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Spanish Fork head coach Don Andrews looks out over the field during the 13-7 Don win over Cedar in the 4A state semifinals in Spanish Fork on May 19, 2018.

Jared Lloyd, Daily Herald

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Three coaches with local ties were honored by the Utah Sports Hall of Fame on Monday night in a celebration banquet held at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City.

Mark Low, who coached at both Provo High and Utah Valley University, along with former Pleasant Grove head football coach Bill Mikelson and Spanish Fork head softball coach Don Andrews, were recognized.

Low was the recipient of the Coach of Merit for both coaching at the high school and collegiate level. Low was also an outstanding individual performer at Brigham Young University in the hurdles. Low won silver medals at two Pan-American games and also made the semifinals in the 1972 Olympic games hosted in Munich, West Germany.

As a prep coach, he led Provo High to a total of four state titles in track and field and cross- country and was voted the 1997 Coach of the Year. His teams placed first or second in state 19 different times. He also coached 36 boys and 27 girls to individual titles in their respective events.

Low retired from teaching and coaching at Provo High School in 2000 where he then became an associate head coach for track and field at Utah Valley University. Low was instrumental in helping the track and field program go through the transition phase to become fully NCAA Division I level. While at Utah Valley, Low helped lead the Wolverines to four conference titles and second runner-up finishes in track and field and cross-country.

Low passed away at age 71 in 2021. His wife Nancy accepted the award in his honor.

Mikelson, honored as a distinguished high school coach, was a longtime coach at Pleasant Grove. He led the Vikings to a state title in 1993 and a runner-up finish in 1988. Mikelson also coached in the basketball and baseball programs.

Prior to coaching at Pleasant Grove, Mikelson coached at Grantsville where he led the Cowboys to a second place finish in 1986. He was also the head baseball coach and served at times as the head boys and girls basketball coach.

Before coming to Utah Mikelson coached in Louisiana where he won a 1A title. Mikelson was voted a Coach of the Year both in Louisiana (1979) and Utah (1993).

In Utah, Mikelson compiled a 125-96 overall coaching record including going 35-10 at Grantsville.

Mikelson was also known as an outstanding educator and in 1986 he received the Tooele School District Extra-Curricular Teacher of the Year award. He was also a recipient of the Golden Apple award while at Pleasant Grove.

Andrews was also added to the Gallery of Honor as a Distinguished High School Coach.

Andrews led the Spanish Fork softball program for 22 seasons where he went 507-125 or an impressive winning percentage of .802. Andrews won six state titles, finished second seven times with three other third place finishes. He led the Don program to 18 region championships.

He was also honored as a region Coach of the Year twice as well being named as the 5A Coach of the Year two times.

Don players under his direction won seven state MVP awards and he had 100 first team and second team all-state performers.

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