Inductees for 2025

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Ed Wade, a front office executive who enjoyed a 42-year career in Major League Baseball, was inducted into the All Sports Museum and Hall of Fame of Southern New Jersey on April 12, 2025. As Vice President and General Manager for the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros, Wade selected and developed core players that led to World Series Championships for the Phillies and the Astros.
An accomplished skydiver, full marathon runner and a published novelist in retirement, Ed and his wife, Roxanne and their family reside in Sewell, NJ.

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Ricky Bottalico, former Phillies pitcher and current sports talk radio and TV co-host in Philadelphia, was inducted into the All Sports Museum and Hall of Fame on March 15, 2025 before a standing-room-only crowd at the Museum in Bridgeton, NJ.  A 1996 All Star for the Phillies,  “Ricky Bo” pitched for 12 years in the major leagues, 7 for the Phillies. A resident of Camden County during his MLB career, Ricky was known for his intensity on the mound and has brought that same intensity to his daily broadcasts. Ricky described his induction “a true honor” and the Museum “a gem for South Jersey that all sports fans should visit”.

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Iaconelli has been a professional angler for 30 years, and is the only angler to ever win the Bassmaster Classic, Bassmaster Angler of the Year, and the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Championship. His most recent accomplishment was his 2023 induction into the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame, an organization that “honors those whose contributions to the sport of bass fishing have elevated it to the professional level it is today, and without whom none of what millions of anglers enjoy today would have been possible.”

In addition to competing at the top level of professional bass fishing, Mike is driven to grow the sport of fishing with his own entertainment, education, and charitable organizations: The Bass University, Ike Live Podcast, “Going Ike” YouTube Series, “Ike in the Shop” YouTube Series, and The Ike Foundation®. Iaconelli is host of the television show, ‘City Limits’ on the Pursuit Channel, ‘Fish My City with Mike Iaconelli’ on NatGeo Wild, and “‘My World’ with Mike Iaconelli” on CBS Sports Network.

Iaconelli’s impressive resume and philanthropy make him an excellent addition to the ASMOSNJ; he is also the first to represent the sport in the museum. Mike and his wife, Becky, reside in southern New Jersey and have four children, Drew, Rylie, Vegas and Estella. When not on the water, Iaconelli enjoys traveling, camping, hiking and collecting old ink bottles.