INDUCTION BANQUET April 25, 2009 • 6:00PM April 25, • 6:00PM ET 2009 ALICE NIGHTINGALE ANN BESANENEY* JOHN BERRIGAN ESCANABA, MICHIGAN ESCANABA, 38 DANFORTH PLACE TH ANNUAL MARK OLSON BOB WALLENSTIEN HALL OF FAME HALL UP SPORTS SPORTS UP DALE PHILLIPS DAN FLYNN DUANE TIRSCHEL TOM SCHWALBACH BOB GINGRASS 2009-2010 U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME CALENDAR June 1, 2009 Deadline for nominations for Class of 2010 June 27, 2009 Escanaba High School, U.P. All Star Basketball Classic July 31 – August 1, 2009 Manistique, Hall of Fame Annual Meeting April 24, 2010 Escanaba Danforth Place Induction Banquet June 19, 2010 Norway High School, U.P. All Star Basketball Classic 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 2004 Sarah Stream - Westwood Kristen Nichols - Lake Linden *Krista Clement - St. Ignace William McDonald - Pickford Katherine Lindahl - Gladstone Michael Moore - St. Ignace Matt Franti - Ewen/Trout Creek Jordan Ostwald - Kingsford 1998 Darcy Millon - Cedarville Elizabeth Pietila - Hancock 2005 Tara Lahtinen - Gladstone Jared Bowerman - Munising Kelly McClure - Iron Mountain Steve Grunlund - North Dickinson Timothy Barrette - Negaunee Steven Short - Kingsford 1999 *Sara Boyer - Rapid River Tara Reddinger - Kingsford 2006 Angela Guisfredi - Lake Linden Beth Koski - Baraga Helen Lillie - Ewen/Trout Creek Matt Barron - Mid Peninsula Eric Boye - Menominee John Pietila - Kingsford Kyle Robinson - Watersmeet 2000 Adriane Ostwald - Kingsford 2007 Emily Feldhake - Cedarville Jennifer Swanson - Westwood Ellary Renier - Norway Nathan Fraiser - West Iron County Anthony Barrette - Negaunee Lance Veeser - Bark River Harris Kurt Bjorkman - Kingsford 2001 Megan Canadeo - Marquette 2008 Jessica Racine – Westwood Karolyn Getzen - St. Ignace Kimberly Tweedale – Munising Kelsey Fors - Ewen/Trout Creek Dave Ellis – Negaunee Steve McDonald - St. Ignace Dan Sjoquist – Kingsford 2002 Jamie Fornetti - Kingsford 2009 Brooke Granquist – North Central Maria Han - West Iron County Kelsey Roberts – Kingsford Bryan Jacobs - Escanaba Logan Chadde – Lake Linden Tony Mendina - Norway Kyle Jensen – Gladstone 2003 Korry Schwanz - Menominee Jill Recla - Kingsford Christopher Kupitz - Bessemer Benjamin Seppala - Chassell * 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, Executive Director INVOCATION............................................ ................................Gene Maki U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Member WELCOME............................................. Rod Guizzetti President, 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 JOHN BERRIGAN ANN BESANENEY* BOB WALLENSTIEN DAN FLYNN BOB GINGRASS ALICE NIGHTINGALE MARK OLSON DALE PHILLIPS TOM SCHWALBACH DUANE TIRSCHEL BENEDICTION............................................ ...............................Gene Maki U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBERS DENNY CHARTIER Art Allen, Manistique EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Bill Crawford, Sault Ste. Marie IRON MOUNTAIN Fred DeVuono, Sault Ste. Marie Karl Dickson, Escanaba ROD GUIZZETTI Robert Erkkila, Calumet PRESIDENT Dave Hallgren, Negaunee NEGAUNEE Ted Kearly, Houghton Bob Krysiak, Menominee CATHY SHAMION Dave Lahtinen, Gladstone VICE PRESIDENT Dave Latva, St. Ignace ONTONAGON Gene Maki, Wakeield DENNIS GRALL Nancy Osier, Wakeield Jim Partanen – Bessemer EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Craig Remsburg, Marquette ESCANABA Frank Rodman, Hermansville Larry Rubick, Newberry STEVE SWANSON Rex Terwilliger, Iron Mountain TREASURER Duane Tirschel, Iron Mountain ISHPEMING 2009 U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES JOHN BERRIGAN (Escanaba) - The U.P. DAN FLYNN (Escanaba) basketball scoring leader in - A long-time multi-sport 1954-55 with a 26.7 average coach and administrator at Escanaba Holy Name, at Escanaba High School, John Berrigan scored 1,146 Dan Flynn was a three- points in three seasons. He year football letterman was nominated to play in at Northern Michigan the North-South Game in University. Head coach in Murray, Ky. He earned 11 football, track and wrestling varsity letters at St. Joseph/ at EHS, he also was athletic Holy Name. Berrigan pitched director from 1984-96 a no-hit baseball game against Negaunee while and has served on the Michigan High School a senior at Holy Name, then became a youth Athletic Association’s representative council league coach in Escanaba. since 1988. He also helped start wrestling at Ishpeming High School. ANN (Somerville) BESANENEY (Ironwood) BOB GINGRASS (Iron - A recipient of 12 varsity Mountain) - An all-sports letters at Ironwood High star at Iron Mountain High School in four sports, School with 12 varsity Ann Somerville