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Athletics continued after high school for HHS Hall inductees

Many of the inductees earned a living in sports after graduating.

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6:02 AM Thursday, January 26, 2012

Staff Report

HAMILTON — Ten new members will be inducted into the Hamilton City Schools Athletic Hall of Fame on Feb. 4 at the Courtyard by Marriott Hamilton.

The Hall of Fame banquet will begin with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner at 7.

Tickets are $30 per person and can be purchased at the Hamilton High School athletic department, Tom’s Cigar Store on Main Street and Clark’s Sporting Goods in Hamilton.

Following is the third in a series of three reports taking a closer look at the newest inductees.

Mark McCormick, Class of 1973: McCormick graduated from Taft in 1973 after playing football and wrestling for three years. He also played baseball for one year and participated in track for one year. A defensive lineman, he was captain of the football team his senior year and was voted the team’s most valuable player and first team All-Greater Miami Conference, first team All-Golden Triangle, first team all-district and third team All-Ohio. He also was captain of the wrestling team.

McCormick went on to play two years of football at Miami University and later coached high school for 35 years, the last 34 in Fairborn.

He was inducted into the inaugural class of the Miami Valley Football Coaches Association Assistant Coaches Hall of Fame. McCormick joins his father, Bill, and his brother, Kent, in the Hamilton City Schools Athletic Hall of Fame.

Seth Morris, Class of 1999: Morris graduated from Hamilton in 1999 as a three-year letterman in basketball and four-year letterman in baseball. He was voted All-Greater Miami Conference in basketball his junior and senior years, and he ranks No. 10 on the school’s all-time scoring list.

Morris was voted All-GMC all four years in baseball, leading Big Blue to four GMC titles and the Division I state championship in 1997.

He led HHS back to the state final four in 1998 and was voted All-Ohio that year and again as a senior, when he also was named the Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year. He was the Cincinnati Player of the Year in 1998 and ’99.

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 1999, Morris instead continued his baseball career at the University of Kentucky and was named first-team All-Southeastern Conference in 2001 and ’02, leading the Wildcats in home runs, doubles, RBIs, extra-base hits and total bases in 2001.

He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 2002 and played four seasons in that organization.

Fred Rodgers, Class of 1995: Rodgers graduated from Hamilton High in 1995 after running track for four years, wrestling for four years and playing football for three years. In his junior year, he was voted first-team All-Butler County, All-Greater Miami Conference, All-Cincinnati and honorable mention All-Ohio.

He was a four-year letter winner in wrestling, with 97 varsity wins and 112 take-downs. His senior year, he won sectional and district titles and finished Top 16 in the state.

Also a four-year letter winner in track, Rodgers qualified to state in the 100- and 200-meter runs, as well as the 400 and 1,600 relay teams. He finished fourth in the state in the 200 his senior year.

He went on to play football and run track at the University of Minnesota, earning first-team All-Academic Big Ten honors in 1995, ’96 and ’97. He won the Big Ten 100-meter dash championship in 1997.

Greg Siereveld, Class of 1968: Siereveld graduated from Taft in 1968 after playing football, basketball and baseball for three years. He served as class president in his senior year. In Siereveld’s senior year, the basketball team finished with a 14-8 record, winning eight of its last 10 games. Taft lost to Garfield in the sectional finals in 1968, when the Griffins went on to be the state runners-up.

He was named All-Greater Miami Conference his senior year in baseball and won the team’s Taby Award, given to the most valuable player.

Siereveld played in the Cincinnati Reds minor league system for three years and was named to the 1969 Gulf Coast League All-Star team.

He graduated from Princeton University In 1972 and has coached junior high basketball for 20 years.

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