Four former student-athletes and two former administrators will be inducted into the University of Utah's Crimson Club Hall of Fame on Monday, April 12. The banquet, which also honors graduating Ute senior student-athletes, will be held at the Little America Hotel. Tickets are available to the public for $40. Reservations can be made by calling (801) 585-8837. There will be a social hour at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m.
Football player Marv Bateman, administrator and baseball coach Monty Howard, administrator Ted Jacobsen, gymnast Lisa Mitzel, skier Bill Spencer and softball player Michele Townsend Graves are this year's Hall of Fame inductees.
Bateman, who ranks as the best punter in school history, played for the Utes from 1968-71. He is Utah's only two-time first-team all-American.
Howard was hired by Jacobsen as the U.'s assistant ticket manager after two years in the army and two years of playing professional baseball in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He replaced Jacobsen as ticket manager when the Special Events Center was built in 1969.
Jacobsen joined the U. athletics department in 1957 as the business and ticket manager. In 1969, he opened the Special Events Center (now Jon M. Huntsman Center) as business manager and scheduling director and later became the full-time facilities director, a position he held until his retirement.
Mitzel's career with the Utes included six all-America awards and an NCAA championship in the floor exercise in 1985. Helping to lead the Utes to four consecutive NCAA titles, she was named Utah's most improved gymnast in 1984 and was the team Most Valuable Performer in 1985 and 1986.
Spencer graduated from South High in Salt Lake City in 1954 and became a four-year letterman on the U. ski team. Spencer skied downhill, slalom and cross country, and also was on the ski-jumping team.
Townsend was one of the best pitchers to ever throw for the Utes. She is currently fourth on Utah's career list with 64 wins and threw two no-hitters during her career.