Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame
Relive It All Again
Jack Tracy, an all-city baseball and basketball player at Curtis High School and an All-American second baseman at Seton Hall, set school records for hits and consecutive chances without an error, and led the Pirates to the 1984 College World Series.
Tracy hit .270 in seven minor-league seasons, hit .382 one year in the New York-Penn League, and was a two-time International League All Star.
John Quinn, a High School All-American tackle at Monsignor Farrell High School and a team captain at Penn State, went six seasons – four at Farrell and the next two in Happy Valley – without losing a game.
Quinn anchored a Farrell defense that won 33 straight games and limited opponents to a single touchdown one year, before playing in three bowl games at Penn State, where he was the team’s second-leading tackler.
James Jenkins, a multi-talented tight end and special teams star, played 10 seasons with the Washington Redskins, including eight straight without missing a game, and the 1992 Super Bowl.
After catching 120 passes as a wide receiver at Curtis High School, Jenkins made the move to tight end and linebacker at Rutgers, where he wound up as the team’s leading receiver and Most Valuable Player.
Sue Harnett, a third-team basketball All-American at Duke, set school records with 1,785 points, 899 rebounds, and 130 blocked shots, and remains in the top five all-time in scoring and rebounding.
A Parade Magazine High School All-American and New York State Player of the Year, Harnett scored 2,111 points at Moore Catholic, and led the Mavericks to two New York State championships.
Frank Fernandez, a catcher with a big arm and home-run pop in his bat, played six big-league seasons with the New York Yankees, Oakland A’s, Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators.
A three-sport star at Curtis High School, Fernandez averaged a home run every 18 at-bats in his major-league career, including five pinch-hit blasts for the 1970 A’s, three of them outright game-winners.