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BCAM Hall of Honor

The BCAM Hall of Honor was established in 1994 to honor those persons who have helped to improve basketball in Michigan. These honorees have been longtime supporters of their local teams or have given outstanding service to the game of basketball. Awards are given in four categories: Officials, Media, Assistant Coach and Friend of Basketball. To be eligible for the Hall of Honor, a person must have been involved with basketball for at least 20 years. That person must be nominated by a BCAM member or a person that the BCAM Board of Directors has appointed. 

Nominations are always wanted for Hall of Honor. Nomination forms are available to print at our website under NOMINATION FORMS.

2022 Bios & Photos

Friend of BasketballJames CollinsAlma, MI
Friend of BasketballJanis DindaDelton Kellogg HS
Assistant CoachGary HullHanover-Horton HS
Assistant CoachRaymond LeeSandusky HS
OfficialRandy MelvinDowagiac, MI
MediaScott NovakDowagiac, MI
Friend of BasketballAmy ParadineQuincy HS
Assistant CoachWayne WilsonGoodrich HS

2021 Bios & Photos

OfficialPhilip DeGabrieleNegaunee, MI
Official/Friend of BasketballDon GustafsonSt. Ignace, MI
Assistant CoachPhillip NorthRoseville HS
Official/Assistant CoachL. Lee PiephoHowell, MI
Friend of BasketballMarjorie PiephoHowell, MI
MediaJohn RaffelBig Rapids, MI
Assistant Coach/Official/Friend of BasketballBruce RitterBrighton HS
Friend of BasketballChuck WaltersNapoleon HS
Assistant Coach/OfficialRobert E ZaranekGrosse Pointe Area

2020 – No Inductees

2019  Bios & Photos

Assistant CoachRon BovenMattawan HS 
Assistant CoachBruce CapelHudsonville Unity Christian HS 
Assistant CoachHal CommersonRochester HS 
Assistant Coach Scott StullSaline HS 
Friend of Basketball David CencichWarren Mott HS 
Friend of BasketballRick SwansonManton HS 
Friend of BasketballJulie ZychBenzie Central HS 
MediaErik O. FursethTraverse City, MI 
OfficialBradley BrunetWyoming, MI 
OfficialRob StanawayDeWitt, MI 

2018  Bios & Photos

Assistant CoachBob EidsonGrand Haven HS 
Assistant CoachThomas B. FaylorBirmingham Seaholm HS 
Assistant CoachGerald B. JohnsonFarmington HS 
Assistant Coach Edward KritchNorthville HS 
Friend of Basketball Genevieve E. Hartwig Concord HS 
Friend of BasketballKathy LowderHomer HS 
Friend of BasketballLibby WolfeBrooklyn Columbia Central HS 
MediaChris StevensMidland Daily News 
MediaLloyd WallaceLudington Daily News 
OfficialRandy HuttonDavison, MI 

2017  Bios

Assistant CoachMike PerryMt. Morris HS 
Assistant Coach Greg RogersMidland HS 
Assistant CoachPete WrightNorthville HS 
Friend of BasketballJim MartinGrand Rapids Catholic Central HS 
Friend of BasketballRobert NoormanGrand Rapids Covenant Christian HS 
Friend of BasketballTed WildermuthMarysville HS 
MediaPhil McDonaldSt. Joseph, MI 
OfficialRonald Applegate Haslett, MI 

2016  Bios & Photos  

Assistant CoachDave Ginsberg Traverse City 
Assistant CoachDan Hamilton Jackson HS 
Friend of BasketballTerry Brokoff Gladwin HS 
Friend of BasketballMary Fajardo St. Clair HS 
Friend of Basketball Laurie Iversen Lansing Christian HS  
Friend of BasketballMarie McCabe St. Clair HS 
Friend of BasketballSharon Somerville  Lansing Christian HS 
Friend of BasketballSt. Cecilia’s Gym & Sam Washington Family Detroit, MI 
MediaJack WalkdenSouth Bend Tribune 
OfficialTom HoffRoyal Oak, MI 
OfficialDave SontagMonroe, MI 
OfficialPeter VanGesselGrandville, MI 

2015  Bios

Assistant CoachArt AdamecGladwin HS 
Assistant CoachMike CokeGoodrich HS 
Assistant CoachRandy JagerImlay City HS 
Assistant Coach Bill JonesOkemos HS 
Friend of Basketball Harvey LucasMcBain HS 
Friend of BasketballJanet Stimson Brown City HS 
Friend of BasketballPeg Zink St Johns HS 
OfficialGene AhoMarquette 
OfficialSteve KelleySaginaw 
OfficialDennis MayerOkemos 

