Mr. Russ Held, Wilbraham & Monson Academy's Director of Electronic Communications, added an impressive line to his already lengthy resume before Thanksgiving break.
Mr. Held was inducted into the Springfield Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame Nov. 18 at Central High School in Springfield. He was one of four contributors honored in the Class of 2017.
"It was a cool thing," Mr. Held said. "Maybe I'm just at that age now, but it's cool to have an official 'good job' on the resume.
"Being inducted was weird and it was cool. Being athletics, I was with guys who averaged 50 points a game and scored 89 touchdowns. But once I knew the background of other people who were inducted, including people I worked with, it was kind of cool to be added to that list."
Prior to being hired at WMA, Mr. Held worked at The Springfield Republican, serving as the newspaper's high school coordinator for the sports department, where he diligently managed a staff and wrote articles.
"It was neat to be inducted," he added. "I certainly knew people appreciated what I did at the newspaper, but this just made it a little more official, what we all did for so many years."
Mr. Held began working at the area's largest newspaper in 1993. He continues to write a golf column for The Republican and MassLive.com, and he hosts a high school sports talk radio show on WEEI Saturday mornings.