1st Class Inductee: February 6th, 2016
Football Junior Year:
Voted team MVP
Detroit News All Metro Team, All League 1st Team, All Observerland 1st Team, Detroit News All Metro 1st Team, Detroit Free Press All Suburban 1st Team, Detroit Free Press All Metro 1st Team, Associated Press All State
Football Senior Year:
Voted team MVP
National HS Athletic Coaches Association Prep All-American Football squad, Detroit News All State, Associated Prep All-State
Current school record holder, football: average yards per carry (10 yards/carry)
#2 jersey is the only retired football jersey at Salem HS
Full ride scholarship to The University of Michigan (football)
Basketball: 4 Year Starter
Senior year McDonald’s All American 1st Team, Detroit News All-State 2nd Team, Observer All State 1st Team
Founder of “Swing to Cure” Diabetes Foundation
“No other player in the state of Michigan has ever run the veer option offense better than Rich Hewlett.” Mick McCabe (Detroit Free Press)
