The Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) held it's 52nd Annual Awards Induction Banquet on Thurs., Nov. 14, 2024. The event was
held at the Occhiato Student Center Ballroom on the campus of CSU Pueblo.
A crowd of 205 came to see seven new members inducted into the GPSA — Joe E. Cervi, Prim Ivan, Chris James, Jim Ranson, Alexa
Sandoval (Snyder), Mike Thompson and William “Bill” Yalotz, Jr.
With the addition of the 2024 class, the GPSA now has 383 member enshrined with 342 of them men and 41 women.
The 2024 class was dominated with four inductees coming from Pueblo South High School (Ivan, James, Ranson and Thompson). Two
were from Pueblo Central (Cervi and Yalotz, Jr.) while Sandoval (Snyder) attended Pueblo East. This is the eighth class overall with seven inductees into the GPSA. Four of those classes had at least one woman, including this year's (2024, 2022, 2012 and 1994) and the remaining four classes only had men enshrined (2005, 1989, 1980 and 1975).
Before the induction ceremony, those attending dined on house salad (ranch or Italian dressing), mashed potatoes, Fall vegetable medley, marinated beef tips in Burgundy sauce, Chicken Marsala, assorted dessert, along with a choice of beverage (iced tea, water and coffee).
For the first time ever, the GPSA held a gift basket drawing before the start of the banquet, and it was very successful in helping our association. Kudos to the GPSA Committee Member Don Archuleta for being the chairman and to those GPSA members who helped with this event to make our association better.
