A wide variety of talent was inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026 on Monday night during a ceremony at The Little America Hotel.
That included longtime Deseret News sports writer Lee Benson, along with Shannon Bahrke, Blair Buswell, Cody Jensen and Ben Kjar.
Here’s what each of these honorees has brought to the Utah sports community:
Bahrke was a two-time Olympic freestyle skiing medalist, winning silver in 2002 and bronze in 2010 in moguls. Bahrke, who lives in Park City, is also a business entrepreneur and was inducted into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2023 after a career that included 27 podium finishes and seven wins in World Cup competition…