Scott Trevethan’s favorite tennis player was Andre Agassi because he was the same age, of similar size and, most importantly, his resolve was unwavering. “I was a grinder,” said Trevethan, a member of the 1988 graduation class. “What I love about tennis is there’s no second guessing, as in you should have done this or that. The ball is in or out, and you fight for the next point.”

During his formative tennis years, Trevethan embraced a home-court advantage, as the courts at the Demore-Dinda-Bittner Jr. Memorial Pool Complex in East Berlin were only a serve and a forehand away from where he grew up. Countless practice hours and matches, along with encouragement from others, helped develop into a premier player. “Dr. Larry Giandomenico [then the Berlin Board of Education superintendent] was an advocate saying with work and determination I can be the best player in Berlin history,” Trevethan said. “Later he’d get Peter Holmes, the tennis pro at Farmington Farms, to come over to work with me. It is all was like divine intervention.“

Trevethan decided to focus on tennis before his sophomore season, instead of soccer and baseball, which he had played as a freshman. In tennis, he was #2-4 singles and #1-2 doubles and Northwest Conference mixed doubles champion with Kathy Criniti. As a junior he was #1 in singles and doubles, won the NWC mixed doubles title with Criniti and was the coaches’ award winner.

He culminated his career being #1 in singles and doubles, NWC singles champion, NWC mixed doubles champion with Criniti, Class M singles semifinalist, State Open singles quarterfinalist, All-State and coaches· award winner. His career singles–mixed doubles record was 108-32.

Fittingly the late Rex Smith, Trevethan’s esteemed BHS coach, joins him in this Hall of Fame induction class.

Trevethan went on to play #5 singles and #2 doubles at Central Connecticut Stale University. But a torn right labrum, suffered from an accident, involving a car that slammed into the team van in Florida, prevented him from playing his final two seasons.

Today Trevethan, a financial planner in the greater Hartford region, still plays some tennis and teaches it professionally. He‘s also accomplished in a few professional events he participates in each year in pickleball, a sport that features many aspects of badminton, ping–pong and, of course, tennis.