HALL OF FAME
2016 Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame
On October 14 St. Martin’s Episcopal School inducted John Lehman ’62 and Sam Dozier into the Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame. Emmy-
nominated WDSU sports anchor Fletcher Mackel was master of ceremonies at the presentation attended by the honorees, their families, St. Martin’s alumni, school leadership, and students. Dozier and Lehman were also presented at the St. Martin’s Saints Hall of Fame football game on Friday evening.
Using the clues listed below, can you locate photos of John Lehman and Sam Dozier on the front or back cover of this issue of The Bell?
Lehman ’62 was an outstanding multi-sport athlete during his high school career at St. Martin’s. He was named best all-around athlete in 1962, his senior year, after excelling in fall, winter, and spring sports. As co-captain and quarterback of the football team, he led the Saints to a season with only one loss. He also played linebacker and punter. He was named best lineman and The Times-Picayune Player of the Week. He played center and forward on the varsity basketball team, which went to the second round of the playoffs, and he was named St. Martin’s varsity basketball MVP that season. Track and field is where Lehman truly excelled. Among other achievements, he was the Class B Track and Field State Champion in the javelin and discus. He was named the school’s track and field MVP during his senior year. Dozier coached at St. Martin’s from 1986 to 2000, and in that time he taught hundreds of students more than just athletic skills. He instilled in his athletes traits that develop character, such as hard work and cooperation. He served as head baseball coach for all the years that he was at St. Martin’s. It was under Dozier, in the spring of 1991, that St. Martin’s baseball team went 23-0 and won the AA State Championship. In addition to coaching baseball, Dozier served as head football coach for eight years.
Each year St. Martin’s inducts new members into its Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame, which was established in 2006. The Hall of Fame recognizes individuals and teams who distinguished themselves in interscholastic athletics as players, coaches, athletic trainers, or administrators while at St. Martin’s.
Past inductees include: the 1951 Metro Championship Football Team, Coach Tony Porter, Ben Tisdale ’54, John Eastman ’64, Glenn Johnson Brady ’65, John Girault ’55, the 1969 Class A State Track Champions, JoAnn DeMartini ’82, Kate McCall ’79, Chris Delaune ’91, the 1978 Volleyball State Championship Team, Linda Tuero Lindsley ’68, William Ball ’73, Gerald Lewis ’89, Ashley Tappin Doussan ’93, Barbara Farris ’94, the 1991 State Championship Baseball Team, Frederick Devall III ’56, Anne Monsted ’93, the 1954 Basketball Team, James Vaughn ’63, Alfredo Mesa ’89, the 1993 Girls Track and Field Team, the 1959 Relay Team, Christian A. Shofstahl ’93, Linda Trevino, Anne Shepherd Breitschwerdt ’69, Chris Beckman, Sr. ’88, and the 1992-1993 Girls Basketball Team.
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Birth of the School
On Ash Wednesday 1947, St. Martin’s Protestant Episcopal School opened as the first day school established by the Episcopal Church in Louisiana. At the time, the school was located on Metairie Road and led by its first headmaster, the Rev. David C. Colony. The student body consisted of a weekday kindergarten group taught by the school’s first teacher, Anne Leigh.
COVER STORY
YEARS
MOMENTS
Since its inception in 1947, St. Martin’s has been a training ground for leaders. Its combination of academic rigor, healthy competition, spiritual devotion, and selfless giving provides students a strong foundation for a lifetime of success and service. For 70 years, St. Martin’s has prepared students to thrive in college and in life by instilling in them the values of faith, scholarship, and service. Here, The Bell looks back at 70 moments that helped shape StM’s history.
1948
Groundbreaking held for a new school building at the original campus on Metairie Road.
Arts Introduced Drama and music programs added to the school curriculum, a precursor to today’s thriving fine and performing arts programs.
Miss Leigh and her kindergarteners
A Lasting Gift Mr. and Mrs. O.E. Haring establish a foundation for the benefit of Christian education in the Diocese of Louisiana. St. Martin’s is the beneficiary of their first grant, a gift of $20,000. A year later, the foundation bestowed another $20,000 gift to the school.
New Building
1949-1950
’49
A Time of Growth 225 students are enrolled, with 20 staff.
First Chaplain The Rev. Albert E. Pons joins the school as assistant headmaster and the school’s first chaplain. The Bell | 17
