Brenda Lawson of Cleveland will be this year’s recipient of the Greater Chattanooga Area Sports Hall of Fame’s most prestigious honor, the Fred Gregg Jr. Award, at the organization’s Feb. 25 banquet at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
Previously announced honorees include golfers Brooke Pancake and Steven Fox as the athletes of the year, Peggy Michaels as the Betty Probasco Award recipient for lifetime achievement and Rachel Price as the Jim Morgan/Allan Morris Award winner for courage and perseverance.
The Hall of Fame inductees will be announced next week. Tickets for the banquet cost $35 and are available by calling Dr. John Farr, the organization’s president, at 875-9282. None will be sold after Feb. 15.
“Mrs. Lawson certainly has distinguished herself in the sports arena with her contributions to the University of Tennessee, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Cleveland High School,” Farr said in the hall’s release.
In 2011, UTC named a new athletics complex the Brenda Lawson Student/Athletic Center. It houses the athletic fitness center, a basketball practice court used by the men’s and women’s teams and a large meeting room for the school’s sports teams. UTC’s McKenzie Arena was named for her and her former husband.