East Lansing is home to Todd Martin, once ranked the #3 Men’s Tennis Player in the World.
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Greater Lansing has hosted the Michigan Boy’s State Basketball Tournament in five different venues: Don Johnson Field House, The Breslin Center, Jenison Field House, MSU’s Demonstration Hall and the MAC Gymnasium.
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Lansing Community College has won NJCAA titles in the following sports: Women’s Softball, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Cross Country and Men’s and Women’s Marathon.
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Lansing-native Sam Vincent starred with Michigan State University before heading to the NBA’s Boston Celtics.
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Major League Pitcher and 1996 Cy Young Award Winner John Smoltz is from Lansing.
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Mason Michigan’s own Kristin Haynie starred at Michigan State University before going on to the Sacramento Monarch’s with the WNBA.
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Michigan State Star and NBA Legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson was born and raised in Lansing, Michigan. A statue honoring the local sports hero was erected in 2003 and stands outside the current home of Michigan State University Basketball, the Breslin Student Events Center.
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East Lansing, Michigan was recently ranked in the top 50 Best Sports Cities in America by Sporting News Magazine.
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The Lansing Lugnuts are one of the most popular franchises in Minor League Baseball, drawing 538,325 fans during the 1996 season.
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The Lansing Lugnuts have won two Midwest League Championships, one in 1997 and another in 2003.
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From 2000-2010, Greater Lansing's Capital Area Athletic Conference had three Class A boys basketball state champs (Lansing Waverly 2000, Lansing Everett 2004, Holt 2005) and two Class A semi-finalists (Okemos 2006, East Lansing 2008).
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DeWitt Michigan’s own Jennifer Smith is a stand-out player for the WNBA’s New York Liberty.
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East Lansing's C. Leslie Charles holds the world disc golf distance record for women age 65 and older.
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ESPN Magazine reports that Lansing Lugnuts jerseys are among the top ten national Minor League Baseball team best-sellers.
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LA Dodgers Great and future Hall-of-Famer Steve Garvey was a two sport stand-out athlete at Michigan State University.
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Greater Lansing is home to Gedderts' Twistars, the number one ranked gymnastics club in the United States.
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In 2010, two Michigan State players were among ESPN's top 25 Big Ten
players: linebacker Greg Jones was No. 2 and quarterback Kirk Cousins
was No. 21.
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Greater Lansing hosted the largest intercollegiate volleyball tournament in the country -- the Asics GLIAC/GLVC Crossover Volleyball Tournament on October 16-17, 2009.