Monday is the deadline for buying tickets to the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet on Feb. 27, and more than 350 had been sold as of Wednesday evening.
Tickets to the 6:30 p.m. event at the Chattanooga Convention Center cost $40 and are available through Hall of Fame board secretary Catherine Neely at 423-842-7274.
Those attending will see 20 additions to the hall and five special award presentations, including former Soddy-Daisy High School and University of Kentucky softball All-American Kelsey Nunley and McCallie School and University of Michigan swimming alumnus Sean Ryan as the area athletes of the year. Nunley was the Southeastern Conference pitcher of the year in 2016, and Ryan finished 14th in the 10-kilometer open-water competition at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Signal Mountain's Elizabeth Baker, a visually impaired triathlete who finished fourth in her category at the Paralympic Games in Rio, will receive the Allan Morris-Jim Morgan Award for outstanding achievement despite major adversity, and Bradley County residents Bobby Scott and Maggie Scott will receive the Walt Lauter and Betty Probasco awards for lifetime accomplishments and sports-related service.
The inductees this year are Brent Adams and Dale Jones for football, Yogi Anderson and John Lennon for wrestling, Brainard Cooper Jr. for boat racing, Larry Cooke and Terry Topping for track and field, Myra Creighton and Don Waters Jr. for swimming, Elisabeth Donnovin and Laura Duffy Moore for tennis, Stephen Hargis for sports media, Kip Henley for golf, Letha High for softball, Debbie Shipley Hill for volleyball, Karen Mills and Gerald Wilkins for basketball, Carl Poston Jr. for shooting sports, Ray Stephens for baseball and Gary Workman for bowling.