Welcome to the Greater Evansville Sports Hall of Fame

The Greater Evansville Sports Hall of Fame Banquet is celebrated annually to bring awareness to all the great players, coaches, and ambassadors to multiple sports programs in the Greater Evansville Area. Other individual halls include Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, and Semi-Pro Baseball.

All past and current Hall of Fame Inductees are invited to join us to acknowledge those who made an impact to sports in our area.

Dedicated to:

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Players

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Coaches

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Media

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Administrators

Featured Hall of Famers

Don’t just take it from us, these individuals made an impact!

Darrell was born in Owensboro, Kentucky and attended Daviess County High School. He is an American motorsports analyst, author, national television broadcaster, and successful NASCAR driver.

Darrell Waltrip

Born and raised in Evansville, Indiana. Lilly attended F.J. Reitz High School and graduated from Indiana University in 2019 with a degree in Physical Education. At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games earned 2 gold medals (4x100m medley, 100m breast).

Lilly King

Chip comes from Paducah, Kentucky and has had over 31 Open Championship Appearances. Aki can now be found at USBC Headquarters on the International Bowling Campus in Arlington, Texas. Chip Aki

GESHOF Sports Hall of Fame Inductees

CLASS	SPORT	CATEGORY	FIRST NAME	LASTNAME	CITY	STATE	HIGH SCHOOL	COLLEGE	PRO
2019	Soccer	Player / Coach	John	Bertram
2019	Track & Field	Runner	Marcus	Ivy	Evansville	IN	Bosse HS	Vincennes University
2019	Boxing	Boxer	Clarence "Bones"	Adams
2019	Soccer	Player / Coach	Brian	Adcock				UE
2019	Boxing	Boxer	Jerry "Downtown"	Brown
2019	Boxing	Boxer	Jennifer	Childers	Evansville	IN		Murray State University	Yes
2019	Track & Field		Casey	Combest
2019	Women's Fastpitch Softball		Jordan	Cosby
2019	Other		Steve	Dedmond
2019	Wrestling		Matt	Deters
2019	Track & Field		Cornell	Garrett
2019	Other	Media	JoJo	Gentry	Lapel	IN	Lapel High School	Butler University
2019	Other	Media	Chris	Goodman
2019	Wrestling		Bob	Harmon
2019	Boxing	Boxer	Dick	Hildenbrandt
2019	Other		Greg	Hoestetler
2019	Boxing	Boxer	Tom "Boom Boom"	Johnson
2019	Track & Field		Keith	Kelley
2019	Soccer		Krissy	Meek Engelbrecht
2019	Other		Mike	Powless
2019	Bowling	Bowler	Tony	Schoenbaechler
2019	Boxing	Boxer	Ray	Stallings
2019	Women's Fastpitch Softball		Rachell	Tanner
2019	Boxing	Boxer	Danny	Thomas
2019	Bowling	Bowler	Bill	Vukovich
2019	Other	Media	Dean	Webster
2019	Track & Field		Bob	Winchell
2018	Other	Gymnast	Breasha	Pruitt
2018	Bowling	Bowler	Chip	Aki	Paducah	KY	Tilghman HS	Wichita State	Yes
2018	Softball	Player	Randy	Barnhill
2018	Track & Field	Runner	Bryce	Brown	Evansville	IN	Harrison HS	Texas Tech
