Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame 2016 inductees:
Read a full story about several of the inductees here.
* Jeff Boehm (wrestling): He was a Mid-South wrestling champion for Baylor School in 1958, 1959 and 1960 and was the Red Raiders’ captain in 1960 and the University of Virginia wrestling captain in 1963 and 1964, the same two years he won Chattanooga Intercollegiate championships. He received a law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1973, after a distinguished four-year military career in which he received the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry three times and two U.S. Silver Star medals.
* Paul Brock Jr. (special category): The Soddy-Daisy High School graduate is being inducted for his playing and coaching success in volleyball and his extensive work in building the sport in the area. A USA Volleyball first-team All-American who played in six U.S. Open national championship tournaments, including once with a Chattanooga team that finished second – that team also had two firsts and a second in the largest USA adult tournament in the country – he has a record of 824-322 as a head coach. He was the Girls Preparatory School head coach from 1994 through last fall and has been the club director for the Scenic City, Dig To Win and Choo-Choo City organizations. He’s a Southern Region Volleyball board member and has coached eight high school All-Americans, more than 70 all-state players and more than 150 who went on to play in college. He had three high school state championships and two runner-up finishes from 2000 to 2008.
* Ron Campbell (baseball): Born in Chattanooga, the current Cleveland resident grew up in Decatur and starred in three sports at Meigs County High School and then played basketball and baseball at Tennessee Wesleyan College, passing up a football scholarship to Tennessee, before embarking on a pro career that included eight years in the Chicago Cubs organization and three at the Class AAA level with the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Class AAA team. A third baseman who also played some at second base and shortstop, he made major league appearances in 1964-66 and had two three-hit games, finishing his big-league career with a .247 average, one home run (off Ray Sadecki) and 14 RBIs. One of his hits was off Cardinals ace Bob Gibson. Cubs teammates at the time included Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Ferguson Jenkins, Ron Santo, Don Kessinger and Lou Brock.