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Class of 2014 Inductees
- Patrick Akos '89
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- Anthony Fontana '97
- Jim Fritzsche, Jr. '78
- Coleen Gallagher '83
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- Andy Molls '79
- Doug Molls '69
- Michelle Molls '76
- Barb Mucha '80
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- Ryan Patton '97
- Nancy Rogers '81
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Class of 2016 Inductees
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- Michelle Scotch '87
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- 1968 Football Team
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Class of 2018 Inductees
- Vinny Bell '08
- Jamie Frasolak '95
- Chad Gross '77
- Gary Gross '75
- Missy Jakovcic '95
- Scott Jones '70
- Scott Kajganich '80
- Karen Kusanke '83
- Billy Litten '75
- Bill Miller '69
- Mike Scullin '69
- Richard Simon '68
- Casey Yackin '88
- Coach Nancy Anne Fedak
- Coach Deborah Miller Malone
- Coach John Rock
- Coach Bob Vicek
- 1963 Cross Country Team
- 1966-1967 Boys Basketball Team
- 1981 Girls 3200m Relay Team
Coach John Rock
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John Rock graduated from Valley Forge in 1971. After graduating from Baldwin-Wallace he returned to the Parma City Schools as a Social Studies teacher for 39 years until his retirement. During that time he worked as a head swim coach for a total of 26 years, 5 years at Parma and 21 years at Valley Forge.
As a head coach for the VF boys swim team, the swimmers posted a record of 172-85-6. The team won conference championships in all three different conferences in which Valley Forge participated during John’s tenure as head coach. These included the Lake Erie League Erie Division, the Pioneer Conference, and the Northeast Ohio Conference Lake Division. Six swimmers qualified for the OHSAA state swimming & diving championships and two were selected as Valley Forge Athletes of the Year.
Outside of the pool, John has been successful as a certified OHSAA official in baseball, swimming & diving, and football. As a baseball umpire, he has worked seven OHSAA state championship games was inducted into the Suburban Umpire Association Hall of Fame and was selected as the NFHS Umpire of the Year for Ohio in 2017. His current position is as Athletic Commissioner/Assigner of Officials for the Patriot Athletic Conference.