Below are the meetings dates for the GPSA for 2023. All meeting are held on the third Monday of the month in the GPSA Room at Massari Arena. Dates are subject to change if necessary.
| Mar. 20 | Apr. 17 | May 15 |
| Aug. 21 | Sept. 18 | Oct. 16 |
If you have any questions about the nominee's application, please email Jerry Sisneros (jrrysis@yahoo.com), President of the GPSA. The deadline for nominations each year is Aug. 1.
The 2023 Banquet is tentatively set for Wed., Nov. 15, 2023, at the Occhiato Ballroom on the campus of CSU-Pueblo.
The Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) is a group of people interested in promoting those prominent athletes, sports teams and recreational activities in Pueblo County to be a part of the Greater Pueblo Sports Association Hall of Fame.
By Josué Perez
The Pueblo Chieftain
March 5, 2023
Leonard Trujillo has four words that come to mind when he thinks about the legacy his brother, Dennis, left behind: heart of a champion.
Dennis, considered by some to be one of, if not the most, decorated cross-country runner in Pueblo’s history, died Nov. 28, 2022, at his home in North Carolina. He was 68 years old...Read More
Dr. Donald Gene Stutters, a lifetime member of the Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) passed away on Jan. 10, 2023. Stutters served as the vice-president in 1989 and printed the GPSA Constitution since 1996.
Don served two stints as President (1998, 1990) and was a five-time GPSA Secretary (1992-96). Age 77, Stutters was inducted into the GPSA hall of Fame (Class of 1993). He was voted a Lifetime Member on March 15, 2010 and spent 21 years with the GPSA.
The Obituary for Dr. Donald G. Stutters (Courtesy of Montgomery & Steward Funeral Home)
By Josué Perez | The Pueblo Chieftain | Jan. 1, 2023
Gary L. KnafelcGary Knafelc, a Pueblo sports legend who went on to star for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League, died Dec. 19 at his home in Florida. He was 90, and according to the Packers’ team historian, Cliff Christl, was one of two surviving starting players from Vince Lombardi’s first game as an NFL head coach. h “I think (people should remember) what a wonderful person he was,” said Mike Leonard, Gary’s nephew who resides in Pueblo. “He had that infectious laugh, and he was just a great person.”...Read More
The GPSA's 50th anniversary induction banquet was livestreameed on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m.. The event took place in the Occhiato Ballroom on the Colorado State University Pueblo campus.
The Pueblo Greater Sports Association (GPSA) celebrates its first 50 years with a video narrated by Michelle Buttram, a student news anchor for Pueblo Centennial H.S. and shown the night of the 50th Anniversary Banquet (Wed., Nov. 16, 2022). The video talks about the organization's existence from several current GPSA members and where it hopes to go for the next 50 years.
BY Chris Abdelmalek | The Pueblo Chieftain | NOV. 17 , 2022
The 2022 Greater Pueblo Sports Association hosted its 50th Hall of Fame induction ceremony Wednesday night at the Occhiato Ball Room on the campus of CSU-Pueblo. This year's inductees included some great names in Pueblo history.
Also included in the night's festivities were the awarding of the Outstanding High School Athletes (Brian Macartney Awards), the Sollie Raso Award, and the CSU-Pueblo Outstanding Athletes. The ceremony also recognized three of the greatest moments in the past 50 years of Pueblo sports history... Read More
The GPSA Banner inside the Runyon Sports ComplexThe Greater Pueblo Sports Association recently added a GPSA sign to the Runyon Field Sports Complex. The sign is located inside the main entrance near the office of the complex. Special thanks goes Larry Romero, interim Genral Manager of the Runyon Sports Complex and his staff, along with the Runyon Board of Directors.
The Greater Pueblo Sports Association (GPSA) has announced a list of honorees that have passed since the 2022 induction ceremony on Nov. 16.
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