2021 Class Enjoys Hall of Fame Weekend At Murray State

Murray State Athletics welcomed the 39th class to the MSU Hall of Fame presented by the Murray Bank Nov. 12-13, 2021 in Murray, Kentucky.

The eight-person 2021 class included Coach Tevester Anderson (men's basketball 1995-03), Shane Andrus (football 2000-02), Martyn Brewer (track & field 1974-78), Eric Crigler (football, 1985-89), Marra Hastings (rifle (1997-00), Delaney Howson (women's golf 2010-14), Scottie Ingram (volleyball 2013-16) and Vincent Rainey (men's basketball 1993-97).

The 2021 class was spread across six sports that produced 30 All-Ohio Valley Conference selections and nine annual awards i.e. OVC coach, player, freshman, defensive or athlete of the Year. The 2021 class was part of 18 OVC regular season titles and nine OVC Tournament championships and they competed at the NCAA level 17 times.

The class was recognized at a Friday night dinner at the CFSB Center where a crowd of approximately 300 people attended.

The evening was fill with great stories and memories from the inductees of their days of competition in their sport at Murray State and also from the people that presented them, which in itself was an impressive lineup.

There were two MSU Hall of Famers in the program with Rick Fisher presenting inductee Shane Andrus. Fisher played football for the Racers from 1969-71 and was inducted into the MSU Hall in 1981. Fisher coached Andrus at Murray High School. Hall of Famer Marcus Brown introduced his former teammate, Vincent Rainey. Brown played for the Racers 1992-96 and was inducted into the MSU Hall in 2010. Other presenters included Fernandez Anderson, the son of Coach Tevester Anderson, Susan Guess, a friend and colleague of Marra Hastings, Coach Mike Mahoney, who led the Racer Football team from 1987-92 and coached Eric Crigler. Others included Delaney Howson's coach, Velvet Milkman, who had Howson on the team when they won one of Milkman's 12 Ohio Valley Conference championships in 2014. Scottie Ingram's presenter was MSU's Senior Associate AD, Matt Kelly and Ingram's coach, David Schwepker (whose current Racers had a game at SIUE the night of the dinner) recorded a video that played on the big board at the CFSB Center. Associate AD, Dave Winder presented Martyn Brewer who was unable to attend, but also recorded a video from his home in Portland.

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 2021 class was the 39th to be inducted.
Since 2018, there have been 26 Racer greats inducted including the 2021 class.
22 head coaches are in the HOF including 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 most-inducted team is Racer Football with 48 members including 2021's Shane Andrus and Eric Crigler.
Men's Basketball has the second-most members with 42 including Coach Anderson and Vincent Rainey.
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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2021 Class Enjoys Hall of Fame Weekend At Murray State

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