Internationally esteemed titanium bicycle engineer Brad DeVaney will be among 16 new inductees to the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame on March 9.
DeVaney, who grew up in Chattanooga and has worked for Litespeed for nearly three decades, heads product design and development for the pioneering local company. Litespeed has created bicycles for many of the top racing teams in the world and even partnered with NASA on its “Curiosity” Mars rover in 2012.
The other inductees at the March 9 GCSHOF banquet at the Chattanooga Convention Center will be Mark Wharton as an administrator; Kurt Keene for baseball; Ralph Patton, the late Eddie Woods and Gerry Born for men’s basketball; Data Caldwell for women’s basketball; the late Tommy “Freight Train” Taylor and Tony Ball for football; Marie Crowe and Ed Rowe as officials; Charlie Ayers for shooting sports; Judy Batts Hagerty for soccer; Dana Reed Mull for softball; Christie McElhaney for volleyball, and Carol Goss for wrestling.
Reigning NBA regular-season and Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Amy Phillips will be honored as the local athletes of the year for 2025, while Herbert “Book” McCray and Terri Parks will receive awards for lifetime service and Ryan Burney will be honored for overcoming adversity.
Reuben Lawrence is the prestigious President’s Award recipient.