Cincinnati Country Day School inducted four athletes into its Athletic Hall of Fame and honored other current athletes in an event on May 16.
Joey Fritz (2010 graduate), Elizabeth Blackburn (2011), Cam Alldred (2015) and Tony Strauss (1957) were inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame.
Fritz was a tennis standout for Cincinnati Country Day and still holds the school record in wins. At Amherst College he won a Division III singles championship.
Blackburn was a five-sport standout, including in tennis, swimming and track, where she garnered All-Miami Valley Conference honors. She was a state qualifier in tennis and swimming.
Alldred played baseball at the University of Cincinnati and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2018. He made his Major League debut in 2022 for the Pirates, pitching in one game. He still pitches professionally in Mexico.
Strauss was a five-sport athlete as a student, but came back to the school in 1963 where he spent over four decades as a teacher and a coach.
Ellie Albers, Gabriel Benitez, Caroline Connelly, Katherine Connelly, Alyssa Easter, Thomas Huckleby, William Lothmann, Brandon Proffitt, Luke Schnieber, and Jason Starodub were recognized for breaking records during the school year.
Seniors Katherine Connelly, Greta Varga and Zsofia Varga were recognized for participating in sports in every season of their high school careers.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cam Alldred, Elizabeth Blackburn among CCD Hall of Fame inductees
Reporting by Alex Harrison, Cincinnati Enquirer / Cincinnati Enquirer
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