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INDUCTION BANQUET ISLAND RESORT ANDCASINO May 9,2015 •6:00PMET BECKY IVERSON PAUL FELDHAUSEN KRISTA CLEMENT 44 HARRIS, MICHIGAN TH ANNUAL HALL OFFAME HALL DON "MITT" MILLER DICK FRANTI SPORTS UP HUGH "MUZZ" MURRAY CARLY (BENSON) HARRINGTON STEVE SWANSON WAYNE SICKLER JACK HOOPER 2015 - 2016 U.P. SPorTS Hall of faME CalEnDar June 20, 2015 U.P. All-Star Classic, Marquette High School July 24, 2015 Annual Meeting, Iron Mountain May 7, 2016 Induction banquet, Island Resort & Casino, Harris 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 2007 Emily Feldhake – Cedarville Kristen Nichols - Lake Linden Ellary Renier – Norway William McDonald - Pickford Anthony Barrette – Negaunee Michael Moore - St. Ignace Kurt Bjorkman – Kingsford 1998 Darcy Millon - Cedarville 2008 Jessica Racine – Westwood Elizabeth Pietila - Hancock Kimberly Tweedale – Munising Jared Bowerman - Munising Dave Ellis – Negaunee Steve Grunlund - North Dickinson Dan Sjoquist – Kingsford 1999 *Sara Boyer - Rapid River 2009 Brooke Granquist – North Central Tara Reddinger - Kingsford Kelsey Roberts – Kingsford Beth Koski - Baraga Logan Chadde – Lake Linden Matt Barron - Mid Peninsula Kyle Jensen – Gladstone John Pietila - Kingsford 2010 Jenna Hyrkas - Calumet 2000 Adriane Ostwald - Kingsford Katie Fitzpatrick - Sault Ste. Marie Jennifer Swanson - Westwood Kyle Aho - Gwinn Nathan Fraiser - West Iron County Justin Fila - Norway Lance Veeser - Bark River Harris 2011 *Nicole Elmblad - St. Ignace 2001 Megan Canadeo - Marquette Rachel Crane - Houghton Karolyn Getzen - St. Ignace Aliisa Paquette - Munising Kelsey Fors - Ewen/Trout Creek Dylan McKevitt - Negaunee Steve McDonald - St. Ignace Jordan Chartier - Superior Central 2002 Jamie Fornetti - Kingsford 2012 Zachary French - Westwood Maria Han - West Iron County Andrew Kelto - Munising Bryan Jacobs - Escanaba Megan Kangas - Norway Tony Mendina - Norway Jaime Madalinski - Bark River Harris 2003 Korry Schwanz - Menominee 2013 Sarah Cullip - St Ignace Jill Recla - Kingsford Tara Kiilunen - Calumet Christopher Kupitz - Bessemer Kenner Broullire - Manistique Benjamin Seppala - Chassell Ross Micheals - Chassell 2004 Sarah Stream - Westwood 2014 *Lexi Gussert – Crystal Falls *Krista Clement - St. Ignace Megan Chapman – Westwood Katherine Lindahl - Gladstone Callie Jensen – Gladstone Matt Franti - Ewen/Trout Creek Jeremy Bell – Negaunee Jordan Ostwald - Kingsford Corban Ryan – Manistique 2005 Tara Lahtinen - Gladstone 2015 Courtney Beauchamp - Westwood Kelly McClure - Iron Mountain Margo Brown - St. Ignace LaSalle Timothy Barrette - Negaunee Chad Leisenring - Escanaba Steven Short - Kingsford Jess Mazzon - Bessemer 2006 Angela Guisfredi - Lake Linden Helen Lillie - Ewen/Trout Creek Eric Boye - Menominee Kyle Robinson - Watersmeet * 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 WELCOME .............................................................................Nancy Osier U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Member 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 KRISTA CLEMENT PAUL FELDHAUSEN DICK FRANTI CARLY (BENSON) HARRINGTON JACK HOOPER BECKY IVERSON DON "MITT" MILLER HUGH "MUZZ" MURRAY WAYNE SICKLER STEVE SWANSON U.P. SPorTS Hall of faME CoUnCIl EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBERS Mike Caruso, Iron Mountain CATHY SHAMION Bill Crawford, Sault Ste. Marie EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Fred DeVuono, Sault Ste. Marie ONTONAGON Jim Dwyer, Sault Ste. Marie Robert Erkkila, Calumet ROD GUIZZETTI Dave Hallgren, Negaunee PRESIDENT Dan Hinch, Stambaugh NEGAUNEE Bob Krysiak, Menominee Dave Lahtinen, Gladstone DAVE LATVA Gene Maki*, Wakeield VICE PRESIDENT Mike Maki, Laurium ST. IGNACE Wayne Marshall, Gladstone Nancy Osier, Wakeield DENNIS GRALL Dee Jay Paquette, Munising EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Jim Partanen, Bessemer ESCANABA Craig Remsburg, Marquette Frank Rodman, Hermansville SUZANNE SANREGRET Seb Rubick, Manistique TREASURER Rex Terwilliger, Iron Mountain HANCOCK *Emeritus Member 2015 U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES KRISTA CLEMENT (St. Ignace) CARLY (Benson) HARRINGTON - The irst Upper Peninsula (Carney) - An all-state basketball athlete to earn Miss Basketball of player at Carney-Nadeau High Michigan (2003), Clement was School, Benson was a four-year also Michigan's Gatorade Player of regular on the University of the Year and Detroit Athletic Club Michigan women's basketball team. high school athlete of the year. She She scored 1,020 points and set a is the all-time scoring leader at St. school record with 192 three-point Ignace LaSalle High School with