Detroit — Chris Webber, arguably the second-best basketball player to come from Michigan, will headline a star-studded class for the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.
Webber, who starred at Detroit Country Day and led Michigan's fabled Fab Five before going on to a Hall-of-Fame professional career, is one of eight inductees for the Class of 2022. Webber will be joined by by fellow amateur inductees Meryl Davis and Charlie White, and Jennie Ritter; Antonio Gates from the professional category; John Beilein in the coach's category; and Mickey Redmond in the media category.
Longtime Western Michigan athletic director Kathy Beauregard, who retired late in 2021, also will be enshrined in the contributor category,
The Class of 2022 will be joined by two holdovers who were unable to attend last year's ceremony — former Piston Chauncey Billups and another former Country Day standout, Shane Battier.