High 5s: More to come this fall
June 28, 2012
The end of the 2011-12 school year also signaled our final High 5s until the fall season begins.
Check back in mid-August for our first High 5s of 2012-13. Below is the list, with links, of this spring's honorees.
This spring's previous honorees
- Sarah Appold, Saginaw Valley Lutheran softball
- Katie Brozovich, Clarkston tennis
- Latipha Cross, Southfield track and field
- Sarita Dotson, Battle Creek Lakeview track and field
- Lauren Hooker, East Grand Rapids lacrosse
- Drake Johnson, Ann Arbor Pioneer track and field
- Bailey LaFreniere, Ishpeming Westwood golf
- Megan Manninen, Ishpeming Westwood golf
- Jake McFadden, Clare track and field
- Sami Michell, Reed City track and field
- Mike Nagy, Manistique golf
- Cullen Prena, Walled Lake Central track and field
- Erika Southworth, Decatur softball
- Nick Stiles, Bath baseball
- Josh Vyletel, Howell baseball
- Malloy Weber, Northville soccer
- Zack Zingsheim, Lansing Catholic track and field
- Garret Zuk, White Lake Lakeland track and field
- Birmingham Seaholm tennis
- Dansville softball
- Detroit Western International baseball
- Grand Rapids West Catholic golf
- Grandville Calvin Christian soccer
- Grosse Pointe South girls track and field
- Muskegon Mona Shores golf
- Remus Chippewa Hills girls track and field
- Richland Gull Lake baseball
- Stevensville Lakeshore softball
Representative Council Appoints DeGroot, Selects Adams as Secretary-Treasurer
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 21, 2026
The Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association appointed a new member and filled an open officer position on Jan. 16.
The Council voted to appoint Hudsonville Unity Christian CEO Jerry DeGroot to represent private and parochial schools, completing the second year of the two-year term of recently-deceased Catholic High School League director Vic Michaels. DeGroot, who also serves as the high school’s principal, will serve through the Council’s 2026 Fall Meeting in December, when Michael’s term was set to expire. Member schools will vote to fill the private/parochial school representative position this fall during annual elections.
Camden-Frontier superintendent Chris Adams, reelected to a two-year Council term this past September, was appointed to fill the secretary-treasurer position also previously filled by Michaels. Fenton principal Mike Bakker was appointed to serve on the MHSAA Audit & Finance Committee for the remainder of the 2026 calendar year.
The Representative Council is the legislative body of the MHSAA. All but five members are elected by member schools. Four members are appointed by the Council to facilitate representation of females and minorities, and the 19th position is occupied by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or designee.
The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by more than 1,500 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract more than 1.4 million spectators each year.