2018	Other	Coach / Administration	Patti	Buchta	Otwell	IN	Pike Central HS	Wabash, Oakland, and UE
2018	Track & Field	Runner	Mark	Buse	Huntingburg	IN	Southridge High School	IU
2018	Wrestling	Wrestler	Matt	Coughlin	Evansville	IN	Mater Dei	IU
2018	Volleyball	Coach	Linda	Crick
2018	Other	GESHOF Board of Directors	Kelly	Dearmond
2018	Tennis	Player	Macie	Elliott			Reitz Memorial	Southern Methodist University
2018	Track & Field	Runner	Bud	Garland
2018	Wrestling	Coach	Mike	Goebel	Evansville	IN	Mater Dei	(Evansville) Indiana State University
2018	Wrestling	Wrestler	Jason	Greer	Princeton	IN	Princeton HS
2018	Wrestling	Wrestler	Darren	Grimwood			Harrison	Purdue
2018	Wrestling	Wrestler	Josh	Hardy			Princeton HS
2018	Wrestling	Wrestler	Jeff	Harp			Reitz
2018	Tennis	Player	Stephanie	Hazlett	Evansville	IN	Heritage Hills High School	Univ of Florida	Yes
2018	Wrestling	Coach	Randy	Helfrich
2018	Tennis	Player	Elissa	Kim			North HS
2018	Swimming	Swimmer	Lilly	King	Evansville	IN	FJ Reitz HS	IU	Yes
2018	Softball	Coach	Sue	Kunkle	Evansville	IN
2018	Wrestling	Wrestler	Sam	Lamb	Evansville	IN	Bosse HS	IU then UE
2018	Softball - Fast-Pitch	Player	Gwen	Lewis	Hobart	IN	Hobart HS	ISU
2018	Softball - Fast-Pitch	Player	Becky	Lis	Somerville	NJ	Castle HS	SIU
2018	Softball - Fast-Pitch	Player	Virginia	Mattingley
2018	Wrestling	Wrestler	Blake	Mauer			Mater Dei	Ohio State
2018	Soccer	Player	David	Nicholson	Evansville	IN		IU
2018	Wrestling	Wrestler	Thad	Oldham	Chandler	IN	Castle	IU
2018	Tennis	Player/Coach	Louise	Owen	Evansville	IN	Central HS	Evansville College
2018	Track & Field	Runner	Beth	Reid	Fort Branch	IN	Gibson Southern High School	Purdue
2018	Cross Country	Runner	Todd	Reller	Beardstown	IL		USI
2018	Tennis	Player	Lanae	Renschler	Newburgh	IN	Castle HS
2018	Tennis	Player/Coach	Brian	Ritz			Evansville Day	Purdue
2018	Track & Field	Official	Ed	Rusk
2018	Track & Field	Official	Ruby	Rusk
2018	Wrestling	Wrestler/Coach	Greg	Schaefer	Evansville	IN	Mater Dei	IU
2018	Soccer	Coach	Fred	Schmalz	St. Louis	MO	Laboure HS	Quincy & Western Illinois University
2018	Wrestling	Wrestler	Andy	Schneider			Mount Vernon HS
2018	Other	Coach	Jon	Siau
2018	Track & Field	Coach	Charlie	Siesky			Bosse HS
2018	Cross Country	Coach	Dr. Bill	Stegemoller	Sullivan	IN	Union HS	IU
2018	Tennis	Player	Margo	Stevenson			Reitz Memorial HS
2018	Tennis	Player/Referree	Lee	Sublett			North HS
2018	Softball - Fast-Pitch	Player	Mary Lou "Tommie"	Taylor
2018	Soccer	Player	Josh	Tudela	Evansville	IN	North HS	IU	Yes
2018	Soccer	Player	Tim	Vieth	Evansville	IN	Reitz Memorial High School	Duke
2018	Soccer	Player/Coach	Bill	Vieth	Evansville	IN	Reitz Memorial HS	St. Louis Univ.
2018	Other	Coach	Ruth	Waller
2018	Motorsports	Driver	Darrell	Waltrip	Owensboro	KY
2018	Motorsports	Driver	Michael	Waltrip	Owensboro	KY
2018	Wrestling	Wrestler	Craig	Weinzapfel	Evansville	IN	Mater Dei	Purdue
2018	Soccer	Player	Angie	Werne Lensing	Evansville	IN	North HS	UE
2018	Softball - Fast-Pitch	Coach	Mike	Wilson
2018	Softball	Coach	Bill	Wisuri
2018	Softball	Coach	Gordon	Wood	Monon	IN	North White HS	Vincennes