Sherman Rounsville
Graduating class: 1960
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 2008
Hall of Fame Category: Athlete
An outstanding student athlete at Fairhaven High School, Sherm earned eight varsity letters in four sports. He also was the Student Council President, a member of the National Honor Society and President of the Key Club. He was elected to serve as an International Trustee of the Key Club International and the President of the Senate for Massachusetts Boys' State. He received the Harvard Book Club Award for overall achievement and the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award for the highest academic achievement in the sciences
During his sophomore year Sherm was undefeated in the 100-yard dash in dual track meets. He was also outstanding in the 220 and 440 as well as the shot put. He was a member of the record setting mile relay team with Geoffrey Purvis, Mike Deforge and Jeff Lewis when Fairhaven won the Class D Massachusetts State Relays at Belmont High School with a time of 3:32.7. The team captain his senior year, Fairhaven High School lost only four dual meets during his four years of track.
Playing starting forward, he was a member of the 1960 Tech Tourney Class A semifinalist of Mike Fitzgerald, Paul Bernard, Tom Mendell and Augie Oliveira. In one of the more memorable games their team beat a heavily favored New Bedford Vocational team in the first round of the tourney. Sherm was instrumental in holding the great hoopster Martin Gomes to 13 points. Sherm shot 5 for S from the field and 6 for 6 from the foul line. The unsung of the team, Sherm "was a bear off the boards, and pumped in those valuable points, especially away from the hoop, which kept the Entins rolling."
After graduation Sherm graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine, and while matriculating there he continued to run track. He later worked for Hoechst Celanese in international marketing of plastic films and resins where he became an industry expert and leader. As an inventor, he was granted two patents and currently runs his own consulting firm. His father, Sherman Rounsville, Class of 1920, was inducted into the Fairhaven High School Hall of Fame in 2007.