Chosen as the Class of 2009 are: Deb Bolinger of Marietta, Ga., softball (1978-82); Monty Brown of Saginaw, football (1989-92); Dean Davenport of Big Rapids, athletics administrator & coach (1970-93); Tim Herman of Flint, men's basketball (1976-79); Andy Roach of Mattawan, hockey (1993-97); Karen (Kramer) Trierweiler of Grand Ledge, women's basketball (1983-87); and Bill Scheible of Big Rapids, who played football (1974-76) for Ferris and also served the athletics department in a variety of capacities after his playing career concluded.
The seven new inductees will join 88 honorees already enshrined during the 10th annual Induction Banquet on Oct. 30 at FSU's Jim Wink Arena in Big Rapids. The event opens at 5:30 p.m. with a reception in honor of this year's inductees. The dinner runs from 7-8 p.m. and the induction program follows until approximately 10 p.m.
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BIG RAPIDS - A career which began at a young age in Petoskey and Charlevoix will be recognized in fruition on Friday.
Dean Davenport, former athletics administrator and coach at Ferris State University from 1970-93, will be inducted along with six others into the school's Hall of Fame Class of 2009, Friday, Oct. 30, at the Jim Wink Arena in Big Rapids.
Davenport, who summers in Charlevoix, served as Ferris State's athletics director from 1979-93 when the Bulldogs won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference President's Cup for all-around excellence 13 consecutive years.
A coach and administrator at FSU for 23 years, Davenport was a former member of the 15-person selection committee of faculty, staff, alumni and community members that have selected nominees the past 10 years.
"I've watched a lot of good people go into the Hall of Fame and wanted to make sure they did," Davenport said. "Lo and behold, they decided to put term limits on the committee and it didn't come as a surprise my name came up."
Davenport's career at Ferris saw Bulldog teams win 73 league championships during his tenure.
The former Traverse City Central boys' basketball coach was also key in the planning of the FSU Sports Complex, the growth of women's intercollegiate athletics, the emergence of the schools' Division I men's ice hockey program, and the development of the athletics scholarship program.
"I got started in Petoskey when I worked with Ace Zographos coaching boys' basketball and Dr. (Carl) Spitler was the superintendent who hired me right out of CMU," Davenport said. "I still think the Petoskey school system is one of very best in the state and I was very privileged to have been a part of that school."
For the full story, visit the Petoskey News-Review: http://www.petoskeynews.com/sports/article_624410ea-c306-11de-8d0d-001cc4c002e0.html
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