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RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University inducted five distinguished individuals into its Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday.
 
The 2019 induction class included: Patrick Bugg (football, 2003-06), Jack Ison (football, 1967-96), Lisa Malloy (track/cross country, 1987-92), Don Richardson (baseball, 1952-54, 1957), and Mike Smith (basketball, 1988-92).
 
The group was also recognized at halftime of the Colonels' football game against Tennessee State.
 
For more information about the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame, please contact Karl Park, Executive Director of the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame, at karl.park@eku.edu.

Here are the biographies for the 2019 induction class:
 
Patrick Bugg (football, 2003-06)
Bugg played football for four seasons under head coach Danny Hope from 2003-2006.  He was a two-time All-American in 2005 and 2006 at tight end, becoming one of only seven players in EKU football history to reach All-American status twice.  He began his career in 2003 by catching six passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns.  In one game he had a season best game of 104 yards on three catches for two touchdowns.  Bugg finished second on the team in receptions as a sophomore with 29 catches for 434 yards and four touchdowns, including a 59-yard catch against Samford.  He was named second team All-Ohio Valley Conference his sophomore year.  Bugg's last two seasons were his best as he was selected first-team All-America and first-team All-OVC both years.  Highlights his junior season included an 8-reception day versus Samford and catching the game-winning 23-yard pass from teammate Josh Greco with 1.4 seconds to go to defeat Southeast Missouri, 33-32.  As a senior in 2006, Bugg led the team in receiving yards with 611, while catching 37 passes for seven touchdowns.  At the time of his induction he ranked ninth on the all-time list for receiving yards in Colonel history, concluding his career with 1,856 yards on 112 receptions with 23 touchdowns.  As a student, Bugg was involved in volunteer work with the local YMCA, designing and participating in workouts with children with autism and reading to elementary school students.  He played Arena League football following graduation and was a member of the Spokane Shocks' championship and runner-up teams in 2008 and 2009.  Bugg is currently serving as second class petty officer in the United States Navy and is stationed in San Diego, California.
 
Jack Ison (football, 1967-96)
Ison served as an assistant football coach at Eastern Kentucky for 30 seasons.  He began his association with EKU, playing halfback during the 1959-60 seasons for coach Glenn Presnell before graduating in 1961.  He began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Richmond Madison High School, helping the school to a 13-1 record and a Class AA runner-up trophy in 1961.  Ison was named head coach at Madison in 1962 and guided the Royal Purples to a 6-2-2 record.  He returned to Eastern in 1963 to obtain his master's degree and then served as Director of Health, Physical Education and Dean of Students at Alice Lloyd College in 1964.  Before coming to Eastern as an assistant coach in 1967, he served as head coach at Catlettsburg High School for two seasons where his teams went 14-7-1.  Ison began his coaching career at Eastern in 1967 in charge of EKU's defensive secondary and took on the dual role of coaching defensive backs and serving as defensive coordinator until 1993 when he was defensive coordinator and in charge of Colonel linebackers.  He also worked with Eastern's weightlifting and strength and conditioning program for a good portion of his 30-year tenure, implementing a new powerlifting regimen in 1977 that helped prepare future Colonel teams for national dominance.  Called by one of his players "a disciplinarian and emotional catalyst for our team.  His intensity and heart were instilled in us which in effect, helped us win many close games."  There were many defensive coaching highlights during Ison's career, among them EKU's first national championship game when Eastern totally dominated Lehigh, allowing only a single touchdown and less than 150 yards in a 30-7 victory.  Because of his longstanding association with EKU's strength and conditioning program, Eastern's new strength and conditioning room is named the Jack Ison Sports Performance Center.
 
