South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame banquet scheduled for Sunday
SIOUX FALLS — The South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting 23 individuals into their Hall of Fame on Sunday, September 24, 2023, at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. he South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting 23 individuals into their Hall of Fame on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Sioux Falls Convention Center.
The inductees being honored this year are Scott Bosanko, Gene Breemes, Linda Collignon, Mattie Goff-Newcombe, Marlyn Goldhammer, Harvey Hammrich , Chuck Iverson, Clarence Kooistra, Don Larson, Lien Marso, Jerry P. Miller, Dean Minder, David Mydland, Terry Nielsen, Mark Ovenden, Mike Roach, Jim Schlekeway, Bryan Schwartz, Brad Seely, Dawn Seiler, Josef "Joe" Thorne and Jeffrey Turning Heart.
With these 23 inductees, the hall will have enshrined 356 women and men from every sport and corner of the state. The South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1968 by the South Dakota Sportswriters Association. A group of volunteers from across the state now manages it.
The social hour and media interviews start at 4:30 p.m., with the dinner at 6 p.m. and the induction ceremony at 7 p.m.
For more on the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame, visit www.sdshof.com.
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