Class of 1994
John Caparco
Hockey started at CCRI in 1967 when Caparco organized the club, recruited players, scheduled games, raised funds, and found ice times for practice.
Because of his efforts is the reason as to why hockey became an established program in his final year. He was the team’s captain and was the second leading scorer on the team for both years as a defenseman. Caparco began his hockey career at the Cranston Amateur Hockey Association and then went on to be a three-year varsity player at Cranston East.
Once he graduated from CCRI, Caparco earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s at Rhode Island College and obtained his sixth-year certificate from the University of Connecticut. He was a teacher, coach and administrator in both Rhode Island and Connecticut, being an adjunct professor at Rhode Island College and a faculty member at Eastern Connecticut State University.
Caparco continued being involved in hockey as a Rhode Island Interscholastic League Supervisor.
Robert Crudale
Crudale was a versatile baseball player for CCRI in 1972 and 1973. In his two years pitching, he accumulated a record of 9-3. He also had an impressive ERA in his first year that was 7th nationally ranked with a 0.90 ERA and then in 1973, he had an equally impressive ERA of 1.60.
Crudale’s versatility came in when he would also play infield and outfield positions; added on top of that, he batted over .300 and led the team in stolen bases.
He was MVP, an All-Region selection, started and won Region III playoffs games in both games.
Michael Hazard
Hazard was a complete basketball player that could shoot, was a dangerous defender, and a strong rebounder. He led CCRI to an unbeaten regular season and a regional championship in 1976-77. That year, the team gathered so much attention, that the last 4 games were televised. Hazard’s play made him earn many post-season awards. He would average 22.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.
As for his career, he finished with 638 points and a field goal percentage of 60.4% overall. He was accredited with an NJCAA All-American honorable mention, a first-team All-New England, a regional tournament MVP, and was the team’s co-MVP.
After CCRI, he went and took his talents to Acadia University in Canada where he was All-League for three straight years and in 1980, he was named as the Canadian Player of the Year by the Canadian College Coaches. He was also inducted into Central High School’s Athletic Hall of Fame.