UM Sports Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2010

The University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame is proud to announce its Class of 2010, headed by football All-American tight end Bubba Franks, All-American pitcher Alex Santos and current major league baseball player Jason Michaels.  Joining them are Olympic diver Jenny Keim Johanson, tennis star Sid Schwartz, football player Jim Cox, basketball's Ed Morris, and women's athletic administrator Connie Nickel.

The Class of 2010 will officially be inducted at the 42nd annual UM Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet to be held in the Spring.

The UM Sports Hall of Fame is located next to the Hecht Athletic Center on the university campus and is open free to the public.   For information on the banquet go to UMSportsHallofFame.com.

Bubba Franks                Football                    1997-1999

Daniel "Bubba" Franks won the 1999 Jack Harding Award as UM's Most Valuable Player.  A two-time first team All-Big East selection ('98 & '99), he was named first team All-American by The Sporting News and The Football News, and a 2nd team All-American by the Associated Press in 1999.  His 12 career touchdown passes caught is a UM record for  tight ends, and tied for 6th all-time among all receivers, along with fellow inductee Jim Cox.  He amassed 77 receptions for 1,038 yards.  Born in Riverside, Ca., he came to Miami out of Big Spring (Tx.) High School.  Drafted in the 1st round of the 2000 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers (14th overall), Bubba would be a 3 time Pro Bowl selection and in his 9 NFL season, catch 262 passes for 2,347 yards and 32 touchdowns.
 
Jason Michaels                Baseball                1997-1998

Jason was one of Coach Jim Morris' most potent offensive weapons during the school's NCAA record streak of College World Series appearances.  The Tampa native still holds school records for most doubles in a season (32 in '97), most total bases in a season (189 in '97) and is tied for the record for most hits in a season with 106 in 1997, when he led the team in hitting with a .411 batting average.  His RBI total for that same year (89) is 2nd all-time.  He is 2nd in career slugging (.744), 3rd in career batting average (.396) and has the 2nd longest hitting streak in school history at 23 games.  Michaels had his most dramatic impact in an elimination game during the 1997 Atlantic Regional at Mark Light Field, hitting a one out Grand Slam in the bottom of the ninth against Arizona State to keep the Canes alive for another trip to Omaha !  He was drafted by the Phillies in 1998 and has also played for Cleveland, Pittsburgh and last year for the Houston Astros.
 
Alex Santos                       Baseball                1997-1999

In 1998, Alex had one of the best years for a pitcher in Hrricanes history, garnering consensus All-American honors.  He won 15 games against one loss, had an earned run average of 2.54 with 142 strikeouts in 110 innings, including 7 starts with 10 or more K's and went 2-0 in the postseason for UM.  He played on the 1998 U.S. National Team.  Recently described by Coach Jim Morris as the "best player in his 16 years at UM", Alex is 2nd all-time in strikeouts (386) and 6th in career wins (37), his 15 victories in '98 are the 3rd highest total in school history, and he is tied for a school record with 8 consecutive K's, against the Gators, in '98.  The Lake Worth High product was also a 1997 Freshman All-American and was selected to the 1999 Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-American team.  Drafted by Tampa Bay in the 1999 MLB Draft, he spent 8 years in the Rays' and Oakland A's organizations, and is currently a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley.