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TERRY SAYEN JOELL (JOHNSON) KREJCAREK SHARI (AHOLA) BYERLY LARRY BARKLE INDUCTION BANQUET April 28, 2012 • 6:00PM April 28, • 6:00PM ET 2012 ESCANABA, MICHIGAN ESCANABA, 41 DANFORTH PLACE ST ANNUAL CARL MATTSON CHERYL (DORAIS) DEPUYDT HALL OF FAME HALL UP SPORTS SPORTS UP JACK MUGFORD JEANETTE LECAPTAIN CON YAGODZINSKI BARBARA PERRY ERICA LEDY 2012 - 2013 U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME CALENDAR June 23, 2012 St. Ignace LaSalle High School, U.P. All-Star Classic July 27-28, 2012 Harris, Hall of Fame Annual Meeting April 27, 2013 Induction Banquet at Danforth Place, Escanaba 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 2012 Zachary French - Westwood *Krista Clement - St. Ignace Andrew Kelto - Munising Katherine Lindahl - Gladstone Megan Kangas - Norway Matt Franti - Ewen/Trout Creek Jaime Madalinski - Bark River Harris 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 LARRY BARKLE SHARI (AHOLA) BYERLY CHERYL (DORAIS) DEPUYDT JEANETTE LECAPTAIN ERICA LEDY JOELL (JOHNSON) KREJCAREK CARL MATTSON JACK MUGFORD BARBARA PERRY TERRY SAYEN CON YAGODZINSKI 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 Robert Erkkila, Calumet ROD GUIZZETTI Dave Hallgren, Negaunee PRESIDENT Bob Krysiak, Menominee NEGAUNEE Dave Lahtinen, Gladstone DAVE LATVA Gene Maki, Wakeield Wayne Marshall, Gladstone VICE PRESIDENT ST. IGNACE Nancy Osier, Wakeield Dee Jay Paquette, Munising Jim Partanen, Bessemer DENNIS GRALL Craig Remsburg, Marquette EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Frank Rodman, Hermansville ESCANABA Seb Rubick, Manistique Suzanne Sanregret, Hancock STEVE SWANSON Rex Terwilliger, Iron Mountain TREASURER Duane Tirschel, Iron Mountain ISHPEMING 2012 U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES LARRY BARKLE (Iron JEANETTE LECAPTAIN Mountain) — A youth baseball (Escanaba) — A one-time coach and oficial over a span of professional dancer and ice skater four decades, Larry Barkle was in Dallas, LeCaptain moved to known as “Mr. Little League” Escanaba in 1946 and was an ice in Dickinson County. He was show director and coach of skaters president of the Michigan- and dancers for seven decades. Wisconsin Little League from She performed for Holiday On 1970-2000, devoted more than Ice and for Ice Capades. Several 8,500 hours to the program, of her pupils went on to skate compiled a coaching record of professionally for ice skating 416-199 and the East Side Field shows. She also trained the River is named in his honor. He was manager of the 1994 Little Kids of Escanaba, a trick and fancy log-rolling quartet that League team which won the state baseball championship. won three world championships (1975-77). The Felch native also was a recruiter for Michigan State University. He died in 2001. ERICA LEDY (Drummond Island) — A two-time all-state SHARI (AHOLA) BYERLY basketball player at DeTour High (Gladstone) — A three-time All- School, Erica Ledy was on the American skier, Shari (Ahola) Detroit Free Press Team of the Byerly helped the University of Decade for the 1980s. She scored Wyoming women’s team win the 1,506 points in her four-year career NCAA ski championship in 1985. and led the Raiders to the Class D She was the school’s outstanding state title in 1983. She was a four- female athlete in 1986 and received time GLIAC all-star (irst-team the Admiral Land Award. She also 1984-85, second team the next competed in the World University three seasons) at Lake Superior Games in Cortina, Italy. She was State University. She also was LSSU’s head women’s Junior National slalom champion coach (1990-97), also coached at Northwood University in 1981 and won the 1983 Junior Olympics slalom and and is now coaching at New England College. giant slalom championships. She raced on the Women’s Professional Tour in 1987-88 and was a ski coach at JOELL (JOHNSON) Jackson Hole Ski Club for nine years. KREJCAREK (Carlshend) — Growing up before girls sports CHERYL (DORAIS) DEPUYDT were part of high school programs, (Marquette/Houghton) — Joell (Johnson) Krejcarek turned A member of Michigan Tech to coaching and started the girls’ University’s Sports Hall of Fame, basketball program at Alcona High Cheryl (Dorais) DePuydt was the School in Lincoln, Mich. in 1966. first female coach at Michigan She was head coach until 1997 and Tech. She was head womens coach compiled a 392-215 record. She in basketball (1975-78). volleyball was a ive-time National Coach of (1975-80) and cheerleading (1975- the Year nominee and state coach 2006). She also led formation of the year in 1994. She also started girls softball (1973), of the Marquette Figure Skating track (1968) and volleyball (1990) at Alcona. She also Club, directed annual ice shows coached Alcona’s jayvee and grade 7-9 boys basketball in Marquette and Houghton and taught power skating to teams. numerous Tech hockey players. She died in 2005. CARL MATTSON (Hancock/ TERRY SAYEN (Gwinn/ Pelkie) — A member of the Detroit Munising) — A coach of four sports Red Wings’ Hall of Fame, Carl at Munising High School, Terry Mattson was the team’s head Sayen directed the football team trainer (1947-58) and assistant to the Class C state championship trainer (1935-47), retiring with in 1980 and compiled a 137-72 the longest tenure in the team’s record in 26 seasons. He also history. He was also the visiting coached basketball, track and team’s locker room attendant golf. He was a four-year standout (1929-35). During his time tending in basketball and track at Gwinn to some of the NHL’s top players, High School and set long jump the Red Wings reached the Stanley and high jump school records. He Cup inals 13 times, winning seven titles. He died in 1985. also played fastpitch softball and basketball for 30 years in Munising and was the school’s athletic director for 12 JACK MUGFORD (Ahmeek/ years. Sayen served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1962-66) Laurium) — An all-around athlete and joined the Michigan High School Football Coaches from the home (Laurium) of three Association Hall of Fame in 1997. He has been assistant other UPSHF standouts, Jack football coach at St. Norbert College since 1998. Mugford excelled in baseball, basketball, bowling, golf, fastpitch CON YAGODZINSKI softball and track. He played briely (Escanaba) — An all-state in the minor leagues after signing basketball player at Escanaba a contract with the Philadelphia Holy Name High School, Con Phillies, owned Calumet High Yagodzinski