroy Hunt, an outstanding pitcher and outfielder on the 2004 and 2005 Linden High Section Baseball Championship teams who went on to reach Double AA baseball with the Chicago White Sox.
* 2018 Linden High graduate Carly Lucchetti who earned 8 varsity letters in Volleyball, Basketball, Soccer and Softball who holds 7 Linden High softball records.
* 1975 Linden High graduate Vic Solari, Jr. who has been the public address voice of Linden High sporting events for over 40 years.
Tickets for this event are $50 and can be reserved by contacting:
* Angela Rugani at (209) 607-8469 or buzzie2282@gmail.com
* Ron Rugani at (209) 993-9270 or at rrugani24@gmail.com
