ALAN KIMICHIK JOHN FLANAGAN SARA BOYER INDUCTION BANQUET April 23, 2011 • 6:00PM April 23, • 6:00PM ET 2011 ESCANABA, MICHIGAN ESCANABA, 40 DANFORTH PLACE TH ANNUAL JEFF NAULT DAVE FREEMAN KRIS DUNBAR HALL OF FAME HALL UP SPORTS SPORTS UP JAN QUARLESS WILLIAM DENTON GRAY SCOTT WEAVER SCOTT HEBERT 2011 - 2012 U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME CALENDAR June 1, 2011 Deadline for nominations for Class of 2012 June 18, 2011 Norway High School, U.P. All Star Basketball Classic July 29 – July 30, 2011 Hancock, Hall of Fame Annual Meeting April 28, 2012 Escanaba Danforth Place Induction Banquet U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME ACADEMIC/ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS Each year all Upper Peninsula High Schools can nominate 1 female and 1 male student athlete for the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame scholarship. Each year 2 female and 2 male student athletes are selected as winners. The scholarship is $500 per year, for 4 years or $2,000 total for each winner. 1997 Kerry Kusz - Iron Mountain 2005 Tara Lahtinen - Gladstone Kristen Nichols - Lake Linden Kelly McClure - Iron Mountain William McDonald - Pickford Timothy Barrette - Negaunee Michael Moore - St. Ignace Steven Short - Kingsford 1998 Darcy Millon - Cedarville 2006 Angela Guisfredi - Lake Linden Elizabeth Pietila - Hancock Helen Lillie - Ewen/Trout Creek Jared Bowerman - Munising Eric Boye - Menominee Steve Grunlund - North Dickinson Kyle Robinson - Watersmeet 1999 *Sara Boyer - Rapid River 2007 Emily Feldhake - Cedarville Tara Reddinger - Kingsford Ellary Renier - Norway Beth Koski - Baraga Anthony Barrette - Negaunee Matt Barron - Mid Peninsula Kurt Bjorkman - Kingsford John Pietila - Kingsford 2008 Jessica Racine – Westwood 2000 Adriane Ostwald - Kingsford Kimberly Tweedale – Munising Jennifer Swanson - Westwood Dave Ellis – Negaunee Nathan Fraiser - West Iron County Dan Sjoquist – Kingsford Lance Veeser - Bark River Harris 2009 Brooke Granquist – North Central 2001 Megan Canadeo - Marquette Kelsey Roberts – Kingsford Karolyn Getzen - St. Ignace Logan Chadde – Lake Linden Kelsey Fors - Ewen/Trout Creek Kyle Jensen – Gladstone Steve McDonald - St. Ignace 2010 Jenna Hyrkas - Calumet 2002 Jamie Fornetti - Kingsford Katie Fitzpatrick - Sault Ste. Marie Maria Han - West Iron County Kyle Aho - Gwinn Bryan Jacobs - Escanaba Justin Fila - Norway Tony Mendina - Norway 2011 *Nicole Elmblad - St. Ignace 2003 Korry Schwanz - Menominee Rachel Crane - Houghton Jill Recla - Kingsford Aliisa Paquette - Munising Christopher Kupitz - Bessemer Dylan McKevitt - Negaunee Benjamin Seppala - Chassell Jordan Chartier - Superior Central 2004 Sarah Stream - Westwood *Krista Clement - St. Ignace Katherine Lindahl - Gladstone Matt Franti - Ewen/Trout Creek Jordan Ostwald - Kingsford * Due to a full basketball scholarship, NCAA rules do not allow players to accept UPSHF scholarships. The U.P. Sports Hall of Fame is located at the Pine Mountain Resort in Iron Mountain If you have any questions or comments visit the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame website at upshf.com. PROGRAM MASTER OF CEREMONIES...............................................................Mike Caruso U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Member INVOCATION............................................................................Gene Maki U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Member WELCOME ............................................................................Rod Guizzetti President, U.P. Sports Hall of Fame EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REMARKS .....................................................Cathy Shamion U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Executive Director INTRODUCTION OF HALL OF FAME SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ............................ Dave Lahtinen U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Member INTRODUCTION OF PAST INDUCTEES DINNER PLAQUE PRESENTATION INDUCTEES SARA BOYER KRIS DUNBAR JOHN FLANAGAN DAVE FREEMAN WILLIAM DENTON GRAY SCOTT HEBERT ALAN KIMICHIK JEFF NAULT JAN QUARLESS SCOTT WEAVER BENEDICTION...........................................................................Gene Maki U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBERS CATHY SHAMION Mike Caruso, Iron Mountain EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Bill Crawford, Sault Ste. Marie ONTONAGON Fred DeVuono, Sault Ste. Marie Karl Dickson, Escanaba ROD GUIZZETTI Robert Erkkila, Calumet PRESIDENT Dave Hallgren, Negaunee NEGAUNEE Ted Kearly, Houghton Bob Krysiak, Menominee DAVE LATVA Dave Lahtinen, Gladstone VICE PRESIDENT ST. IGNACE Gene Maki, Wakeield Nancy Osier, Wakeield Jim Partanen – Bessemer DENNIS GRALL Craig Remsburg, Marquette EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Frank Rodman, Hermansville ESCANABA Larry Rubick, Newberry Seb Rubick, Manistique STEVE SWANSON Rex Terwilliger, Iron Mountain TREASURER Duane Tirschel, Iron Mountain ISHPEMING 2011 U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES SARA BOYER (Rapid River) form their own company and produce and direct “Stars — After earning 12 varsity On Ice” which appeared throughout the