2023 GREATER LANSING AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
INDUCTION CEREMONY
It's time for the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Lansing Center. We started out with a nice social hour where the inductees, their families and friends mingled as I played cocktail piano.
After the invocation and a great chicken breast buffet dinner prepared really well by the Lansing Center Staff, it was time for the ceremony to begin.
Bob Every, the Director of the Hall of Fame gave opening remarks thanking the Lansing State Journal for printing articles about the 2023 inductees. He then cited Duane Vernon and Don Monette, who had served the hall as volunteers for many years and contributed much.
After this, he introduced the Hall's sponsors (including your Bleacher Denizen) and thanked them for their support.
Every year, he invites previous inductees and winners of the Dick Letts volunteer award to come up and introduce themselves. About 25 past inductees accepted the invitation and were honored by the audience.
Bob Every then introduced the 2023 inductees.
Melanie Miller
Bryan Smith
Christina Cleland-Hursey
Jennifer Smith-Topping
Bob then took a moment to introduce Bob Steele, a fine track athlete and Mike Griffith, a former Lansing Area Sports Writer and Radio Personality who has achieved huge success covering Southeastern Conference football!
He then invited Henry Patino to the stage to accept his induction.
Steve Schmidt
Desmond Ferguson
Lansing Sexton 1986 and 1987 Track Teams
1985 Lansing Catholic Football Team
At this point, the ceremony ended. Let's see who will be inducted into the hall in 2024!!
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