2025 ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME CLASS
St. Johns High School Athletic Hall of Fame – Class of 2025
Congratulations to the class of 2025 who was inducted into the St. Johns High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, September 26th, 2025.
Bob Every ('66), Heather (Knight) Windel ('95), Jacob Schmitt ('13), Margaret "Peg" Zink
Bob Every (Baseball, Football): Earned 6 Varsity Letters; 2 Years Varsity Football, Football Conference Champs 1964; 4 Years Varsity Baseball, 1962 Baseball Team MVP; Started and Played in Every Baseball Game of His High School Career (40); Invited to Pittsburgh Pirates Professional Baseball Club Camp; 11 Years Lansing Community College Softball Coach; 8 Years National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 12 Coach of the Year; 2002 & 2003 NJCAA Coach of the Year; 2002 NJCAA National Champions; 4-Time Michigan Golden Glove Champ in Boxing 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969; 3-Time Michigan Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) State Champion 1967, 1968, 1969; 1967 National Catholic Youth Organization Champion; 1967 United States of America Boxing Team; 1967 AAU National Championship Team; 1992 State of Michigan Boxing Commissioner; 1994 Greater Lansing Hall of Fame Inductee for Softball and Boxing; 2009 Michigan Golden Glove Hall of Fame; 2011 National Softball Association Hall of Fame - Coaching Category; 2023 USA Boxing Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award; 1966 SJHS Graduate.
Heather (Knight) Windel (Swim, Tennis, Track): Earned 4 Varsity Letters, 3-Time MVP in Track; 2-Time 3rd Team All-Conference ; 2-Time 2nd Team All-Conference ; 12-Time 1st Team All-Conference ; Held SJHS Track Records in the 200M Dash & 400M Dash; 13-Time Lansing Area Honor Roll Qualifier; Regional Medalist: 2-Time 200M Dash (2nd); 1-Time 200M Dash (3rd); 3-Time 400M Dash (2nd); 1-Time 1600M Relay (1st); 1-Time 1600M Relay (3rd); 1-Time 800M Relay (6th); 6-Time Class “A” State Qualifier; 4-Year Member of the Central Michigan University (CMU) Track Team; Held CMU Records in 4x100 Relay and 4x400 Relay; 1996 All Mid-American Conference (MAC) Outdoor; 1997 & 1998 Student Athlete Academic Excellence Award; 1998-1999 MAC Presidential Award; 1999 1st Team All-MAC Academic; 1999 CMU Senior Student Athlete Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement; 1995 SJHS Graduate.
Jacob Schmitt (Wrestling): Earned 4 Varsity Letters; 3-Time Team Captain; 4-Time Conference Champion; 4-Time State Finalist; 3-Time State Champion; 4-Time Team State Champion; 2-Time Michigan Grappler Wrestler of the Year; 3-Time Lansing State Journal Wrestler of the Year; 5-Time Fargo All-American; 2010 Fargo National Champion; 3-Time FILA All-American; 4-Year Participant at Northwestern University in the Wrestling Program; 2013 SJHS Graduate.
Margaret “Peg” Zink: SJPS Elementary Educator, Reading Specialist and Administrator for 35 Years; Retired Full-Time Educator 2007; Additional 8 Years as a Part-Time Retired Educator; St. Johns Schools Foundation of Excellence Board Member Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel Clinton-Shiawassee Chapter Board Member; Started Helping in Athletics in 1994; 30+ Years as an Announcer, Clock, Game Manager, Scorekeeper, Stats; Has Worked Basketball, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball; Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan 2015 Hall of Fame Inductee Friend of Basketball.
Class of 2025