2014  Bios

Assistant CoachCharles CookQuincy HS 
Assistant CoachWilliam DeLongCarrollton HS 
Assistant CoachDennis VanTiemMarysville HS 
Friend of Basketball Sharon Folkert East Kentwood 
Friend of BasketballSue LoundsSt Johns  
Friend of BasketballDave MurrayCedarville 
Friend of BasketballKathleen Schollar Goodrich 
OfficialLee MorganSaginaw 
OfficialJack RappuhnOwosso 
MediaGus GanakasEast Lansing 
MediaDick Ketcik Manistique 

2013

Assistant CoachPhillip BeachlerLowell HSBio
Assistant CoachDean MorehouseHope College, Fremont PSBio
Assistant Coach Richard Sumampow  Johannesburg-Lewiston Bio
Friend of Basketball Bruce BennettPortland St Patrick HSBio
Friend of BasketballBob BrownEast Lansing HSBio
Friend of BasketballDuane KeckTrenton HSBio
Friend of BasketballJacklyn SharpeBirmingham Groves HSBio
MediaDale BallSanilac County NewsBio
OfficialJoe Ricard Frankenmuth AreaBio
OfficialMike Robillard Muskegon AreaBio

2012

Assistant CoachLarry BulemoreNew Lothrop SchoolsBio
Assistant CoachNicholas Grabowski Rochester UniversityBio
Assistant CoachF. Joseph RumlerJackson Lumen Christi HS Bio
Friend of Basketball Steve Brower Kalkaska SchoolsBio
Friend of BasketballDennis KuhnBuckley SchoolsBio
Friend of BasketballRoyce ThomasKalkaska SchoolsBio
OfficialTom PomaDetroit AreaBio
OfficialRichard WeissDetroit AreaBio
MediaDoug WentworthGrand Rapids & HollandBio

2011

Assistant CoachJohn KimbelManton MSBio
Friend of BasketballBill DurowSt Clair HSBio
Friend of BasketballJames HodgesVestaburg HSBio
Friends of Basketball Ann & Cary Howard Leslie HSBio
Friend of BasketballLarry KoutzVestaburg HSBio
Friend of BasketballJohn RushSaginaw Twp Schools Bio
Friend of BasketballAllen SchuchSand Creek HSBio
Friend of BasketballJohn WilliamsReed City HSBio
MediaFrank BalcerManisteeBio
OfficialJoe McCormick Bio
OfficialConroy Zuiderveen Bio

2010

Assistant CoachJim AndersonTraverse City HSBio
Assistant CoachJohn ClintonCabrini & Trenton HS Bio
Assistant CoachGary GreiderEast Lansing HSBio
Assistant CoachLynn WalkerBenzie Central HSBio
Friend of BasketballGary HackettVassarBio
Friend of BasketballJeanette Loachridge Chesaning UnionBio
MediaDon BadconGrand Haven AreaBio
OfficialRandy HoutzBronson AreaBio

2009 Bios

Assistant CoachJim ChampineGrosse Pointe North HS
Assistant CoachBrad Terebinski Flint Powers Catholic HS
Friend of Basketball Sister Rosalyn Hengstebeck Flint Powers Catholic HS
Friend of BasketballJoan KrestonFlint Powers Catholic HS
Friend of BasketballBarbara LynchBenzonia Benzie Central HS
OfficialRick MassaFenton area
OfficialNichole TilmaHolt area

2008  Bios

Assistant CoachRon GulyasBelleville HS
Assistant CoachWarren “Butch” HayesGrayling HS
Assistant CoachLarry MooreQuincy HS
Friend of Basketball Walter MichaelsNew Baltimore
Friend of BasketballLanny WaiteMidland Dow HS
MediaBrad EmonsPlymouth Observer
OfficialJeff SpedoskeDeWitt
OfficialBob WojcikHudsonville

2007   Bios

Assistant CoachRay HaackSt Joseph HS
Assistant CoachRon SchafferLake Michigan College
Friend of Basketball Scott Govitz Beaverton
Friend of BasketballJerry InmanKingsley
Friend of BasketballDr Larry PoelGrand Haven
Friend of BasketballJack RobertsMHSAA
OfficialDavid St OngeIshpeming
OfficialRichard Kalahar Jackson

