By: Joe Altieri, NYSPHSAA Assistant Director
 
LATHAM, NY – The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) has announced it will formally induct its Hall of Fame Class of 2023 on July 26^th at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, NY.  The NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame, launched in 2002, is sponsored by Pupil Benefits Plan, Inc. and Crown Awards.
 
The Class of 2023 is Mike Andrew (Contributor, Section IV), Marbry Gansle (Coach, Section 2), Paul Gibson (Athlete, Section XI), Paul B. Gillespie (Coach, Section VIII), Frank Marotta (Official, Section V) and James Osborne (Administrator, Section IX). 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. Nominations can be submitted by anyone as long as a section endorsement letter accompanies the submission. The NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame is modeled after the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) program which recognizes individuals in the categories of athlete, coach, official, administrator and related contributor.
 
The 2023 NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame Class will be inducted on Wednesday, July 26^th with a reception at 5:30 pm and dinner to follow. Tickets and other Hall of Fame event information will be released at a later time.  
 
MIKE ANDREW, Contributor 
For six decades, Mike Andrew made significant contributions to high school sports in New York State in a multitude of ways. In the last 30 years alone, he has been a prominent leader and administrator for Section IV and NYSPHSAA serving as NYSPHSAA Boys Soccer State Coordinator since 2001, Section IV Boys Soccer Coordinator since 1991, and chair of the Section IV Classification Committee the last ten years. Furthermore, Mike has longtime service to various NYSPHSAA committees including the Structure and Policy Committee (since 2006), Championship Philosophy Committee (since 2013), Championship Advisory Committee (since 2014), Oversight Committee (since 2015) and the Strategic Planning Committee (since 2016). On a national level, he was also the NFHS National Soccer Rules Committee Representative for the Northeastern States. A graduate of Catholic Central High School in Binghamton, Andrew started coaching in 1971 following graduation from Marist College. He was appointed the varsity wrestling coach at Seton Catholic in Section IV until 1975, then hired from 1976-1986 as the varsity soccer coach there. Mike continued coaching soccer at Chenango Valley High School from 1986-2009 and accumulated 38 years of coaching in wrestling, soccer, and outdoor track. In 34 years of coaching varsity soccer, he accumulated nearly 300 wins and reached several sectional semifinals while also seeing dozens of his players continue on to play collegiately. In addition to coaching and administration of athletics, Andrew was a high school and college soccer official, and high school track and field official for 25 years. Currently, Mike is the Regional Sport Coordinator for Section IV assisting the Executive Director as well as handling various team sport administration during each season. He has truly been a sounding board for many across the state when it comes to coaching, officiating or administration. Andrew, who also earned his permanent certification in Social Studies grades 7-12 from Binghamton University, currently resides in Binghamton with his wife Ruth. The couple has four children and seven grandchildren.
 
MARBRY GANSLE, Coach
Marbry Gansle was a dedicated and successful coach of three sports each year for 42 consecutive years while she taught physical education at Shaker High School (Section 2). Her coaching journey began in 1977—the same year she was hired by Shaker—when she developed Shaker’s first girls cross country program. She proceeded to tally a 272-171 career record in the sport with dozens of athletes going on to compete in college. The same school year she began coaching girls outdoor track and field and girls gymnastics. In track, Gansle piled up a 301-141 career record, which included a Section 2 Championship in 2012 and coaching All-American and Federation Champion Krissy Haacke. As the gymnastics head coach, Marbry racked up a 282-225 record with Sectional titles from 1991 through 1996 and in 2001 while also coaching All-American and 18-time Section 2 champion Shannon Bagley who went onto James Madison as a bar specialist. Gansle not only impacted the student-athletes of New York State as a coach, but also dedicated her time to the betterment of her sports serving as the NYSPHSAA Girls Cross Country State Coordinator since 1995 and serving as the NYSPHSAA Girls Gymnastics State Coordinator since 1985. Many honors have followed the Chatham High School (Section 2) graduate who lettered 17 times in outdoor track, volleyball, gymnastics, cheerleading, lacrosse, softball, and field hockey. In 1990, Gansle was named Scholastic Coach of the Year by the Albany Chamber of Commerce, and in 1992, was presented the Jack Ault Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution towards the promotion of girls sports from the New York State Sportswriter and Coaches Organization for Girls Sports. In 2007, Gansle received the NYSAAA Award for Distinguished Service to Athletics and the NAGWS Pathfinder Award for Contribution to Girls and Women’s Sports in 2009. For the 2017-2018 season, she was named the NFHS Northeast Section Coach of the Year for girls cross country. In 2022, Mrs. Gansle was inducted into both the Shaker High Athletic Hall of Fame and the Greater Capital Region Track and Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame. A graduate of Russell Sage College, she received her bachelors and masters degrees while playing lacrosse and field hockey for four years. Gansle currently resides in Loudonville with her husband Stephen, and the couple has a daughter, Ashley.
 
