Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame
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The Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame was established in 1997 in celebration of the league's 90th anniversary. It was established to honor on an annual basis the great players, coaches and administrators in Missouri Valley Conference
history. The MVC Hall of Fame is housed in the Scottrade Center
in St. Louis
.
Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States...
history. The MVC Hall of Fame is housed in the Scottrade Center
Scottrade Center
Scottrade Center is a 19,150 seat arena located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, opened in 1994. It is the home of the St...
in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
.
Selection criteria
- The individual must have competed as a Missouri Valley Conference student-athlete, coached and/or served in an administrative capacity during the time his/her institution was or currently is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.
- Individuals must have completed their athletic eligibility, left the coaching ranks or been out of the Conference for at least five years.
- Individuals do not have to be Missouri Valley Conference graduates; they need only have attended or worked at an MVC institution.
Members
- 1997
- Larry BirdLarry BirdLarry Joe Bird is a former American NBA basketball player and coach. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA's most formidable frontcourts that included center Robert Parish...
, Indiana State - Hersey Hawkins, Bradley
- Henry IbaHenry IbaHenry Payne "Hank" Iba was an American basketball and baseball coach.-Early life:Iba was born and raised in Easton, Missouri...
, Oklahoma A&M - Ed MacauleyEd MacauleyCharles Edward "Ed" Macauley was a professional basketball player in the NBA. His playing nickname was "Easy Ed."...
, Saint Louis - Oscar RobertsonOscar RobertsonOscar Palmer Robertson , nicknamed "The Big O", is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks...
, Cincinnati - Dave StallworthDave StallworthDavid A. Stallworth is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'7" forward/center from Dallas Madison High School and Wichita State University, Stallworth played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks and Baltimore/Capital Bullets...
, Wichita State - Wes UnseldWes UnseldWestley Sissel "Wes" Unseld is an American former basketball player. He spent his entire NBA career with the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988.-Early life and college career:Unseld starred on a Seneca High School team...
, Louisville - Paul MorrisonPaul MorrisonPaul Morrison is the name of:* John Paul Morrison , aka Paul Morrison or J. Paul Morrison, Canadian computer programmer* Paul Morrison , British film director & screenwriter...
, Drake* * *
- Larry Bird
- 1998
- Bob KurlandBob KurlandRobert Albert "Bob" Kurland was a basketball center, who played for Henry Iba's Oklahoma A & M Aggies basketball team...
, Oklahoma A&M - Chet WalkerChet WalkerChester "Chet" Walker is a former pro basketball player.Walker played high school basketball for the Benton Harbor High School boys basketball team. He graduated from Bradley University in 1962 as the school's all-time leading scorer. The Bradley Braves won the NIT Championship in 1957 and 1960...
, Bradley - Xavier McDanielXavier McDanielXavier Maurice McDaniel , nicknamed the X-Man, is a retired American National Basketball Association player who, at 6 ft 7 in, played both small forward and power forward, and former head coach of the Riders Slamball team.-College:While at Wichita State, McDaniel was the first person to...
, Wichita State - Kenneth Shaw, Illinois State* *
- Doug CollinsDoug CollinsPaul Douglas "Doug" Collins is a retired American basketball player, a former four-time NBA All-Star and currently the head coach of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.-High school and college:...
, Illinois State* - Dr. Lee C. Bevilacqua, Creighton* * *
- Bob Kurland
- 1999
- Antoine CarrAntoine CarrAntoine Labotte Carr is a retired American basketball player. A 16-year NBA journeyman, he was known for the goggles he wore onto the court.-Early life:Antoine Carr was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...
, Wichita State - Joe CarterJoe CarterJoseph Christopher Carter is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from to . Carter is most famous for hitting a walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays....
, Wichita State - Melody Howard, Missouri State
- Holli Hyche, Indiana State
- Glen McCullough, Bradley* * *
- Antoine Carr
- 2000
- Cleo Littleton, Wichita State
- Dick Boushka, Saint Louis
- Maury JohnMaury John-External links:* from The Des Moines Register*...
, Drake - Walt FrazierWalt FrazierWalter "Clyde" Frazier is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association . He was blessed with a unique combination of court vision, quickness, and size for a guard...
, Southern Illinois* - John Q. HammonsJohn Q. HammonsJohn Q. Hammons is an American businessman and one of the nation's premier developers of upscale luxury hotels and resorts. With over 50 years of experience in the hotel industry, John Q. Hammons has built and developed nearly two hundred hotels...
, Missouri State* *
- 2001
- Larry FinchLarry FinchLarry Finch was a player and coach for the University of Memphis men's basketball team. He is perhaps most famous for leading the Memphis State Tigers to the NCAA men's basketball championship game in 1973 in a heroic loss to the UCLA Bruins, led by Bill Walton.- Playing career :Finch was born in...
, Memphis - Ralph MillerRalph MillerRalph H. Miller was an American basketball coach. A native of Chanute, Kansas, Miller coached at the University of Wichita , the University of Iowa and Oregon State University , compiling a 657-382 overall record in 38 seasons combined...
