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U.P. Sports Hall of Fame 47th Annual U.P. Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet Island Resort and Casino Harris, Michigan May 12, 2018 at 6 PM 2018-2019 U.P. Sports Hall of Fame Calendar June 16, 2018 U.P. All-Star Basketball Classic, Marquette High School July 27, 2018 Annual Meeting, Island Resort & Casino May 11, 2019 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. 1997 Kerry Kusz - Iron Mountain 2003 Korry Schwanz - Menominee Kristen Nichols - Lake Linden Jill Recla - Kingsford William McDonald - Pickford Benjimin Seppala - Chassell Michael Moore - St. Ignace Christopher Kupitz - Bessemer 1998 Darcy Millon - Cedarville 2004 Sarah Stream - Westwood Elizabeth Pietila - Hancock *Krista Clement - St. Ignace Jared Bowerman - Munising Katherine Lindahl - Gladstone Steve Grunlund - North Dickinson Jordan Ostwald - Kingsford Matt Franti - Ewen/Trout Creek 1999 *Sara Boyer - Rapid River Tara Reddinger - Kingsford 2005 Tara Lahtinen - Gladstone Beth Koski - Baraga Kelly McClure - Iron Mountain Matt Barron - Mid Peninsula Timothy Barrette - Negaunee John Pietila - Kingsford Steven Short – Kingsford 2000 Adriane Ostwald – Kingsford 2006 Angela Guisfredi - Lake Linden Jennifer Swanson - Westwood Helen Lillie - Ewen/Trout Creek Nathan Fraiser - West Iron County Eric Boye - Menominee Lance Veeser - Bark River Harris Kyle Robinson - Watersmeet 2001 Megan Canadeo – Marquette Karolyn Getzen - St. Ignace 2007 Emily Feldhake – Cedarville Steve McDonald - St. Ignace Ellary Renier – Norway Kelsey Fors - Ewen/Trout Creek Anthony Barrette – Negaunee Kurt Bjorkman – Kingsford Jamie Fornetti - Kingsford 2002 2008 Jessica Racine – Westwood Maria Han - West Iron County Kimberly Tweedale – Munising Bryan Jacobs - Escanaba Dave Ellis – Negaunee Tony Mendina - Norway Dan Sjoquist – Kingsford 1 2009 Brooke Granquist – North Central 2014 *Lexi Gussert – Crystal Falls Kelsey Roberts – Kingsford Megan Chapman – Westwood Kyle Jensen – Gladstone Callie Jensen – Gladstone Logan Chadde – Lake Linden Jeremy Bell – Negaunee Corban Ryan – Manistique 2010 Jenna Hyrkas – Calumet 2015 Courtney Beauchamp - Westwood Katie Fitzpatrick - Sault Ste. Marie Margo Brown - St. Ignace LaSalle Kyle Aho - Gwinn Jess Mazzon - Bessemer Justin Fila - Norway Chad Leisenring - Escanaba 2011 *Nicole Elmblad - St. Ignace 2016 Abby Ostman-St.Ignace Rachel Crane - Houghton Gage Kreski- St. Ignace Aliisa Paquette - Munising Zane Sarafiny –West Iron County Dylan McKevitt - Negaunee Brenna James- Sault St. Marie Jordan Chartier - Superior Central 2017 Ryan Alaspa- Sault Ste. Marie 2012 Zachary French - Westwood *Jason Whitens- North Central Andrew Kelto - Munising Leigha Woelfer- Gladstone Megan Kangas - Norway Thomas Ziegler- Negaunee Jaime Madalinski - Bark River Harris Frankie Mattson- Munising 2013 Sarah Cullip - St Ignace 2018 Clara Johnson- Negaunee Tara Kiilunen - Calumet Laura Lyons, Lake Linden Kenner Broullire - Manistique Luke Rambo- Marquette Ross Michaels- Chassell Jacob Witt- Ewen-Trout Creek *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 2 Program Master of Ceremonies......................................... Mike Caruso, U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Member Welcome............................................................... Mike Caruso, 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 Dave Lahtinen, U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Winners............................................................... Member Introduction of Past Inductees......................... Mike Caruso, U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Member Dinner Plaque Presentation........................................... Bob Erkkila, U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, President Inductees: Ingrid Gallo Herb Grenke Jack Ingalls Jim Karabetsos Rich McCarthy Don Michaelson Walfred (Mike) Mickelson Pete Pericolosi Karen Plaisier Sarah (Stream) Stanek U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Members Executive Committee Council Members Executive Director: Cathy Shamion, Ontonagon Bill Crawford, Sault Ste. Marie President: Bob Erkkila, Calumet Phil DeGabrielle, Negaunee Vice President: Mike Caruso, Iron Mountain Fred DeVuono, Sault, Ste. Marie Executive Secretary: Dennis Grall, Escanaba Jim Dwyer, Sault Ste. Marie Treasurer: Suzanne Sanregret, Hancock Rod Guizzetti, Negaunee Don Gustafson, St.Ignace Dan Hinch, Stambaugh Bob Krysiak, Menominee Dave Lahtinen, Gladstone Mike Maki, Laurium Nancy