helped letters, Bob Gingrass was a her teams win seven U.P. three-year football player at championships. She earned the University of Wisconsin 12 all-state track awards. and played for the Badgers She also earned 12 letters at in the 1952 Rose Bowl. He Michigan State University in was drafted by the NFL’s track and cross country and Philadelphia Eagles. was All-America in cross country in 2000 and track in 2002. A four-time Big Ten Academic ALICE (Duesing) All-Star and Verizon Academic All-American in NIGHTINGALE (Sault 2002. *Due to previous academic commitments, Ste. Marie) - The leading will be inducted in 2010. basketball scorer at Sault High School (1,482 points) BOB WALLENSTEIN and Lake Superior State (Negaunee/Marquette) - University (1,933), Alice Known as Bob Chase on Duesing was the U.P. Class the radio, Bob Wallenstein A-B-C Player of the Year in spent more than 55 years 1998. She received numerous as WOWO play-by-play awards at LSSU, topped announcer for the Fort by the NCAA Today’s Wayne, Ind. Komets hockey Top VIII Award, the NCAA D-2 Conference team. He also broadcast Commissioners Association Scholar-Athlete Indy 500 auto races for over of the Year and GLIAC Scholar-Athlete of the 30 years, Big Ten football, Year. Fort Wayne/Detroit Pistons basketball. He has won numerous sportscasting awards. He started his career at WDMJ radio in Marquette. MARK OLSON TOM SCHWALBACH (Marquette) - A three-time (Escanaba) - An outstanding MVP of Michigan Tech athlete at Escanaba High University’s hockey team, School and Northern Mark Olson is a member of Michigan University, Tom three other sports halls of Schwalbach then became fame. Brothers Eddie, Weldy a prep coach in Rockford, and Wesley are also in the Ill. He played baseball and UPSHF. He helped Escanaba football at EHS, then after win hockey’s Gibson Cup playing basketball, baseball in 1954, oficiated at the and football in the Marine college hockey level, helped Corps for three years, he start youth hockey programs in Escanaba, Peoria became a two-time football MVP at NMU. He and Pekin, Ill. and was an excellent log birler. was the irst NMU football player to have his He also played basketball, baseball and softball number (17) retired. He signed with the AFL’s and helped Escanaba Harnischfeger win the Boston Patriots in 1960 but left to become coach Class A state fastpitch softball championship. at Munising High School for two seasons. He then coached football and wrestling in Rockford, DALE PHILLIPS Ill. West and Guilford high schools (1965-92), (Ishpeming/Marquette) earning numerous awards. - A veteran of 36 years coaching runners, Dale DUANE TIRSCHEL (Iron Phillips directed Marquette Mountain) - An outstanding High School to 42 Upper athlete who earned 11 Peninsula titles in cross letters in football, baseball, country (25 by girls, 17 by basketball and tennis at Iron boys), and 11 girls U.P. track Mountain High School, titles at Marquette and one Duane Tirschel became a at Ishpeming Westwood. long-time promoter and A total of 28 U.P. cross sponsor of Upper Peninsula country champions ran for Phillips, and 14 were sports. He built national named U.P. Runner of the Year. His teams won award-winning TimberStone a total of 60 conference titles, at Ishpeming Golf Course in Iron Westwood and Marquette. Joined the Michigan Mountain, generating a U.P. golf boom, and Interscholastic Track and Cross Country also owned Pine Mountain Resort. He was U.P. Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005. Sports Hall of Fame executive director from 1994-2007. HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES TAFFY ABEL, Sault Ste. Marie (1972), a member of the U.S. ice hockey team in the and 13 records as quarterback of the Central Michigan University football team. The 1924 Olympic Games and the U.S. lag bearer for the opening ceremonies. He played Chippewas were 26-13-5 in his four seasons as a starter (1988-91) and played in the for the New York Rangers and the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL and on Stanley California Raisin Bowl in 1990. He was the Mid-American Conference's freshman Cup championship teams in 1928 and 1934. of the year in 1988, conference MVP in 1990, and a four-time MAC academic selec- TERRY AHOLA, Gladstone (2008), became a U.S. Ski Team racer, competed on the tion and an academic All-American in 1990. Bender received the NCAA outstanding Europa Cup/World Cup series and was ranked as high as third in the nation in slalom scholar-athlete award in 1992 and the MAC Humanitarian Award in 1992. He was before sustaining a serious knee injury in 1983. He joined the North American Pro Tour inducted into CMU's Hall of Fame in 2002. in 1984 and was selected rookie of the year.