2006  Bios 

Assistant Coach Tom OssyNew Baltimore Anchor Bay
Assistant Coach Dave Sparks New Lothrup
Friend of Basketball Al DimmerAttica
Friend of BasketballDallas KelseyGrosse Ile
MediaLeo Martonosi Holland Sentinel
OfficialBarbara Beckett Traverse City
OfficialMike ConlinLansing

2005  Pictures and Bios

Media David LavtaSt Ignace News
Official Bruce Keeling Reading
OfficialDennis Rothenthaler Grand Rapids

2004  Bios

Assistant Coach Tom Coss Belding & Mason
Assistant CoachAlvin Jenuwine Center Line St Clement 
Assistant CoachMike McInerney Utica & Henry Ford II
Friend of Basketball Ron PeschMuskegon
MediaJim EvansRoyal Oak Daily Tribune
MediaTom RennerHope College SID
OfficialJoe KavulichPlymouth
OfficialMalcolm Pennington Eastpointe
OfficialMike SmithHuntington Woods

2003   Bios

Assistant CoachJim ConleyRoyal Oak
Assistant CoachDeWayne SmithRiver Rouge
Friend of BasketballJoe MahanFerndale
Friends of Basketball Ernest & Betty Podolan New Haven
MediaNick EdsonTraverse City Record Eagle
MediaJim MoyesMuskegon Chronicle
OfficialKen SudallLansing
OfficialBob WilliamsRedford

2002   Bios

Assistant Coach Pat DillonBeaverton HS
Assistant Coach Jack EwingFlint Central & Northwestern HS
Friend of Basketball Norm JampingaHope College
Friend of Basketball Stanley Krajkowski Saginaw Nouvel HS
Friend of Basketball Marvin MillerRochester HS
MediaGeorge PohlyMacomb Daily News
MediaJim WhymerPort Huron Times Herald
OfficialErnie CryerGrand Rapids Area

2001    Bios

Assistant CoachJoe ClintonTroy Athens
Assistant CoachJim EmeryBeaverton
Assistant CoachChuck PowellAuburn Hills Oakland Christian
Assistant CoachEd WrightRochester
Friend of Basketball Tim Bograkos Flint Central
Friend of Basketball Ivan FordMaple City Glen Lake
Friend of BasketballDick HarmonAuburn Bay City Western
OfficialTerry WakeleyNorthern Michigan area

2000   Bios

Assistant CoachGordon Murphy Laker HS
Assistant CoachJames D SeidellBrown City HS
Assistant CoachBernard WoutersCenter Line St Clement HS
Friend of Basketball Roger BreukerMuskegon Western MI Christian
Friend of Basketball Nate HamptonMHSAA
Friend of Basketball Sheldon RadomSt Joseph area
Friends of Basketball Arden & Bobbie Rowley St Joseph area
Media Philip PiersonFlint Journal
MediaJames SpadaforeDetroit News
OfficialJohn KirkSaginaw Valley
OfficialTed WilsonDetroit area

1999   Bios        Pictures

Assistant CoachDonald BurnsWarren Woods
Assistant CoachLarry ClemansMt Clemens Chippewa Valley
Assistant CoachRoger UsseryDetroit area
Friend of Basketball Robert LippertMt Pleasant
Friend of Basketball Mary Jane Novitsky Detroit East Catholic
Friend of BasketballGus GanakasEast Lansing, MSU
MediaTom MarkowskiDetroit News
OfficialOrlando CrockettHighland Park
OfficialHugh JewellOak Park

1998   Bios

Assistant CoachPaul C ChristiansenMaple City Glen Lake
Assistant CoachJim DuffyRiver Rouge, Trenton St Joseph, Ann Arbor Richard
Assistant CoachAlbert L SharrowRomeo
Assistant CoachJim ThompsonFlint, Swartz Creek, Detroit
Friend of BasketballLeonard F MazzeiFlint Central
Friend of BasketballElwyn “Rab” RiderJackson Lumen Christi, St Johns
Friend of BasketballFrank SwiotoniowskiMonroe
MediaLen HoyesFlint, Saginaw
MediaDel NewellKalamazoo
OfficialRichard “Dick” LambertBloomfield Hills
OfficialSam PalamaraWyandotte
OfficialHarold PoppWyandotte
OfficialLeonard TrusewiczWyandotte

