Earlier this year, the Springfield High School Athletic Association founded the Springfield High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The SHSAA, created in 2012, has been constructing an honor such as this since the organization's formation, and is excited to formally unveil the inaugural class in January 2020.
The only problem? There is no ballot.
As of August 2019, the two lone criteria for a nomination into this prestigious class are as follows: the nominee must be a former coach, player, or any other contributor to that specific Jackets' team, and are required to be at least five years removed from the program (athletes must be 10 years removed).
Unfortunately, this leaves out the legendary teams of the present, coached by Dustin Wilson: it will be at least 8 more seasons until the other-worldly runner-up season of 2017 is truly appreciated, and another three until SHS greats like Timontreous "Timmie" Barbee, Cory Stanton, Brandon Farmer, or even current owner of Social Dweebs, Terrence Summers get their recognition.
With all of this in mind, and the announcement of the inaugural class rapidly approaching (early October 2019), here is the prediction for the players, coaches, and everyone in between that might be in the SHSAA Hall of Fame. (Please note that this list is in alphabetical order by last name, along with the sport that said player was affiliated with):
- Gene Beck - Football
- Greg Bell (Player and Coach) - Football
Josh Bey - Football
- Troy Bigsbee (Player) - Football
- Shennea Bowlen - Women's Basketball
- Jeff Chatman - Football
- Karl Chatman - Football
- Thad Corbin - Football
- William Corbin - Football
- Johnny Darden (Player and Coach) - Basketball
- Robert Farmer - Football
- Leroy Foster - Football
- Chico Gardner - Football
-Walter George - Commentator
- Gelonda Hardin (Player) - Women's Basketball
- Curtis Holland (Coach) - Tennis
- Kresie Herrin - Women's Basketball
- Sylvester Jarred - Football
- Ray Johnson - Football
- Donnie Jones - Football
- Travis Kirby - Wrestling
- Larry Mayhugh - Football
- Jerry Pearson - Football
- Jimbo Pearson (Player) - Football
-Select players from 1990-1991 SHS Softball Team
- Boyce Smith - Football
- Gene Smith - Football
- Jarrell Summers - Football
- Ricky Summers - Football
- Micheal Thomas - Football
- Randy Thomas (Player and Coach) - Football/Wrestling
- Tremaine Turner - Football
-Jonathan Utley - Football
- David Walker (Player) - Basketball
- Dustin Wilson (Player) - Football
To vote for any of the listed names above, or select any name otherwise not listed, the official ballots can be acquired at the Springfield Civic Center, the Robertson County YMCA, the Robertson County Chamber of Commerce, or at the Springfield High School website; shs.rcstn.net.
Blaine Kellar is a Broadcasting and Journalism Intern for Social Dweebs, who has covered Springfield High School Athletics since 2018.
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