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Ronkonkoma's Greg Sarra Inducted Into Dowling College Athletic Hall of Fame
Greg Sarra, multi-media sports coordinator at Newsday, was honored at Dowling College's annual Athletic Alumni Reunion Dinner and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on October 8 at West Lake Inn in Patchogue.
Sarra graduated from Dowling with a B.B.A. and earned All-Knickerbocker Conference honors as senior outfielder/pitcher in 1983 after finishing eighth in the conference with a .447 batting average, second in doubles (5), and fourth in runs batted in (16). Sarra still holds the Dowling career record for earned run average (.258) and winning percentage (1.000).
In addition to covering high school sports, the Selden, NY, native reports on the Long Island Ducks, and the New York Dragons. Sarra also does three televised high school sports reports each week from the newsroom for News 12 Long Island and radio reports for WBLI/ 106.1 FM. Sarra and his wife, Katherine, live in Ronkonkoma with their four children, Greg Jr., 13, Emily 9, Jeffrey 7 and Natalie 4.
The other 2004 Dowling Hall of Fame inductees are: Jerry Lee, '73 Men's Basketball, Karrie Farrell, Softball, Oliver Adam, '02 Men's Crew, and Kip Stephens '77, martial arts instructor. The 1997 Men's Crew Varsity Eight was honored as the Team of the Year. Chris Pendergast, founder of Ride For Life, received the Golden Lions Community Service Award.
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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