2022 Murray State Hall of Fame Class Celebrated

Murray State Athletics honored the class of 2022 to the Murray State Hall of Fame on the weekend of Nov. 11-12 with a highly attended dinner and appearances at the MSU football and men's basketball games in Murray, Kentucky.

The 2022 class is the 40^th from the MSU Hall of Fame since the first was inducted in 1965.

The accomplishments of the 2022 class have stood the test of time. Their accomplishments of eight conference team championships, 28 All-Conference honors, eight Player of the Year winners and three All-America selections are just as impressive as they were as many as nearly 30 years ago in some cases.

The 2022 class included Reggie Swinton and Mike Cherry of MSU Football, Michelle Wenning of women's basketball, Paul King of men's basketball, Melissa Spencer of women's tennis, Jessica Twaddle of softball, Dianne Woodside of women's track & field and Cheryl Whitaker, long time administrative assistant in the athletics department.

Murray State Hall of Fame Notes

Launched in 1965 under athletics director Coach Roy Stewart who led MSU Football from 1932-67. He was inducted in 1971.
Inaugural class: Harlan Brodie (Football, 1927-1930), Joe Fulks (Basketball, 1941-42), Marshall Gage (Track & Field, 1957-61) and John Powless (Tennis, 1955-57).
The 2022 class is the 40th to be inducted and brings the total number enshrined at MSU to 174.
Including the 2022 class, 34 people have been into the MSU Hall of Fame in the last five years of consecutive classes.
22 head coaches are in the HOF including the latest to be honored, Tevester Anderson in 2021.
There are four women coaches in the HOF: Nita Head (tennis 1967-82), Connie Keasling (tennis 1984-87, 1992-11), Dew Drop Rowlett (basketball 1933-35) and Margaret Simmons (track & field 1968-91).
The newest HOF members come from soccer, a program that fielded a team for the first time in 2000 and softball that was launched in 2010.
Rebekah Clay was the first from soccer to be inducted in 2018 and Tara Isbell was the second in 2020.
Jenna Bradley was the first from softball to be inducted in 2020.

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