Mason County Eastern

Payton Haynes, selected by the MCSHOF Board of Directors as the 2025 Female Senior Athlete of the Year, has excelled in both track & field as a pole vaulter and hurdler and in equestrian at Mason County Eastern. She is the daughter of Curtis Haynes and Myrtie Bullard. Haynes became a repeat MHSAA Division IV State Champion this spring in the pole vault, having won the event in 2024 and was Ru ...Read More...

Alex Tyndall, selected the 2025 Male Senior High School Athlete of the Year by the MCSHOF Board of Directors, excelled in cross country and track & field, earning Michigan High School Athletic Association All-State honors in both sports in 2024 and 2025. Tyndall was the MCDCCA Small School State Champion in cross country in 2025 and set the Mason County Eastern cross-country school record in ...Read More...

2024 Life Lesson Award Recipients from Mason County Eastern High School Olivia Wing, daughter of Diane and Daniel Wing, is one of the individuals selected for the 2024 Mason County Sports Hall of Fame Life Lessons Award and has selected Friends of Ludington State Park to receive the donation given in her honor. Olivia participated in cross country, basketball, and track and was selected all-co ...Read More...

2024 Life Lesson Award Recipient – Mason County Eastern Clayton Shoup, son of Robert and Amanda Shoup, is one of the Life Lesson Award honorees from Mason County Eastern High School and has selected St. Mary’s Caritas Food Pantry for a donation given in his honor. Clay played basketball and baseball and ran cross country and track at MCE. He maintained a 4.0 gpa while earning 15 varsity le ...Read More...

Clay earned 15 varsity letters in basketball, earning All-State honors two years, while serving as team captain and breaking school records for most points in a single game with 55 and most 3-point shots in a single game with 10. A four-year, All-West Michigan D League basketball player, Clay earned All-Area honors, was Academic All-State two, Senior Male Athlete, and received the Joie Giammalva C ...Read More...

Robert Kapcia graduated from Mason County Eastern in 1976 and held the county record for the Most Points in a Basketball Career, 1,520, until 1992 when his record was surpassed, but he currently still remains second overall. Kapcia was selected first team all-state his senior year and all-state honorable mention his junior year. He continues to lead the list of Most Points in a Season with 710 ...Read More...

Derek Shoup is a 1999 graduate of Ludington High School and attended Mason County Eastern from 1996 - 1998. Uniquely, Shoup holds track records at both high schools. His six records at MCE are in the 100 meter, 200, 400. long jump and he was a member of the the 400 and 800 record relay teams. He also holds four records at Ludington, in the 100, 200, 400 and was a member of the 1600 relay record te ...Read More...

Nathan Wing earned 11 varsity letters, playing basketball and running cross-country and track & field while serving as a team captain in each sport and collected multiple West Michigan D League all-conference honors. Nathan is a five-time All-State athlete in Cross Country and Track. Maintaining a 3.5 grade point average, Nathan is a member of St. Mary's Church, active in CCD and is an alta ...Read More...

Miriam Manier and Nathan Wing were selected as the Mason County Sports Hall of Fame 2023 Life Lesson Award honorees from Mason County Eastern High School. Miriam is the daughter of David and Mary Anne Manier and Nathan is the son of Daniel and Diane Wing. Miriam earned four varsity letters in track and field and multiple West Michigan D League all-conference honors and served as the team captai ...Read More...

Eli Shoup, son of Robert and Amanda Shoup, is the Life Lesson Award honoree from Mason County Eastern and selected St. Mary's Caritas Food Pantry as the recipient of the donation given by the MCSHOF in his honor. Eli played basketball, baseball, ran cross country, as well as track & field and maintained a GPA of 4.0 while earning 15 varsity letters. Eli was dual enrolled at West Shore Community Co ...Read More...