School renames baseball field Raymond J. Cipperly Field.
EAST BRUNSWICK -- The Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School has officially renamed the baseball field on the East Brunswick Campus Raymond J. Cipperly Field in honor of the school's late athletic director.
Cipperly, a Monroe resident who died last October at the age of 66, was a member of the MCVTS faculty for 45 years, first as a physical education teacher and varsity baseball coach in East Brunswick, and then as the district's athletic director, a position he held for almost 20 years.Cipperly was the GMC Coach of the Year 1989-90 and a five-time GMC Gold Division Coach of the Year. He received the NJSIAA Service Award and was inducted into the New Jersey State Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1990.
In addition to his teaching and coaching duties, Cipperly was also the head groundskeeper for the Somerset Patriots from 1999 to 2010.
According to Brian J. Loughlin, superintendent of schools, Cipperly was "a great educator, a great coach and a great human being." "He raised the bar for our interscholastic sports teams and coaches," said Loughlin.
The field was dedicated during a ceremony held May 14 attended by members of Cipperly's family, Middlesex County freeholders, representatives of sports organizations, MCVTS administrators and faculty, and the members of eight high school baseball and softball teams.
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