, Wichita State - Wanda Ford, Drake*
- Jim Hart, Southern Illinois*
- Larry Finch
- 2003
- Johnny BrightJohnny BrightJohnny D. Bright was a professional Canadian football player in the Canadian Football League. He played college football at Drake University...
, Drake - Lew Hartzog, Southern Illinois
- Cathy Boswell, Illinois State*
- Bruce BaumgartnerBruce BaumgartnerBruce Robert Baumgartner is a retired American amateur wrestler and current Director of Athletics for the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania....
, Indiana State* - Will Robinson, Illinois State* *
- Johnny Bright
- 2004
- Paul UnruhPaul UnruhPaul R. Unruh is an American former college basketball standout at Bradley University from 1946 to 1950. He finished as Bradley's all-time leading scorer and was a Consensus First Team All-American as a senior in 1949–50...
, Bradley - Bob Ehrhart, Drake
- Arad McCutchan, Evansville* *
- John SandersJohn SandersJohn E. Sanders is an American Christian theologian. He currently serves as professor of religious studies at Hendrix College. Sanders is best known for his promotion of open theism but he has also written in defense of inclusivism.-Biography:...
, Missouri Valley Conference* * *
- Paul Unruh
- 2005
- Phil StephensonPhil StephensonPhillip Raymond Stephenson is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, from until .- Amateur career :...
, Wichita State - Chuck Orsborn, Bradley
- Bob GibsonBob GibsonRobert "Bob" Gibson is a retired American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Hoot" and "Gibby", he was a right-handed pitcher who played his entire 17-year Major League Baseball career with St. Louis Cardinals...
, Creighton* - Dr. Charlotte West, Southern Illinois* *
- Phil Stephenson
- 2006
- Mitchell AndersonMitchell AndersonMitchell Ogren Anderson is an American character actor.Anderson was born in Jamestown, New York, to a retail store owner mother and a father who worked in business...
, Bradley - Carole Baumgarten, Drake*
- Duane KluehDuane KluehDuane M. Klueh is a retired American basketball player and coach. He currently lives in Terre Haute, Indiana and was the head men's basketball coach at Indiana State University for 12 seasons...
, Indiana State* * - Roland Banks, Wichita State* * *
- Mitchell Anderson
- 2007
- Jackie StilesJackie StilesJackie Marie Stiles is a retired basketball shooting guard who set scoring records in college, and then played briefly in the Women's National Basketball Association .-High school:...
, Missouri State
- Jackie Stiles
- 2008
- Bob Harstad, Creighton
- Kevin LittleKevin LittleKevin Little is a former American athlete, who specialized in sprints. He won the 200 meter race in the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Paris, France. He won bronze in the same event in the 1989, 1993, and 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships.Little graduated from Ankeny High School in 1986...
, Drake - Ed JuckerEd JuckerEdwin Louis "Ed" Jucker was an American college basketball player and coach. He was the former head basketball coach at the University of Cincinnati in the 1960s. Jucker also attended Cincinnati as an undergraduate student and played on the school's basketball teams during the 1938, 1939, and 1940...
, Cincinnati - A.J. RobertsonA.J. RobertsonAlfred James "A. J." "Robbie" Robertson was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator in the United States...
, Bradley* - Jim Byers, Evansville* *
- Jill Hutchison, Illinois State* *
- Mark Stillwell, Missouri State* * *
- 2009
- Junior BridgemanJunior BridgemanUlysses Lee "Junior" Bridgeman is a retired American basketball player.Born in East Chicago, Indiana, Bridgeman was a member of the 1971 East Chicago Washington High School Senators basketball team, which went undefeated and won the Indiana state high school basketball championship...
, Louisville - John CoughlanJohn CoughlanJohn Coughlan was an Irish sportsman. He played hurling with his local club Blackrock and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1920 and 1930s.-External links:*...
, Illinois State - Eddie HickeyEddie HickeyEdgar S. "Eddie" Hickey was a college men's basketball coach. He coached at his alma mater of Creighton University , St. Louis University and Marquette University , compiling a 436-231 record...
, Creighton/Saint Louis - Lorri Bauman, Drake *
- John WoodenJohn WoodenJohn Robert Wooden was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood", he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period — seven in a row — as head coach at UCLA, an unprecedented feat. Within this period, his teams won a record 88 consecutive games...
, Indiana State* * - John L. Griffith, Drake* *
- Jimmy Wright, Missouri State* * *
- Junior Bridgeman
- 2010
- Kyle KorverKyle KorverKyle Elliot Korver is an American basketball player, who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association...
, Creighton - Rich HerrinRich HerrinRich Herrin is a retired college basketball coach. He was head coach of the Southern Illinois University Salukis men's basketball team from 1985 to 1998...
, Southern Illinois - Cheryl Burnett, Missouri State
- Kyle Korver
- * Institutional Great
- * * Lifetime Achievement
- * * * Paul Morrison Award