RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University Athletics Hall of Fame 2022 induction class features five distinguished individuals and the 1967 football team.
The class is scheduled to be enshrined at Alumni Coliseum on Saturday, Oct. 1. The Hall of Fame lunch will begin at 12 p.m.
The 2022 induction class includes: Alex Jones (women's basketball, 2009-13), Larry Marmie (football, 1962-66 & 1972-76), Chanze Patterson (softball, 2005-08), Jim Tanara (football, 1979-05) and Neil Sellers (baseball, 2001-04).
Tickets for the Hall of Fame Ceremony are $30 and can be purchased online here or by calling the ticket office at 844-3-GOBIGE. Tickets will not be sold at the event.
The inductees will be recognized during the Colonels' football game against Southern Utah later that day. Inductees may receive up to four complimentary tickets to the game. Additional tickets can be purchased at a discounted rate.
Jones was a three-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection and is Eastern Kentucky's all-time leading rebounder (1,050). She scored 1,290 points during her four-year career.
Marmie was a four-year starter at quarterback from 1962 to 1965 and team captain in 1965. He then served as an assistant coach at EKU from 1972 to 1976. He spent 28 years coaching college football, including four years as the head coach at Arizona State (1988-91). Marmie also coached in the NFL for 18 years (1996-15).
Patterson started all four seasons at second base and was a three-time all-conference selection. She finished her career with a .310 batting average and 70 stolen bases, which ranks second in program history.
Sellers was a Louisville Slugger All-American and a three-time All-OVC pick. He ended his career as EKU's all-time leader in at bats (793), hits (279) and RBIs (214). After being drafted by the Houston Astros in the 32nd round of the 2004 MLB Draft, Sellers spent eight seasons playing professional baseball.
Tanara spent 26 seasons as an assistant football coach, helped the Colonels reach 17 NCAA playoffs and was a part of two national championship teams. He coached five OVC Defensive Players of the Year. Starting in 1999, Tanara served as defensive coordinator in addition to the defensive line coach.
The 1967 EKU football team was head coach Roy Kidd's first OVC championship squad and finished with an 8-1-2 record. The team concluded the season by winning the Grantland Rice Bowl to claim the NCAA Division II Mideast Regional Championship. The Colonels defeated Ball State, 27-13, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on ABC-TV.
For more information on the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame, please contact Karl Park, Executive Director of the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame, at karl.park@eku.edu.
