It was themed “A Night Under the Stars,” a fitting description for the star power that was represented in the second class of the Alabama Sports and Adventure Hall of
Dothan’s Mike Schmitz, who created the hall of fame last year to honor local men and women who have dedicated their lives to their families and their communities while also having time to live a healthy lifestyle through sports and adventure, organized a glitzy show that well honored the selections.
Schmitz is an avid adventurer himself, having summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, hiked to the first base camp of Mt. Everest, swam from Alcatraz to the Golden Gate Bridge and bicycled across the United States to raise money for neglected and abused children. He also competed in over 100 triathlons and the Ironman competition in Hawaii.
“There was just something inside me that made me want to go do an epic adventure,” Commerford said. “I’m really proud of Kilimanjaro. A quote that I live by is well-behaved women rarely make history. This climb for example, I was told I shouldn’t travel by myself, I was asked how my husband felt about it … I was a little bit different because I don’t see a problem at all with a woman packing up their own stuff and traveling.
“I’ve always been a soccer player,” Holmes-Smith said. “Like that was my goal … I was like, ‘I want to go to Auburn to play soccer.’ Then I came to wrestling, and I was like, ‘I really love this sport’ and it has just changed my way. Seeing my accomplishments, there are a lot more opportunities for me in college in everything. Not only getting the accomplishments, but it’s really improved my life and helped me to influence more people.
“The awards are amazing, but I just really feel blessed to be able to do this every single day,” Howell said. “The experiences of traveling and the relationships I’ve been able to make … my coaches and my parents and my family for their support and my sponsors … to me is the most cool part about what I get to do.”
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