2008

Sterling Marlin - legendary NASCAR driver is only the third driver in Cup history to win back-to-back Daytona 500s (1994, 1995). He has finished among the top 10 in the Cup series five times. He won three consecutive track championships at the Nashville Raceway from 1980-82 and has twice been named Tennessee's Professional Athlete of the Year (1995, 1996).

Madeline Manning Mims - former TSU Tigerbelle won Olympic gold and silver medals in 1968 and broke the 800-meter 2:00 mark to gain All-World and All-American honors. She won a silver medal in 1972 and also competed in the 1976 and 1980 games. She was ranked #1 in the world by Track and Field News in 1967, 1968, 1969. She held the American Track Record for the women's 800-meter for 15 years. She has been inducted to the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and the Olympic Hall of Fame.

Ronald Lawson, Sr. (posthumous) - earned national recognition as a high school All-American in basketball at Pearl High School where he led his team to three Black National High School Championships from 1958-1960. He played for the legendary John Wooten at UCLA before graduating from Fisk University. As a head coach, he won championships on both the high school and collegiate level. At Cameron High his teams won 17 titles including back-to-back State Championships (1971, 1972). While coaching at Fisk University, he was named SIAC Coach of the Year. He has been inducted to the TSSAA Hall of Fame.

Margaret Sexton Gleaves - a Nashville native and outstanding basketball player in the 1940's and 50's. She is an eight-time All-American guard who played on five national championship teams and was one of the original 16 inductees to the Helms Basketball Gall of Fame in 1966. She played for Bellevue High School, Nashville Business College, Vultee Aircraft and Cooks Goldblumes. She was inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.

Gene Hickerson - Born in Trenton, Tennessee, he became only the third Tennessean to be inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A tackle at the University of Mississippi, he shifted to guard as a rookie for the Cleveland Browns where he played for 14 seasons. He was lead blocker for three Hall of Fame running backs: Jim Brown, Bobby Mitchell and Leroy Kelly. He was All-NFL five consecutive seasons and was voted to six straight Pro Bowls. He played in four NFL title games and won with Cleveland in 1964. He has been named to the NFL's All-Decade Team for the 1960s and was inducted to the NFL Hall of Fame in 2007.

Joan Cronan - in her 24th year as the Women's Athletic Director at the University of Tennessee. She has directed the Lady Vols to the SEC Women's All-Sports Award in 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2005, she was named the national Athletic Director of the Year. Under her guidance, the Lady Vols athletic programs have won seven NCAA national titles, 37 Top-Five NCAA finishes, 66 Top-10 NCAA finishes, 25 SEC regular season crowns and 18 SEC Tournament Championships. She has been inducted to the FCA Hall of Champions, the LSU Alumni Hall of Distinction and the College of Charleston Hall of Fame.

Mike Paxton - a baseball and football standout at Oakhaven High School in west Tennessee, he graduated as the career strikeout leader for Memphis State University in 1975. Drafted by the Boston Red Sox, he was the 1977 Red Sox Co-Rookie of the Year. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1978-80 and tied a major league record of 4 strikeouts in one inning (1978). He has been inducted to the M Club Hall of Fame at the University of Memphis.

Jerry Reese - a native of Tiptonville, Tennessee, he played college football for UT-Martin where he was named team MVP following his senior season. After several years of assistant coaching at UT-Martin, he joined the New York Giant's scouting department and worked his way up through the ranks ultimately being promoted to Director of Player Personnel in 2002. He was named Sr. Vice President and General Manager of the Giants in 2007 becoming only the third African-American general manager in NFL history. He was inducted to the UT-Martin Hall of Fame in 1995.

Jack Lupton - his creation of The Honors Course in Chattanooga changed the face of Tennessee Golf. He dedicated The Honors Course to amateur golf and invited the finest championships be played there. He helped create a President's Fund for special golf projects in the state while he also helped fund the women's golf program at the University of Tennessee. His $3 million contribution helped fund the Golf House of Tennessee. He was inducted to the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame in 1995.

Fred Smith (Lifetime Achievement Inductee) - Chairman, President and CEO of the FedEx Corporation headquartered in Memphis. He and his company are prominent in sports sponsorships both nationally and in Tennessee. The FedEx Forum is home to both the NBA Memphis Grizzlies and the University of Memphis Tigers Basketball; FedExField is the home of the Washington Redskins; the FedExCup is a new PGA championship; the Southern Heritage Classic (annual football game between Jackson State University and Tennessee State University) has been sponsored by FedEx Express for 12 years; the FedEx Orange Bowl is played on January 3rd; FedEx is the sponsor of the Joe Gibbs Racing #11 driven by 2006 "Rookie of the Year", Denny Hamlin.