Osier, Wakefield Dee Jay Paquette, Munising Jim Partanen, Bessemer Craig Remsburg, Marquette Frank Rodman, Hermansville Seb Rubick, Manistique Rex Terwilliger, Iron Mountain 3 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees INGRID GALLO (Ironwood)-A pioneer in women’s sports and a champion golfer and skier, Ingrid Gallo won the 1973 Upper Peninsula Ladies Golf Association championship after finish- ing second in 1972. She played on the University of Minnesota women’s golf team (1974-76), won the women’s Big Ten title in 1974 and the Minnesota Invitational in 1974 and 1975. After spending four years on the Women’s Professional Golf Tour and qualifying for the 1978 U.S. Open, she became a golf teacher and is among the top instructors in Minnesota. She earned four letters as a skier at Ironwood Luther L. Wright High School and won the U.P. slalom in 1972. She helped lead the fight for the University of Minnesota to establish the Patty Berg Scholarship for female athletes and the school later established a women’s athletic department. HERB GRENKE (Marquette)-The native of Oconto Falls, Wis. was defensive line coach for Northern Michigan University’s NCAA Division 2 championship football team in 1975. Grenke was NMU’s head coach from 1983-90 and compiled a school- best 53-28-1 record. He coached in all 12 of NMU’s NCAA playoff games. In 1987, Grenke was GLIAC coach of the year and Region 3 Kodak College Football Coach of the Year. After serving in the Marine Corps with the elite 1st Marine Brigade amphibious recon platoon, Grenke played football at Univer- sity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was a two-time all-confer- ence selection and two-time team captain. He also coached at UW-Platteville and Northern Illinois. JACK INGALLS (Gladstone)-An all-around athlete while growing up in East Jordan, Jack Ingalls spent 14 seasons as Gladstone High School’s boys basketball coach and seven years at Vestaburg, compiling a 263-159 record. He was U.P. Class A-B coach of the year four times and directed Gladstone to two Class B quarterfinals. He was also interim girls head basketball coach at Gladstone in 1997. Ingalls also coached track, football and Little League baseball, and has served as a volunteer coach for the five-time state champion St. Ignace LaSalle High School girls basketball teams. He helped the Pe- toskey Eagles win the Class C state fastpitch softball champi- onshhip and Bremeyer-Bain win a Class D state title and was a 14-year fastpitch standout hitter-outfielder. 4 JIM KARABETSOS (Marquette)-After earning 11 varsity letters in four sports at Marquette Graveraet High School, Jim Karabet- sos earned a basketball scholarship to Northern Michigan Univer- sity and was a four-year letterman. He helped NMU finish third in the NAIA tournament with an overall school-best 24-3 record in 1960-61. He was the team’s captain in 1961-62. He then became head basketball coach at Ashland, Wis. High School, then was an assistant at Mankato (Minn.) State and Kansas University. After one season as an assistant at Denver University, he spent two sea- sons as Denver’s head coach and was head coach at Regis College in Denver from 1973-77. He was also assistant athletic director at University of North Dakota from 1982-86 and his final 13 years were spent as professor of sport management at Western Illinois University. RICH MCCARTHY (Kingsford)-Despite serious health issues (four kidney transplants and one liver transplant), Rich McCa- rthy was a successful athlete and high school coach for 32 years before he died in 2003. He earned 11 letters in four sports at Kingsford High School, was a three-year starting quarterback at Northern Michigan University, where he owned 10 school re- cords and was MVP of the 1969 team. He was head football coach at Muskegon Oakridge High School for five years and was an as- sistant football coach at Muskegon Orchard View and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer for 21 years. He was also girls track coach for 12 years at Reeths-Puffer. He was Michigan’s assistant football coach of the year in 1997 and was selected to the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 2007. DON MICHAELSON (L’Anse)-Perhaps the best football player in L’Anse High School history, Don Michaelson was also a top performer in basketball and track. He was U.P. Back of the Year and Class C all-state in 1970, then helped the Purple Hornets win the U.P. Class C track title in 1971 by winning shot put and going unbeaten for three years in the 440-yard dash. He played two