The recent inductions of B. J. Armstrong and Daedra Charles-Furrow into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame raises the number of Catholic League inductees to 11.

Here is the lineup in chronological order:

B. J. Armstrong, inducted 2018: A 1985 graduate of Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, where he still holds the Warriors’ single-game scoring record (51 points), Armstrong starred for Iowa’s basketball team in the late 1980s and then spent 11 years in the NBA, including three with Chicago Bulls teams that won NBA Championships (1991-93).

Daedra Charles-Furrow, 2018: Daedra attended St. Martin de Porres High School in Detroit.  She was an All-American at the University of Tennessee, where she won two national championships in 1989 and 1991. She was a member of the USA’s women's team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Spain. Daedra was named one of ESPN's Top 25 women's college players of all time. She died in April 2018 at age 48.

Tom Mach, 2014: Mach’s one and only head football coaching job was at Detroit Catholic Central, a career spanning four decades. He retired with a 370-94 record, third-most wins in the state’s history. He guided the Shamrocks to 10 state championships and seven runner-up finishes.

Meg Mallon, 2010: Mallon attended Mercy High School in Farmington Hills. At Ohio State, she earned All-Conference honors and was the runner-up at the 1985 Big Ten Women’s Golf Championship. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1987 and won 18 LPGA Tour events, including two U.S. Women’s Opens and the 1991 LPGA Championship. Mallon was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2017.

Diane Laffey, 2006: Laffey’s softball coaching career started in 1962 at St. Anthony/East Catholic high school on Detroit’s east side and continued at Regina (located then in Harper Woods, now in Warren) in 1970, where she continues to coach softball and basketball and serve as athletic director. She is Michigan’s winningest high school softball coach with 1,182 wins – including six state championships – and ranks fourth among basketball coaches with 644 victories.

Frank Tanana, 2006: Tanana attended Detroit Catholic Central High School and California State University at Fullerton before embarking on his baseball career. He was the California Angels' first-round draft pick in 1971. From 1973 to 1993, he pitched for six teams: the Angels, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, and New York Yankees. In his prime, Tanana was known for a 100-plus mph fastball, which he abruptly lost when he injured his arm. However, he was able to develop an assortment of off-speed pitches to continue his career. Tanana accumulated 34 shutouts, 4,000 innings pitched, and nearly 3,000 strikeouts.

Joe DeLamielleure, 2004: In 1969, DeLamielleure graduated from St. Clement High School in Center Line, the only NFL football player ever from that school. He was an All-American at Michigan State and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 1973 draft. He played 13 seasons in the NFL: eight with Buffalo, five with Cleveland. DeLamielleure became the first player ever to block for a 2,000-yard rusher (O. J. Simpson at Buffalo) and a 4,000-yard passer (QB Brian Sipe at Cleveland). He is also the first living NFL player to be tested and diagnosed with CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy).

Al Fracassa, 1999: At the time of his retirement in 2013, Fracassa had won more football games than any other high school coach in Michigan, a total of 430 in 53 years: at Royal Oak Shrine from 1960-1968 (record 44-19-5), then at Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 1969-2013 (386-98-2), for a grand record of 430-117-7. He led Brother Rice to nine state championships and 20 Catholic League Prep Bowl championships. He also taught history and physical education at Brother Rice from 1969-1998 and coached baseball from 1970-1982.

Fr. James Martin, 1978: During his 18 years at Detroit Catholic Central (1931-1949), Fr. Martin taught Latin and algebra, was director of athletics, and coached football, basketball, and baseball. In partnership with the legendary Father Flanagan, Catholic Central and Boys Town played annually at Briggs Stadium, which on one occasion attracted some 44,000 spectators.   Fr. Martin's forte, however, was baseball: his teams won the Catholic League championship 17 out of 18 years. He also coached American Legion teams in the summer. Some 35 of his players turned professional, and five of these played in the major leagues. He died in February 1992. He was 85.

Dave DeBusschere, 1977: He attended Austin Catholic and inspired the “White Shirted Legion” (the tradition of wearing white shirts to the school's games to make fans more visible). In his senior year of 1957-58, DeBusschere led the Friars to the state Class A high school basketball championship, scoring 32 points, to defeat Benton Harbor, 71-68. He played basketball and baseball at the University of Detroit. He is one of only 13 athletes to have played in both Major League Baseball (Chicago White Sox, 1962-1963) and the National Basketball Association (12 seasons, Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks). He was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history. In May 2003, DeBusschere collapsed on a Manhattan street from a fatal heart attack. He was 62.

Vince Banonis, 1975: He attended Detroit Catholic Central High School, where he was the center and captain for the Shamrocks’ team that won a Detroit city championship. He played football at the University of Detroit (first-team All-American in 1940), and a dozen years in the National Football League for the Chicago Cardinals (1942-1950) and the Detroit Lions (1951-1953). Banonis played on three NFL championship teams. He died in 2010 at the age of 89.