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The Eastern Michigan University E-Club, a group of former EMU varsity athletic letterwinners, has announced the addition of five new members into the Athletic Hall of Fame. The Class of 2008 will be honored at a Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, in the new EMU Student Center on campus.

The Class of 2008 includes: Joy (Inniss) Johnson (women’s track and field), Lindell Reason (men’s basketball), Jeff Reaume (men’s golf), Sarah Willis (women’s soccer) and Chuck Wilson (men’s track and field).

Three other former EMU athletic greats were voted into the Hall of Fame as members of the Class of 2008, but will be part of next year’s class because of previous commitments on Feb. 21. The three athletes that will be deferred to 2009 are: former EMU football great Charlie Batch, former baseball standout Jerry Keller and former women’s gymnastics star Sharon McNie.

In addition to the Hall of Fame ceremony, Feb. 21, the E-Club is honoring former baseball coaching legend Ron Oestrike with a Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the University and the letterwinners club. A special presentation will be made to Oestrike, a 1979 EMU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, during the Hall of Fame ceremony.

This year’s class will mark the 33rd anniversary of the E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. followed immediately by a buffet luncheon. The Class of 2008 will then be honored between the women’s and men’s basketball games in the Convocation Center later that day. The EMU’s women’s basketball game is slated to begin at 2 p.m. against Northern Illinois with the men scheduled to host a Bracket Buster game at 4 p.m. against an opponent to be named later.

Tickets for the Hall of Fame ceremony, which includes a ticket for both basketball games, are $45 each and can be purchased by calling the EMU Athletics Department at 734.487.8236.