PAUL GIBSON, Athlete
Paul Gibson was an incredibly talented three-sport athlete at Center Moriches High School (Section XI).  Gibson earned numerous honors in baseball, basketball, and soccer during a career in which he earned eight varsity letters. He earned All-County honors once in basketball and twice in soccer, but was most known for a dominant baseball. Gibson was a two-time All-American in 1976 and 1977 and garnered All-State, All County and All-League honors from 1975-78. He posted a 36-5 record, 0.39 ERA and struck out 412 hitters in high school and his teams won three league titles and one country crown. In 1978, following his senior year of high school, he was drafted in the third round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Cincinnati Reds.  The Detroit Tigers signed him as a free agent in 1984, and in 1987, the southpaw led the International League in victories and was third in games started. This paved the way to a Major League debut on April 8, 1988 as a relief pitcher. That same year, he was named the Tigers Rookie of the Year by the Detroit Baseball Writers Association. He played seven seasons in the Majors, 19 total seasons including minor league ball, with the Tigers, Mets and Yankees. Paul retired after the 1996 season, but not before accumulating 22 wins, 11 saves, 345 strikeouts and a 4.07 ERA in 556 innings. Following his professional career, Gibson was named head coach of the Center Moriches High School varsity baseball team, serving from 2000-2006 and guiding the team to two Long Island Championships and a 149-26 career record. In 2006, he became a scout for the Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners, and Kansas City Royals. Mr. Gibson has been inducted into the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame (1995) and the Center Moriches Hall of Fame (2012). In 2016, Center Moriches School District named its baseball field after Paul and retired his jersey number as well. He ran the All Pro Sports Academy in Bellport, Long Island from 1995-2012 and since then, Gibson has been the Senior Director of Pitching Performance for the Kansas City Royals. Paul resides in Center Moriches with his wife Carla. The couple has two sons and four grandchildren.


PAUL GILLESPIE, Coach
Paul Gillespie is one of the winningest high school wrestling coaches in the history of New York State. He is one of only a few high school coaches to eclipse the 500-career win total with a 540-127-2 career overall record. He has seen dozens of his athletes go on to compete at the next level. He began his career in 1975 as a physical education teacher and multi-sport coach at Long Beach High School (Section VIII). He took the wrestling program, considered to be a “doormat” for many years, to an instant winner amassing a 252-32-2 record, winning 17 conference and Nassau County Championships, and seeing seven of his wrestlers capture NYSPHSAA Individual State Championships. From 1978-97 he stayed at Long Beach and was known to comb the halls of the middle school and high school annually recruiting kids he felt needed guidance and self-confidence not only as the wrestling coach, but as a mentor as well.  Over the years, Paul also coached football, golf, boys and girls soccer, track and field, boys lacrosse and boys swimming.  Gillespie took a few years off to enjoy his son’s high school wrestling career then returned to coaching at Oceanside High School (2001-04) where he founded the freestyle program and developed a youth program. Following his retirement in 2006 as a teacher at Long Beach, Paul went to Wantagh High School to become an assistant coach for four years before taking over the program in 2008. He racked up a 288-95 record while coaching two NYSPHSAA Dual Meet Champions and five wrestlers who won Nassau County Championships. He’s been honored a myriad of times for his success including National High School Wrestling National Scholastic Coach of the Year in 2013, Long Island Coach of the Year in 2011-12 and 2012-13, and was Nassau County Coach of the Year nine times. Additionally, Gillespie has been inducted into the New York State Wrestling Hall of Fame, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Nassau County Hall of Fame. A standout athlete and 1969 graduate of Baldwin High School (Section VIII), Paul earned a bachelors from West Chester College. He currently resides in Long Beach with his wife Jannine and the couple has three children.
 
