2000 Team, Mike White, and Dan Sartor to be Inducted to Gee-Gees Football Hall of Fame

The 2025 induction class for the Gee-Gees Football Hall of Fame has been selected and will include an individual athlete, a team, and a program builder.

From All-Canadian lineman Dan Sartor's 1974 Gee-Gees debut to the national championship-winning 2000 squad, all the way to the current team's defensive backs coach Mike White, who first joined the program in 1992, a span of over fifty years of collective excellence with the Garnet and Grey will be celebrated.

The 2025 Gee-Gees Football Hall of Fame induction dinner will be hosted on Saturday, October 4 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. To register, please visit the Gee-Gees ticket website at this link.

Dan Sartor: 1974-1977

An offensive lineman, Sartor switched from guard to centre in 1975 and provided the stellar play and leadership on each offensive play which helped propel the team to its undefeated, Vanier Cup championship-winning season. Named an All-Canadian in 1975, Sartor was the captain on the offensive line which was vital to the success of legendary Gee-Gees running backs.

Sartor came to uOttawa following one season at Idaho State University in 1973, and he was selected by Ottawa in the 1977 CFL Draft. Originally from Hamilton, Ont., he earned a Bachelor of Physical Education degree from uOttawa and completed a Master's of Education degree in 1982. He later coached his hometown Cathedral and St. Thomas More teams to high school city football championships.

Mike White: 1992-present

Beginning in 1992, Coach White has been a powerful force behind numerous legendary Gee-Gees defensive units and he has seen over twenty All-Canadians selected from the Garnet and Grey secondary.

The defensive coordinator for the 2000 Vanier Cup winning Gee-Gees, White has stood out as a key recruiter, motivator, and tactician for the Gee-Gees over his tenure which has included Dunsmore Cup Championships in 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2000, and a Yates Cup win in 2006. He was the recipient of the OUA Volunteer Coach of the Year award in 2018.

Always focused on player development, he is a through line of tradition in the Gee-Gees program, and for his work 'Whitey' is beloved by generations of Gee-Gees athletes.

The 2000 Team:

The 2000 team won the Vanier Cup national championship with a typically high-scoring and defensively relentless performance. The team outscored opponents by a total of 292-52 in regular season play, including two shutouts, recording a 7-1 record.

Then came a 50-3 win over McGill and a 26-9 victory over Laval to claim the Dunsmore Cup as champions of the Ontario-Quebec Interuniversity Football Conference (OQIFC). The team travelled to McMaster for the Churchill Bowl, winning by a 20-15 margin, before defeating Regina 42-39 in the national championship game at Toronto's Skydome.

The team was coached by Marcel Bellefeuille, who in his third year as head coach became the youngest head coach to win the Vanier Cup. Lukas Shaver (S), Phill Côté (QB), and Frantz Jacques (CB) were named to the All-Canadian Teams, with Côté winning the OQIFC's Most Valuable Player award and Shaver named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year. Luc Gilbert (OL), Mike Di Battista (WR), and Mark Pretzlaff (LB) were also named OQIFC All-Stars.

The 2000 roster includes: *1 Lukas Shaver, 2 Michael Shaver, *3 Mark Pretzlaff, 4 Mike Di Battista, 6 Christopher Schuld, 7 Maxime Dufault, *8 Phillippe Côté, 9 Mark Thompson, 10 Todd Seely, 11 Patrick Paradis, 12 James Baker, 13 Ted Stote, 14 Jeffery Lee-Yaw, 15 Pierre Ianniciello, 16 Nathan Malley, 17 Nathan Thompson, 18 Jeremy White, 19 Daniel Peterson, 20 McArthur Anglade, *21 Frantz Jacques, 22 Mathias Moïse Denadou, 23 Matthew Rogers, 24 Ali Ajram, 25 Alexandre Normandin, 26 Brad German, 28 Michaël N'goran, 30 Gary Jean-Louis, 31 Brandon Van Hooydonk, 32 Coridon Kesner, 33 Jean-Phillippe Goulet, 34 Richard Belleau, 35 Mike Kwiatkowski, 39 Teddy Neptune, 40 Marc Larouche, 41 Justin Bell, 42 Scott Gordon, 43 Kris Lajeunesse, 44 Alexandre Mathieu, 45 Byron Allan, 48 Scott Gagnon, 50 Frédéric Dancose, 51 Randy Peters, 52 Mike Voordenhout, 53 Luc Gilbert, 54 Phillippe Bergeron, *55 Steve Alexandre, 56 Guillaume Cloutier, 57 Kevin Gagnon, *58 Michel Dupuis, 59 Jocelyn Frenette, 60 Courtney Simpson, 61 James Adams, 62 Clint Currie, 63 Benoit Boulais, 64 Darryl Hazenberg, 65 Matthew Berry, 66 Christopher Mercer, 67 Greg Stevenson, 68 Allen Daggett, 72 Greg Decloux, 74 Emmanuel Gauthier, 75 Walter Fox, 77 Andrew Chouinard, 78 Chadwick Gelin, 80 Adam Maheu, 81 Daniel Mann, 85 Darryl Ray, 87 Chad Watson, 88 Patrice Aubriot, 90 Mike Drysdale, 92 Matthew Goreski, 95 Phillip Homewood, 99 Nick Johansson.

Coaching and support staff members: *Marcel Bellefeuille (head coach), Andy McEvoy (offensive coordinator), Mike White (defensive coordinator), *Denis Piché (running backs), Danny Laramee (linebackers), Gord Hudson (receivers), Paul Connery (defensive assistant), Randy Fournier (defensive line), Mike Doucette (special teams), Steve Campagna (offensive line), Ian Hoyte (special teams), Bernie Cote (video), Remi Avon (video), Norm Champagne (equipment manager), Frederic Bedard (equipment manager), Ray Perras (mental training), George Chiappa (strength and conditioning), *Dr. Gary Greenberg (medical), Dr. Dan Komesch (medical), Nathalie Gagnon (head athletic therapist), Nadine Mongeon (student therapist), Wendy Brunet (student therapist), Joe Morissette (student therapist), Valerie Anne Poirier (student therapist)

Those with a * have been previously inducted into the Gee-Gees Football Hall of Fame as individuals.