2025 SPORTS AWARDS DINNER
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
St. Ann Club
16 Hendricks Avenue, Norwalk, CT
HONOREES
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Mike Ashley (BMHS)
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George Diamantis (CCHS)
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Dennis Fabian (posthumously) (NHS)
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Terry Fuller (BMHS)
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Cherise Mickle (NHS)
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Rob Ross (BMHS)
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Carrie Seymour (NHS)
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Regina Trimboli (National Senior Games, Basketball Champion)
61st Norwalk Old Timers
Awards Dinner
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 5:15 p.m.
St. Ann Club
16 Hendricks Avenue, Norwalk, CT
Our 2025 Honorees
MIKE ASHLEY
Brien McMahon High School
A two-time All-FCIAC and All-City First Team basketball selection who helped Brien McMahon repeat as conference champions his junior year and then average a team-high 19.4 points as a senior in 1979. He later helped Sacred Heart University make back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances and eventually returned to McMahon as an assistant coach.
GEORGE DIAMANTIS
Central Catholic High School
A 1986 Central Catholic graduate who set a new state record his final season when he scored 48 points in a single game, including seven touchdowns, a two-point conversion and four extra points. A first-team All-State pick and All-City co-MVP, he continued his football career at Graceland College and UConn.
DENNIS FABIAN, POSTHUMOUSLY
Norwalk High School
One of Norwalk High’s top offensive weapons during the 1967 football season, the talented receiver caught seven touchdown passes and added three successful two-point conversions to tie for the team scoring lead with 48 points. Those numbers earned him a spot on the County Conference Offensive Team before taking his talents to Graceland College in Iowa and bolstering the Yellowjackets’ air attack.
TERRY FULLER
Brien McMahon High School
An All-FCIAC defensive back for the 1970 Brien McMahon football team who established a new FCIAC record with seven interceptions in just nine games, including three in one contest. Just a few months later, he capped off his outstanding scholastic career by winning the 145-pound state wrestling championship.
CHERISE MICKLE
Norwalk High School
A three-year starter for the Norwalk High girls basketball team who finished her career as the city’s all-time leading scorer with 1,117 points. The 1983 grad was a key part of three straight FCIAC championship teams as well as the Lady Bears’ first state title in 1981. The two-time All-FCIAC selection culminated her career by being named All-State and All-City MVP.
ROB ROSS
Brien McMahon High School
The 1974 Brien McMahon graduate and All-FCIAC soccer goalie, Rob helped lead the Senators to the conference championship as a senior. He then became a two-year starter for national power UConn where he was All-Yankee Conference and recorded a school-record 14 shutouts as a junior. His 0.50 goals-against average that season is still a Huskies program record.
CARRIE SEYMOUR
Norwalk High School
One of the most successful Division II women’s basketball coaches in the country, this 1979 Norwalk High graduate is beginning her 33rd season as head coach at Pace University. With 555 career victories, she is one of only 17 active coaches in D-II with more than 500 wins. She got accustomed to winning at NHS as a key player on undefeated regular-season teams in both basketball and softball.
REGINA TRIMBOLI
National Senior Games Basketball Champion
A six-time national champion with the Connecticut Classics Senior women’s basketball team, which has captured the gold medal in their age group at six of the last seven National Senior Games. A Norwalk resident for over four decades, she played high school basketball at Joel Barlow and received the first female scholarship given by Sacred Heart University shortly after Title IX was adopted. She also served as director of the Norwalk Biddy Basketball League.
MIKE ERRICO AWARD: JIM WRINN
A message from former president Jack Couch
WELCOME! It was my distinct honor and privilege to serve as president of the Norwalk Old Timers from 2015-2021.
The Norwalk Old Timers Awards Dinner evening has become a great tradition for the City of Norwalk. It reunites friends and honors those who have made significant contributions to the Norwalk sports scene. Each year we honor athletes who have distinguished themselves in sports and beyond.
The support of each of you who attend the dinner, purchase ads for the program book, and offer support in any way has enriched the City of Norwalk with this event and sustained the scholarship fund, which has grown to three annual scholarships each for Norwalk and Brien McMahon High Schools.
I must thank our dedicated Old Timers executive committee, the members of which put in many hours of work all year, but especially in the months before the Awards Dinner in order to make it a very special evening indeed. Finally, we are grateful also to our many sponsors, patrons, and donors for their vital support.
Jack Couch
President, 2015-2021
A crowd of over 300 local sportsmen — and only men — attended the first Norwalk Old Timers dinner at the Shorehaven Golf Club on a Monday night, June 24, 1963. (Source: Fennar Studio)
Top, from second left, Old Timers Honorees Sue Eskierski (2018), Missy Oman (2019), Lynn Luczkowski (2017), Stephanie Seymour (2018). Bottom row, third from left, 2023 Inductee Jennifer Buonerba Prescott.
Paul Atkins (11), former all-state basketball player at Brien McMahon and a 2016 Norwalk Old Timers honoree, stretches prior to a preseason practice session with the Boston Celtics, the team that selected him in the sixth round of the 1983 NBA draft. Next to Atkins is five-time NBA all-star Dennis Johnson.
A crowd of over 300 local sportsmen — and only men — attended the first Norwalk Old Timers dinner at the Shorehaven Golf Club on a Monday night, June 24, 1963. (Source: Fennar Studio)