Meet The Class of 2015!

The following inductees were nominated and chosen to become the newest class of the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame, class of 2015. Here is a brief summary of all the Inductees:

Mark Heese – Induction Category: Athlete

• The Aurora resident was born 1969 in Toronto.
• Three time Olympian participating in the Sydney and Athens Games. He won a Bronze medal at the inaugural Beach Volleyball event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
• Mark won Canada`s first FIVB International World Tour Gold medal in Berlin in 1996.

Kenneth Sinclair – Induction Category: Builder/Contributor

• Kenneth was born in 1930 in Toronto. 
• He built and founded the Timberlane Tennis and Country (now Timberline Athletic Club) in 1987.
• He was chairman of the Canadian Open for fourteen years.

Alan Dean – Induction Category: Builder/Contributor

• Alan was born in England in 1939 and came to Aurora in 1965 and became a Canadian Citizen in 1970. 
• He joined the Aurora Soccer Club in 1965. In 1966 he coached in the Aurora Minor Soccer system which was the forerunner of the Aurora Youth Soccer Club.
• He was inducted into the Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons Hall of Fame in 2010.

Lowell McClenny  – Induction Category: Aurora Sports Hall of Fame Media Award

• Long time Aurora resident for almost 75 years
• Aurora Cable’s “Play by Play” announcer from late 1970’s to 2000 and Founder and co-host of Aurora Cable Internet’s “Sportsbeat” for 26 years from 1982 until 2008.
• Recipient of both the Ontario Bicentennial Medal for Volunteerism and Aurora Citizen of the Year in 1984

Inductee photographs provided by Merk Photography.

Congratulations to all the inductees and we look forward to their official induction into the Aurora Sports Hall of Fame on November 4th, 2015 at this year’s Induction Ceremony.