
Honoring Athletes, Coaches and
Benefactors whose outstanding performance has earned them the right to be enshrined in the Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame!
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The Sussex County Sports Hall of Fame
2006 Inductee
VICKIE ANN ZUMMO

1996 graduate of Wallkill Valley High
School; inducted for her accomplishments in wrestling; in 1993 she
became the first female wrestler to become Sussex County Champion in a
league of 650 wrestlers; in 1994, established herself as one of the top
wrestlers in the country by winning two National Titles at 97 pounds and
making the United States World Team; was named Outstanding Wrestler at
both the 1994 United States Nationals and the 1994 Sunkist International
Open
In 1995, won the Gilbert Schaub Open in
France, the Michigan International Open and the United States Women’s
National Championships; she won the Bronze Medal at the World Championships
at 97 pounds; she was the only United States’ wrestler to win a medal at the
World Championships
Other first place finishes include the 1996
French National, U.S. Nationals, Klippen Cup Invitational (Sweden), Americas
Cup (New Mexico) and New York Athletic Club at which competition she was
named the “Tournament Outstanding Wrestler”
In 1997 she took first places at the
Klippen Cup, Pam American Games, French Nationals and NY Athletic Club
Invitational; she was honored as the “U.S.A. Wrestling-Female Athlete of the
Year”
She has devoted time to coaching and
training other wrestlers at various camps and clubs throughout New Jersey
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