May฀21,฀2005฀•฀5:00PM฀CT฀6:00PM฀ET INDUCTION฀BANQUET IRON฀MOUNTAIN,฀MICHIGAN 34 PREMIERE฀CENTER TH ฀ANNUAL ROM GILBERT BOB FIGULI BOB JURASIN LOWELL JOHNSON BILL GAPPY HALL OF FAME HALL UP SPORTS SPORTS UP BILL SANTILLI RICK OLDS LARRY TIZIANI WILBERT RASMUSSEN RAY MARIUCCI 2005-2006฀U.P.฀SPORTS฀HALL฀OF฀FAME฀CALENDAR May 21, 2005 Hall of Fame Induction Banquet June 1, 2005 Deadline for nominations for Inductee Class of 2005 June 11, 2005 Negaunee Lakeview Gymnasium, U.P. All Star Basketball Classic July 30, 2005 Marquette, Hall of Fame Annual Meeting April 29, 2006 Hall of Fame Induction Banquet (Tentative) June 10, 2006 Cedarville High School, U.P. All Star Basketball Classic August 2, 2006 Newberry, 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 2002 Jamie Fornetti - Kingsford Kristen Nichols - Lake Linden Maria Han - West Iron County William McDonald - Pickford Bryan Jacobs - Escanaba Michael Moore - St. Ignace Tony Mendina - Norway 1998 Darcy Millon - Cedarville 2003 Korry Schwanz - Menominee Elizabeth Pietila - Hancock Jill Recla - Kingsford Jared Bowerman - Munising Christopher Kupitz - Bessemer Steve Grunlund - North Dickinson Benjamin Seppala - Chassell 1999 *Sara Boyer - Rapid River 2004 Sarah Stream - Westwood Tara Reddinger - Kingsford *Krista Clement - St. Ignace Beth Koski - Baraga Katherine Lindahl - Gladstone Matt Barron - Mid Peninsula Matt Franti - Ewen/Trout Creek John Pietila - Kingsford Jordan Ostwald - Kingsford 2000 Adriane Ostwald - Kingsford 2005 Tara Lahtinen - Gladstone Jennifer Swanson - Westwood Kelly McClure - Iron Mountain Nathan Fraiser - West Iron County Timothy Barrette - Negaunee Lance Veeser - Bark River Harris Steven Short - Kingsford 2001 Megan Canadeo - Marquette Karolyn Getzen - St. Ignace Kelsey Fors - Ewen/Trout Creek Steve McDonald - St. Ignace * 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 . .Art Allen 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 GUEST REMARKS . Steve Mariucci Head coach Detroit Lions, U.P Sports Hall of Fame Inductee PLAQUE PRESENTATION INDUCTEES BOB FIGULI BILL GAPPY ROM GILBERT LOWELL JOHNSON BOB JURASIN RAY MARIUCCI RICK OLDS WILLIAM RASMUSSEN BILL SANTILLI LARRY TIZIANI BENEDICTION . Gene Maki U.P.฀SPORTS฀HALL฀OF฀FAME฀COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBERS DUANE TIRSCHEL Art Allen, Manistique EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dennis Chartier, Iron Mountain IRON MOUNTAIN Bill Crawford, Sault Ste. Marie Karl Dickson, Escanaba NANCY OSIER Robert Erkkila, Calumet PRESIDENT Frank Fazi, Sault Ste. Marie WAKEFIELD Ted Kearly, Houghton Bob Krysiak, Menominee ROD GUIZZETTI Dave Lahtinen, Gladstone VICE PRESIDENT Jim Lamoreaux, St. Ignace NEGAUNEE Gene Maki, Wakeield Craig Remsburg, Marquette DENNIS GRALL Frank Rodman, Hermansville EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Larry Rubick, Newberry ESCANABA Cathy Shamion, Ontonagon Rex Terwilliger, Iron Mountain STEVE SWANSON Joe Vestich, Watersmeet TREASURER ISHPEMING 2005฀U.P.฀SPORTS฀HALL฀OF฀FAME฀INDUCTEES BOB FIGULI (Bessemer/ LOWELL JOHNSON (Negaunee) Marquette) - Bob Figuli has run - A two time all-state basketball more than 102,000 miles, which player, Lowell Johnson earned 12 is more than four times around varsity letters at Negaunee High the world, since he started running School. He also played baseball for in 1970. He has completed more three years (1954-56) at Western than 750 road, trail and snowshoe Michigan University, with a races, 84 marathons and 70 ultra- career batting average of .365. marathons and has run around Lake The Broncos inished second in Superior. Figuli had a stretch of the NCAA World Series in 1955. running ten miles daily that covered He set single-season records for 17 years, ive months and 20 days RBI’s and runs scored and career (1980-97). He was named male runner of the year in 1990 records for hits and runs scored. He also played in the and 2003 by the U.P.. Road Runners Club and has helped Pittsburgh Pirates’ organization for two seasons, served conduct numerous road-race events. as Negaunee’s recreation director (1959-62) and coached baseball at Romulus High School (1962-73) and retired as BILL GAPPY (Houghton) - The athletic director in 1987. winner of 146 games in 12 seasons, Bill Gappy was the most winningest BOB JURASIN (Bessemer) basketball coach in Michigan Tech - A 12-year player in the University history when he stepped Canadian Football league, Bob down in 1985. He was inducted to Jurasin