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Athletic Hall of Fame<br />
<strong>2018</strong> Inductees<br />
Having chaired the nominating committee for<br />
the past seven years, Hall of Famer Curt Curtis<br />
’62 (far left) passed that honor to fellow Hall<br />
of Famer Nick Kondon ’80, who joined in the<br />
ceremony for the <strong>2018</strong> inductees: Rob Borden<br />
’00, Ned Herter ’73, and Justin Oates ’98.<br />
The Middlesex Athletic Hall of Fame<br />
Nominating Committee welcomes your<br />
nominations of classmates, teammates,<br />
and coaches. If you have someone<br />
you’d like to see considered for<br />
induction, please contact Director<br />
of <strong>Alumni</strong> Relations John Morrissey<br />
at jmorrissey@mxschool.edu.<br />
Edward “Ned” Herter ’73<br />
Ned won a total of nine letters in<br />
his Middlesex career—three each<br />
in football, basketball, and baseball—<br />
and served as baseball captain in 1973.<br />
He then played football and lacrosse<br />
at Bowdoin College. A boys’ lacrosse<br />
coach at Middlesex for 38 years, Ned<br />
compiled a record of 346-77 in his 29<br />
years as the head coach, securing 12<br />
ISL championships. He was named the<br />
ISL Coach of the Year four times and is<br />
a member of the New England Lacrosse<br />
and the Eastern Massachusetts<br />
Lacrosse Halls of Fame. Additionally,<br />
Ned served as an assistant football<br />
coach at Middlesex for many years<br />
and helped the team secure multiple<br />
New England Championships.<br />
Justin E. Oates ’98<br />
Earning 11 letters in his Middlesex<br />
career, including three in soccer and<br />
four each in ice hockey and lacrosse,<br />
Justin was named All-League three<br />
times in hockey and once in lacrosse,<br />
also receiving an All-League Honorable<br />
Mention once in soccer. As a senior,<br />
he served as captain of ice hockey and<br />
lacrosse, and he was named All-New<br />
England in both sports. Justin won<br />
the Kelton Bowl in 1996, the Class II<br />
Athletic Prize in 1997, and then three<br />
Middlesex athletic awards in 1998:<br />
the Ty Prince ’63 Memorial Bowl,<br />
the Joseph Morrill, Jr. Hockey Bowl,<br />
and the Ruth S. Kondon Memorial<br />
Lacrosse Bowl. He continued to play<br />
lacrosse at Cornell.<br />
Robert R. Borden IV ’00<br />
In his Middlesex athletic career,<br />
Rob won a total of 11 letters, with four<br />
in football and ice hockey and three<br />
in lacrosse. He not only captained all<br />
three sports as a senior but was also<br />
named All-League in football and<br />
All-League and All-New England in<br />
lacrosse that year. Rob earned the<br />
Class II <strong>Alumni</strong> Prize in 1999, followed<br />
by the Ty Prince ’63 Memorial Bowl<br />
in 2000. While playing lacrosse at<br />
Middlebury for four years, he helped<br />
his team to win two National<br />
Championships.<br />
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