Madison County
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MADISON COUNTY
Sports Hall of Fame
Honoring Our Glorious Past
Sports Hall of Fame Inducts Nine Individuals, Three Teams into 2024 Class of Honorees
Nine individuals and three special teams have been selected for enshrinement into the 2024 Class of the Madison County Sports Hall of Fame during the induction dinner that will be held at 5 p.m. on May 18 in the EKU Perkins Building.
Karl Park, president of the MCSHoF Executive Board, announced the names of the inductees and teams following the January board meeting. With the induction of the 2024 Class, the Madison County Sports Hall of Fame will include 28 individuals and nine teams.
This third class includes (listed in alphabetical order): Phillis Wirtz Adams (longtime leader and president of the Richmond Little League), Keith Bosley (former Richmond Madison High School, EKU, and Cleveland Browns football player), Jimmy Cain (Madison Central High School and EKU baseball star), Mike Elkin (Madison High football player and longtime high school football head coach at Berea Community, Madison Central and Madison Southern High Schools), Dominique Hawkins (former Kentucky Mr. Basketball at Madison Central High School and University of Kentucky basketball player), Dr. Harold Moberly, Jr. (basketball standout at Madison-Model High School and EKU), Taryn (Ignacio) Patrick (Model High School All-State diving athlete and NCAA All-American diving champion at UK), Pat Stephens (Madison Central High School and EKU golf champion and EKU head coach), Spider Thurman (Starting quarterback for Eastern’s 1940 undefeated football team).
The three teams that will be inducted are the 1956 and 1957 Madison-Model football teams who were the first two teams coached by Roy Kidd and had a combined record of 17-2-1, and the 1978 Madison High School Class A State Track Champions.
Preserving Special Achievements
Purpose
Sports have played a key role in Madison County's history. Sports have brought communities together throughout the county, encouraged friendly competition, brought regional and state recognition to special teams, individual athletes, and coaches. For more than a century, sports have given the citizens of Madison County a sense of pride..
To recognize and honor that history, a group of sports-minded citizens has come together to organize a Board of Directors for the purpose of establishing a Madison County Sports Hall of Fame.
The Madison County Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors will enshrine individuals who have excelled as athletes, built outstanding coaching careers, served in valuable administrative and community sports leadership or volunteer roles, been instrumental as members of the sports media or SID professions in keeping the community informed of sports achievements, and recognize special teams that have achieved significant honors and milestones.
The Board of Directors is inviting the Madison County
community to get involved in the Hall of Fame selection process by submitting their nominations of deserving candidates. Just simply review the selection criteria by clicking on the button above and then complete and return the nomination form. Directions on how to submit nominations are included on the form.
Visit Our Nomination Form
And Submit Names
For Future Induction
Consideration
How You Can Be A Supporter of The
Madison County Sports Hall of Fame
The Madison County Sports Hall of Fame is made possible through the generous financial support of our sponsors and the purchase of tickets for the annual induction ceremony held each spring.
The Board of Directors invites all sports enthusiasts who currently live in Madison County or are a native o this great community to join our growing list o sponsors by visiting on Sponsors Page, filling out the sponsorship form and returning it in the mail.
We offer three levels of membership and each comes with a list of benefits that include tickets to the annual induction ceremony, listing in the banquet program and listing on this website.
The membership levels are as follows:
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MVP Level ($500 and up) a table of 8 seats for the banquet
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All-Star Level ($-250-$499) four seats for the banquet
- Fan Level ($100-$249) two seats for the banquet
