Wayne Soccer Alumni Hall of Fame Inductions and Honorees for 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Margaret (Herzog) Bockus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Margaret is a 1997 graduate of Wayne Central. She played 3 years of varsity soccer at Wayne for Coach Bill Thomson, earning all league honors each of her years on the team. In addition to all league honors, Margaret was honorable mention All Greater Rochester her sophomore and junior years and 1st team AGR her senior year. During her senior season, in which the team won the Wayne County league title, Margaret led the team with 28 goals and 16 assists, while earning team MVP honors and the Wayne Athletics Athlete of the Year Award. Throughout her 3 years on varsity her team\u2019s record was 40-12-4.Margaret finished her career with 56 goals and 34 assists. In addition to playing soccer, Margaret also was a 3 year starter on the basketball and softball teams while graduating 4th in her class. After high school Margaret continued her academics and athletics at Nazareth College playing 2 years and appearing in 21 games over the 2 years for a nationally ranked team, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Additionally Margaret earned her Master\u2019s in leadership in health care systems from U of R. Currently, Margaret works at the U of R and lives in Irondequoit with her husband Brian, Step-son Brody and daughter Brooklyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Karen Schoppe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Karen\nSchoppe is a 1986 graduate of Wayne Central and played 2 seasons for\nthe Wayne Girls Soccer program as a goalkeeper. She was a 2 year\nstarter and 2 time all 1st team selection for fellow Hall of Fame\nmember Coach Terry Febrey. During her junior season they won their\n1st ever league title as a program anchored by Karen\u2019s superb goal\nkeeping. During her senior year, the team reached the Sectional\nSemifinals losing a close game to eventual state champion Pittsford\nMendon. During her senior year Karen earned team MVP honors and was\nnominated by former AD Cindy VanHoover for Who\u2019s Who Among American\nHigh School Students. While at Wayne Karen also was a 3 year varsity\nbasketball player and 4 year varsity softball player. Following her\ncareer at Wayne, Karen went on to play 2 years at MCC, where she was\na standout. Her freshman year she was dominant as the team went\n20-0-0 to become the first ever undefeated team in National Junior\nCollege Athletic Association History on their way to a National\nChampionship. Letting in only 6 goals all season (2nd best in the\nNation), Karen was named to the National Tournament All-Star, NJCAA\nRegion III First Team All Star, received the \u201cGolden Goalie\u201d\naward for the National Tournament, was named to the NSCAA-\nAll-American team and won the Adidas Award for Outstanding Keeper.\nWhile her goalkeeping\ncareer was short, only 5 years, she left her mark on not only Wayne\nCentral but nationally as well. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following\ncollege Karen raised her 2 daughters in Jamestown, NY while working\nin the medical field in various capacities. She continued to play\nindoor soccer at the local YMCA and help coach her daughters\nvolleyball team. Karen moved to Martha\u2019s Vineyard in 2015 and has\ncontinued to work in the medical field. Her leadership and hard work\nthat she showed on the soccer field has carried over to her workplace\nas she has received multiple awards for workplace efficiency. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coach Febes had this to say about Karen \u201cI have played with and coached some of the best goalkeepers in the country and the world, Karen is the best goalie I have ever worked with or played with. She was a leader and made playing fun for all her teammates. She was a great goalie, but is an even greater person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bill Drexler<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Any conversation about 2019 HOF inductee Bill Drexler has to start with his character: as a son,brother, father, husband, friend and teammate. All boxes checked highest quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \nHis soccer journey began in\n7th and 8th grade with the 8th grade team going undefeated. He played\none year of JV soccer and after that went on to play 3 years of\nvarsity soccer in which all 3 teams made sectionals with 2 of the\nteams making the finals, Bill graduated in 1974. For those 3 years\nyou could count on Billy D. (D for the defense) being in the lineup\nand you knew you were going to get an outstanding effort every game. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nOther honors of note in his\nhigh school career were the Slick award (which was Coach Imhoff’s\nnickname) for the team MVP his junior year and second team all county\nhis senior year. