Hall of Fame Inductees 2006

Doug Parry was a trailblazer for Women’s Softball at Mohawk College. Doug, who has coached at various levels since 1974, was with the Mohawk program since its inception in 1986 and the team’s head coach for 13 years until retiring in 2000. He guided the Mountaineers to 10 OCAA Championship appearances, capturing one Silver and seven Bronze Medals. Twice the OCAA Coach of the Year, Doug was also awarded the Mountaineer Award for his dedication and outstanding contribution to the Mohawk Athletics program. While Doug’s expertise in Women’s Softball has extended to the provincial, national and international levels, his tenure at Mohawk earned him a rightful place in the Mountaineer Hall of Fame.

Josie Tucceri was a dominant force for the very successful Mohawk Women’s Soccer team during her three years at the college. The Journalism and Communications Media graduate burst on the scene in 1997-98 as the Central West scoring champion and league All-Star for the OCAA Bronze Medal winning Mountaineers. Josie was also named a CCAA All-Canadian, CCAA All-Academic and Mohawk’s Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year, in her first season. The following year she topped the regional scoring charts again as the Mountaineers won the OCAA Championship and finished fifth at the Canadian Championship. Josie capped her brilliant varsity career helping the Mountaineers to the 1999-2000 OCAA Silver Medal.

Rodney Alderdice’s Cross Country running career at Mohawk was filled with team and individual honours. Between 1990 and 1995 Rodney dominated OCAA Cross Country collecting an incredible three individual OCAA Gold Medals as well as two Silver Medals. The Civil Engineering Technology graduate was named Male Freshman Athlete of the year in 1990-91, also kicking off an amazing run of four consecutive honours as the MVP of the Mountaineer squad. His team benefited greatly from his efforts, winning OCAA Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals during this time. In 1993-94, Rodney was hailed as Mohawk’s Outstanding Male Athlete, a fitting honour, during a stellar Cross Country career.

Jim Gaunt’s outstanding contributions to Mohawk Athletics from 1986 –1990 were recognized both in sport and academics. Jim, with a career 12 ppg average, played on two OCAA Bronze Medal Basketball teams and was a Second Team OCAA All Star in 1989. Jim was also Team Captain two years and continued as an Assistant Coach until 1995. The graduate of the Computer Systems Technology program was also outstanding in touch football helping Mohawk to four straight OCAA Gold medals. In 1989 Jim was named All Round Male Athlete. In 1990 Jim joined a very select group when he was awarded the Dr. Sam Mitminger Award and the President’s Gold Medal at Convocation, Mohawk’s highest awards for achievements athletically and academically.