Mike was a part of the Class of 2007. As a Senior, he was voted a team captain of the Football and Basketball teams. He was named All-Conference in both Football and Basketball as a Junior and Senior. As a Senior, he was All-State in Football and named MVP of the Basketball team. He was the 2007 recipient of the Bill Holt Award.

Mike went on to play at the University of Toledo where he started 50 straight games at Left Tackle. He was voted a team captain for the Rockets his Senior season. He was named All-MAC during his Junior and Senior seasons. His Senior year he was a Top 3 finalist for the National Bobby Bowden Trophy which is awarded to the college football player who most e (PIT)omizes a student-athlete of faith, and must conduct himself as an exemplary model in the classroom, on the field, on campus and in the community.

Mike went on to play briefly with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before finishing up his playing career.

Mike is now a District Manager for Farmers Insurance. He is married to his wife Kirsten, and they have a daughter Jordan, and a son Ryan.

Kathryn Kennedy, class of 2004, is incredibly grateful and honored for the nomination and recognition into the Marshall High School Hall of Fame. During her time at MHS, she played tennis and golf on the varsity teams from her freshman to senior year under the instruction of Coach Foreman and Coach Hamilton. Throughout her high school career, she was awarded All-State in golf 4 times, the only 4-time All State recipient in a single sport in MHS history, and Honorable Mention for tennis. 

On the golf team, she won Regionals her junior year with the support of her fellow teammates and made it to state as an individual all four years as well, In tennis, she won Regionals as 4th singles her sophomore year, along with making it to State as #1 singles her junior year. 

After high school, Kathryn attended Purdue University and worked at Walt Disney World before returning to Marshall to take over a local dance studio and raise her family in this wonderful community. While dance has been the main focus since high school, she has supported her nephews playing on the high school golf team, along with the middle school tennis team. She also assisted with a Junior Golf Program at Tomac Woods, and continues to keep athletics a focus. While her golf swing may still be intact, Kathryn has started playing tennis and taking lessons again which has challenged her to harness her skills after a 20 year hiatus!

The motivation, grit, and drive she had during her time at Marshall High School played an instrumental role as a successful student and in her career moving forward. Sports and movement during an educational career betters an individual both mentally and physically. It encourages students to immerse themselves in the experience, overcome failures, and stay active and busy! As a past student and participant of high school sports, she encourages our community to look beyond just an educational experience here at MHS, but how athletics and extracurricular activities can better an individual in the long term.

She'd like to thank Marshall High School Athletic Boosters for this award, along with her parents, Jean-ee and Dave Kennedy, her family, friends in the community, both from high school and new….and the two most lovable boys in her life, Preston and Bennett.

Jenna graduated from Marshall High School in 2005. During Jenna’s time at MHS, she was a 10 time varsity letter recipient across 4 different sports. She played Varsity basketball, volleyball, soccer and softball and was recognized with numerous all-conference and all-area awards in each. She was named to the Associated Press’s all state basketball team her senior year. That season she averaged 18.7 points per game and surpassed 1000 career points. In addition, she received the Bill Holt Award and went on to play basketball at Northern Michigan University. She then received her Masters degree from Marquette University and moved to Minneapolis where she started her professional sales career. 

Jenna and her husband, Adam Stainbrook, and their three children, Ruby, Greta and Harvey are disappointed they could not be here tonight due to an out-of-state family commitment.

Greg Mahrle, who was blessed with great teammates, great coaches, and a competitive family was awarded the Bill Holt award in 1982.  On the football field he was a 2-time, first team all-conference selection on offense, and 1-time, first team selection on defense.

In the sport of wrestling, he was a conference champ, and a multiple state place winner.  He won the 1981 Class B 138lb state championship as a junior and placed 3rd at 155lbs his senior year.

A 1986 graduate of Western Michigan University, while at WMU, Greg was a member of the Bronco football team and served as the assistant coach of Wrestling at Portage Northern High School.

