2019-2020 U.P. Sports Hall of Fame Calendar June 15, 2019 U.P. All-Star Basketball Classic, Newberry High School July 26, 2019 Annual Meeting, Island Resort & Casino May 9, 2020 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 $1,000 and awarded for 1 year. 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 2015 Courtney Beauchamp - Westwood Kelsey Roberts – Kingsford Margo Brown - St. Ignace LaSalle Kyle Jensen – Gladstone Jess Mazzon - Bessemer Logan Chadde – Lake Linden Chad Leisenring - Escanaba 2010 Jenna Hyrkas – Calumet 2016 Abby Ostman-St.Ignace Katie Fitzpatrick - Sault Ste. Marie Gage Kreski- St. Ignace Kyle Aho - Gwinn Zane Sarafiny –West Iron County Justin Fila - Norway Brenna James- Sault St. Marie 2017 Ryan Alaspa- Sault Ste. Marie 2011 *Nicole Elmblad - St. Ignace *Jason Whitens- North Central Rachel Crane - Houghton Leigha Woelfer- Gladstone Aliisa Paquette - Munising Thomas Ziegler- Negaunee Dylan McKevitt - Negaunee Frankie Mattson- Munising Jordan Chartier - Superior Central 2018 Clara Johnson- Negaunee 2012 Zachary French - Westwood Laura Lyons, Lake Linden Andrew Kelto - Munising Luke Rambo- Marquette Megan Kangas - Norway Jacob Witt- Ewen-Trout Creek Jaime Madalinski - Bark River Harris 2013 Sarah Cullip - St Ignace 2019 Nathan Beckman- Ishpeming- Westwood Tara Kiilunen - Calumet Sydney Herioux- Gladstone Kenner Broullire - Manistique Paxton Johnson- Escanaba Ross Michaels- Chassell Luke Terrian- Kingsford 2014 *Lexi Gussert – Crystal Falls Megan Chapman – Westwood Callie Jensen – Gladstone Jeremy Bell – Negaunee *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 *Scholarship printing courtesy of the Wakefield-Marinesco School District 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........................................... Rod Guizzetti, U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Member Inductees: Jerry Bugni Marmaduke “Duke” Christie Fran DesArmo Dave Duncan Jeff Finger Chris Hofer Joseph Linder Todd Lindeman Fred Lonsdorf Bob Olson U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, Council Members Executive Committee Council Members Bill Crawford, Sault Ste. Marie Executive Director: Cathy Shamion, Ontonagon Phil DeGabrielle, Negaunee President: TBA Fred DeVuono, Sault, Ste. Marie Vice President: Mike Caruso, Iron Mountain Jim Dwyer, Sault Ste. Marie Executive Secretary: Dennis Grall, Escanaba Rod Guizzetti, Negaunee Treasurer: Suzanne Sanregret, Hancock Don Gustafson, St.Ignace Dan Hinch, Stambaugh Angie Hunter, Gladstone Dan Junttila, Calumet Bob Krysiak, Menominee Dave Lahtinen, Gladstone Mike Maki, Laurium Adam Mercier, Powers Nancy Osier, Wakefield Dee Jay Paquette, Munising Jim Partanen, Bessemer Craig Remsburg, Marquette Frank Rodman, Hermansville- Emeritus Member Robert Schwartz, Gulliver 3 2019 Hall of Fame Inductees JERRY BUGNI (L’Anse) A 33-year career as head football coach at L’Anse High School was part of a 46-year coaching career that included stints in basketball and track and field. He was Copper Country Confer- ence football coach of the year in 1968 and 1988, Class C state coach of the year in 1968 and 1988, three-time regional coach of the year and joined the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1995. He was also an outstanding multi-sport athlete at Wakefield High School. He also led con- struction of a new football field and athletic complex at L’Anse. MARMADUKE “DUKE” CHRISTIE (Escanaba) One spectacular performance resulted in a state high school football record for Duke Christie. He scored a stunning 10 touchdowns and 66 points as Escanaba defeated Ishpeming 102- 0 in 1920. He was named MVP at a high school basketball tour- nament in 1921 after playing four games in one day. He played halfback for Buena Vista, Iowa, College on the undefeated Iowa Conference champions, then was named captain as a first-year basketball player on a team which won the league title. He also ran in the Drake Relays, then became a high school track coach and also officiated the Drake Relays. FRAN DESARMO (Munising) Directed his Munising High School track and cross country teams to 12 Upper Peninsula championships in 43 years of coaching. Twice he was named U.P. coach of the year. A three- sport letterman at Munising, he began coaching at Munising in 1974. He proposed the Superior Dome invitational track meet that began in 1993 and also started the Lions Invitation- al boys track meet in 1978 and the first frosh-soph invitation- al track meet in 1982. He was also at the forefront of bringing automatic timing to U.P. track meets. 4 DAVE DUNCAN (Cedarville) Coach of the 2007 Class D boys basketball state champions, Dave Duncan compiled a 429-166 career record and was fourth in victories in U.P. boys’ coaching annals. The Trojans, who had a 51-game winning streak as part of their state title run, won 17 conference and district titles, 11 regional crowns and twice reached the state finals. He was also the school’s athletic director for 15 years and created a strong environment of athletics and academics. His wife, Sonja, is a UPSHF inductee. JEFF FINGER (Houghton) A member of three youth championship hockey teams, Jeff Finger reached the National Hockey League with the Colorado Avalanche and Toronto Maple Leafs. He had 17 goals and 40 assists in 199 NHL games as a gritty, tenacious defenseman. He was a two-time all-star for the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers and led the team to the Clark Cup championship in 1999-2000. He also played three years at St. Cloud, Minn. State, helping win the WCHA title in 2001-2. CHRIS HOFER (Menominee/Kingsford) A three-sport athlete at Menominee High School, he was then a three-year starter at defensive back for Northern Michigan University, earning MVP honors in 1984. He was drafted by the USFL’s Birmingham Stallions in 1986 but the league folded before the season began. He then went into coaching football and track at Kingsford High School, compiling a 249-89 record in football over 31 years, through 2017, highlighted by winning the Class B state championship in 1993. He played football at Menominee for his dad, Ken, who is a UPSHF inductee. JOSEPH LINDER (Hancock) A member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, Joe Linder was a standout skater for legendary hockey icon Doc Gibson as a high school senior in 1904 on the Portage Lake Michigan team. He had a brief stint in the fledgling profes- sional hockey ranks before returning to amateur hockey from 1905-11 in the Copper Country and then was a coach, man- ager and sponsor in the Superior-Duluth area until he died in 1948. He was captain on some of his Hancock High School hockey, football and baseball teams. 5 TODD LINDEMAN (Channing) After earning state basketball Dream Team honors as a North Dickinson High School standout in 1991, Todd Lindeman played four seasons for coach Bob Knight at Indiana Universi- ty. He scored 1,687 points at North Dickinson, then played 102 games at Indiana. He then played professionally for Connetic- ut Pride in the Continental Basketball League for four seasons, helping the team