DETROIT (12/30/2022) -- The University of Detroit Mercy once again honored the memory of Titan Reggie with an award in his name as former men's basketball player Dan Kennedy '89 earned this year's Titan Reggie Spirit Of Detroit Mercy Award.

Kennedy was presented with the award at halftime of the Titans' game against Green Bay. 

He graduated from the University in 1989 with a degree in Criminal Justice. The former four-year letterwinner on the hardwood and team captain, he played in 95 games from 1985-89 and helped the team reach the MCC finals in 1988. 

After graduating, he began a career in business and is now the Director of Sales for the Flex-n-Gate Corporation. He has continued to show his Titan pride as a mainstay at Titan games and has been involved in a number of fundraising projects with the department. 

His name has been linked with the Titans since the 1940's as his dad, Angus Patrick Kennedy, was on the U-D football team and his son ,Zach Kennedy, was a 2022 graduate and played five years on the men's lacrosse team. 

The Titan Reggie Spirit of Detroit Mercy Award was named after the famed alum and one of the greatest and most popular fans, who passed away on Dec. 9, 2015, after a car accident. 
 
The award was established during the 2016-17 basketball season and is presented each year to a person who embodies the late Reggie Hall's "Titan spirit," which includes supporting teams at home and on the road through good times and bad, as Reggie did for many years. 
 
Former U-D baseball coach Bob Miller - Hall's baseball coach at the University - was the first to receive the accolade in 2018. 

Titan Reggie Spirit of Detroit Mercy Award
Bob Miller - 2018
John Deters - 2019
Mikhail Youdin - 2020
Ron Thayer - 2022
Dan Kennedy - 2023