af2 Hall of Fame List Trimmed to 15 Finalists
August 10, 2009 - arenafootball2 (af2) News Release
CHICAGO - The arenafootball2 (af2) league, which will help cap off its 10th anniversary season by inducting its very first class into the af2 Hall of Fame, has trimmed a lengthy list of candidates down to 15 finalists.
The final 15 includes six players, four coaches, three owners and two at-large contributors:
PLAYERS (6)
Mitch Allner
E.J. Burt
Jarrail Jackson
Kevin Prentiss
Matt Sauk
Craig Strickland
COACHES (4)
Skip Foster
Kevin Guy
Rich Ingold
Chris Siegfried
OWNERS (3)
Jim Foster
Brady Nelson
Dan Newman
AT LARGE (2)
Jerry Kurz
Bill Niro
The above list of 15 will be cut to 10 by way of a final vote among the af2 Hall of Fame Committee, media and fans. The inaugural class of 10 inductees will ideally contain four players, three coaches, two owners and one at-large contributor.
Fans can be a part of this special process by submitting their Top-10 (4 players, 3 coaches, 2 owners, 1 at-large) list via email to HallofFame@af2.com. The email address will be active for fans from Tuesday, August 11 through Saturday, August 15.
Player nominations included only retired athletes while coach nominations included only those with three or more years of af2 tenure.
The inaugural af2 Hall of Fame class will be announced on Monday, August 17. The group will be honored at the 2009 ArenaCup celebration in Las Vegas on August 22.
Tickets to the 2009 ArenaCup in Las Vegas are available by visiting www.orleansarena.com, all Coast Casinos box offices, The Galleria at Sunset or by calling 800-675-3267 and mention code: ARENACUP.
The 2009 af2 playoffs continue this Saturday, August 15 with the American and National Conference Championship games. On the American side, the No. 1 seed Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers host the No. 6 seed Green Bay Blizzard at 7 PM ET. The No. 1 seed Spokane Shock host the No. 2 seed Tulsa Talons at 10 PM ET on the National side.
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