The Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame is a non-profit established in 1990 to honor outstanding people, living or deceased, who gained prominence and have made substantial contributions in the fields of professional and amateur sports on behalf of themselves and Suffolk County. The Hall of Fame has exhibits at Fairfield Properties Ballpark, (home of the Long Island Ducks), Town of Huntington Townhall, the Section XI offices in Farmingville, Long Island Sports and Rehabilitation in Holbrook and Long Island MacArthur Airport.

Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame: Club 395


Congratulations to the current Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame Inductees, who have made major contributions to professional and amateur athletics.

As of 2023, there are 395 inductees across multiple categories.

We are in the process of updating our website and building out individual profile pages of all inductees, so check in frequently for more multimedia, information and highlights!


Full list of SSHOF Inductees
February 8, 2018

Maniaci, Joe

Joe Maniaci Induction Year: 2009 Category: Basketball Location: Connetquot, Dowling, St. Joseph’s Before beginning his coaching career, Joe was an outstanding basketball player himself at Connetquot […]
February 8, 2018

Castellano, Rich

Rich Castellano Induction Year: 2009 Category: Basketball Location: Northport Castellano is in his 29th season as the girls varsity basketball coach at Northport High School, where he […]
February 8, 2018

Habers, Patricia

Patricia Habers Induction Year: 2009 Category: Officials Location: Kings Park Habers has held a state rating in officiating for over 30 years particularly in the sport […]
February 8, 2018

Cassese, Kevin

Kevin Cassese Induction Year: 2009 Category: Lacrosse Location: Comsewogue Kevin Cassese played football and lacrosse at Comsewogue High School and excelled in both, winning many championships […]
February 7, 2018

Nitti, John

John Nitti Induction Year: 2009 Category: Football A Long Island native, he attended Westbury High School where he played baseball in addition to football in the […]
February 7, 2018

Fowler, Melvin, Jr.

Melvin Fowler Jr. Induction Year: 2009 Category: Football Location: Half Hollow Hills Fowler is a former football player who was an All-county and All-Long Island selection […]
February 6, 2018

Harnisch, Pete

Pete Harnisch Induction Year: 2009 Category: Baseball Location: Commack Harnisch began his baseball career at Commack High School back in the 1980s, where he was a […]
February 6, 2018

Brown, Jerry

Jerry Brown Induction Year: 2009 Category: Baseball Location: Babylon Jerry Brown was a three-sport athlete – baseball, basketball and football – at Babylon High School in the […]