Stevens, Blackmon Sr, Goins among 2022 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees

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Boston Celtics Brad Stevens reacts during the first half of Game 1 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets Saturday, May 22, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)

By: James Howell Jr.

NEW CASTLE – The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame announced its 61t Induction class on Tuesday.

The list includes many legends of the sport including Brad Stevens, Eric Montross, James Blackmon Sr. and former WRTV photographer and Rushville Lions standout Dennis Goins.

The full list of inductees:

James Blackmon Sr., Marion, 1983
Richard Butt, Huntington, 1954
Henry Chapman, FW Northside, 1955
John DeVoe, Park School, 1952
Henry Ebershoff, Lafayette Central Catholic, 1963
Brian Evans, Terre Haute South, 1991
Oscar Evans, Shortridge, 1968
Darrin Fitzgerald, Indianapolis Washington, 1983
Dennis Goins, Rushville, 1979
Ken Gunning, Shelbyville, 1933
Jack Hogan, Broad Ripple, 1963
Kirk Manns, North Judson, 1986
Eric Montross, Lawrence North, 1990
Drake Morris, East Chicago Washington, 1977
Jim Oler, Economy, 1952
Phil Snodgrass, Kennard 1954
Brad Stevens, Zionsville, 1995
Mike Lightfoot, LaVille, 1974

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s 61st Men’s Awards Banquet is planned for Wednesday, March 22, 2023. The day’s events will include a reception at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame museum in New Castle that afternoon with a banquet that evening at the Primo Banquet Hall in Indianapolis.

Reservations will soon be available online or through mail order in early 2023. Call the Hall at 765-529-1891, visit www.hoopshall.com or email info@hoopshall.com for more information.