MCSHOF Inductee

Christy Christmas, of Ludington, graduated in 1979 from Mason County Central. Christmas coached softball at Mason County Central where the team accumulated 302 wins during her tenure. She had seven West Michigan Conference titles, six district titles, three regional titles, and twice took her team to the state semi-finals, each time losing by one run to the eventual state champion. Christmas was a ...Read More...

Alvin “Al” Hardman loved adventure and when he was in his 50s, he competed in his first of four Iditarod sled dog races, one of the most grueling sports events in the world. The Iditarod is 1,151 miles long. Hardman’s best  finish was in 2002 when he was 21st. His last Iditarod was run in 2004 when he was in his early 60’s. Hardman competed in races across the United States, finishing fo ...Read More...

Lyford Young played basketball and ran track at Free Soil high school, graduating with the Class of 1955. Lyford was a first team All-WMD Conference selection in 1953, 1954 and 1955. His team won the District Championship in 1954 and 1955. In the 1954-55 season, Young scored 420 points, averaging 19.1 points per game. Young went on to score 975 points in his high school career. In both 1954 and 19 ...Read More...

Bob Cameron, of Scottville, graduated in 1979 from Mason County Central. His senior year he was undefeated at 167 pounds and went on to claim the state championship in wrestling as he assisted his team in claiming the state runner-up title that year. Cameron went to Western Michigan University intending to wrestle, but WMU dropped their wrestling program. Bob also participated in track and cross c ...Read More...

Professional minor league baseball had its birth in Ludington in 1912 but after three seasons, the organization like many minor leagues throughout the country, disbanded, a casualty of the World War I. Professional baseball received new life in Ludington in 1920 and at a higher level as the Mariners played in the Central League with opposing teams based in Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Kalamazoo thro ...Read More...

Robert “Bob” Ayers Robert "Bob" Ayers, a 1944 Ludington High School graduate, was a state runner-up in high hurdles and fifth in low hurdles his senior year. He also played football and basketball and became an accomplished bowler in Mason County. He helped organize fastpitch softball as the president of the Mason County Softball Association and was an outstanding fastpitch softball pitcher ...Read More...

Kelly Smith Kelly Smith, a Ludington native, competed professionally in motocross. He is a three-time East Coast four-stroke national champion, a two-time U.S. Open of Supercross Champion, the first ever Motocross Outdoor National winner on a KTM motorcycle and an 11-time national Arenacross winner. Smith recently switched to watercross, racing on jet skis and watercrafts and is a two-time wor ...Read More...

Dr. Annie (Tewel) Sadosty  Annie (Tewel) Sadosty, a 1987 Ludington High School graduate, earned all-conference, all-area, and all-state honors in basketball and all-conference, all-regional, and all-state honors in track. She was only the second female to score 1,000 career points in basketball at LHS and was a state runner-up in the 3200-meter run in track. Annie played two seasons of basketb ...Read More...

Dave Killips Dave Killips won 100-plus tennis matches at Ludington High School on his way to conference, regional, and state tournament qualification. Dave played in both singles and doubles play and was 29-2 at No. 1 singles his senior year. Killips went on to set a record for victories as a freshman at Central Michigan University and was his flight’s champion in the Mid-American Conference ...Read More...

Adam Johnson earned first-team All-State honors twice while playing soccer at Ludington High School, was a member of the 1994 state runner-up team, and was the first Mason County soccer player to actively play at a Division I college. After his career at Western Michigan University, Adam played for Thames Valley University in London and started on the North London Cup championship team. Johnson pl ...Read More...