Six to Enter Westchester Sports Hall of Fame at Nov. 4 Ceremony in White Plains

Six figures in Westchester County athletics will be inducted into the Westchester Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at a dinner and ceremony held at the Westchester County Center in White Plains. The 2026 class covers coaching, broadcasting, officiating, and playing careers across football, basketball, baseball, and track.

The inductees are Sue Adams, Fred Gaudelli, Roger Goodell, Ben Gordon, Dave Greiner, and Seth Morris. Each will receive a Hall of Fame trophy, and each name will be added to a commemorative plaque displayed in the County Center's first-floor gallery. Adams's award will be presented posthumously.

Adams was a White Plains High School graduate and All-American basketball player who became the school's first female student-athlete to receive an athletic scholarship to William & Mary. She returned to White Plains afterward and coached girls' basketball for 11 seasons, during which her teams won four consecutive Section 1 titles, two regional championships, and made two New York State Finals appearances. She was named Coach of the Year four times.

Gaudelli, who grew up in Harrison, has worked in sports broadcasting for more than four decades. He has won 31 Emmy Awards and produced seven Super Bowls, serving as executive producer on an eighth. He helped develop the "1st & Ten" virtual line. He entered the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2020 and received the Pete Rozelle Award in 2023. Goodell, a Bronxville native and multi-sport athlete who captained teams at Bronxville High School, has been NFL commissioner since 2006. He has spent more than four decades with the league.

Gordon grew up in Mount Vernon and played at Mount Vernon High School, where he led the team to a 28-0 season and the 2000 NYSPHSAA Class AA State and Federation Championship. At UConn, he won the 2004 NCAA Championship, earned Consensus First Team All-American and Big East Player of the Year honors, and was picked third overall in the 2004 NBA Draft. He played 11 seasons in the NBA and scored more than 11,000 points.

Greiner umpired high school baseball for 42 years and worked more than 2,400 games, including over 40 New York State regional playoff games and four state championship games. He served on the WCBUA Executive Board and later became its president, and he received Section One's 2025 Stripes Recognition Award. He also coached basketball, winning a Section One title in 2009, and has spent 34 years as a crisis intervention counselor at the Clear View School in Briarcliff Manor.

Morris graduated from Harrison High School in 1974 and from Brown University in 1978. He competed in football, baseball, and indoor track, earning All-County, All-State, and All-Daily News honors while setting Harrison football records. At Brown he started at tailback for two seasons, played on the 1976 Ivy League championship team, earned All-Ivy honors, and later entered the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame. He now serves on the Harrison Football Hall of Fame and the Troilo Scholarship Fund.

The Hall of Fame was founded in 1968 and has inducted more than 200 people. Public nominations are reviewed by the Hall of Fame Committee, which requires nominees to be at least 25 years old. Acting Commissioner William Bland of the Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation said the County Center has long been a destination for athletic competition, from Westchester Knicks games to local basketball tournaments, making it a fitting home for the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is sponsored by Westchester County Parks and the Westchester Parks Foundation. The County Center stands at 198 Central Ave. in White Plains.