In 2007, Greg came back to MHS and had the distinct privilege to serve as the head coach of the Marshall Redhawk varsity wrestling team from 2007-2011.

Greg is honored and humbled to be selected into the Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame, and he would like to congratulate all the inductees.

Jim Clement is a 1989 graduate of Marshall High School. During his time at MHS, he was afour-sport athlete – receiving a varsity letter in f ootball, basketball, baseball, and track & field.

Jim, surrounded by great teammates in all sports, was a part of the ‘87-’88 Twin Valley championship football and basketball teams. Individually, he was first team All-Conference and

Honorable Mention All-State in both Football and Basketball. Clement was also selected as one of four quarterbacks to play in the annual East-West Michigan All-Star Game. In addition to being named the Bill Holt award winner in 1989, Jim finished second in his class academically and was awarded the Marshall Exchange Club’s “Student of the Year.”

Clement went on to earn 4 varsity letters at Miami University in Oxford, OH, starting both at Quarterback and Wide Receiver. While there, he was named 1st Team Academic All-Mid-American Conference three times and was awarded the College Football Hall of Fame’s “Scholar Athlete Award” his senior year.

Jim currently lives in Charlotte, NC, with his wife, Kristin, his three children – Brendan, Keira,and Finn.

Bruce Gray attended Pontiac High School, lettering in Football from 1924-1926, Basketball from 1925-1927, and Baseball in 1926 and 1927. He was a member of Pontiac’s 1st ever District Championship in Basketball. 

Bruce attended Albion College, graduating in 1931,and being inducted in Albion’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989, as a member of the 1928 Football team.

Bruce came to Marshall Public Schools in 1935, serving in a number of administrative roles, including Superintendent, until retirement in 1969. Bruce has a successful coaching career, winning multiple Twin Valley Championships in both Football and Basketball. He was the head coach of the State Championship Boys Basketball team in 1944.

John, known to coaches and friends as Crapes, attended the two room school at Oak Grove until junior high school, then Marshall Public Schools. In his junior year redistricting was done moving him to Harper Creek School District. However John elected to remain at Marshall High School. Graduating in 1971, John was on both the football and track teams for four years. In football he was all Twin Valley for 2 years as an offensive tackle and defensive end.  In track he broke the school record for shot put in his sophomore year and still holds the record of 55 feet 1 1/2 inches. In his senior year he was 5th in the State for shot put, missing first place by inches. John was awarded the Bill Holt Award in 1971. John attended Ferris State for one year.

John has lived in Marshall his entire life. Married in 1979 to Sue Eichler and having two great kids, Karen and Matt both graduating from Marshall. In January of last year John and Sue celebrated their first granddaughter Christina. 

Having worked in Marshall for years John now enjoys retirement. He is active in Marshall United Methodist Church.

Dawn was a 4 sport athlete during her time at Marshall High School, including being a player on the first softball team in school history. Dawn played 4 years of varsity basketball, gaining All Twin Valley honors each year, All-State Honorable Mention her Junior year, and First Team All-State as a senior. She was team MVP for 3 years and nominated for Miss Basketball as a senior. She held the career points record, and still holds the career rebound record. 

Dawn also played Volleyball and Track & Field, where she excelled in the Shot Put and Discus. She was All Twin Valley Softball in her Junior year. 

Dawn went on to play basketball at Ferris State and Lake Michigan College, where she played in the National tournament and finished ranked in the top 10. 

Dawn enjoys working with young kids, coaching, and teaching the fundamentals of basketball. She has worked at Kelloggs for the past 15 years. Married to Bryan, they enjoy their grandson, Braylen, their dogs, Malachi and Rue, and horses, Sierra and Shelby.

Kimberly was a 4 year varsity letter winner on the Track and Field team specializing in Hurdles,Long Jump and relays where she held school records for over a decade. She regularly medaled at the League, Regional and State levels in these events.