FRANK MAROTTA, Official
Frank Marotta is arguably the most respected wrestling official in New York State. He began officiating in 1961 and was immediately recognized as a valuable asset.   He was appointed Executive Secretary of the Wrestling Officials Association of Section V in 1965 and has been an active leader of that group since then. Soon after, he became involved in the New York State Wrestling Officials Association and has been part of their Executive Committee since 1976.  For nearly six decades, Marotta has guided the wrestling officials to success by organizationally growing the pool of officials, increasing training opportunities, and developing a strong structure for the NYSWOA. He also served the NYSWOA, an organization of over 500 officials and board members, as President, Vice President, and Rules Interpreter, and since 1981, he has chaired the Screening and Evaluation Committee for the selection of NYSPHSAA State Tournament officials each year. A graduate of the University of Rochester and Madison High School in Section V, Frank is a founding member of Section V Friends of Wrestling and also the Section V United Sports Boards, which represents all Section V sports officials. Known as the “Godfather” of Section V wrestling, Marotta chairs the Section V Wrestling Hall of Fame Committee and assists in the production of the NYS Wrestling Rules Interpretation Handbook.  Early in his career, he spent 22 years as JV and then varsity wrestling coach at Madison High School where he accumulated a 101-25 varsity record to go along with three league championships and numerous individual tournament champions. During that time, he was also an assistant football coach.  As a history teacher for 35 years at Madison and East High Schools, he earned the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Rochester. During his career, Frank has received numerous awards including the NFHS Officiating Award, Leo Bernabi Award for Distinguished Service to Wrestling and the Terry Justice Wrestling Service Award. He has been inducted into the NYS Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame, the Upstate NY Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Section V Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Rochester City/Catholic League Wrestling Hall of Fame and the Rochester Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame. Marotta currently resides in Rochester with his wife Roberta. The couple has two children and two grandchildren.
 
JAMES OSBORNE, Administrator
James Osborne has been one of the most respected administrators in New York State dating back to the 1970s, and today continues his administrative leadership for Section IX and NYSPHSAA. For NYSPHSAA, he served as an officer from 2012-20, including President from 2016-18, and has been a tournament chair for the boys soccer state tournament (2010-present) and football east state semifinals (2017-present). Osborne began his career in Section IX as a teacher, coach, athletic director in 1976 at John S. Burke Catholic High School. There, he coached baseball for five seasons, winning two divisional titles, and boys soccer enjoying a highly successful career as the varsity soccer coach for 17 seasons. As the soccer coach, he accumulated a 233-74-11 career record, two NYSPHSAA Capitol Championships, six Sectional Championships, and ten division championships. James was named Times Herald Record Coach of the Year in 1983 and Hudson Valley News Coach of the Year in 1990. Following his career at Burke Catholic, he became the Athletic Coordinator for Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association (OCIAA) implementing several successful programs for Section IX over a 20-year period including the largely attended OCIAA Senior Scholar Athlete Awards banquet and expanded coaching course offerings locally. In 1996, just two years into his tenure as Athletic Coordinator, he was additionally appointed Section IX Treasurer and in 2008 became the Section IX Secretary, both positions he currently holds today. Osborne has been recognized for a distinguished career as a coach and administrator including an induction into the Burke Catholic Hall of Fame (2003) and the NYS High School Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame (2006).  The NYSAAA recognized him on numerous occasions with the Distinguished Service Award, the Apple Award and the Athletic Director Chapter Award. A graduate of Orange County Community College and Marshall University, James was a multi-sport athlete at Burke Catholic High School in Goshen (Section IX). Jim and his wife Marie currently reside in Milford, PA and the couple has three children and two grandchildren.
 
 
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The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Inc. is a non-profit, voluntary, educational service organization composed of public, parochial, and private schools dedicated to providing equitable and safe competition for the students of its member schools. The organization conducts 33 championship events and governs the rules and regulations of high school athletics in New York State. Membership is open to secondary schools providing interschool athletic activities for boys and girls in grades 7-12.             
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