Nick Bruno was the first basketball player to score 1,000 points for a Staten Island high school, the 1957 Jaques Award winner as the Island’s best player while at Port Richmond, and MVP in the Sandlot Alliance Baseball All-Star Game.
After finishing his career at Iowa State, Bruno came home to teach, inspiring generations of students at PS 44, Mariners Harbor, with his credo, “A book in one hand, a ball in the other.”
Class of 2000