Greater Lansing Area Sports Hall of Fame
2015 Induction Ceremony
Scott Kemp - - Grand Ledge Baseball
July 30, 2015
Bob Every said that Scott
Kemp was the best baseball player he had seen in Lansing; he was especially
good in the City League.
Mr. Kemp was Class A first
team All-State in his junior and senior seasons. He was also the team’s most valuable player
during those seasons. In his junior
year, 1977, Grand Ledge won the Class A State Championship.
He attended Eastern Michigan
university, where he achieved team records for Batting Average, RBIs, Hits,
Doubles and Total Bases. He also earned
Conference Records in all those categories except for Batting Average. In 1982, his senior year, he had a
magnificent season as he was first team All-Conference, Eastern’s Most Valuable
Player and the Mid-American Conference leading hitter. His team won the Conference Championship in
both his junior and senior years.
Mr. Kemp thanked his parents,
his wife, his family and his coaches. He
gave special mention to long time Grand Ledge baseball coach Pat O’Keefe and
fellow inductee Jesse Gallegos, a teammate in the City League. He mentioned Jim Erwin, who beat brain cancer
and was able to attend the induction ceremony.
He also thanked everyone who
came to the induction ceremony to support this year’s Hall of Fame Class.
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