Marion "Mingo" Anderson - Class of 2007

(Marquette)

A pioneer in women's athletics in the Upper Peninsula, Anderson was the pitcher as the Mehrmann Plumberettes fastpitch softball team won Class C state titles in 1951 and 1952.   She was a three-time U.P.  Open singles champion in tennis, won U.P.  singles bowling titles in 1951 and 1964 and had a 667 series in 1954.  She had a hole-in-one in golf and was the only female entrant in speed snowmobile races in Marquette in the early 1950s.  She died July 23, 2006.