country and letters in three sports at Rapid the world. He performed until age 65 in 1988, then River High School and helping produced shows before retiring at age 81. He performed the Rockets to a pair of Class D at Disney World, Trump Castle, The Breakers, The Lido state tourney runner-up inishes in Paris and in several countries. in basketball, Sara Boyer played four seasons of basketball at the DAVE FREEMAN (Marquette) University of Wisconsin-Green — A record-setting ski jumper Bay. She scored 1,758 points at age 18 (281 feet at Pine for Rapid River and 1,115 for Mountain) and Class B national UWGB, helping the Phoenix to a 95-29 record in NCAA ski jump champion in 1950, Division 1. She was the U.P. Class D player of the year Dave Freeman was selected as an and Class D all-state in 1998. In 1999 she was named the alternate to the U.S. Olympic ski top female scholar-athlete in Michigan by the Michigan team in 1952. He was also a four- Sports Hall of Fame. Winner of ive U.P. hurdles titles year starter at quarterback for in track, she spent two years as an assistant basketball Northern Michigan University’s coach for UWGB. football team (1948-51) and was an American Legion baseball outielder for the KRIS (Bullock) DUNBAR Iron Mountain state runner-up in 1948. He was also a (Sault Ste. Marie) — A player, high school football and baseball coach at Waterford coach and administrator, Kris Township, was a part-time assistant football coach (Bullock) Dunbar has filled at NMU, served as a radio football analyst for NMU many roles in Sault Ste. Marie broadcasts and was a ski instructor in Marquette. He athletics. She was an All-U.P. died in 2004. and all-state basketball player at Sault High while scoring WILLIAM DENTON (Dolly) 1,127 points, was a three-year GRAY (Houghton) — A member basketball co-captain and four- of the Pacific Coast League year starting guard at Lake Hall of Fame, William “Dolly” Superior State and then coached LSSU’s women’s team Gray spent 1909-11 as a pitcher to a 154-72 mark and ive NCAA Division 2 tournament for the American League’s appearances in eight seasons. She became LSSU’s Washington Nationals. He was athletic director in 2006 and oversees 15 varsity sports. 15-51 with a 3.52 ERA and was the winning pitcher in the JOHN FLANAGAN (Escanaba) debut of Washington’s Grifith — The Upper Peninsula’s ice Stadium in 1911. He won 155 skating champion in 1940 and games and had 1,021 strikeouts in nine seasons in the 1941 went on to star in several PCL, regarded as the top minor league in professional major ice shows throughout the baseball. He pitched 19 complete games as a 30-year- country. John Flanagan was the old major league rookie in 1909. He died in 1956. star comedian in Sonja Henie’s 1943 “Hollywood Ice Revue” and with “Ice Capades” before joining with his wife Karen to SCOTT HEBERT (Escanaba) Nault turned to coaching football, as an assistant at — A six-time Michigan Open University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and head coach at golf champion, Scott Hebert won Hortonville, Wis. High School. He is now an assistant the PGA Professional National coach at Neenah High School. Championship in 2008 and led the United States team to the JAN QUARLESS (Iron River) PGA Cup championship in Loch — For 27 years, Jan Quarless Lomond, Scotland in 2009 by was a college football coach winning all ive of his matches. at seven NCAA Division 1 He is a four-time qualiier for schools, serving as head coach the PGA Championship, one at Eastern Michigan University of golf’s four major tournaments, Hebert won the and Southern Illinois University Michigan Tournament of Champions in 2009 and the and offensive coodinator at New Michigan Pro-Pro title in 2007. He is currently head golf Mexico and Wake Forest. He professional at Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City. was offensive line coach for the Hebert also played golf and basketball at Escanaba High Rhein Fire in NFL Europe in School and American Legion baseball for the Escanaba 2005. Quarless was an All-U.P. football player at Iron Cubs and played golf at Ferris State University. River High School in 1969 and a four-year football letterman at Northern Michigan University, and is ALAN KIMICHIK (Norway) a 2000 inductee in NMU’s Sports Hall of Fame. He — A two-sport Upper Peninsula earned his PhD and became a school administrator after all-star at Norway High School, he left coaching and is now superintendent at Dollar Alan Kimichik was a three-year Bay Schools. football letterman as a tight end at Michigan State University. SCOTT WEAVER (Sault Ste. He earned All-Big 10 honors in Marie) — A two-time Academic 1981 and is MSU’s record holder All-American and third-team with 40 catches at tight end. All-American baseball player He was drafted by the USFL’s (1995) at University of Michigan, Michigan Panthers and traded to Scott Weaver was also an NCAA the Philadelphia Stars, where he helped them win the Division 1 recruit in hockey title in 1983. He was all-state in football and basketball out of Sault Ste. Marie High at Norway. School. He played three years in the minor leagues for the JEFF NAULT (Escanaba) — Detroit Tigers, who drafted him An all-state and All-American in the eighth round in 1995.