PHOTO UP SPORTS HALL OF FAME TERRY AHOLA PHOTO PHOTO PHOTO PHOTO DON JACOBS JOE LAFLEUR SONJA DUNCAN CLIFFORD ERICKSON PHOTO PHOTO PHOTO PHOTO DAN RAMBO BOB MCGINN SHANA OJALA FRANCIS L'HUILLIER 37TH ANNUAL INDUCTION BANQUET DANFORTH PLACE PHOTO ESCANABA, MICHIGAN April 26, 2008 • 6:00PM et JOE RICCI 2008-2009 U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME CALENDAR June 1, 2008 Deadline for nominations for Class of 2008 June 21, 2008 Escanaba High School, U.P. All Star Basketball Classic July 25 – 26, 2008 Menominee, Hall of Fame Annual Meeting April 25, 2009 Hall of Fame Induction Banquet June 20, 2009 Escanaba 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 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 2008 Jessica Racine – Westwood Maria Han - West Iron County Kimberly Tweedale – Munising Bryan Jacobs - Escanaba Dave Ellis – Negaunee Tony Mendina - Norway Dan Sjoquist – 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. .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 TERRY AHOLA SONJA DUNCAN CLIFFORD ERICKSON DON JACOBS FRANCIS L'HUILLIER JOE LAFLEUR BOB MCGINN SHANA OJALA DAN RAMBO JOE RICCI 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 Jim Lamoreaux, 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 2008 U.P. SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES TERRY AHOLA, DON JACOBS, Escanaba. Gladstone. Terry Ahola came A member of Escanaba High from a small hometown School's all-time all-star hill to become a U.S. Ski football team, Don Jacobs Team racer. He competed made a bigger splash as a log on the Europa Cup/World rolling champion. He won Cup series and was ranked 11 World Senior Division as high as third in the nation titles and placed in the top in slalom before sustaining three several times in trick- a serious knee injury in and-fancy birling from 1961- 1983. He joined the North 2003. He also performed at American Pro Tour in 1984 major sport shows around and was selected rookie of the country and received the the year. He remained on the tour until 1991, sport's prestigious Russ Ellison Award in 1987. then joined the Legends of Skiing at Vail and became a valued ambassador of the sport. JOE LAFLEUR, Escanaba. A versatile three-year player SONJA (Paquin) DUNCAN, for the NFL's Chicago Bears, Cedarville. An all-state Joe LaFleur is believed basketball (1,351 points) and to be Delta County's irst track performer at Cedarville professional football player. High School, Sonja (Paquin) The Bears won the NFL Duncan earned All-America title in 1924, LaFleur's last basketball honorable mention season, when he played at Saginaw Valley State guard, center and punted. University in 1986, where she He also played fullback and ranked in the top 10 in seven halfback on the 1923 team career categories, including which inished second to Jim Thorpe's Canton irst in games played (127) Bulldogs. He was also a four-year football, and third in points (1,721), and irst in single- basketball and baseball player at St. Norbert season scoring (621). She then coached girls College from 1913-17. basketball at Rudyard, Pickford and Cedarville. CLIFFORD "Red" ERICKSON, Newberry. Nicknamed "the battering ram of the North," Clifford Erickson was selected to the Alma College Sports Hall of Fame in 1975. Regarded by many as "the greatest athlete to come out of Newberry," Erickson played football at Newberry from 1922-25 and Alma from 1926-29. He was a guard on Alma's 1927 MIAA champions, then earned all-league honors as a fullback in 1929. FRANCIS L'HUILLIER, DAN RAMBO, Sault Marquette. A four-sport Ste. Marie. A four-year athlete at Marquette baseball letterman as a Graveraet High School, pitcher at Central Michigan Francis L'Huillier was an University, Dan Rambo also outstanding fastpitch softball pitched for seven years as player. He played on eight a professional in the minor U.P. championship teams and leagues, reaching as high as three state champions, had a Class AAA. A second-team career batting average above Mid-American Conference .400 and hit more than 800 pick in 1988 at CMU, he career home runs. He also was drafted by the San spent more than 30 years as a Francisco Giants in 1989 coach and basketball oficial. and was California League Pitcher of the Year for San Jose in 1990. After playing independent BOB McGINN, Escanaba. baseball, he became baseball coach at Pickford An all-around athlete at High School. Escanaba Holy Name High School, Bob McGinn JOE RICCI, Hancock/ became an award-winning Escanaba. An All-U.P. sportswriter at the football player at Hancock Milwaukee Journal Sentinel High School in 1944, Joe and Green Bay Press-Gazette Ricci played football and as a beat writer covering hockey at Michigan Tech the Green Bay Packers, University. He was the beginning in 1979. He began Copper Country Senior his journalism career with Baseball League MVP in the Escanaba Daily Press and 1948 and played independent The Delta Reporter in Gladstone. In 1998 he baseball with South Range, was cited by Men's Journal as one of America's Houghton and Escanaba. He top 20 sportswriters. A ive-time sportswriter was an all-tournament selection when Escanaba of the year in Wisconsin, he has won numerous Harnischfeger won the Class A state fastpitch writing awards. softball championship in 1954. He also helped the Escanaba Hawks win hockey's Gibson Cup in 1954 and also skated for the Portage Lake SHANA (DeCremer) Pioneers and Marquette Sentinels. OJALA, Trout Creek. An NCAA Division II Kodak basketball All-American at Northern Michigan University in 1997, Shana (DeCremer) Ojala played two years at NMU and two years at Michigan Tech. She was the GLIAC Player of the Year in 1996-97, a three-time GLIAC all-star, a three-time regional all-star and a two-time GLIAC all- defensive player. She was U.P. Class D player of the year and Class D all-state at Ewen-Trout Creek High School in 1992. HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES TAFFY ABEL, Sault Ste. Marie (1972), a member of the U.S. ice hockey team in JOHN BENNIN, Pickford (2003), a most valuable player basketball selection and the 1924 Olympic Games and the U.S. lag bearer for the opening ceremonies. He male athlete of the year at Lake Superior State College in 1967, Bennin coached girls’ played for the New York Rangers and the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL and on basketball and track at Pickford High School. He was Midwest girls track coach of Stanley Cup championship teams in 1928 and 1934. the year in 1991 and was a inalist for National Coach of the Year in 1992. In 2001 STAN ALBECK, Marquette (1985), who coached Northern Michigan University to he was inducted into the Lake Superior State University Sports Hall of Fame. He 178 wins and national NAIA basketball tournament appearances in 1958-59-61-63- also spent 10 years as a basketball and football referee. 65. He later coached in the ABA and NBA with Kentucky, Los Angeles, Cleveland, DON BENZIE, Channing/North Dickinson (1995), compiled a 405-218 record in San Antonio and New Jersey, and in college at Denver and Bradley. 28 years as a boys basketball coach.