Orchard Lake St. Mary's is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
In honor of THE LAKE reaching the Century mark, let's take a gander back at some of Burney's all-time favorite Eaglets athletes
Jim Paciorek – Could be the best athlete in OLSM history, played pro baseball and hails from one of the state's most revered sports families
Vaughn Bryant – One of the top football players in the annals of the illustrious Eaglets program….played as a cornerback in the PAC 12 at Stanford and then in the NFL
Scott Kolakowski – Former Notre Dame and NFL linebacker with the Philadelphia Eagles and hometown Detroit Lions, who was an emotional leader of the organization's playoff teams in the mid-to-late 1990s
Hiram Harris – Led the Eaglets to a state title on the basketball floor in 1982, before playing in college with the Mailman aka Karl Malone in college at Louisiana Tech….his daughter Jasmine was an all-state hoopstress at North Farmington, currently suiting up at the college level with UMass of the Atlantic 12
Kalin Lucas – All-American point guard at Michigan State on the hardwood
David Bowens – 12-year NFL vet on the D-Line, also starred on the basketball court at OLSM
Maurice Seawright – Might be the most talented athlete to ever step foot on the OLSM campus, named first-team all-state in both football and basketball, leading the Eaglets to state championships in each sport
Jermaine Gonzales – Seawright's running mate on the OLSM athletic scene in the late-1990s and early-2000s, played football in college at Michigan
Diallo Johnson – An all-state hoopster that also quarterbacked the Eaglets to the 1994 state title on the gridiron….played football in college at Michigan as a wide receiver, where he won a National Championship ring in 1997 and started as a senior in 1999
Charles Davis – Another two-sport SUPERSTUD in the early-2000s that played college football in the Big 10 at Purdue and eventually in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers
The Ignasiak Brothers – A pair of Eaglets DYNAMITE DIAMOND CUTTERS that played pro baseball
Dylan Putnam-Nick Di Ponio – Tandem of late-1990s Eaglets DIAMOND STUDS that always impressed their boy Burney
Grant Mason – All-around superior athletic specimen in the early 2000s in TEAM PORRITTLAND….played football at Michigan as a defensive back and in the NFL with the Saints, Steelers and Chargers
Morgan Trent – All-around superior athletic specimen in the early-200os in TEAM PORRITTLAND, played football at Michigan as a defensive back and in the NFL with the Bengals, Redskins, Colts and Jags
Allen Robinson – Al B SURE….'ENOUGH SAID!!!!...one of the best two-sport standouts in school history, earning first-team all-state honors in both football and basketball
Sam Rogers – An instinctive and aggressive linebacker who played football in the Big 12 at Colorado, winning a National Championship, and then in the NFL with the Bills, Chargers and Falcons
Leonard Renfro – Agile and ornery defensive lineman that played in college with Rogers at Colorado and was a first round draft pick in the NFL in 1993, selected 24th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles
James Ross – 'Doomsday'….'ENOUGH SAID!!!! This kid was the most decimating presence as a high school linebacker I've ever seen taking the Eaglets to a state crown last fall….will KILL IT in the Big 10 at Michigan
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