Walfred "Mike" Mickelson - Class of 2018

(Eben/Munising)

Despite a lack of basketball facilities at Eben and track facilities at Munising high schools, he directed Eben to Class D district titles in 1946 and 1947 and Munising to U.P. track titles in 1957 and 1958. His Eben cross country teams won four U.P. crowns. He worked tirelessly to generate funds for a new gymnasium at Eben in 1950 and led the fund-raising campaign for an all-weather track at Munising Memorial Field when it opened in 1977. A 1936 graduate of Eben High School, Mickelson set track records in high and low hurdles and broad jump. He had a 55-year career officiating high school athletic events. He was a member of the Army's elite “Black Devils Brigade” during World War II. He died in 2002.