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Hall of Fame Inductees
​2023

Anne came to Ocean City High School in September, 1976. She made an immediate impact on the already successful girls’ basketball team. She started every game throughout her four years of high school, during which time the Raiders were 92-14.
One of the great stories of athletic ability and courage of Ocean City High School. Anne was only one of three 4-year starters in the first two decades of girls’ basketball at Ocean City.

​​By her senior year, she reached levels no other girls’ basketball player in South Jersey had ever reached. She scored more than 1,000 points and passed for more than 1,000 points by getting over 500 assists. Anne finished her career with 1,308 points and 588 assists, ranking her seventh (points) and first (assists) among Ocean City High School records at this time. In addition, she had 436 rebounds and 397 steals.

Anne Brinkmann, Ocean City HS

During her high school career, Anne achieved the multiple honors:
All-Cape May County – 1st Team – 1978-1979-1980
All Cape-Atlantic League 2nd Team–1977-1978; 1st Team 1979-80
All Press Area – 1978, 1979, 1980
All-Tri-County – 1978, 1979, 1980
All-South Jersey Group III 2nd Team 1978, 1979; 1st Team 1980
All South Jersey (All Groups) 1st Team – 1980
Ocean City High School – All-Century 2nd Team
Basketball statistics do not begin to tell the story of Anne. Even as a freshman, she commanded the respect of her coaches, teammates and opponents. She was the consummate floor leader and guided Ocean City teams to 3 CAL Championships and 3 south Jersey Group III Finals, including Ocean City’s first South Jersey Group III Championship in 1979. That team went to the State Group III finals losing to Paramus Catholic, led by future All-American, Olympian and professional player Ann Donovan. In addition to basketball, Anne and her twin sister, Margie, were successful members of the Girls’ Tennis Team.
After high school, Anne received a scholarship to Arizon State University. In the spring of her freshman year at ASU, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease that eventually led to her death in 1986. That year a scholarship was established in her memory. To this date over $26,000 has been awarded to senior female athletes at Ocean City High School.

​He was the Girls’ Basketball Coach from 1981-2011 amassing 440 wins. He was the leading Girls Coach in South Jersey with a record of 440-200.
He has been named the Philadelphia Inquirer Coach of the Year (1983) and the Burlington County Times Coach of the Year (twice);
The list of championships include;
South Jersey Group 1 (1983, 1985, 1987 and 1991); Central Jersey Group 1 (2009, 2010); Burlington County Scholastic League Freedom Division : 1984, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2009, 2010).

Vince Cipriano, Coach

Mr. Cipriano is a graduate of St. Joseph’s College (now St. Joseph’s University) with a BS in History and Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey) with a Masters Degree in Education.
He began his teaching career at Burlington Township High School and later transitioned to Riverside High School and then to Florence High School as a School Counselor and Girls Basketball Coach.

Jeff began his officiating career in 1984 with the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials (IAABO), Camden Board #34. He has been assigned to officiate seven NJSIAA final Championships and the Tournament of Champions final game in 2001. Cohen quickly advanced through the ranks to become an outstanding college basketball official for fifteen years.
Jeff was named to the position of Independent Assignor in 1996 and in 2001 became the High School Assignor – a position he still holds today with Camden District Board 34.

Jeff Cohen, Pennsauken HS

Kerri Hobbs was a three-year varsity basketball player scoring over 1,000 points during her seasons at Lenape High School. She earned numerous honors during her hoops career including Philadelphia Inquirer Player of the Year, All-Team South Jersey and other accolades. Hobbs also lettered in track and field making school history and earning a spot on the state’s longest long jump list at 18’1 ¾”.
The 1986 graduate earned an athletic scholarship to North Carolina State University, where she played for Hall of Fame Coach Kay Yow. During her career with the Wolfpack, she helped lead the team to an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament title in 1987 and the ACC regular-season crown in 1990.

Kerri Hobbs Gatling, Lenape HS

At the end of her senior season, she ranked third in program history in career field-goal percentage and currently sits at the seventh spot (.557, 364-653). Highest scoring game: 11/27/1987, 27 points against Canisius; highest rebounding game: 2/21/1990, 14 rebounds against Clemson.​

Karen Robinson graduated from Paul VI High School in 1987 where she excelled as a student-athlete, captain and point guard for the girls’ basketball team. As a senior, she helped lead her team to a 25-3 record, averaged 18 points, 8.8 assists, 5 steals and the Philadelphia Inquirer named her South Jersey Player of the Year. She scored over 1000 points, was named an All-American, All-State and twice competed in the U.S. Olympic Festival Teams. Upon graduating from Paul VI in 1987, she received a full scholarship to the University of Notre Dame where she started all four years.

Karen Robinson Keyes, Paul VI HS

​Robinson graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1991 (B.A. Degree) and served as a team captain under Coach Muffet McGraw in Muffet’s first year of her Hall of Fame Career. Robinson Keyes played point guard leading her team to the first ever Top 20 ranking in program history. Karen graduated as the All-Time Leading Scorer for ND, was twice named Team MVP, was named Female Athlete of the Year and is the first All-American for the Irish Women’s basketball program. Karen played professionally in Switzerland before returning to the sidelines and coaching alongside Muffet McGraw as a Graduate Assistant while completing her Masters Degree (MSA) at Notre Dame in 1995.

Chris played four years of Varsity basketball for Coach John Valore. His freshman year East failed to reach the Group 4 playoffs and by his Senior year he captained a team that tied the school record for wins (23 at the time), broke the school record for most consecutive wins (20), and went into the Group 4 playoffs as the 2-seed in South Jersey.

Chris Santo, Cherry Hill East HS

Anthony Farmer, a 2005 St. Augustine Prep graduate was a 4-year starter for Coach Paul Rodio. Twice, Farmer was named the Press of Atlantic City Player-of-the-Year and in 2004, in the State Championship game, he torched the nets for 34 points.
Farmer graduated as St. Augustine’s All-Time Leading Scorer with 1,709 points.
Following his stint at St. Augustine, he took his game up to Rutgers where he was a 4-year starter and was named to the Big East’s All Rookie Team.
Farmer was a 1,000-point scorer for the Scarlet Knights and ranked 20th All-Time in assists.

Anthony Farmer, St. Augustine

A graduate of St. Joseph’s Prep (1975) where he played basketball in each of his four years. He was named to the All-Catholic League team in 1975.
Devlin graduated from Johns Hopkins University where he continued his basketball career and earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Tony was an Assistant Coach at Cherry Hill East for six seasons (1981-1986) with a record of 102-60.
He became the Head Coach at Moorestown Friends School from 2001 through 2006 before accepting the reins at Paul VI in 2007.

Tony Devlin, St. Joseph's

​Devlin grew up in Cherry Hill and is married to Annlouise (Gilligan) since 1989. His daughter resides in Mays Landing with her husband Dan and their two children Briggs and Briar. His son Charles resides in Haddonfield.
He is the President of Camden Tool where he has worked since 1980.

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