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  Gilbert was a three sport letter winner, serving as captain for all three years of her Varsity teams before graduating in 1978. In Field Hockey, she was an All Union County Goalkeeper and in Softball an All Union County Catcher. Gilbert was awarded the first UCIAC Scholar-Athlete award for Cranford and was a Booster Club Scholarship Award recipient. Cranford PBA also named Gilbert the most outstanding female athlete in 1978.

Gilbert is presently teaching and coaching basketball and softball at Orange Avenue School. In the Fall, she is an assistant Field Hockey coach at Rutgers University.

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  An All County, All State, All Groups player in Softball and an All County Field Hockey Goalie, Jenkins graduated CHS in 1986. Her pitching record boasted a .67 ERA, with 6 No-Hitters, and 241 strikeouts. As a goalie, Jenkins save percentage was .89 , while recording 11 shutouts.

She then earned All State and All Conference status while at Hunter College. In 1991, Jenkins had the third best ERA in the nation for Division 3 schools.

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  As an athlete, teacher, and coach in Cranford, Koury made his mark. He was a three sport athlete at CHS, graduating in 1948. At the University of Alabama, Koury played football and baseball, leading the baseball team to conference champs and being named All-SEC 3rd baseman.

Koury coached both the Football and Baseball teams. While at the helm, Koury's team amassed many accolades in the County and State. Koury will always be one of the greatest coaches in CHS history. Koury recieved 4 Coach of the year awards, earned 9 Watchung Conference Championships, and a total of 10 County and State championships.

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  A graduate of CHS in1972, Mittleman played both tennis and basketball for the Lady Cougars being named the best Female Athlete. She went on to play both basketball and rugby at Penn State Universtiy.

Mittleman earned a Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University in 1987. She is presently a medical writer for a large pharmaceutical company and was an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in the Department of Exercise Science and Sports Studies. Mittleman taught courses in her field of study, along with writing and publication of research.

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