Nine individuals and six special teams were inducted into the 2025 Class of the Madison County Sports Hall of Fame during the induction dinner that was held May 17th in the EKU Perkins Building and attended by 200 people.

    With this induction class, a total of 37 individuals and 15 teams of distinction are now enshrined in the Madison County Sports Hall of Fame which is located in the Madison County Public Library on North Main Street in Richmond.

     This fourth class includes (listed in alphabetical order): Tony Cox (was a former Madison Central baseball great and   professional shortstop in the early to mid- 1960s); Marquis Estill (was a 6-9 center at Madison Central High School who was select-ed the 1999 Kentucky Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year before going on to play for the University of Kentucky); Rufus Harris (was the 1993 National Horseshoe Pitching Association Senior Class Champion at age 69, and the 1994 Bluegrass State Games Gold Medal Champion); Peg (Saalfeld) Harris (was a three-time high school All-American swimmer and high school record holder at Model High School, and an All-American at the University of Tennessee); Mary (Shuber) Parker (was an All-American track performer and State Class A Cross Country Champion in 1979 for Berea Community School before earning receiving an athletic scholarship to Ohio State University); Frankie Ray (coached 49 years from 1959 to 2008 in the sports of boys’ basketball, baseball, football, track and field, cross country, and girls’ basketball in the Madison County School System at Kirksville Junior High and Madison Central High School); Eddie Simmons (was a two-time All-State Football player on offense and defense at Madison High School in 1978 and 1979, and a four-year wide receiver for the University of Kentucky football team); Brad Winkler (was a three-time All-State baseball selection at Madison Central High School, a 1983 All-American centerfielder at Mississippi State University, and a MLB Draft pick of the New York Yankees).; Jerry Woolum (was an outstanding three-sport athlete at Madison-Model High School in 1957 and 1958 who went to be the three-year starting quarterback for the University of Kentucky in 1960 thru 1962).

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     The six teams that were inducted include the 1950, 1953 and 1954 Berea Foundation High School boys’ swimming and diving teams who were Kentucky High School Co-Champions, and the 1969, 1970 and 1971 Model girls’ swimming and diving teams who captured the State Class AA State Championships.

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