Hall of Fame

James Pietrinferno Firestone ’61

Jim Firestone was the center-halfback, or sweeper, for Hun's soccer team for three years and received All-State Honors. He credits his teammates Mohammed, Bander, and Khalid Faisal, Saudi princes, with helping him to be a better player by teaching him how to play European style ball, defend against good strikers, and how to kick corner kicks. At Bucknell University, he continued to play sweeper on another successful team, keeping the nation’s leading scoreless in his final game. He earned a bachelor's degree in geography and philosophy. He studied international law at the Sorbonne in Paris, and then earned an M.Phil from Columbia University before opening Firestone Real Estate in Princeton. For the past twenty-five years, Mr. Firestone has been writing “poetry of place,” which is coincidentally similar to what Khalid Faisal has been writing as Poet Laureate of Saudi Arabia — both now play with their heads instead of their feet. Mr. Firestone plans to publish his Collected Poems and a long narrative poem called “The Legend of the Frogs of Frog Hollow” soon.

Donelle R. Mitchell ’88

Donnie Mitchell, a Scholar-Athlete Award recipient, earned eleven varsity letters at Hun in soccer, softball, and basketball. Primarily a defender in soccer, she was voted MVP, received the Coach’s Award, and served as captain. She was selected to the All-State Prep A Team, First-Team All-Private, Second-Team All-Packet/Ledger, and Third-Team All-Mercer and helped lead the team to the Prep A Semi-Finals. Dr. Mitchell was an outfielder on the softball team, which won three State Prep titles. She was selected to the All-State Prep Team and served as captain. She also received the Coach’s Award in basketball. At the University of Virginia, she played on the club soccer and rugby teams, and then played soccer, softball, and rugby for various Philadelphia teams. She has a third degree black belt in Shaolin Kenpo and is pursuing a first degree black belt in Hapkido. Dr. Mitchell, who holds a Doctor in Physical Therapy degree, rehabilitates veterans at the Wilmington VA Hospital, where she is also head coach of the Delaware Veterans Wheelchair Sports team.

Adam Epstein ’95

Adam Epstein earned four varsity letters in tennis and received the Coaches Award and MVP Award at Hun. In 1994, he finished the season undefeated, was Mercer County Champion and NJ State Prep A – Champion, and was named Trenton Times Player of the Year, First Team All Prep, and First Team All Mercer and First Team All-Prep. In 1994 and 1995, the team won both the county and state tournaments, with Mr. Epstein winning the state tournament as captain during his final season. He went on to play varsity tennis at Bucknell University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree. He was the 2008-2009 Rockaway Hunt Club Grass Court Singles Tennis Champion and an eight-time Doubles Champion. Mr. Epstein, who served The Hun School as an Alumni Board member, is a managing director and private wealth advisor at UBS and the leader and founder of Epstein Partners. 

Thomas A. Monfiletto ’04

Tom Monfiletto played four years of Hun football and baseball and was captain in both sports during his final seasons. He was a starting center for football for two years and earned All-Area and All-Prep Honors and the Delaware Valley Chapter’s Scholar-Leader-Athlete Award. “Mono,” as he is affectionately known, was the starting catcher on the School’s baseball team for three years. The Raiders took home a state championship during his tenth grade year and had winning records during his eleventh and twelfth grade seasons. Mr. Monfiletto finished his final season with a .532 batting average, earning him First Team All-MAPL, All-Prep, and All-Area Honors, as well as the Coach’s Award and the John R. Scott Memorial Award from Hun. Mr. Monfiletto went on to play football and baseball at Hamilton College, where he was also captain for both teams during his final seasons. He would go on to earn a Master of Arts in Communication from Temple University before returning to Hun in 2015, where he currently serves as associate director of marketing and communications and head baseball coach.

Lance Goulbourne ’08

Lance Goulbourne was competing in tennis tournaments around New York City by age ten. As he got older, the competition broadened to the state and national levels. He also began showing potential in basketball as a teenager. He transferred to Hun in the tenth grade, where he was part of two championship teams. In 2007, the varsity basketball team won the New Jersey Prep A State Championship and the MAPL Championship. The previous spring, the tennis team also won the MAPL Championship. His athletic success led to a full basketball scholarship to Vanderbilt University, where he played for four years and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He went on to play nine years of professional basketball overseas. Six countries and twelve teams later, Mr. Goulbourne retired in 2021 and now works at Morgan Stanley.