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The Elgin Sports Hall of Fame Golf Committee and Board of Directors would like to thank everyone that participated in the 4th annual golf outing. We had a most successful outing to benefit the scholarship fund for student/athletes with 100 golfers participating. Special thanks to Scott McGrath/McGrath Nissan for donation of an automobile for the "Hole in One" competition, Coach Bill Chesbrough for appearing as our special guest and to Mike Lehman and the staff at The Highlands of Elgin for their help in hosting the outing.

The Golf Committee and the Board of Directors also want to express our gratitude for the hole sponsors at this year's golf outing: Dick Fitchie, Elgin High School Athletics, Barone Construction, Barrett O' Connor, Brittain's Car Wash, Cement Masons Local #11, Douglas Street Sports Bar and Grill, The Village Squire in South Elgin, The Learning Tree Child Care Center, Dennis M. De Boer & Associates, Kovacs & Young families (in honor of Pete Kovacs), Lundstrom Insurance, Elgin High School Booster Club, St. Edward High School, NAPA Auto Parts of Elgin & South Elgin, Elgin Riverside Club Inc., Wait Ross Allanson Funeral & Cremation Services, South Elgin High School, Scott McGrath and McGrath-Nissan Auto Sales, Shales-McNutt Construction, EFS Foundation, Bulger Associates Inc., In the Neighborhood Deli & Cafe, Trefon's Family Restaurant, Trout Park Baseball, Laird Funeral Home, Elgin United Civic Association, Go Scholar Athletes (Joe & Ruth Ann Keenan), Jimmy's Charhouse, Liberty Auto Sales, Elgin Beverage Company, Calendo's Corner, General Fire & Sprinkler, Mike's Amusements, Solution Partners, Security Self Storage, Symmetry Group, St. Edward High School Booster Club, Lamp Inc., Larkin Booster Club, Smile for Life, Elgin Instant Print, Batavia Instant Print, and the Board of Directors of the Elgin Sports Hall of Fame.

Our thanks to those individuals and organizations that contributed items for the silent auction: John and Jan Schroeder, Matthew Wojciechowski, Blackstone Golf Club, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago White Sox, St. Edward High School, Best Western of Harbor Shores (Lake Geneva), Zanies Comedy Club, Clare Ollayos, baseball Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Rod Carew, Orlando Cepeda, Dennis Eckersley, Bob Feller, Ferguson Jenkins, Jim Rice, Brooks Robinson, Duke Snider, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, and Ryne Sandberg, as well as Ron Santo, Glen Beckert, and Alan Trammell. In addition, added thanks to football Hall of Famers Dan Hampton and Mike Ditka, hockey Hall of Famers Bobby Hull and Denis Savard, and former Blackhawks Dennis Hull and Jim Pappin.

Raffle prizes were donated by Al's Cafe, Barley House, Bartlett Hills, Randall Oaks, Boston Market, Brittain's Car Wash, Colonial Cafe, Culver's, Elgin Public House, Giordano's Restaurant, Golf Club of Illinois, Hemmens Auditorium (City of Elgin), the Highlands of Elgin, Jimmy's Charhous, Kane County Cougars, Kingston Mines, Outback Restaurant, Moretti's Pizzeria and Restaurant (A la Carte Entertainment), Museum of Science & Industry, Paul's Restaurant, Rolling Knolls Country Club, Shedd Aquarium, Streamwood Oaks, Lynfred Winery -Tasting deVine Cellars, Trefon's Restaurant, Villa Olivia, Walleye Grill, and Zanies Comedy Club. Our thanks and appreciation to all of these businesses.

The Elgin Sports Hall of Fame Foundation's membership has elected the following individuals to the Hall of Fame for 2009: MIKE COYLE, 1967 graduate of Larkin High, who was a track standout and state medalist in the 440 yard dash; CORRY CARTER IRVIN, who became the all-time leading girls basketball scorer at Larkin prior to playing at Fresno State University; JULIE KOVACS FISHER, who starred in volleyball at Larkin High and Indiana State University; JIM PERKINS, the highly successful golf coach and long time athletic director at St. Edward High School; and DICK STEPHENS, the winningest football coach in Elgin High School's history and builder of a highly successful football program at Bartlett High School. CONGRATULATIONS to these five individuals on their election to the Elgin Sports Hall of Fame.

In May, the Elgin Sports Hall of Fame Foundation board of directors presented $1000 scholarships to 25 deserving student/athletes. This was made possible through the generous donations from members and friends, in addition to the outstanding support of last fall's golf outing.

The Elgin Sports Hall of Fame Foundation honored the All-American Girls of the Professional Baseball League on Friday, July 11th, 2008. During a ceremony held at the Wall of Fame in The Centre of Elgin, Hall of Fame board members presented fifteen members of the All-American Girls League with a plaque for outstanding achievement as a group for their contributions to our national pasttime. In addition, each woman was recognized for outstanding achievement by the foundation. Click on this link to view a recent article about the Pioneers of Women's Softball.

The Elgin Sports Hall of Fame currently has a display of artifacts and memorabilia from inductees and outstanding achievement recipients at the Centre of Elgin, along with photos of the 2009 inductees and 2009 scholarship recipients.