April 28, 2007•5:00PMCt 6:00PMet INDUCTION BANQUET IRON MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN 36 PREMIERE CENTER TH ANNUAL LYNN CHANDNOIS ALLISON BOTTOMS MARION ANDERSON AL ERICKSON THOMAS CSMARICH HALL OFFAME HALL UP SPORTS SPORTS UP JOE REDDINGER JIM PINAR WESLEY OLSON TOM WENDER KEVIN TAPANI 2007-2008 U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME CALENDAR April 28, 2007 Hall of Fame Induction Banquet June 1, 2007 Deadline for nominations for Inductee Class of 2007 June 9, 2007 Cedarville High School, U.P. All Star Basketball Classic July 27-28, 2007 Iron Mountain, Hall of Fame Annual Meeting April 27, 2008 Hall of Fame Induction Banquet July 25-26, 2008 Manistique, Hall of Fame Annual Meeting 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 2003 Korry Schwanz - Menominee Kristen Nichols - Lake Linden Jill Recla - Kingsford William McDonald - Pickford Christopher Kupitz - Bessemer Michael Moore - St. Ignace Benjamin Seppala - Chassell 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 Matt Franti - Ewen/Trout Creek Jordan Ostwald - Kingsford 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 2007 Emily Feldhake - Cedarville Karolyn Getzen - St. Ignace Ellary Renier - Norway Kelsey Fors - Ewen/Trout Creek Anthony Barrette - Negaunee Steve McDonald - St. Ignace Kurt Bjorkman - Kingsford 2002 Jamie Fornetti - Kingsford Maria Han - West Iron County Bryan Jacobs - Escanaba Tony Mendina - Norway * 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. .Denny Chartier U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Member INVOCATION. Gene Maki U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Member WELCOME . Nancy Osier President, U.P. Sports Hall of Fame REMARKS . Duane Tirschel Executive Director, U.P. Sports Hall of Fame 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 MARION “MINGO” ANDERSON ALLISON (BAILEY) BOTTOMS LYNN CHANDNOIS THOMAS CSMARICH AL ERICKSON WESLEY “WACKEy” OLSON JIM PINAR JOE REDDINGER KEVIN TAPANI TOM WENDER BENEDICTION. Gene Maki U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBERS DUANE TIRSCHEL Art Allen, Manistique EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Denny Chartier, Iron Mountain IRON MOUNTAIN Bill Crawford, Sault Ste. Marie Fred DeVuono, Sault Ste. Marie NANCY OSIER Karl Dickson, Escanaba PRESIDENT Robert Erkkila, Calumet WAKEFIELD Dave Hallgren, Negaunee Ted Kearly, Houghton ROD GUIZZETTI Bob Krysiak, Menominee VICE PRESIDENT Dave Lahtinen, Gladstone NEGAUNEE Jim Lamoreaux, St. Ignace DENNIS GRALL Gene Maki, Wakeield Craig Remsburg, Marquette EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Frank Rodman, Hermansville ESCANABA Larry Rubick, Newberry Cathy Shamion, Ontonagon STEVE SWANSON Rex Terwilliger, Iron Mountain TREASURER ISHPEMING 2007 U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES MARIon “Mingo” ANDER- in career pass interceptions (20) and interception return SON, Marquette - A pioneer in yardage (384) and was the team’s MVP in 1948 and an women’s athletics in the Upper All-American in 1949. He was the State of Michigan’s Peninsula, Anderson was the pitch- Outstanding Amateur Athlete in 1950. er as the Mehrmann Plumberettes fastpitch softball team won Class THOMAS CSMARICH, On- C state titles in 1951 and 1952. tonagon - A two-time Northern She was a three-time U.P. Open Intercollegiate Conference all-star singles champion in tennis, won football player at Michigan Tech U.P. singles bowling titles in 1951 University, Tom Csmarich was the and 1964 and had a 667 series in league MVP in 1966 and joined 1954. She had a hole-in-one in Tech’s Hall of Fame in 1997. He golf and was the only female entrant in speed snowmo- ran for 1,457 yards and caught 48 bile races in Marquette in the early 1950s. She died July passes for 600 yards and scored 17 23, 2006. touchdowns for the Huskies. He also had 683 career return yards. ALLISON (Bailey) BOTTOMS, Regarded as one of the best athletes to graduate from Ewen - The Upper Peninsula’s Ontonagon High School, Csmarich starred in football, all-time girls high school basket- basketball and track. ball scoring champion with 2,131 points at Ewen-Trout Creek High AL ERICKSON, Escanaba School, Allison Bailey also had - A batting champion in the Mid- 1,357 rebounds and 258 blocked American Conference with a .483 shots. She was MVP