As a member of the Swim team, she excelled in sprint freestyle events and on relay teams, qualifying and medaling at the state level. She was a leader and team tri-captain her Senior year.

She was an outside hitter on the Volleyball team and played at the Varsity level her Junior and Senior year. Additionally, she was a cheerleader all four years of high school and lettered as a Varsity Cheerleader as an upperclassman.

Kimberly’s athletic achievements were instrumental in the Bill Holt award being awarded to both a female and male athlete beginning the year after her graduation from MHS.

In addition to athletics, Kimberly was a member of the National Honor Society, active in band and was a member of the Marshall Singer choral group while at MHS.

She attended and graduated from Michigan State University where she ran hurdles as a member of the Track and field team for one year.

Kimberly has had a successful career in the Hospitality industry. She has been happily married for 30 years to her husband Tom Nevin whom she met while living and working in New York City. They have two adult children, Kaitlyn and Thomas. They currently reside in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

Long time Marshall sports supporter, former Mayor of Marshall, and editor of the Marshall Evening Chronicle. First awarded in 1950, the Marshall Athletic Boosters presents the Bill Holt Award annually to the Outstanding Male and Female Senior Athlete. Criteria includes good citizens of Marshall High School and Community, and have high scholastic standing. This highly coveted award is nominated by coaches and administrators. These distinguished student-athletes' plaques are on display at the High School, representing the spirit and legacy of Bill Holt.

Rich Hulkow came to Marshall as a 34 year old coach in 1984, and retired 26 years later as the winningest Head Football Coach in school history. His 197 wins to 64 losses spanned 11 League titles, 5 Regional Championships, 3 State Finals, and 2 State Championships for Marshall Football.

A three time MHSAA Regional Coach of the Year, Coach “Hulk” was especially honored to be elected by his peers to the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2003. Being applauded as the Detroit Lions Coach of the Year humbling, as it came with a billboard advertising Marshall Football on I-94. In addition, Rich was celebrated as the Detroit Free Press Dream Team Coach of the Year in 2009.

It’s notable that after starting out as a PE/Health teacher, “Hulk” led the Athletic Department for 24 years, also coaching Freshman Baseball, Freshman Basketball, and JV Basketball at various times during his tenure. He played a key role in raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for all of our Marshall athletic programs during those years, and adding a stint as Interim Marshall Middle School Principal to his list of accomplishments. 

The Michigan State graduate and two-time football letter winner holds a Masters degree in Educational Leadership from Eastern Michigan University. Coach “Hulk” wishes to thank all the assistant coaches, staff, and especially the great young people who came through the Marshall program and played their hearts out for the Red and Black.

During four years of athletics at MHS, he earned 7 varsity letters, and received all-conference honors in all 7 varsity seasons. In his senior year, he received first team all conference Linebacker (Co-Captain of Defense), Channel 41 All-area Team at linebacker and 1st Team All State Linebacker (Associated Press and UPI), and voted MVP of team; 2nd Team All conference point guard in basketball; and First team all conference, First team all district and all region in baseball at first base. Held the record for home runs in a season for 15 years. Voted MVP for baseball. Todd served as the captain of the football and basketball teams as well. Finally, Todd was awarded the Bill Holt Award in the spring of 1987.

Todd received a full scholarship to Central Michigan University to play football as a linebacker. While at Central, not only did he play linebacker, he played quarterback and fullback as well. Todd was part of the 1990 MAC Championship team and earned 2nd team All Mid American Conference linebacker in his senior year. Todd served as the captain of the inaugural CMU vs MSU game where Central beat MSU 20-3 at East Lansing.

Todd’s biggest accomplishment has been raising three children, Mitchell (31), Landry (27) and Madison (21), all Marshall graduates and athletes.

Finally, Todd would like to thank all of his teammates at Marshall High for their hard work and contributing to the overall success of the athletic teams he was part of.

