Kyle Cameron

2007
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

2007
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

2006
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

2006
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

2006
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

2006
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

2006
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

2006
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

2006
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

2006
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...