Jerry Root - Class of 2022

(Escanaba)

Will begin his 48th year this fall as a U.P. play-by-play broadcaster in football, basketball, baseball, and softball. He has also coached girl’s basketball, boy's and girl's cross country and boys track. His North Central cross country teams won four U.P. titles and his track teams claimed two U.P. titles. His track teams never had a practice facility and he built one of the finest cross country courses in the Upper Peninsula. He also coached at Cedarville and was a sportswriter for the Cedarville Weekly Wave and hosted coaches radio shows in Sault Ste. Marie and Escanaba.