of the 1997 average at Western Michigan Uni- state high school all-star game, versity in 1961, Al Erickson helped then had a sterling basketball ca- the Broncos reach the College reer at Michigan Tech University. World Series. He was a four-year She scored 1,561 points at Tech catcher for WMU (1958-61), then and set records for career (461) and single-season free signed a bonus contract with the throws (137) and most consecutive free throws (25). She San Francisco Giants in 1961. He was MVP of the GLIAC tourney, a irst-team GLIAC advanced to Class AAA El Paso in North Division all-star and Kodak honorable mention 1965 until his career ended with All-America. a rotator cuff injury in his shoulder. Erickson played on two state championship baseball teams in Escanaba, in LYNN CHANDNOIS, Fayette Little League in 1951 and American Legion in 1955. He - An all-around, big-play performer was a standout fastpitch softball player for the Escanaba for the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers Merchants from 1966-78. He also coached Legion base- from 1950-56, Lynn Chandnois ball in Escanaba and in high school coached baseball at scored 16 touchdowns. He holds Powers and golf at Manistique. the team career kickoff return record of 29.57 yards, which is WESLEY “WAcKEY” ol- second all-time in the NFL. He had SON, Marquette - Inventor of the two kickoff returns for touchdowns infamous “kick shot” circa 1936- in 1952, when he was selected the 37, Wesley “Wackey” Olson is NFL’s Player of the Year. After the brother of UPSHF inductees earning all-state honors at Flint Eddie and Weldon Olson. Wackey Central High School in football and basketball, Chand- Olson was involved in the promo- nois was a four-year football standout for the Spartans tion and development of hockey and also played basketball for one year. He ranks irst at every level, as a player, coach, manager, league supervisor, referee and broadcaster, KEVIN TAPANI, Escanaba - A from his teens in the 1920s through the 1960s. He pitcher for ive Major League played with the Upper Peninsula Huskies in the Michi- baseball teams in a 13-year career, gan Olympic Hockey Trials in 1932, then played with Kevin Tapani compiled a 143- Haley A.C. in the Michigan-Ontario Hockey League. 125 record with a 4.35 ERA. He Olson, regarded as the best athlete among nine brothers, helped the Minnesota Twins win also played basketball at Marquette Pierce High School, the 1991 World Series by beating played baseball in the U.P. semi-pro league and per- Atlanta in Game Two and also formed in Marquette Figure Skating Club ice shows. pitched for the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago JIM PINAR, Escanaba - A long- White Sox and Chicago Cubs. time sports broadcaster, Jim Pinar He beat every Major League team except the Cubs also spent 14 years as an award- and Tampa Bay, the only teams he never faced. Tapani winning sports information director hit two home runs, including a grand slam. He started at Northern Michigan University. 354 of the 361 games he pitched, posting nine shutouts Pinar also broadcast NMU football and 26 complete games. A savvy pitcher who relied on and basketball games while serving excellent control (2.4 walks a game) in 2,265 innings. as SID, where his publications Tapani spent four years pitching for Central Michi- received national recognition in six gan University, going 43-16 with a no-hitter, and was sports from 1988-2002. Pinar was drafted by the Oakland A’s in 1986. He was quarterback a sportscaster for WDBC, WQLQ- of Escanaba High School’s Class A state championship FM and WMXG-FM in Escanaba, football team in 1981. WJPD in Ishpeming and WLUC-TV in Marquette. He was a charter member of the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame’s TOM WENDER, Iron Moun- executive council and was a committee member of the tain - Tom Wender directed Iron NMU Sports Hall of Fame. He also played football at Mountain High School to two state Escanaba Holy Name High School and Northland, Wis. football championships (Class C College and was an assistant football and basketball in 1993 and Division 7 in 2000) coach at Gladstone and Escanaba high schools for four and was 166-52 in 21 seasons. Iron years. Mountain also inished second once and made the state playoffs JOE REDDINGER, Kingsford 14 times in that span.