RECAP OF MAIN GUESTS AND SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS FOR RED SMITH
The 47th Annual Red Smith Sports Award Banquet is Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in downtown Appleton, Wisconsin, beginning at 6:30 pm.
This year’s banquet features the Green Bay Packers all-time leading rusher, Ahman Green as the Red Smith Award Winner. Green will be introduced by Outagamie County Circuit Court Judge, Mark McGinnis.
Cy Young Award winner and future Hall of Fame pitcher, John Smoltz, will receive the 2012 Scheels Sports “Nice Guy” Award. Smoltz will be introduced by Vince Biskupic.
Lesley Visser, the most highly acclaimed female sportscaster of all-time will be the main speaker. Visser currently works for CBS Sports as a reporter on THE NFL TODAY; she also contributes to the network’s coverage of the NFL Playoffs and the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship and Final Four.
J. J. Keller Foundation, Inc. and M & I, A Part of BMO Financial Group will sponsor scholarships for student athletes from each of the five Appleton high schools. The following are the 2012 scholarship winners:
-Erin Riley, Fox Valley Lutheran
-Kate Marie Weyenberg, Xavier
-Marrisa Michalkiewicz, Appleton East
-Kati Baker, Appleton North
-Tayler Hegg, Appleton West
JPD Scholarship Fund is the recipient of the Danny Ornstein Memorial Scholarship Award. The fund is named for Jim, Pete and Doug Jirschele who all suffered from muscular dystrophy.
Information on purchasing tickets to the Red Smith Banquet can be obtained by visiting our website atwww.redsmith.org, or by calling Joe Ornstein at (920)570-2536 or emailcontact@redsmith.org. Tickets are also available at Players Choice W3035 County Road JJ in Appleton. Tickets are $60.00.