LETS HELP A WILDCAT

By GOCSM

WHY IS IT THAT ALL THE KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL(S) ARE NOT IN THE (KHSAA) KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHELETIC HALL OF FAME? WHY IS IT THAT ONLY 7 OF THE 14 MR. BASKETBALL(S) THAT ATTENDED UK ARE IN THE HALL OF FAME?

GOOD AN VALID QUESTIONS AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND I HAVE A WAY YOU CAN PLAY A MAJOR PART IN THE PROCESS. LETS GET STARTED.

THERE IS A 10 YEAR WAITING PERIOD BEFORE A PLAYER IS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION. AS OF THIS YEAR ANY PLAYER THAT WAS SELECTED MR. BASKETBALL ON OR BEFORE 1999 IS ELIGIBLE. THE BOARD OF CONTROL MEETS DURING THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND ARE GIVEN THE POOL OF PLAYERS TO BE CONSIDERED. THEY HAVE TILL 15 MAY TO HAVE THEIR CHOICES SUBMITTED TO THE KHSAA OFFICE IN LEXINGTON. THE CLASS IS NORMALLY RELEASED IN EARLY JUNE.

THE BOARD OF CONTROL IS 20 MEN AND WOMEN MOST OF WHICH ARE ADMINISTRATERS IN VARIOUS SCHOOL SYSTEMS AROUND THE STATES 16 REGIONS. THERE IS A COUPLE AT LARGE APPOINTED MEMBERS.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD IS MR. LONNIE BURGETT lonnie,burgett@mayfield.kyschools.us WHO IS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MAYFIELD. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1967 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM FROM EARLINGTON.

The VICE PRESIDENT IS DAVID WEEDMAN dave.weedman@shelby.kyschools.us WHO IS THE DISTRICT ASSESSMENT COORDINATORFOR THE SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM. THEY HOLD THE KEY TO WHO IS SELECTED FOR INDUCTION.

I RECOMMEND AND SUGGEST YOU E-MAIL EACH OF THESE MEN AND ASK THEM TO SELECT BILLY RAY LICKERT 1957, RANDY EMBRY 1961, DIRK MINNIEFIELD 1979 AND WINSTON BENNETT 1983 FOR INDUCTION INTO THE HALL OF FAME.

I HAVE USED THIS WRITE IN APPROACH FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND HAVE SEEN 3 MORE OF OUR BELOVED MR. BAKETBALL PLACED IN THE HALL OF FAME INCLUDING TWO FOR THIS YEARS CLASS WHICH BOTH ARE UK WILDCATS—PAT DOYLE 1959 AND JOHN PELPHREY 1987.

YOUR EFFORTS AND ANYONE ELSE YOU CAN PERSUADE TO PARTICIPATE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ME, THE KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL FRATERNITY AND THE PLAYERS.