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Tom McCreesh ’85 was a four-year starter on the baseball team and served as the team captain during his senior year. He earned team Most Valuable Player honors twice, was named the Male Athlete of the Year in 1983 and was a three-time First-Team All-District outfielder during his career. He had a free agent tryout with the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals following graduation.

McCreesh graduated with a bachelor’s of science in business management and began working for Dunphey Smith Company, where he has worked ever since. He is currently the vice president and has served on several advisory councils.

In addition to working for Dunphey Smith Company, McCreesh has serve as the vice president of his town’s little league for three years, has been a member of the South Plainfield Recreation Commission since 2001, was elected in 2005 to the South Plainfield High School Hall of Fame, and won the New Jersey State PGA Father/Son Golf Tournament with his son Danny in 2009.

One of McCreesh’s proudest accomplishments is founding Coaches Offering Assistance for Children’s Health (C.O.A.C.H.es Care), which assists sick children, and has raised more than $275,000 since 2000. The charity hosted a 12-hour softball tournament for three years before transitioning to a golf tournament in 2004. The tournament has been sold out in its first seven years and has become a popular event in the community. For the last four years, the charity has focused on children with brain tumors.

This fall there are plans to open up the C.O.A.C.H.es Care Therapeutic Learning Center at the JFK Medical Center in Edison, N.J. The organization partnered the hospital on a vision to provide an environment to help in the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of children with brain tumors. On September 30, the organization is being honored by the hospital with the Joseph N. Masci Philanthropic Award.

McCreesh lives in South Plainfield, N.J., with his wife Laura, who is also a 1985 graduate, son Danny, and daughter Alyssa.