A class featuring seven individuals and two teams will be inducted into the Sexton Athletic Hall of Fame in October.
Dave Ciolek, Debbie Ledesma Martinson, Darian McKinney, Kareem Washington, Saddi Washington, Shayna Sangster and Mike Major are the individual inductees and will be formally inducted along with the 1982 and 1983 state runner-up boys golf teams in a ceremony Oct. 4.
Ciolek was the Class A state wrestling champion at 175 pounds as a senior in 1969 and went on to wrestle at Michigan State where he was a Big Ten champion.
Ledesma Martinson, a 1982 graduate, was the CAC and regional girls cross country champion as a senior in 1981. She also was a regional track champion in the 1,600-meter run at Sexton before going on to run at MSU.
McKinney, who graduated in 1987, was a football and basketball standout. He was a McDonald’s All-American nominee in basketball as a senior before going on to play at the University of Detroit. McKinney later played both football and basketball at Central Michigan.
Kareem Washington was a basketball standout at Sexton who finished seventh in the Mr. Basketball voting as a senior in 1990 before going on to play at Loyola Marymount, Polk Community College and Virginia Commonwealth.
Saddi Washington shined in basketball and track and was 10th in the Mr. Basketball voting as a senior in 1993 and a three-time all-state finisher in the 800-meter run. He continued his basketball career at Western Michigan and then professionally before getting into coaching. He was an assistant coach at Michigan for eight seasons from 2016-24 and is now preparing to start his second season as an assistant for Tom Izzo at Michigan State.
Sangster, a 2003 graduate, was a three-time all-state finisher in the 200 before going on to run at Western Michigan.
Major coached both the Sexton boys and girls basketball teams to CAC titles. He had a 227-126 record while leading the boys from 1990 to 2005.
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This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: Meet the class joining the Sexton Athletic Hall of Fame
Reporting by Brian Calloway, Lansing State Journal / Lansing State Journal
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