Former Washington Township High School Standouts Among 2021 Inductees into South Jersey Baseball Hall of Fame
Three former standouts with the Washington Township High School Minutemen baseball program will be among 11 inductees into the South Jersey Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2021. The induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, November 27, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Masso’s Crystal Manor. In addition to the 11 new members, the Hot Stovers Baseball Club of South Jersey will recognize longtime Phillies announcer Dan Baker with its Humanitarian Award.
WTHS graduates Joseph Cipolloni Jr. (Class of 1978), Nick Favatella (Class of 2010) and Scott Young (Class of 1977) will join fellow inductees Anthony Burley (St. Joseph’s-Camden), Barry Fennell (Holy Cross), Joe Gorski (St. Joseph’s-Camden), A.J. Jackson (Burlington City), Donald J. Pisker Jr. (Gloucester Catholic), Marc Sauer (Bishop Eustace), Bob Mitchell (Umpire, St. Joseph’s-Camden), and Paul Reagle (Umpire, Triton).
Cipolloni, an All-Olympic Conference pick in football, wrestling and baseball at WTHS, lettered at and graduated from the University of Arizona in 1981. He spent seven seasons in the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies organizations, including 1984-86 on the Phillies’ 40-man roster. He advanced as high as Triple-A.
Favatella graduated as WTHS’s all-time hit leader and was a four-time All-Olympic Conference selection and a member of the school’s 2007 state championship team. The Courier-Post Player of the Year batted .589 as a senior and went on play at Rutgers University, where he garnered All-American Athletic Conference and All-Northeast Region honors. Favatella currently ranks second in the Rutgers record book in career at-bats (806), third in career hits (250), eighth in career runs (161), ninth in career doubles (47), and seventh in career total bases (360).
Young, an All-South Jersey and All-State honoree as a right-handed pitcher at WTHS, went on to play at the University of Delaware, where he made 60 appearances (1978-81) and threw 341.1 innings (second all-time). His 11-0 record on the mound in 1981 still ranks second in the Blue Hens’ record book, and he ranks sixth in career strikeouts with 232. A ninth-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 draft, Young was a two-time Minor League All-Star and reached Triple-A.