Three sport athlete, Kari competed in Basketball, Volleyball, and Soccer. In 3 varsity seasons playing basketball she was All State Honorable Mention, All Conference, All Area, and Academic All State. As team captain, she was also conference Co-MVP her senior year, a Wendy’s Scholar Athlete Nominee and BCAM All-Star game participant. 

In Volleyball, Kari was All Area, All Region, All Conference, and Academic All-State, also team captain. In Soccer, she earned All Conference, All Area, and All District honors. In her senior year, as team captain, she was All Region, All-State Honorable Mention, and Team MVP. 

In Kari’s senior year she was named a U.S. Army Scholar-Athlete, U.S. Marine Corp Distinguished Athlete, and Bill Holt Award winner.

Kari walked onto Ferris State’s Basketball team, earning a scholarship her second year and President’s Award for Academic Excellence. She transferred to Olivet College to finish her degree, continuing to play basketball for the Comets. 

Kari came back to Marshall as a Middle School Science teacher and coach. She coached basketball, volleyball, and Cross Country. She also served as a Success Fund Board Member. A memorial scholarship in Kari’s honor through the Marshall Community Foundation was established after her passing in 2016.

Evan graduated from Marshall High School in 2005 capping a multiple sport career at Marshall by receiving Michigan male athlete of the year award from Detroit Athletic Club. Standout shortstop who compiled .459 career batting avg., while hitting 33 home runs. Twice named to the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association "Dream Team.” Named Michigan Division 4 first-team all-state quarterback by Detroit Free-Press. Earned 11 varsity letters (four in football, four in baseball and three in basketball). Ranks among all-time Michigan prep career passing leaders for pass completions, pass attempts, passing yards (5,216) and TD passes (61). The 10th Michigan high school quarterback to pass for more than 5,000 yards and 50 TDs in a career. 

Attending the University of Notre Dame, playing both football and baseball. On the gridiron, appeared in 19 games during his career with two starts at quarterback. As a member of the Irish baseball team, earned monograms and led the Irish baseball team in `08 with 13 home runs and .691 slugging percentage and recorded a .326 batting average while driving in 40 runs. Was drafted in the 50th round by the Seattle Mariners in the 2009 MLB First-Year Player draft & played two years in the Mariner's organization winning championships with both teams.

Evan owns and operates Sharpley Training in Elkhart, IN specializing in training middle school, high school, collegiate athletes, and professional athletes.

Currently works for Airxcel, a Thor Company, as a salesman supplying products to the RV industry. His family includes daughter Lucy (5), fiancé Julia and her two kids Micah (12) and Johanna (6).

Athletic competition started early for Jen when she joined the Marshall Swim Club. Her love for competition grew and later joined the volleyball and track teams. Jen was a three-sport athlete throughout school lettering in swimming and track all four years, and volleyball two years. Jen served as captain in all three sports her senior year. Jen set three HS swim records, competed at the State Swim Meet all four years, placed in the Top Ten 10 th -12 th grade, and was named Academic All-State in swimming. Jen recalls volleyball as an amazing experience and love for the sport flourished, winning two invitations in 1998.

Throwing shotput and discus for the Track and Field Team was something Jen eagerly anticipated every year. Jen’s technique improved over time resulting in 1 st place at the Twin Valley Conference, and 2nd in discus and 5 th in shot put at the Stockbridge Regional Meet. Her senior year, Jen qualified for the State Meet in Discus with a throw that broke the High School record.

For Jen, the good fortune of playing three sports she loved her entire HS career was magnified by the lifelong memories and connections made with friends, coaches, and loving parents. Currently, Jen serves as a Sales & Agency Relations Specialist for JM Wilson in Indiana and Ohio. In 2022, Professional Insurance Agents of Indiana named her Company Partner of the Year. 

Jen resides in New Palestine, Indiana with her wonderful husband, Matt, and amazing kids, Bailey, and Jack.