Monticello — Former Monticello High School basketball player Gene Pendleton has been
selected for induction into the Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of Fame in 2010.
Pendleton was a standout basketball player for the Trojans and helped
lead the team to three consecutive trips to the Sweet 16, including a
runner-up finish in 1960.
He scored 2,010 points in his high school career, including a
single-game high of 40. Pendleton went on to play four years of college
basketball, first at Tennessee. He played the final three years at Murray
State.
The 12-member class that will be included in next year's induction were
recently announced by KHSAA Commissioner Brigid DeVries. Among the inductees
are sisters Simidele and Temitayo Adeagbo, a first in the 23-history of the
Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of Fame.
Other members of the induction class include:
€ Simidele Adeagbo‹A three-time member of the State Track Championship
teams at Eastern, she earned three individual golds in 1997 and 1998.
Despite a leg injury in 1999, she still managed to set a state record in the
long jump. Adeagbo continued her career at the University of Kentucky.
€ Temitayo Adeagbo‹Also a three-time member of State Track Championship
teams at Eastern, she was the state champion in the 100 meter and 300 meter
hurdles in 1998. She also continued her track career at the University of
Kentucky.
€ Bill Brown‹The highly successful girls' basketball coach at Southern
and Ballard compiled a career record of 475-154, 10 regional championships
and three teams that advanced to the state semifinals, including a 1988
Ballard team that won the state championship.
€ Tom Creamer‹Creamer compiled 22 district and nine regional basketball
championships over the course of his career. He also produced three state
semifinalists and won the 1978 boys' state championship as coach of Shelby
County. Creamer also coached Assumption to a state golf championship and was
head football coach at Beechwood from 1964 until 1967.
€ Dr. Mary Lloyd Ireland‹From the beginning of her swimming career at
age 12 to the present, Dr. Ireland has excelled at every athletic and
academic endeavor she has undertaken. At the conclusion of her high school
swimming career at Sayre in 1970, Ireland held every Class AA individual
swimming record. Her impressive swimming records led her to compete in the
U.S. Olympic trials. Afterward, she went on to a successful career in sports
medicine in central Kentucky.
€ Arthur "Ozz" Jackson‹The 37-year career of the Letcher County educator
includes initiating golf, tennis and softball programs at Whitesburg High
School and soccer and wrestling programs at Letcher County Central. He
continues to serve as the 14th Region Policy Board Chair and has been
elected to the KHSAA Board of Controls three times.
€ Craynor Slone‹In more than 30 years of coaching, Slone's teams won
more than 500 games, including five consecutive 20-win seasons.
He led Carlisle County to a state runner-up finish in 1983 and was named
Coach of the Year for his efforts. He also won First Region Coach of the
Year in 1982 and 1983. Slone managed to build a successful program despite
small enrollment at Carlisle County.
€ Ivan McGlone‹The long-time Russell High School football coach has 238
career wins and two state championships (1978 and 2005) to his credit.
McGlone also led the Red Devils to a runner-up finish in 2006.
€ Samuel Moore‹Moore starred in the Kentucky High School Athletic League
as a three-year All-District, All-Region, All-State and Most Valuable Player
of the state tournament. He led the state in scoring at 24 points per game,
while leading his Central team to the 1952 National Negro Tournament
championship. His number has been retired by the school.
€ Mel Purcell‹Purcell played in his first KHSAA State Tennis Tournament
as a fifth grader. In the seventh grade, he was the state doubles winner
with his brother, Del. He was the state singles runner-up as a junior and
winner as a senior at Murray High School. He went on to play at the
collegiate and professional levels.
€ Corky Withrow‹A high-scoring basketball standout at Central City,
Withrow led the team to a 117-20 record and three Sweet 16 appearances from
1954-56. He was named First Team All-American in 1956 and was a two-time
All-State selection. He also excelled on the baseball field, playing Major
League baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals.
The group will be introduced at the annual Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of Fame
Golf Outing at the Marriott Griffin Gate on June 16.
The induction ceremony for the group is scheduled for May 15, 2010.