Thanks, Mr. Woodley (Saginaw News)

August 24, 2012

LaMarr Woodley was a football star at Saginaw High long before he went on to the University of Michigan and now the Pittsburgh Steelers.

He's given students in his hometown the same opportunity for accomplishment without the cost they would've otherwise incurred this school year.

Students at Saginaw and Saginaw Arthur Hill plus the districts junior highs and middle schools were facing a $75 participation fee until Woodley stepped in earlier this month with a $60,000 donation.

Hugh Bernreuter has covered the majority of Woodley's career, and tells this story.

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley pays participation fees for Saginaw Public Schools student-athletes (Saginaw News)

Today in the MHSAA: 5/18/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 18, 2026

1. BASEBALL Division 2 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s downed Warren De La Salle Collegiate and Division 1 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, both in shutouts, to clinch a Catholic High School League championship – Detroit News

2. GIRLS TRACK & FIELD Romeo swept girls and boys Regional titles in this sport for the first time, with the girls repeating in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Macomb Daily

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Marian repeated as Catholic High School League Bishop champion with a 4-1 win over Division 3 No. 4 Warren Regina – Macomb Daily

4. TRACK & FIELD Grand Ledge also won girls and boys Regionals in the same season for the first time, also in LPD1 – WLNS

5. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Orchard Lake St. Mary’s claimed a CHSL Bishop title with a 1-0 win over Toledo St. Ursula – Oakland Press

6. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 7 Jackson Lumen Christi downed Madison Heights Bishop Foley in the CHSL Cardinal championship game – Oakland Press

7. TRACK & FIELD The Rudyard girls and Pickford boys won Upper Peninsula Division 2 Regional titles – Escanaba Daily Press

8. GIRLS SOCCER Megan U’Ren broke Suttons Bay’s career scoring record and tied its career assist record during a win over Kalkaska – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. SOFTBALL Lorelei Chciuk reached 1,000 career strikeouts for Division 1 No. 6 Grand Haven during a no-hitter against honorable mention Grosse Pointe South – Grand Haven Tribune

10. BASEBALL Escanaba’s Lennox Peacock set his school’s career strikeout record during a 10-0 shutout of Norway – Upper Michigan’s Source