joined his alma mater the Michigan Tech Sports Hall of as an assistant football coach at Fame in 1996. Since leaving the Northern Michigan University Huskies Gappy has worked in sales upon his retirement as a player in and promotional areas for Horner 1999. He was a four-year starting Flooring, a Dollar Bay company defensive lineman at NMU (1982- which has provided basketball 85) and signed with the CFL’s floors for numerous NCAA Final Four Tournaments, Saskatchewan Roughriders in college and NBA teams. Gappy was a football, basketball, 1986. He was second in the CFL baseball and track athlete at Alpena, Mich. High School, in career sacks (142) and career tackles (411) and was a earned eight varsity letters and joined the school’s Hall of three-time CFL all-star. In 1987 he was Saskatchewan’s Fame In 2004. most outstanding player and most outstanding defensive player. He joined the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame ROM GILBERT (Wakeield) - An (1995), the NMU Sports Hall of Fame (1998) and the all-around athlete who earned 15 Roughriders’ Plaza of Honor (2002). varsity letters at Wakeield High School. Rom Gilbert earned football RAY MARIUCCI (Iron Mountain) and tennis letters at Michigan Tech - A pioneer in the development University and spent 26 years as of high school wrestling in the a football oficial in the collegiate Upper Peninsula, Ray Mariucci Southeastern Conference. He has was also instrumental in starting also been a rules analyst for ESPN the wrestling program at Northern and provides clinics for TV and Michigan University in the late radio announcers. He oficiated the 1960’s. A boxer and wrestler Blue-Gray Game for 15 years. at Michigan State University, the native of Italy coached East Lansing High School to a Class B state wrestling title in 1951 and started the wrestling program at Kingsford High School BILL SANTILLI (Crystal Falls) and helped initiate the Iron Mountain High School program - The single-season Mlchigan and organized the irst U.P. Tournament in 1965 and also High School record holder when coached Golden Gloves boxing in the 1950’s. He became he scored 226 points, Bill Santilli the irst U.P resident inducted into the Michigan Wrestling led Crystal Falls to the 1975 Class Association Hall of Fame in 1991 and wrote a booklet D football state championship. He “Upper Peninsula Wrestling Championship - The First scored 44 points in the 67-0 semi- Twenty Years” and provided an update in 1998. The Ray final victory over Posen and 24 Mariucci Award goes annually to the No.1 ranked Upper points and ran for 179 yards in the Peninsula wrestling team. The Kingsford Invitational, 50-0 title game victory over Flint the peninsula’s oldest wrestling tournament, is called the Holy Rosary. He became the irst Mariucci Invitational. He started to promote bocce ball Class D player to make the Detroit in 1992, and the Dickinson Area Bocce Association is Free Press all-state dream team in 1975 when he set a state regarded one of the best in the nation. rushing record (1,865 yards). He rushed for 3,953 yards and scored 402 points in his career. As football coach at RICK OLDS (Iron Mountain) his alma mater, Santilli led the Trojans to the Division 8 - A coach in three sports at Iron championship game in 2000. Mountain High School, Rick Olds spent 17 years as the school’s head LARRY TlZIANI (Ironwood) boys basketball coach (274-120). - A two-time Upper Peninsula The Mountaineers won 12 Class Golf Association champion, C district titles and four regional Larry Tiziani was captain of the titles in his tenure, reaching the University of Minnesota golf state semiinals in 1993 and 1994. team which reached the NCAA He was a four-time U.P. Class C tournament in 1969. Tiziani coach of the year. He spent 25 years turned pro in 1975 and has won coaching football at the freshmen several tournaments in Wisconsin, and j.v. levels and was head track coach (1979-94), winning including the State Open (1975), four U.P. Class C titles. He was a four-year track letterman Wisconsin PGA Senior title at Marquette John D. Pierce High School and won the U.P. (1997,2002,2003), Wisconsin 100 and 220 yard dashes in 1958. He was also a three- Senior Open (1999) and PGA Club Pro Championship year letterman in football and basketball. He was a charter (2004). He is a four-time Wisconsin Senior Player of The member of The Marquette Iron Rangers semi-pro hockey Year and twice has been named the state’s top teacher.