inductees

2024 INDUCTEE – STEVE MEEK The Austin graduate put Decatur Heritage football and baseball on the map in his 11 seasons as head coach. The football program went 86-42 with four region championships and eight consecutive trips to the state playoffs. The baseball program made 10 straight trips to the state playoffs, which included the […]

2024 INDUCTEE – TIM MORGAN The Danville native was an All-State basketball player for the Hawks in 1976 and played on a national championship team at the University of North Alabama in 1979. After starting his varsity career at Danville as a freshman for Hall of Fame coach Wayne Bowling, Morgan averaged 24 points a

2024 INDUCTEE – RANDY NELSON The Falkville graduate was a three-sport athlete for the Blue Devils. The 6-foot-1 guard used his long-range shooting touch to score 1,650 career points in basketball while averaging over 20 points a game in each of his three varsity seasons. He scored a career-high 41 against Cullman as a sophomore.

2024 INDUCTEE – LESLEY WESTMORELAND SMOTHERS The 1992 Austin graduate was an All-American slugger in softball at both Athens State and Calhoun Community College. As a youth, Smothers played in Dixie Youth World Series in both softball and baseball.  She starred in softball and basketball in high school. Smothers was a two-time All-Gulf South Conference

2024 INDUCTEE – DAVID CHAIRS Coming soon!

2024 INDUCTEE – JERE ADCOCK Coming soon!

2024 INDUCTEE – DWAIN KEELS Coming soon!

2024 INDUCTEE – GARY ORR The Hartselle graduate was a part of seven state championships as a player and coach. Orr was an All-State tournament selection on the school’s first ever boys basketball state championship team in 1971. He was an assistant coach for state championship teams at Johnson in boys basketball in 1987 and

2024 INDUCTEE – ARNOLD RUSSELL The Austinville graduate, who passed away in 2018, received a Distinguished Service Award from the Alabama High School Athletic Association in 2009 for his work as a baseball and softball umpire in a career that spanned 60 years. Russell was also a championship youth baseball coach in the Morgan County

2024 INDUCTEE – LORENZO “SONNY” JACKSON Trailblazer in the swimming pool Jackson was first Black to compete in high school state championship meet By David Elwell The Decatur Daily Back in the day there was a community swimming pool called Paradise on Washington Street in northwest Decatur. That pool served the Black community during the