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nAfter high school soccer he\nwent on to be a part of organizing the original Wayne Wings adult\nteams with a group of high school soccer buddies which included a B\nteam the Whips. That first year the Wings went 13-1 loss and won the\n3rd division of the RDSL and again you put Bill in the lineup every\ngame and the job got done. He went on to play more than 10 years of\nadult soccer with the Wings along with continuing a hockey career\nthat began in high school. He continues to play hockey to this day.\n<\/em>His family is one\nof the preeminent Wayne Central soccer families including his wife of\n40 years Val who also played for Wayne Central in high school along\nwith all 3 of their children. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bill also was v<\/em>ery active in coaching having coached his nephew in the first season of Wayne rec soccer along with the first year of Wayne Wings travel.He coached all of his children at some point in their career. Truly a career of note in the history of Wayne Central soccer! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Russ Hanks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Russ\nwas a three year varsity starter along with classmate and fellow Hall\nof Fame inductee Jocko Serafine. Both are from the class of 1966.\nRuss was co- captain his senior year and led the team defensively\ncapturing 3 Wayne County League championships and 2 Section Five\ntitles. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nRuss \u2019s ability to win and\ncontrol air balls was significant especially in the defensive third\nof the field. His physical stamina was outstanding, with the ability\nto run forward on attack and cover on defense. Russ along with HOF\nDave Johnville and AC Capers dominated the midfield. He was a true\nleader giving teammates encouragement whether they won or lost. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nAfter his time at Wayne\nCentral, Russ continued his soccer playing at St John Fisher and in\n1966, \u201967,and \u201969 was named to the All New York State College\nSoccer team. In 1970 , he was selected to a US College All Star team\nand participated in a European tour. Following college, Russ turned\ndown offers to play professional soccer in Philadelphia and Dallas\ninstead electing to attend Albany law school. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nHis professional law career\nincluded: NYS Office of Family and Children Services , Administrative\nLaw Judge and Deputy General Counsel. Lastly, Russ founded the Albany\nSoccer Club, coached youth soccer and served as Vice -President of\nCentral NYS Soccer League. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Don was a 3 year Varsity starter for a team that was Wayne County Champions all three years. He was a member of the Sectional Championship team of 1974 and his team was a finalist in 1975. Additionally Don was a member of the first Wayne Wings team in 1975 and played for Wings for 30 years. Following high school Don went on to play at Bartlesville Wesleyan College in 1982 and 1983 where they were District champions both years. In 1982 the team finished 3rd at Nationals in 1982. While at Bartlesville, (Which was coached by Wayne alum Bob VanHoover and Bob Imhoff, brother of Wayne Soccer Hall of Fame Member Chuck Imhoff) Don played with Wayne alumni J.P. DeLass, and Joe Zakowicz and Don earned All-American honors both years he played at Bartlesville. Following college Don coached Wayne Wings men’s and women’s teams from 1979-2014 and helped coach goalkeepers at Wayne\u2019s Varsity teams for Tom Gentile and Tim Mattle. Don would like to thank Chuck Imhoff and Bob VanHoover for their help and guidance through the years. Don would also like to thank the hall of fame committee for his election into the Hall of Fame as it is a great and humbling honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n John ( Jocko) Serafine <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \nJohn starting as a sophomore\nin 1963, John played 3 years of varsity soccer. He was instrumental\nin earning 3 Wayne County championships and 2 Section Five titles.\nJocko played forward as he was very fast and quick with the ball,\nscoring and assisting on many goals. He truly was a team player who\nexcelled with a positive attitude. John also played baseball for\nWayne and was co-captain his senior year . \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nAfter high school graduation\nhe spent 4 years in the US Army and then attended college at Fairmont\nState where he met Flora, his wife of 42 years. His quick feet led\nhim to Charlotte, NC where he taught dance and was in several dance\nproductions. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nJocko proclaims his soccer\nplaying days at Wayne were some of the best days of his life and\nfeels his biggest influence was Coach Al Gentile. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wayne Soccer Alumni Hall of Fame Inductions and Honorees for 2019 Margaret (Herzog) Bockus Margaret is a 1997 graduate of Wayne Central. She played 3 years of varsity soccer at Wayne for Coach Bill Thomson, earning all league honors each of her years on the team. In addition to all league honors, Margaret was honorable<\/p>\n