RICHMOND, Ky. – The 2026 Eastern Kentucky University Athletics Hall of Fame induction class will feature seven distinguished individuals and the 1975 men's golf team.
 
The class is scheduled to be enshrined on Saturday, Oct. 10 in the Premium Club Room inside Baptist Health Arena.  The Hall of Fame lunch and ceremony will begin at 12 p.m.
 
The 2026 induction class includes:  Marc Collins (football, 1992-95), Elsa Moberly Daniel (women's golf, 2016-19), Kenny Elliott (men's basketball, 1975-79), Charlotte Gillespie Fisher (volleyball, 1981-84), Tim Moore (men's and women's track & field, 1982-2012), Paige Murphy (softball, 2015-18) and Justen Rivers (football, 2001-04).  The entire 1975 men's golf team will be inducted as a team of distinction. 
 
Collins was a multi-task player for coach Roy Kidd, handling both the punting and placekicking duties.  He was a consensus All-America punter in 1995, a first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference punter in 1994 and 1995, and a 3-year second-team All-OVC placekicker in 1993, 1994, and 1995.  Collins led the nation in punting in 1995.  Following his collegiate career, he signed with two NFL teams (Seattle and Buffalo).  Collins has served as president of the EKU Greater Cincinnati Alumni Chapter, is a member of EKU's All-Century Football Team, served four years as president of the Cincinnati Chapter of the NFL's Players Association and currently sits on the advisory board for the NFLPA.  He received The President's Lifetime Achievement Award, which is the highest level of recognition for American civilians who have dedicated more than 4,000 hours of volunteer service and community impact.
 
Daniel was a 3-year All-OVC choice and 2-year selection on the OVC All-Tournament team.  She earned a bid to the 2018 NCAA Regional as an individual.  Daniel is second in school history in individual tournament wins with seven, had 11 additional top-5 individual tournament finishes and holds the lowest career scoring average (73.48).  She carded 36% of career rounds at par or better and holds two of the four lowest single season scoring averages in program history.  She is tied for the program record for most tournament wins in a season with four.  Daniel won the 2016 Kentucky Women's State Amateur Championship and was the 2014 Miss Kentucky High School Golfer.  She earned KHSAA all-state honors three times.  Daniel teaches elementary special education at White Hall Elementary School in Richmond.
 
After just a handful games his freshman year, Elliott became a starter where he remained for all four seasons.  He had his best year as a sophomore when he averaged 19.1 points, earned honorable mention All-OVC and finished second in the league in free throw percentage with his 83.2% mark.  As a junior, he averaged 14.4 points per game, hitting 81% from the free throw line.  His senior year was his most exciting as the team went 21-8, won the OVC Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, where they met Tennessee and lost 97-81.  Elliott averaged 12.7 points per game, starting all 29 contests, hitting 48.6% from the field and 82.2% from the free throw line.  Although listed as just 6-foot tall, he played bigger totaling 58 career dunks, including a team-high 17 as a sophomore.  Elliott finished his career with 1,353 points for a scoring average of 13.3 per game.  He is currently 17th on EKU's all-time scoring list.  Elliott continued his basketball career after college, playing overseas in Morocco.  Following his days playing basketball, he served for more than 40 years as a minister in the Seventh Day Adventist Church, including stints in the Pacific Northwest, the Southwest Region and finally as Ministerial Director of the Lake Region Conference in Chicago, before passing away in May of 2025.
 
Fisher started all four years for Hall of Fame coach Geri Polvino.  She led the team to OVC Tournament Championships all four seasons.  She was an All-OVC choice and All-OVC Tournament pick in 1984.  Fisher holds the program record for career service aces with 330, ranks second in career block assists (492), ranks seventh in career hitting percentage (.259) and seventh in career solo blocks (122).  She was named Outstanding Sportswoman for Volleyball in 1984.
 
Moore was inducted into the Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame in 2009 and that same year was inducted into the South Williamson (W.Va.) High School Athletic Hall of Fame.  He was coach of the South Team at the 1991 United States Olympic Sports Festival.  Moore recruited and coached U.S. Olympic hurdler Jackie Humphrey, recruited EKU's 1986 world-record holding 4 X 55 meter shuttle hurdle relay team, and recruited and coached 15 Division I All-Americans.  He traveled with the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team to Seoul, South Korea to assist with that team.  Moore assisted with speed development for 14 EKU football players who played in the NFL.  He was part of the EKU coaching staff that won 25 of 29 OVC women's cross country titles and 16 of 29 OVC men's championships.
 
Murphy was  a 4-year starter for coach Jane Worthington.  She earned first-team All-OVC honors three times, was NFCA All-Region in 2016 and was an NFCA All-American in 2018.  She led EKU to a school record 45 wins, an OVC regular season title and an OVC Tournament runner-up finish in 2018.  Murphy holds eight school records, including most career hits (240), most games played in a season (66) and career (213), most home runs (22) and RBIs (61) in a season, and best batting average in a season (.443) and career (.398).  She is serving now as an assistant coach at Bellarmine University.
 
Rivers was a 4-year letter winner, a 3-year starter at linebacker and a 4-year starter at long snapper.  He earned All-OVC recognition three times (2002-04) and was picked as the 2004 OVC Defensive Player of the Year.  As a senior he had 45 solo tackles and 52 assisted tackles.  He posted six tackles for a loss, two sacks, six pass break-ups and two fumble recoveries.  In 2003 he had 59 solo tackles and 40 assists to go along with 10 tackles for a loss and three sacks.  Rivers scored at least one defensive touchdown in three straight seasons.  He is currently a high school teacher and coach.
 
The 1975 men's golf team, coached by Jim Suttie, won the first OVC title in school history.  It was the first of 12 won by the Colonels.  This team won the EKU Invitational and the EKU Classic tourney titles.  As a team, they recorded five top-10 tournament finishes for the year, including strong showings at Illinois State, Kentucky and Tennessee Tech.  Team member Dave Ryan has won the USGA Senior Amateur championship and fellow Colonel Mark Wilson is a member of the Kentucky Golf Hall of Fame.  After leaving EKU, Suttie became a nationally-renown top-50 golf instructor.  He came to EKU as a PGA professional and was one of the first to use video and sequence cameras to improve his team's performance.
 
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.