SWAMPSCOTT — Swampscott High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2022 was honored and officially inducted Thursday evening at Tedesco Country Club. The class, comprised of nine players, a coach, and two teams will now live in the rich history of Swampscott sports forever.
Ty Andersen ’63
Ty Andersen served as co-captain and was MVP of the first Swampscott High hockey team to go undefeated in league play. That 1962-63 team went on to win the Woodman Cup playoffs, before getting upset in the state tournament.
Andersen received a scholarship to play at Boston College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree. He served 23 years in the U.S. Air Force, including a deployment in Vietnam, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
Allie Beaulieu ‘09
A tri-captain of the 2009 girls basketball state championship team, Beaulieu was a three-time Northeastern Conference All-Star and co-MVP as a senior, averaging 17 points, eight rebounds, and nine assists per game. Beaulieu shot 46 percent from 3-point range and joined her brother, SHS Hall of Famer Michael Smiley, in the 1,000-point club, finishing her career with 1,137 points.
Marissa Gambale Morin ‘09
A three-sport captain at Swampscott High, Marissa Gambale Morin earned 12 varsity
letters in soccer, basketball, and softball from 2005-09. She was selected as an all-star
in all three sports by the Northeastern Conference, The Daily Item, and Salem News,
and was a two-time Eastern Mass. All-Star in soccer. She had the distinction of playing
in the Harry Agganis All-Star Games in all three sports, earning team MVP honors in
soccer and softball.
Julie Halloran, Coach
Julie Halloran was the varsity girls basketball coach at Swampscott High for a total of
10 seasons from 1989 to 2001. Her teams won 125 games, appeared in three consecutive MIAA North sectional finals, and won the MIAA Div. 3 North championship in 1997 and 1998, as well as Northeastern Conference titles in 1996 and ’97. She was also the varsity field hockey coach for 12 years and the varsity softball coach for four years.
Michael Jauron ‘74
As a junior, Michael Jauron was the starting quarterback and placekicker on the 1972
Swampscott High football team that went 11-0 and defeated Catholic Memorial, 28-
21, in the inaugural MIAA Div. 2 Super Bowl. He threw the game-winning touchdown
pass to Scott McCallum. Jauron returned as a senior and played a key role in the Big Blue’s earning a share of the Northeastern Conference title and extending their unbeaten streak to 30 games. He was an Agganis Foundation Scholarship recipient, The Daily Item, and Salem
News All-Star, as well as a Coach and Athlete Magazine All-America.
Peter Massey ‘84
Peter Massey was an accomplished football player and an All-Scholastic baseball player at Swampscott High. Hockey was his best sport; a center, Massey combined skill, size, and finesse, scoring 91 points in his career despite missing half of his junior year with a broken wrist. A Daily Item and Salem News All-Star, he scored 53 points as a senior and won the Kenneth P. Moran Award as team MVP. After a post-graduate year at New Hampton Prep, he was a fourth-round draft pick of the Quebec Nordiques in the 1985 NHL Draft and earned a scholarship to Northeastern.
Tara Nimkar ‘09
They say that great players play their best in the biggest games, and that was certainly the case with Tara Nimkar. A 1,377-point scorer in her career at Swampscott High, putting her at the top of the all-time scoring list, Nimkar saved her best for last when she poured in 24 points – to go along with fellow inductee Allie Beaulieu’s 27 – in the 2009 MIAA Div. 3 state championship game as the Big Blue won in a romp over previously undefeated Quaboag Regional. Nimkar was a three-time Northeastern Conference All-Star and co-MVP of the league as a senior.
Angelo Salustri ‘81
Angelo Salustri excelled on the diamond with his arm, bat, and glove. As a pitcher,
Salustri went 6-0 with an 0.71 ERA his senior year. He defeated North Andover in the
MIAA tournament and was named co-MVP of the team, along with Mike Massey.
Salustri was a 2-time Northeastern Conference, The Daily Item, and Salem News All-Star. Salustri was also a standout at shortstop and at the plate. He was a league All-
Star in basketball as a senior.
Doug Spofford ‘90
One of the best pure hitters ever to put on a Swampscott baseball uniform, Doug
Spofford hit over .400 and was named a Northeastern Conference, The Daily Item,
and Salem News All-Star. He was also an excellent defensive second baseman, first
baseman, and pitcher. Spofford was captain of the hockey team, a 2-time All-Star, and the leading scorer among defenseman as a senior. In soccer, he was a 4-year varsity player, 2-time All-Star, and he anchored a defense that helped the Big Blue qualify for the MIAA tournament for the first time in school history.
Adam Sussman ‘06
Adam Sussman was a 4-year player and 3-time captain of the Swampscott High boys
soccer team, leading the Big Blue to their first two conference championships in pro-
gram history. Sussman, who graduated as the all-time leading scorer in Swampscott boys soccer history, compiled a long list of individual and team honors in his career, including: 2-time
The Daily Item and Salem News All-Star; 2-time Northeastern Conference leading scorer and league MVP; 2-time Eastern Mass. All-Star; 4-time MIAA tournament qualifier; and 2-time NEC champion.
1981 Boys Winter Track Team
In the regular season, the Big Blue went 6-2 in dual meets, losing to Class A Beverly and Class C Danvers, while winning six meets by an average of 25 points. In the Northeastern Conference Meet, Swampscott took first place, winning four events and placing in nine of 10 overall. The 1981 team set or tied school records in half of the events: 50-yard high hurdles, 600-yard run, 1,000-yard run, high jump and 4×440 relay.
2009 Girls Basketball Team
The 2009 Swampscott High girls basketball team had individual stars and a collection of team-minded players, which all added up to the first state championship in program history.
Co-MVPs Tara Nimkar (1,377 career points) and Allie Beaulieu (1,131) provided the majority of the scoring, while Kara Gilberg, Marissa Gambale, and Tara Gallagher all played valuable roles for the Big Blue, who went 23-2 on their championship march. Senior Ally Myette won the John Regan Award as Best Teammate.
