Princeton High to welcome 14th Hall of Fame class
PRINCETON >> The Princeton High School Athletic Hall of Fame will celebrate its 14th induction class by recognizing various generations, as eight new inductees will represent five different decades. The oldest and youngest inductees span 51 years between graduating classes.
This year’s honorees are Tom Butterfoss (Class of 1968), Kathy Woodbridge (1975), John Kellogg (1980), Steve Budd (1981), Aileen Causing (1987), Zoe Sarnak (2005), Alexz Henriques (2007) and the 2009 boys’ soccer team.
The induction banquet will take place at Mercer Oaks Country Club in West Windsor on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $55 and all proceeds go towards scholarships for current Princeton High School student-athletes. Individuals interested in purchasing a ticket, placing an ad in the banquet program or contributing to the scholarship fund can contact Bob James at 609-921-0946 or email the Hall of Fame Committee at princetonhighhof@gmail. com.
Butterfoss was a twosport athlete in high school who actually competed in the Olympics in a sport he never did at PHS. With the Little Tigers he was an AllState lineman in football and a two-time All-Delaware Valley selection. He batted over .400 in baseball as a senior, and went on to become a member of the 1972 Olympic Rowing Team.
Woodbridge was a standout runner who still holds the school record in the 880 and won the NJSIAA Group A championship in that event as a junior. She went on to run Division I track at the University of Colorado.
Distance running has long been a premiere sport at Princeton and Kellogg was a big part of the tradition competing in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. He won the NJSIAA Group II indoor title in the 1500 as a senior, and went on to run for William & Mary College.
Budd also helped establish a PHS winning tradition as he was one of its early lacrosse stars. He earned firstteam All-State and All-America honors his senior year before playing at Penn State. Budd was also a standout football player, earning AllCounty honors.
Causing was an All-State performer in field hockey, who also garnered All-America recognition her senior year. She went on to play for the University of Pennsylvania.
Near the start of this century, it was impossible to read a Little Tigers soccer article without seeing Sarnak’s name. Zoe was a Regional All-American, four-time AllCounty selection and twotime Central Jersey Top-20 performer.
At just 5-foot-9, 170 pounds, Henriques stood tall as the most productive running back in Princeton High history. In his junior year, Henriques rushed for a schoolrecord 1,707 yards to lead the Tigers to a 6-4 record and their first winning season since the 1990s. He came back to rush for 1,130 yards as a senior and establish the program’s career record with 3,582 yards.
Led by first-team All-State goalie Steve Hellstern, the 2009 boys’ soccer team went 21-0-4 and won the NJSIAA Group III championship. Hellstern recorded 18 shutouts, including five in six state games, and allowed just seven goals. Hellstern and Max Reid were named firstteam All Group III for Wayne Sutcliffe’s team, while Scott Schwarz was second-team Group III and Allan Bryant was third-team. Wilson Urias was also part of a strong back four,
The Tigers took a 2-1 win over Millburn in the state final on goals by Bryant and Reid. Other key players included Paul Erensworth, Thatcher Foster, Evan Gershkovich and John Marsh.
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