Kyle Cameron
Mason County Central - High School Athlete Honorees
Baseball, Basketball, Football
Kyle Cameron is the 2007 Mason County Central Senior Athlete Award winner and the school’s Senior Academic Athlete Award winner owns a 3.86 grade point average. In basketball, he was all-conference and all-area in 2006 and 2007 and received all-state mention in 2007. He was ...Read More...
Stefanie Morong
Mason County Central - High School Athlete Honorees
Basketball, Fast-Pitch Softball, Volleyball
A four-time all-conference player in softball, Stefanie Morong holds every pitching record in Central’s record book. She was also a two-time all-area selection and was all-league in basketball in 2005 and all-league, all-area and an all-state honorable mention in volleyball in ...Read More...
Helen (Shereda) Smith
Free Soil High School - MCSHOF Inductee
Basketball, Fast-Pitch Softball
In the early 1970s when girls' athletics in Michigan were just getting their legs, Free Soil's Helen Shereda was off and flying. With her long arms and legs flapping, she flew like a giant, unstoppable bird across the basketball courts and softball diamonds of West Michigan. At 6 ...Read More...
Joe Kowatch
Ludington High School - MCSHOF Inductee
Athletic Director, Basketball, Coach, Football
Joe Kowatch was an outstanding athlete. Born in Ionia, he attended Ionia High School where he participated in football, basketball, baseball and track. He excelled in football as a halfback. Joe's older brother, John, played fullback and his younger brother, Al, was also a halfba ...Read More...
Melanie (Weaver) Barnett
Mason County Central - MCSHOF Inductee
Track & Field
On an unseasonably cold day in the spring of 1979, Mason County Central girls track and field coach Gerry Genter thought it would speed things along if the two-mile races for boys and girls were combined in their dual meet with North Muskegon. "Their (athletic director) came up t ...Read More...
Mike Larsen
Ludington High School - MCSHOF Inductee
Baseball, Football, Track & Field
A two-time all-state basketball player at Ludington High, Mike Larsen set records for the most points scored in a career (1,336) and in a game (45). He also set records for rebounds in a career (1,097), a season (460) and a game (30). Mike led the Orioles to a 19-4 finish and a b ...Read More...
Steve Papes
Free Soil High School - MCSHOF Inductee
Baseball, Basketball, Fast-Pitch Softball, Track & Field
The oldest of three baseball-playing brothers from Free Soil who competed for Central Michigan University, Steve Papes earned All-America honors in 1970, when he was the most valuable player and captain on a 36-4 Chippewa squad. "A great deal of the success we had this season was ...Read More...
Tim Quinn
Ludington High School - MCSHOF Inductee
Basketball, Football, Track & Field
At 165 pounds, Tim Quinn was well-muscled. At 6-foot-1, he was lean and angular with the kind of physique that would lend itself to any endeavor. Indeed, when he graduated from Ludington High in January 1932, the quick-to-smile, easy-going Quinn was the school's best football pla ...Read More...
Danielle Drewry
Mason County Eastern - High School Athlete Honorees
Basketball, Cross Country, Track & Field, Volleyball
Danielle Drewry earned twelve varsity letters in her four years of high school at Mason County Eastern - one in cross country, three in volleyball, four in basketball and four in track and field. She made the All-Western Michigan D League team in cross country once, ...Read More...
Kyle Gurzynski
Ludington High School - High School Athlete Honorees
Baseball, Basketball, Soccer
Ludington High School's success in baseball, basketball and soccer over the last four years was due, in no small part, to the contributions of Kyle Gurzynski. He earned three varsity letters in each sport. In baseball, Ludington won three consecutive conference titles and Gurzyns ...Read More...