Dick Huffman (posthumous) - he made nine All-America teams while playing football for the University of Tennessee in the 1940s. He was drafted to the NFL in 1945 and played tackle for the Los Angeles Rams from 1947-1950. He was a one-time Pro Bowler before being lured to the Canadian Football league where he played seven seasons and was named All-Western Offensive Tackle in 1952, 1954 and 1957. He was named All-Western Defensive Tackle in 1953-1957. He was inducted to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1987.

2007

David Blackstock

Al Brown

Fran Chandler

Kyle "Buddy" Cruze

Joe Gilliam Sr.

Bernard King

Fred Pancoast

*Cornelius Ridley

*Dr. Frank Trundle Sr.

Will Wolford

Jim Youngblood

2006

K.S. "Bud" Adams Jr.

Richard Dent

Ann Furrow

Rick Honeycutt

E.L. Hutton

Jerry C. Johnson

D.D.Lewis

*Dr. Earl Ramer

Larry Schmittou

Rochelle Stevens

*Luther "Luke" Worsham Jr.

2005

Dr. Dick Barnett

Darwin Bond

Richmond Flowers

Haywood Harris

Billy Justus

Ed Murphey

*John Williams Overton

Betty Booker-Parks

Susan Russ

Verties Sails Jr.

*W.G. "Petie" Siler

2004

*Henry Kimbro

*Vice Admiral WIlliam Lawrence

Lloyd Neal

Andy Roberts

Ken Sparks

June Stewart

John Tucker

Holly Warlick

*Reggie White

Betty Wiseman

*Joe Worden

2003

Charlie Anderson

Watson Brown

Dale Kelley

Bob Patterson

Carl Poston, Sr.

Chuck Rohe

*George Sloan

Pat Summitt

Perry Wallace

*Win Wilfong

2002

Billy Joe Adcock

Charles Brantley

Eddie Brown

Chandra Cheeseborough

Jimmy Cole

*Ken Donahue

Phil Garner

*John Mauer

Jane Puckett

Kyle Rote Jr.

2001

Lucinda Williams Adams

Bill Barnes

Billy Fletcher

Phillip Fulmer

Stan Hamilton

Calvin Houghland

*Tim Kerin

Hal Miller

*Jeff Peeples

Darrell Waltrip

2000

Murray Armstrong

Keith Butler

*Mack Chandler

*Phil Dickens

*Hooper Eblen

Frank Emanuel

Heidi Gililngham Jackson

Stanley Morgan

Catherine Neely

Steve Sloan

Steve Spurrier

*Harry Anderson

*Josh Cody

*Mae Faggs Starr

Dennis Harrison

Charlie Lea

John Michels

Buck Miller

Wendy Scholtens Wood

Joe Steffy

Curt Watson

Kim Webb

Edgar Allen

Charles Davis

*Willie H. Hudson

*Louis B. "Farmer" Johnson

Steve Kiner

R.L. "Buddy" Patey

Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds

Leonard "Truck" Robinson

Russell G. Vollmer

Margaret Matthews Wilburn

*Johnny Butler

*Joel Herbert "Herb" Parsons

Art Demmas

James "Boots" Donnelly

Gill Gideon

Richard S. "Bill" Hudson

C.M. "Buck" Johnson

John E. "Buddy" Leake Jr.

Theodore McClain

Ron Widby

*Mooney Boswell

Leonard Coffman

Eddie Crawford

Lou Graham

Jim Hickman

*Phil King

Darris McCord

Roy Skinner

Tracy Caulkins Stockwell

Bill Wright

Sam Agee

Ben Byrd

Jimmy Earle

*Junior Gilliam

Clyde Lee

Charles Rosenfelder

Mason Rudoph

David Scobey

John Seward

*Abe Shires

Harry Shoemaker

Bill Anderson

Dean Hayes

Hunter Jackson

Ed Jones

Gus Manning

*Ed Molinski

*Ed Martin

*Reese Smith

James Earl Wright

Bob Carroll

*Foots Clement

Michael Cody

*Leo Davis

Larry Finch

Condredge Holloway

*John McLendon

Horace Moore

*Bill Pack

*Jimmy Smyth

*Dean Bailey

*Vernon Bell

*Dr. Walter Davis

Tom Nix

*Pug Pearman

Ike Peel

Herb Rich

Ralph Stout

Roscoe Tanner

*Johnny Antonelli

John Bramlett

Doug Dickey

*Ken Dugan

*Tom Fann

Hal Littleford

*Jim Smiddy

Larry Varnell

John Ward

*Hickman Ewing

Ray Graves

*Ralph Hatley

*Elmore "Scoop" Hudgins

*Jimmy Moore

Bob Peoples

*Bob Polk

Betty Probasco

*Ira Templeton

*H.B. "Bus" Thompson

*Tom Elam

John Robert Bell

Steve DeLong

*Rex Dockery

Roy Kramer

Pat McHugh

*John Merritt

Harry Schuh

Ray Bussard

A.F. "Bud" Dudley

Lou Fitzgerald

*Howard Gentry Sr.

