The meetings dates for the GPSA for 2025 will be up in Mid-December. All meeting are held at 7 p.m., on the third Monday of the month in the GPSA Room at Massari Arena. Dates are subject to change if necessary.
| May 19 | Aug. 18 |
| Sept. 15 | Oct. 20 |
If you have any questions about the nominee's application, please email Jerry Sisneros (jrrysis@yahoo.com), President of the GPSA. The deadline for nominations each year is Aug. 1.
The 2025 GPSA Induction Banquet will be held on Wed., Nov. 19, at the Occhiato Ballroom on the campus of CSU-Pueblo. Banquet tickets will go on sale in early October. Check back for details laters.
The Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) is a group of people interested in promoting those prominent athletes, sports teams and recreational activities in Pueblo County to be a part of the Greater Pueblo Sports Association Hall of Fame.
The Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) at their March 17 meeting voted on officers for the next two years (until 2027). Three of the GPSA’s current officers: President—Jerry Sisneros; Vice-President—Miles Gorham and Treasurer—Mike Scott will serve two more years in the same capacity, while 2018 Hall of Fame Inductee Richard Macias will assume the Secretary duties from John Gallina, who has served in that position since 2021.
Jerry Sisneros
GPSA Preisdent
Miles Gorham
GPSA Vice-President
Rick Macias
GPSA Secretary
Mike Scott
GPSA Treasurer
Steven "Steve" Cathcart, a resident of Loveland, CO, and a 2004 inductee of the Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) passed away on January 15, 2025, at the age of 59.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 31, 1965. At the age of 11, he moved to Pueblo, Colorado and graduated from Pueblo County High School in 1983. He attended Western State University in Gunnison, Colorado, where he had a successful running career. At his time in college, he was a three-time All American and a national champion with the Cross-Country team, finishing in the top ten. Steve was inducted into the Western State Hall of Fame and Greater Pueblo Sports Association Hall of Fame. His national championship team was inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame. Steve spent two seasons coaching at Western State from 1987-88, then at La Junta High School from 1989-1992, and lastly at New Mexico Highlands University from 1993-1995.
Steve married Gidget Lucero at age 26 and they had three children. His family moved to Loveland, Colorado in 1996 and Steve began his career at Hewlett-Packard as a Manufacturing Supervisor for the Integrated Circuit Business Division. The family moved to Fort Collins, Colorado in 1997, where Steve co-owned Rocky Mountain Running Company, currently known as the Runners Roost in Fort Collins. He managed the Runners Roost for over a decade and made a positive impact on the Fort Collins running community. Steve helped create and co-owned the Colorado Marathon, which the city still hosts every year. He founded the sport cross country for public middle schools around Fort Collins and was a coach at the Fort Collins Club.
Richard Pike is shown with his big catch “Red Snapper”.
Richard Pike has been a Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) member since 2010. He was recruited by Hall of fame Coach Hoy Frakes to be a part of the GPSA. Rich graduated from Centennial High School in 1971.
He was nominated by Principal Frank Latino and inducted into the Centennial Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005 for wrestling and football. The Pike family presented the Jerry Pike Most Valuable Wrestler Award (OW was
chosen by the coaches) for the regional wrestling tournament for 50 years in honor of their brother Jerry, a 1964 Bulldog State Champion. Richard’s brother Ron was a respected Centennial head wrestling coach and an accomplished state wrestling official.
Rich said the reason he has continued being a GPSA member is because he enjoys being a part of the process of keeping the Greater Pueblo Sports Association legacy alive. His monthly and annual commitment to the GPSA gives him an opportunity to visit with current members and share stories of past and present Pueblo history.
Richard’s 15 years of service to the association is very much appreciated.
If you would like to become a GPSA member for 2025, contact Jerry Sisneros at: jrrysis@yahoo.com
Gerald J. Starika, 87, passed away on March 31, 2020, in Denver, Colorado, after a short battle with a rare type of cancer of the bladder. Inducted into the Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) Hall of Fame in 1990, Starika was born on March 28, 1933 in Pueblo, Colorado. He was the son of Joseph M. Starika and Rose M. Starika.
During his youth, he was an avid football, basketball and tennis player while at Pueblo Central and won the Colorado State singles championship in 1951. He received a Scholastic Scholarship to the University of Colorado in tennis, while winning the Big 7 Championships in his freshman and junior years.
Obituary for Gerald J. Starika
The Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) has announced a list of honorees that have passed since the 2024 induction ceremony on Nov. 14.
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