Lisa Malloy (track/cross country, 1987-92)
Malloy ran cross country and track at Eastern from 1987-91 for Hall of Fame coach Rick Erdmann.  After helping the Colonels to another Ohio Valley Conference cross country title in 1987 by finishing second, she culminated her freshman year by winning the OVC outdoor 1,500 meters and 3,000 meters as a part of a Colonel team that won the 1988 conference outdoor track title.  Malloy's career began to blossom her sophomore year as she won the OVC individual cross country championship, the indoor mile run, the indoor 3,000 meters and the outdoor 5,000-meter run.  She was also named OVC Female Athlete of the Year for the 1988-89 year.  Malloy followed up her outstanding sophomore year with a stellar junior season, capturing her second straight OVC individual cross country title and winning the OVC indoor 3,000-meter run as a member of Eastern's 1990 OVC outdoor championship team.  A two-time OVC Cross Country Runner of the Year, she also was a first-team COSIDA Academic All-American®, winning the honor in 1989 and 1990.  At the time of her induction, she was still listed among the top three all-time runners at EKU in the 3,000-meter run.  While a student at Eastern, Malloy served as secretary of EKU's Fellowship of Christian Athletes.  Following graduation, she became a teacher in Virginia and was named Virginia Teacher of the Year.  She currently serves as Principal of Weber Elementary School in Arvada, Colorado.
 
Don Richardson (baseball, 1952-54, 1957)
Richardson played four years on the Eastern baseball team for longtime coach Turkey Hughes.  Richardson played from 1952 through 1954 before entering the United States Army following his junior season.  During his freshman and sophomore seasons at Eastern he was 5-1 and 4-1 on the mound.  In the 1954 season, he helped lead the team to its third Ohio Valley Conference championship in a five-year span, going 8-3 on the mound.  Richardson returned to pitch his senior year for Eastern in 1957 and had a 5-2 record on the year.  On the mound, he compiled a career pitching record of 22-7 at Eastern.  During his time in the U.S. Army, he made a stellar contribution pitching for the U.S. Armed Forces team, pitching for the Camp Losey baseball team that captured the 1955 Caribbean Command Championship.  Following his graduation from Eastern in 1957, Richardson began his superb baseball coaching career at his alma mater, Madison Central High School, while also coaching basketball.  He spent the next 35 years coaching the Indians' baseball team.  His 1982 squad at Madison Central went 40-0, won the Kentucky State High School championship and was awarded by USA Today the National High School Baseball Championship.  In 1986, Richardson was voted National Coach of the Year by the National Baseball Coaches Association.  He finished his career with a 952-157 coaching record at Madison Central and his 85.8 winning percentage still ranks No. 1 in KHSAA history.  At the time of his induction, Richardson ranked sixth on the all-time state career coaching victories list with 962.  He was named Kentucky High School Baseball Coach of the Year in 1982 and 1983.  Richardson was inducted into the National Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1998, was inducted into the Dawahare's Kentucky High School Athletics Association Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Kentucky Baseball Hall of Fame.  In his 16-year basketball coaching career at Madison Central, he won more than 350 games and led the Indians to their first state tournament appearance in 1987, reaching the semifinals.
 
Mike Smith (basketball, 1988-92)
Smith played basketball for four seasons at Eastern from 1988-1992, playing one season for coach Max Good and the final three under coach Mike Pollio's tutelage.  He began his collegiate career in grand style, being named to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Freshman Team, averaging 10.8 points and 7.1 rebounds and blocking 60 shots.  During his sophomore season, Smith scored 4.5 points per game with 7.9 rebounds a contest and 43 blocked shots.  His junior season saw him average 10.0 points and 8.7 rebounds per game in helping lead Eastern to a 19-10 overall record and second place OVC finish.  Smith finished his career in fine fashion as he was chosen second-team All-OVC, received the team's most improved award and the team's most improved academic award.  He averaged 12.6 points, 10.0 rebounds, hit 65.6 percent of his shots from the field during his senior season.  He closed his career as EKU's all-time leading rebounder with 977 rebounds, a mark that still stood at the time of his induction.  Smith's final point total of 1,077 ranked 28th on the all-time list at the time of his induction.  His supreme honor came in 2009 when he was named to the 15-player EKU All-Century Basketball Team.  He continued his basketball playing career after college, playing for Grand Rapids in the CBA and by playing professionally overseas in Turkey in 1992 and in Mexico in 1993.  After receiving his bachelor's of science in corrections and juvenile services from EKU in 1993, he served 10 years in U.S. Army.  Since 2004, he has worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons and is currently working in Ft. Worth, Texas.