Claude Humphrey

*James T. "Tommy" Prothro

*George H. Treadwell

*Star Wood

*Lemuel Phillip Beene

*John Bibb

Larry Carrier

Richard A. Davies

*Joseph Curtis "Jake" Fondren

Ernie Grunfeld

Harold Franklin Johnson

*Irwin "Tiny" Knee

Hillis Layne

*Samuel W. "Sam" Bartholomew

Thomas G. "Tommy" Bartlett

*Turney Ford

James A. "Jim" Haslam II

*Houston Herndon

*Thomas G. "Shaky" Kain

*Dr. A. Brant "Pinky" Lipscomb

*Elwyn "Rip" Rowan

James "Tim" McCarver

*Ernest "Big Boy" Eldridge

*Charles "Willie" Geny

*Robert G. Cifers

*Stroud Gwynn

Robert Johnson

*Ray Mears

Hal Morrison

*Cliff Norvell

Joseph S. Signaigno

A.W. Davis

*Samuel Dorsey Jackson

*Harry Johnsey

*Joseph Laurent Johnson

*William C. "Bill" Redd

*Dr. Sam Houston Sanders

*Walter "Buck" Van Huss

*George "Zaney" Barker

*Ed Cifers

*Buford "Baby" Ray

Raymond "Bull" Brown

*Roger Goodman Murray

*Marvin "Marvelous Marv" Throneberry

Ken Burkhart

*Will Grimsley

*Alex Guerry

Francis E. "Hank" Lauricella

Elma Roane

*Gene Thompson

Edward Bailey

*Floyd Burdette

*Erselle D. "Red" Cavette

Bailey Howell

Sadie Galloway Johnson

*Eugene Boyce

*J. Madison Brooks

William M. "Bill" Johnson

*Ruffner P. Murray

Claudette Riley Sisk

Judy Eller Street

Murray Warmath

*H. Kirk Grantham

*William J. Gupton

Billy M. Jones

Dr. Andrew J. Kozar

*George Tyree

*George Bugbee

*E.B. "Red" Etter

*Joshua "Josh" Grider

Jack Dickinson "Jackie" Parker

*Hillman Robbins

Kermit Smith

*Julian Bell

*Johnny Beazley

*William Fred Delay

*Humphrey B. "Hump" Heywood

Garrard S. "Buster" Ramsey

*A.L. "John" Treadway

*Joe Davis

Billy J. Murphy

*Charles "Bubber" Murphy

*Tury Oman

*Tom Siler

*Emmett Strickland

Edith McGuire Duvall

*Kerby Farrell

*Wirt Gammon

*Boyce Smith

*M.C. "Tip" Smith

*Sam Atcheson

Alline Banks Sprouse

*Bowser Chest

*Buddy Hackman

*Fred Russell

*Davis "Sandy" Sandlin

*Raymond Johnson

*Mickey O'Brien

*Lew Oehmig

*Kames T. "Doc" Prothro

Wyomia Tyus Simburg

*Lon Varnell

*A.F. Bridges

*John Gooch

*Charles "Red" Lucas

*Curtis Person, Sr.

Edward Temple

*James R. Turner

*Bowden Wyatt

*T.J. "Tommy" Bridges

*Alonzo Smith "Jake" Gaither

*John L. Head

*Sam B. "Frosty" Holt

*Horace Milton "Hod" Lisenbee

Doris Sams

*Fred Toney

Ralph Boston

*Nash Buckingham

*Carl Hinkle

*George Livingstone

*Bill Meyer

*Ray Morrison

*Walter Stewart

*Bob Suffridge

*Larry Gilbert

*Lombe Honaker

*Andrew Cecil "Scrappy" Moore

*Wallace Wade

*Bob Wilson

*Bob Woodruff

*Dale Alexander

*John Barnhill

*Bob Foxx

*Mrs. Margaret Gaut

*Dr. C.C. Humphreys

*William "Bill" Terry

*Dean Nathan Dougherty

*Joe Engel

*Early Maxwell

*Gene McEver

*Cary Middlecoff

*Lindsey Nelson

*Wilma Rudolph

*Dean Madison Sarrat

Nera White

Doug Atkins

Dana Bible

*Lynn Bomar

*George Cafego

*Irby "Rabbit" Curry

*Bobby Dodd

*Beattie Feathers

*Herman Hickman

*Claude "Blinky" Horn

*Bishop Frank A. Juhan

The Majors Family: *Mr. and *Mrs. Shirley Majors, *Bill, Bob, John, *Joe, Larry & Shirley Ann

*Dan McGugin

*Bernie Moore

*Jess Neely

*General Robert Neyland

*P.V. "Putty" Overall

*Grantland Rice

*Henry R. "Red" Sanders

*Bill Spears

Bill Wade

  * Deceased