Below are the meetings dates for the GPSA for 2023. All meeting are held on the third Monday of the month in the GPSA Room at Massari Arena. Dates are subject to change if necessary.
| May 15 | Aug. 21 |
| Sept. 18 | Oct. 16 |
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 2023 Banquet is tentatively set for Wed., Nov. 15, 2023, at the Occhiato Ballroom on the campus of CSU-Pueblo.
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.
Pueblo, CO -- The Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) during their monthly May meeting selected three Great Moments that will be recognized at their November banquet.
The Great moments in GPSA history are broken down into three era's spanning 110 years.
ERA I: (1913-1982)
Jim Flynn, nicknamed "Pueblo's Fireman" was a heavyweight boxer who knocked out Jack Dempsey in the 1st round of a fight in 1917.
Flynn is the only person to ever knock out Dempsey.
ERA II: (1983-2005)
The Pueblo South High School Boys track team won back-to-back Colorado 5A State Track & Field Championships (1992-93).
ERA III: (2006-2023)
Andy Garcia, a heavyweight wrestler at 285 Ib, becomes the first Colorado wrestler to win four consecutive
State Championships at that weight class (2019).
The GPSA Banquet will take place at 7 p.m., on Wed., Nov. 15, 2023, at the Occhiato Ballroom on the campus of CSU-Pueblo.
Pueblo, CO -- Paul Plinske, Athletic Director for Colorado State University-Pueblo, has announced the school's selections for the
Jessie Banks and James "Spank" Blasing awards which will be presented at the Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) Banquet
on November 15.
JaNaiya Davis (women's basketball) and Jazzy Espinoza (volleyball) became the 34th and 35th members selected for the Jessie Banks Award.
The award is named after Jessie Banks, a pioneer in women's sports. Banks launched the women's basketball program and served for many years
as its coach. She also played an important role in the expansion of the women's sports programs at CSU-Pueblo.
The award recognizes the school's top female scholar-athlete.
Reggie WIlliams (baseball) is the recipient of the James Blasing award. This award, given for the 39th time, is named for James "Spank" Blasing,
a longtime coach and sports administrator at CSU-Pueblo. Blasing launched the men's track and cross country programs during his tenure
at the school. The award recognizes the school's top male scholar-athlete.
The GPSA Banquet will take place at 7 p.m., on Wed., Nov. 15, 2023, at the Occhiato Ballroom on the campus of CSU-Pueblo.
The Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) was in attendance on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at Pueblo Central High School gymnasium for the Mr. & Mrs. C Assembly.
GPSA committee members Rick Macias and John Barker, Jr., were on hand to present the President's Award to the Pueblo Central Unified Bowling Team on the Jim Ransom Court. The Wildcats won the Colorado State Unified Bowling championship in the fall, 2022.
The GPSA's 50th anniversary induction banquet was livestreameed on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m.. The event took place in the Occhiato Ballroom on the Colorado State University Pueblo campus.
The Pueblo Greater Sports Association (GPSA) celebrates its first 50 years with a video narrated by Michelle Buttram, a student news anchor for Pueblo Centennial H.S. and shown the night of the 50th Anniversary Banquet (Wed., Nov. 16, 2022). The video talks about the organization's existence from several current GPSA members and where it hopes to go for the next 50 years.
BY Chris Abdelmalek | The Pueblo Chieftain | NOV. 17 , 2022
The 2022 Greater Pueblo Sports Association hosted its 50th Hall of Fame induction ceremony Wednesday night at the Occhiato Ball Room on the campus of CSU-Pueblo. This year's inductees included some great names in Pueblo history.
Also included in the night's festivities were the awarding of the Outstanding High School Athletes (Brian Macartney Awards), the Sollie Raso Award, and the CSU-Pueblo Outstanding Athletes. The ceremony also recognized three of the greatest moments in the past 50 years of Pueblo sports history... Read More
The GPSA Banner inside the Runyon Sports ComplexThe Greater Pueblo Sports Association recently added a GPSA sign to the Runyon Field Sports Complex. The sign is located inside the main entrance near the office of the complex. Special thanks goes Larry Romero, interim Genral Manager of the Runyon Sports Complex and his staff, along with the Runyon Board of Directors.
The Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) has announced a list of honorees that have passed since the 2022 induction ceremony on Nov. 16.
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