The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) has announced it will formally induct its Hall of Fame Class of 2025 on Wednesday, July 30, at Rivers Casino/The Landing Hotel in Schenectady, NY.
The Class of 2025 is Bill Bryant (Administrator, Section IV), Don Cupertino (Coach, Section I), Larry Gualtieri (Official, Section XI), Terence “T” McMahon (Coach, Section VI), Marty Sherman (Contributor, Section 2), and Carl “Rollie” Stichweh (Athlete, Section VIII). Inductees were chosen using a two-level selection and rating process involving a screening committee and a selection committee. Nominations were endorsed by each inductee’s member section of the Association—a preliminary requirement in the nomination process—before going on to the NYSPHSAA Screening Committee for consideration, then finally to the Selection Committee.
The 2025 NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame Class will be inducted on Wednesday, July 30th, with a reception at 5:30 p.m. and dinner to follow. Tickets and other Hall of Fame event information will be released later.
Larry Gualtieri is one of the most highly respected officials in New York State, having officiated the sports of soccer, basketball, and baseball in Suffolk County (Section XI) since 1974.
Over the last several decades, Section XI has selected him numerous times to represent the section as an official at the NYSPHSAA Boys Basketball and Boys Soccer State Championships. Almost annually, the section also chooses Larry Gualtieri as a top-rated official to officiate in the sectional playoffs in all three sports.
He has been a member of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials Board 40 (IAABO) of New York State since 1974 and has been a member of the Suffolk County Soccer Officials Association since 1994, serving as President and Vice President of NYS IAABO Board 19.
Larry Gualtieri served as the President of the IAABO Board from 1985-87 and from 2012-17. He has compiled numerous awards for his continued consistency, officiating, and leadership in the field. Larry Gualtieri was recognized with the Larry Chizever Award (Official of the Year) twice and earned the President’s Award (IAABO Board 40) in 1993, 1997, and 2018.
In 2011, Suffolk County Soccer Officials Association awarded him Man of the Year, and five years later, the Section XI Coaches Association voted him Referee of the Year.
In 2014, he was inducted into the Center Moriches High School Hall of Fame. Larry Gualtieri graduated from Center Moriches High School in Section XI in 1972, earned a degree from Suffolk Community College, and then completed schooling at Suffolk County Police Academy to become a detective.
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