Carino club to induct eight new members into South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame

The Albert Carino Basketball Club will induct eight new members into the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday.

The Albert Carino Basketball Clubs of South Jersey will induct eight new members into the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame at its annual ceremony Sunday at the Holiday Inn, Route 70 in Cherry Hill.

The club has flourished since founded in 1962, promoting South Jersey high school basketball and those who make it special.

Scroll down for a list and bio on each of this year’s honorees.

Anne Brinkman

Brinkman was a four-year starter for Ocean City, making an immediate impact for a team that went 92-14 during her career. She was one of only three four-year starters in the first two decades of the girls’ program. Brinkman finished with 1,308 career points and 588 career assists - seventh all-time at O.C. in points and the career leader in assists. She also had 436 rebounds and 397 steals.

Brinkman guided Ocean City to three Cape-Atlantic League championships, three South Jersey Group 3 finals and the 1979 sectional title. She also earned a host of individual honors. Brinkman received a scholarship to Arizona State. In the spring of her freshman year at ASU, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease that eventually led to her death in 1986. That year, a scholarship was established in her memory. To this date over $26,000 has been awarded to senior female student-athletes at Ocean City.

Vince Cipriano

Cipriano began his teaching career at Burlington Township and later went on to Riverside and finally Florence, where he was a counselor and girls basketball coach. He amassed a career record of 440-200, winning four South Jersey Group 1 titles and two Central Jersey Group 1 crowns. He also directed Florence to eight Burlington County Scholastic League Freedom Division championships.

Jeff Cohen

Starting his officiating career in 1984 with IAABO, Camden Board #34, Cohen was a referee in seven state championship games and the 2001 Tournament of Champions. He worked his way through the ranks and also served as a college official for 15 years.

Cohen was named to the position of independent assignor in 1996 and in 2001 became the high school assignor. He has assigned an estimated 50,000 games over his career and advises the NJSIAA on its state tournament assignments. Cohen has also worked with hundreds of officials to help them advance in their careers. He works diligently with high school athletic directors on every game to ensure the scholastic season runs as smoothly and successfully as possible.

Tony Devlin

A 1975 graduate of St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia and a Cherry Hill native, Devlin was a four-year player and named an All-Catholic League selection as a senior. He went on to Johns Hopkins and earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Devlin was an assistant coach at Cherry Hill East for six seasons and served as head coach at Moorestown Friends from 2001-2006 before taking over at Paul VI. Still the coach at PVI, Devlin went into this season with a 303-129 record in 16 years at Paul VI, winning five Olympic Conference titles and playing in four South Jersey championship games.

Anthony Farmer

The current head coach at Salem, Farmer was an outstanding player at St. Augustine and later played collegiately at Rutgers. The 2005 Prep grad was a four-year player and scored 34 points to lead the Hermits to a state championship as a junior. Farmer graduated as the program’s all-time leading scorer with 1,709 points. He was a four-year starter at Rutgers and was named to the Big East’s All-Rookie Team. Farmer was a 1,000-point scorer for the Scarlet Knights and was ranked 20th all-time in assists.

Kerri Hobbs (Gatling)

A 1986 Lenape graduate, Hobbs was a three-year letter winner and scored over 1,000 career points. She earned numerous individual honors, while also lettering in track and field. Hobbs earned a scholarship to North Carolina State, where she helped the Wolfpack win the 1987 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title and the ACC regular-season title in 1990. At the time of graduation, she ranked third in career field-goal percentage. She scored a career-high 27 points against Canisius in 1987, while pulling down a career-high 14 rebounds against Clemson in 1990.

Karen Robinson (Keyes)

A 1987 Paul VI graduate, Robinson led the Eagles to a 25-3 record as a senior. She averaged 18 points, 8.8 assists and five steals, finishing her high school career with over 1,000 points. She was an All-State and All-American selection, competing on two U.S. Olympic Festival teams. Robinson went on to play at Notre Dame, where she was a four-year starter.

Robinson led Notre Dame to its first-ever Top 20 ranking, graduating as the program’s all-time leading scorer. She was a two-time team MVP, a Female Athlete of the Year winner and was the Irish’s first All-American. Robinson played professionally in Switzerland and also served as a graduate assistant coach at Notre Dame.

Chris Santo

A four-year player at Cherry Hill East, Santo captained a team during his senior year that tied the school record for wins (23), broke the school record for consecutive wins (20) and earned the No. 2 seed in the South Jersey Group 4 playoffs. Santo graduated in 2011 as the program’s all-time leading scorer with 2,497 career points. As a sophomore, he scored a single-game high of 55 points.

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Kevin Minnick covers South Jersey boys basketball. He can be reached at kminnick@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @kminnicksports

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