Click Here to view this Link.Eight individuals who have made outstanding

contributions to high school athletic and academic activity programs will be

honored in October with membership in the Virginia High School Hall of Fame.

Members of the Class of 2003, the 14^th to be inducted, will bring

total membership to 153.

Sponsored jointly by the Virginia High School

League and the Virginia High School Coaches

Association, the hall is dedicated

to preserving the rich heritage of outstanding achievements by students and

adults in sports and activities within Virginia’s public high schools.

The Class of 2003 includes two athletes, three

coaches and three contributors. Athletes are eligible for consideration 10 years

after completion of their high school careers and are judged primarily for their

achievements in interscholastic sports. Coaches are eligible after 15 years’

experience or upon retirement and are judged on the merits of their achievements

at the high school level. Contributors are those who have rendered significant

services in some other capacity, including administrators, academic activities,

officials, media and sports medicine.

The induction is set for the DoubleTree Hotel in

Charlottesville on Tuesday, Oct. 14.

Barry Hamler led Powell Valley to a 99-11 record over four years of basketball

from 1972-1976, including four consecutive district crowns, three Region D

titles and a state championship. He set school records for points scored with

2,094 and rebounds with 1,924, while adding 251 assists. All-State for three

years, he capped his career by being named captain of the West squad in the 1976

VHSCA All-Star game. He went on to coach at Booker T. Washington High School and

Elizabeth City State University.

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The first freshman starter in South Lakes history in 1986, Grant Hill went on to

score 2,028 points, 296 assists, 943 rebounds, 145 blocked shots and 254 steals

on the way to becoming a Parade Magazine third team All-American in 1990. But

school officials remember him first and foremost for putting academics first and

serving as a role model for a generation. He went on to star at Duke University,

and then in the NBA with the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic.

Baseball coach at Coeburn for 34 years, Steve Hubbard’s teams have won 449*

games. He has been selected Lonesome Pine District Coach of the Year nine times

and in 1988 won both Virginia Coach of the Year and National Federation Region 2

Coach of the Year honors. His teams have won two state championships, in 1975

and 1979, and finished second in 1995. He has also coached football, wrestling,

track and basketball and serves as the school’s athletic director.

Football coach at Nottoway since the school opened in 1970, Joe May’s teams

have earned a record of 251-112-7, winning 15 Southside District crowns, six

regional titles and two state championships, in 1991 and 1998, while also

finishing second three times. He was named Virginia High School Football Coach

of the Year in 1997 and twice won Group AA honors. He has coached five VHSCA

All-Star games. Since 1991, he has served as the school’s athletic director.

Volleyball and track coach at George Wythe for 28 years, Lillie Moore’s teams

have won six state championships. With a 416-123 record, her volleyball teams

have won 77 percent of their games, winning state titles in 1992, 1994, 1997 and

2001 and finishing second in 1993. Her track teams have recorded 233* wins,

taking state championships in 1993 and 1994 and finishing second in 1990. She

twice earned National Federation Section 2 Volleyball Coach of the Year honors,

in 1993 and 1995.

With 14 straight state forensics crowns, every title since team competition

began, Karen Finch holds the VHSL record for consecutive championships in any

sport or activity. In individual competition, 40 of her students have won VHSL

championships, with nine taking national titles. She was a founding member of

the Virginia Association of Speech and Debate Coaches and a leader for its

Coaches Clinic. An NFL Triple Diamond Coach, she was the1999 National Federation

Section 2 Speech Coach of the Year.

Culminating 33 years with the Augusta County Schools, Cecil Layman served as

principal of Riverheads High School from 1962 until 1988. He served 12 years as

a district officer, two terms on the Region C board and four years on the

League’s Executive Committee, two of those as Group A chairman. He also served

the League on the Sportsmanship Committee for Group A basketball and on the

Committee on Suggested Legislation. Even in retirement he continues as an

announcer for track meets.

A pioneer in women’s athletics in Virginia since 1965, Judy Wallace has been a

teacher, coach, athletic director and assistant principal. She organized and

coached track, volleyball, basketball, golf and tennis programs for girls and

introduced softball, soccer and swimming teams. She is the first female to

receive triple honors as Volleyball Coach-of-the-Year, VIAAA Athletic

Director-of-the-Year and VASSP Assistant Principal-of-the-Year. Her volleyball

team won the VHSL state championship in 1983.

