Connect-Bridgeport's 2025 Top Feature Stories #6
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on December 31, 2025
In September, the BHS Alumni & Friends Foundation announced that four deserving individuals would be inducted into the BHS Alumni Hall of Fame.Those individuals are former Alumni & Friends Foundation board member Chuck Steele, Grammy-winning Nashville music producer Roger Alan Nichols, retired Bridgeport High School counselor Mickey Gerba and unofficial historian of Bridgeport Richard Duez.
The four honorees were celebrated at the foundation's annual Hall of Fame dinner Saturday, Nov. 1 at The O by Oliverio’s.They were also recognized at the Oct. 31 BHS vs. Fairmont Senior football game at Wayne Jamison Field and be honored with a reception afterwards.
Nominees were made by community members and voted upon by the BHS Alumni & Friends Foundation board of directors.
The Hall of Fame is open to BHS graduates and non-BHS graduates. Alumnae must have benefited society or the community in which they live, excelled in their chosen field, or directly contributed to BHS through time or talent. Those not graduating from BHS must have directly benefited BHS through time or talent.
The BHS Alumni & Friends Foundation Inc. is a nonprofit organization that offers financial need to students interested in furthering their education. The organization raises funds to offer scholarship opportunities for each graduating class.
Learn more about the BHS Alumni & Friends Foundation, including past classes of honorees at the foundation's website HERE.
Read about each hall of fame inductee at the link under their names in the opening paragraph.
Collectively, these stoies have been named Connect-Bridgeport's #6 top feature story of the year.