1997  Pictures and Bios

Assistant CoachGary DeweyHolland Christian
Assistant CoachGary L Nesbitt Sr Port Huron Northern
Assistant CoachRoger TavaNew Haven
Friend of Basketball Brent BoyinkGrand Haven
Friend of BasketballDale D GeigerLake Odessa Lakewood
Friend of BasketballHoward Veeneman Muskegon Western MI Christian
MediaBill BrentonMonroe Evening News
MediaPaul CareyDetroit Tigers & Pistons, WJR Radio
OfficialAngelo L GustDetroit
OfficialJames MarinoDetroit
OfficialKay Russell MelvinMidland, Boyne Falls
OfficialRichard “Doc” MosierBay City

1996   Pictures and Bios

Assistant CoachBetsy KrestonFlint Powers Catholic Central
Assistant CoachRon MottOkemos
Friend of Basketball George Haezebrouck Grosse Pointe South
Friend of Basketball Frank IronsideMt Clemens L’Anse Creuse
Friend of BasketballJames JohnsonLansing Waverly
Friend of BasketballDoug McDougalMt Clemens L’Anse Creuse
Friend of BasketballRichard OwenGrosse Ile
Friend of BasketballJohn H Pudliner DOOkemos
Friend of BasketballDave SchaffSt Clair
MediaDon WingerMidland Daily News
MediaGeorge “Buzz” Youngs WBCH Radio – Hastings
OfficialVictor Virgil DeRoseOkemos
OfficialTom RuckerBloomfield Hills
OfficialArt ZyskMacomb County

1995   Pictures and Bios

Assistant CoachTom DavelaarHope College
Friend of Basketball Joe BarnettNew Haven
Friend of BasketballPaul OesterleWebberville
Friend of BasketballSam Washington Detroit St Cecilia
MediaBob GrossLansing State Journal
MediaChuck KlonkeMacomb Daily, Grosse Pointe News
MediaEd PhelpsChannel 12 TV – Flint
OfficialDon EdwardsGrand Rapids
OfficialTed HillaryGrand Rapids
OfficialEvelyn Langlands Trenton

1994   Pictures and Bios

Assistant CoachLoy Barker Sterling Heights
Assistant CoachWilliam LoweryGrosse Ile
Assistant CoachDon SmithCapac
Friend of BasketballArt KielMontague
Friend of Basketball Tom FleshnerSaginaw Carrollton
Friend of BasketballJack FordyceMI Lutheran Youth Athletics, Saginaw Valley Lutheran
Friend of BasketballTom HurseyMidland
Friend of BasketballD Eugene OvertonUniversity Liggett
Friend of BasketballFred WiseFlint St Michael, Flint Powers
Friends of BasketballEd & Elsie HaddenOnsted
MediaBernie KennedyMacomb Daily, Utica Daily Sentinel
MediaMick McCabeDetroit Free Press
OfficialJim MasserGenesee County
OfficialDennis OberlinAthens area
OfficialJim RobinsonHS, Jr College, MIAA, Mid-Amer Conf, Swartz Creek
OfficialRon StelterSaginaw
OfficialGar UnderwoodHS, Jr College, MIAA, NIAA, Great Lakes, MAC, Athens

1993  Pictures and Bios

Assistant CoachGerry AlwardtMt Clemens
Assistant CoachDennis DainingGrand Rapids area
Assistant CoachCleland DameSterling Hts Stevenson
Assistant CoachRichard HaffnerFlint area
Assistant CoachEldon “Pete” MossBenzonia Benzie Central
Assistant CoachDon RennhackBuchanan
Friend of Basketball Ruth CobbMarcellus
Friend of Basketball Dick KishpaughParchment
Friend of Basketball Joe MahanFerndale
Friend of BasketballWillard RatheMt Clemens Trinity Lutheran
Friend of BasketballGene SchultzBrighton
Friend of BasketballBill SellesKalamazoo Christian
Friend of BasketballDarrell VanVleetBattle Creek Pennfield
Friend of BasketballDick VitaleU of Detroit, Pistons, ESPN, ABC
Friends of Basketball Cletus & MaryBeth SupingerMidland
MediaJoseph EnrightRiver Rouge Herald
MediaJack MossKalamazoo Gazette
MediaBob ShermanWNWN Radio-Battle Creek
OfficialDennis KniolaStevensville
OfficialWalter KeenerDetroit
OfficialRobert Williams Redford
OfficialKarl NewinghamBay City