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  • Honoring Athletes, Coaches and Benefactors whose outstanding performance has earned them the right to be enshrined in the
    Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame

     2006  Inductee

    JEFFERY HUGHES

     

    Graduated Wayne Valley High School, Wayne, NJ in 1967; graduated New York Institute of Technology in 1972 with a BS in Physics; earned Teacher Certification from Montclair State in 1973; inducted for his tennis coaching accomplishments at Sparta High School 

    As Sparta boys coach from 1978 until 2005, had a career record of 429-121 including 17 SCIL Championships and 11 SCIL Tournament Championships; as girls coach from 1976 to present, has a career record of 478-113 with 20 SCIL Championships, 16 SCIL Tournament Championships and 3 sectional Championships; his combined record through 2005 is 907-234 

    Some of the top players he coached went on to become successful college players including Elise Dondero, Christal Jakober, Jessica Rodgers, Mitch Koch, Chris Ciolino and Logan Hirsch; his most successful player at the New Jersey High School Meet of Champions was Andrew Wang who he coached for two years 

    Some of Jeff’s personal awards for his coaching success include NJ Herald Boys Coach of the Year in 1978, 1988, 1995, 1999 and 2005 and Girls Coach of the Year in 1988, 1989, 1996, 1999 and 2005; he was named Star Ledger Coach of the Year for Girls Tennis in 1983; the Daily Record Girls Coach of the Year in 1995 and First Team All Area Boys Tennis Coach in 2004; he received the NJSIAA Sports Award in 2001 and the National Federation of Interscholastic Coaches Association, New Jersey Girls Coach of the Year in 1995

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