Nominations for the Hall of Fame are due October

31 of each year, for induction the following fall. Nomination must be made

through members of the VHSL or VHSCA, and those interested in nominating

deserving individuals may secure a nomination packet from Sharon Condoulis at

the VHSL office (434-977-8475).

Previous inductees in the Virginia High School

Hall of Fame include:

1990: Athletes - Keith Atherton, Edd Clark Jr.,

Carroll Dale, Doug Dickinson, Benton Dodd and Ralph Sampson. Coaches - Jimmie

Bryan, Fred Cooper, Bobby Crantz, Howard Deel, Bill Littlepage, Billy Martin,

Alger Pugh, George Quarles Jr., Mike Smith and Gracie VanDyke. Contributors -

John Caywood, Greever Crouse, Bob Frank, Art Greene, Marshall Johnson, Bill Pace

and John Youngblood.

1991: Athletes - Ollan Cassell, Moses Malone,

Sidney Snell and Bobby Stokes. Coaches - Vince Bradford, Julius Conn, Ralph

Cummins, Pat Dean, Chester Fritz, Harry Fry, Husky Hall, Bill Long and Lefty

Wilson. Contributors - Richard Fletcher, Hubert Grim Jr., Ben Hurt, Norm Lord,

Frank McCue and Chuck Savedg

1992: Athletes - Johnny Oates, Tommy Theodose and

Ben Valley. Coaches - Gordon Bragg, James (Suey) Eason, John Epperly, Del

Norwood, Charlie Nuttycombe, Al Rinaldi and Paul Sizemore. Contributors - Harry

Blevins, Eddie Crane, George Gasser, Clarence Jones, Robert McLelland, Barbara

Reinwald and Gene Thompson.

1993: Athlete - Paul Gentry. Coaches - Ken Brown,

Bob Hardage, Charlie Harkins, Jim Holdren and Thad Madden. Contributors - Vic

Blue, Joel Grimm, Bob McCoy and Wendell Seldon.

1994: Athletes - Raymond Crouch and Frank

Eastman. Coaches - Francis (Boodie) Albert, Welton Bloxsom, Pete Brewbaker,

Louise Martin and Joe Robinson. Contributors - Carl Deane, Earl Gillespie, Jimmy

Jones, Charles Karmosky and Bert Smith.

1995: Athlete - Jeff Baker. Coaches - Eddie Dean,

Paul Hatcher and Claude Warren. Contributors - Hud Clark, Don Riviere and James

(Smokey) Stover.

1996: Athlete - Jacob Adams. Coaches - Donald

Glick, Joan Hudson, Norman Lineburg, Ronald Skeen and Robert Williams.

Contributors: Nancy Haga and James Omps.

1997: Athletes - Eric Sievers and Tom Trice.

Coaches - Ed Henry, Phil Robbins and Frank Webster. Contributors - Robert

Carson, Bill Knowles, Bill Lee and Betty Morton.

1998: Athletes – Paula Girven and Barty Smith.

Coaches – Glynn Carlock, Nancy Fowlkes, Ann Lockett and Mack Shupe.

Contributors – Richard Fitz, Charles Kurtz and Bob Sandell.

1999: Coaches – A.K. Johnson, Bill Lawson and

Sam Woods. Contributors – Jennifer Bradley, Jim Carroll and Larry Pence.

2000: Athletes – Jackie Gordon, Benita

Fitzgerald Mosley, Buster O’Brien and Ken Willard. Coaches – Kate Carter and

Chip Chappell. Contributors – Delmer Botkin, Bill Leffler and Bob Patterson.

2001: Athlete – Robert Banks. Coaches – Bill

Brown, Jim Cutler and Willis White. Contributors – Buddy Comer, Ralph

Harrison, Nancy Ruth Patterson and Jim Sangston.

2002: Athlete – Tamela Penny. Coaches – Pat

Austin, Gerald Burke, Eddie Icenhour and Glenn Proctor. Contributors – Claudia

Dodson, Carol Lange and Hugh Pendleton.