Longtime Enfield American Legion baseball coach Fran Slattery will be inducted into the Connecticut American Legion Hall of Fame during ceremonies Friday, Jan. 8, at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville.

Slattery, who began coaching Little League baseball in Enfield in 1965, guided the Hazardville Senior League baseball team to the Connecticut state championship in 1979, and to a runnerup finish the following year. Now in his early 80s, he is still involved in coaching the Enfield Legion program. He was inducted into the Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998. Slattery joins Phil Anger of Groton and the late Lou Ernst of Waterford as the inductees for the class of 2016.

Other award winners who will be honored at the induction dinner are Tom Signore, Alumni of the Year; Everett Shepard, Contributor Award; Pete Kokinis, Friend of the Game; Mike Gibbons, Minor League Player of the Year for the St. Lucie Mets; Dan Fein of Salisbury University (Southbury) and Vincent Siena of UConn (Woodbridge), College Players of the Year; TJ Grande and Jim Nursick of Rocky Hill/Cromwell/Portland along with Ken Lewis of Stamford, Coaches of the Year; Bob DeMayo, High School Coach of the Year; Paul Iverson, Leadership Award; David Heuschkel, Media Award; and Lew Wilby, Umpire Award. Rich Coppola of WTIC-TV Channel 61 will be the master of ceremonies.