Three Greater Utica Sports Hall of Famers - Mike Durr and his daughter Emily Durr and Al Knapp - will be formally inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame on April 13, 2025, in Troy.

Mike Durr, a 1977 graduate of Notre Dame High School, returned to his alma mater and coached the boy's basketball team for 21 years (1994-2015) before retiring with a career record of 335-141. His Jugglers won six Section III championships and won or shared 12 Tri-Valley League titles, and he coached Notre Dame to the Class C and Class B finals of the New York State Championships in 1999 and 2000.

Mike Durr was inducted into the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. His daughter, former Notre Dame High star and Iowa State University standout Emily Durr, joined him in the GUSHOF in 2019. 

Emily Durr led Notre Dame's girls to a New York State championship in 2014. She scored 2,445 points in her career, breaking Breanna Stewart's Section III record. After averaging 22.9 points during her high school career, she played NCAA Division I basketball for Iowa State University for four seasons (2014-18). She scored 965 points in 122 games, helping the Cyclones reach the NCAA Tournament twice. As an Iowa State senior captain, she averaged 12.7 points and 3.9 assists.

Emily returned to Utica and coached the Mohawk Valley Community College women's basketball team for two seasons before moving on to the University of Dayton, where she was an administrative associate. She is now the assistant coach and Director of Recruiting Operations at the University of Illinois.

When Knapp, a Little Falls native, retired from coaching after 34 seasons, he left as Section III's winningest coach. He had a 539-205 career record, including 13 years at Brookfield Central (233-35) and 21 years at Vernon-Verona-Sherrill (306-150).

At Brookfield, Knapp's teams won seven league titles, four Section III titles, and a Class D New York State championship in 1983. At VVS, his Red Devils won 15 Tri-Valley League titles and a Section III championship in 1999.

Knapp was inducted into the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame in 2015, and his son Scott Knapp, a former VVS and Siena College star, joined him in the GUSHOF in 2018.