ield goals in 2008-9. In high school 2,060 points and also holds three she helped the Wolves win the Class school records in track. She helped D state title as a freshman in 2001. the Saints win the Class C state She is the school's all-time scoring basketball title in 2000 and inish leader with 1,864 points and was a second in 2002 while helping the team to a four-year record of two-time U.P. Class D player of the year. She was also a four- 99-5. She was a four-year captain of the University of Michigan year letterwinner in volleyball, cross country and track. women's basketball team, one of only two UM athletes with that distinction. JACK HOOPER (Iron Mountain) - An accomplished ski jumper and PAUL FELDHAUSEN (Iron golfer, Hooper's career spanned Mountain) - A nine letterwinner more than 60 years. He won the Class at Iron Mountain High School, B national ski jump championship Feldhausen was MVP of his in 1955, then participated in Class football and basketball teams in A tournaments. After a back injury 1963-64. A two-time captain of his ended his U.S. Olympic hopes, Northland College football teams, Hooper switched to golf and won he was a Little All-America (small the U.P. Golf Association men's title college) lineman in 1966 and 1967. in 1988. He was second in 1967 Feldhausen has been inducted into and fourth in 1978. He also won 17 Northland's Sports Hall of Fame. men's club titles at Iron Mountain He was drafted in the 11th round by Pine Grove Country Club and won the Dickinson County the NFL's Boston Patriots in 1968 championship 23 times. in the irst common AFL-NFL draft and played three seasons before a back injury ended his career. He also spent 40 years as BECKY IVERSON (Gladstone) a football and baseball oficial for the Wisconsin Interscholastic - A 14-year member of the LPGA Athletic Association and was National Federation of High Tour, Iverson won the Friendly's Schools Umpire of the Year in 1993. Classic championship in 1995 with a career-best 63 in the second round. DICK FRANTI (Ontonagon) - She turned professional in 1989 and One of three Upper Peninsula girls earned $1,556,622 in her career. She basketball coaches in the 500- also had three wins on the LPGA win club, Franti ended the 2013- Futures Tour and one win on the 14 season with a career record Hooter's Tour. She was player of of 501-221. He has also coached the year on the 1993 Central Florida boys basketball, posting a 245-147 Tour. Iverson, who played for the record. His combined 746 victories U.S. team in the Solheim Cup in are among the highest in state 2000, inished second in the British Open and the du Maurier history. For 18 years, he coached Classic in 2000 and tied for sixth at the LPGA Championship girls basketball in fall and boys in 2001. She won the Michigan Junior Amateur by 20 strokes in basketball in winter, at Bergland 1985, won the 1987 Michigan Women's Amateur championship and Ontonagon. Only two of his 32 and won the Upper Peninsula Ladies Golf Association title in girls teams did not post winning seasons. 1989. She played golf for four years at Michigan State University and was selected to the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in 2014. She currently is director of golf at The Bridges Club in Madison, Wis. DON "Mitt" MILLER (Houghton) WAYNE SICKLER (Calumet) - One of the winningest high school - A winner of 10 varsity letters hockey coaches in Michigan, Miller at Calumet High School, Sickler began the Houghton High School played football at Northern Michigan program in 1969 and guided the University and then became a prep Gremlins to one state championship coach and administrator. He was an (1982) and two runner-up inishes all-state end in 1957 and 1958 and (1979, 1995). Miller posted a also played basketball and track. At 378-260-23 record, including six NMU he was on the Associated Press regional titles. In 1982, he was NAIA All-Star football team in 1960 named Michigan Class B-C-D and 1961, was the state's top scorer Coach of the Year and was tabbed with 70 points in 1961 and set two with conference honors seven times. school records. He spent 12 seasons His brother, Rick, won 357 games with the Hancock Bulldogs, coaching at Munising and Calumet high schools, was U.P. coach making them the top brother tandem in the country. He was also of the year in 1966, then was athletic director at Calumet, twice a ine hockey player in the Eagle River, Wis. area and the Copper earning U.P. athletic director of the year awards. He has also Country for many years, culminating in state championships been inducted into the NMU and Calumet High School sports with the Laurn-Grove juvenile hockey team (1961) and the hall of fames.