39th PRESENTED BY July 21, 2020 WBXX-TV Featured Speaker Charles Davis Analyst for NFL on CBS Founding Sponsors Pilot Company and Cherokee Distributing Company GREATER KNOXVILLE SPORTS HALL of FAME Dear Friends, BOARD OF DIRECTORS John Dempster, Chairman Welcome to the 39th Annual Greater Knoxville Sports The Late Emmet P. “Buck” Vaughn, Jr. Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Past Chairman/Founder Dr. Ken Bielak Thanks to your participation, the Hall of Fame continues Howard Blum to support Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, an Larry Cox organization that is critical to the development of our Joan Cronan area’s youth. Boys & Girls Clubs currently operates Bob Davies George Dinwiddie III 17 facilities in Knox, Blount, Loudon, and North Anderson James A. Haslam II Counties and serves more than 9,800 youth and teens Jimmy Hyams annually. David Jones Bob Kesling Thank you for your support. Roy Kramer Suzanne Laine Sincerely, Donelson M. Leake Steve Lucas John Dempster Doug Mooney Adrian Pearce Chairman Fran Petty Dr. William Powell Tim Priest Dr. Jerry Punch Dean Skadberg Mac Stalcup Special Thanks to Tonight’s Sponsors: Brad T. Sweet Linda Vaughn PRESENTING SPONSOR Dean Winegardner Bart McFadden President & CEO Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley FOUNDING SPONSORS BOARD MEMBER EMERITI Ginger Baxter Phillip Fulmer Tom Jones Chuck McGuff Teddy Phillips PLATINUM SPONSOR SPEAKER SPONSOR Jackie Pope George Burton Sampson Raleigh Wynn “ONLY JESUS” HOSPITALITY SPONSOR Honorees & Featured Speaker Inductees SPEAKER CHARLES DAVIS A recently inducted member of the PAT SUMMITT IGNITE Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, Charles Davis is a game analyst for the CBS GREATNESS AWARD Television Network’s coverage of THE NFL TREY SMITH ON CBS. Since 2016, Davis has been the game analyst voice for EA Sports’ Madden CHAD PENNINGTON beginning with “Madden NFL 17.” PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE Davis, a veteran broadcaster, was previously OF THE YEAR in the FOX NFL booth beginning in 2015. DUSTIN COLQUITT Davis’ signature broadcast style combines detailed preparation with an easy-to- SPECIAL RECOGNITION understand delivery, making him exceedingly popular among BUCK JONES audiences across the country. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES As the former lead analyst on FOX’s college football coverage, OF THE YEAR Davis was on the call for three consecutive BCS National CALLIE GRACE TUCKER Championship games between 2007-09, also covering the 2008 Sugar Bowl and 2009 Orange Bowl. ELIJAH YOUNG He continues to stay connected to college football year-round, BUCK VAUGHN intensifying his study of players who are eligible for the annual LEGACY AWARD NFL Draft at the conclusion of each college football season. He has a regular place on the NFL Network’s draft lead-up programming. 1980S OLYMPIC ATHLETES A four-year starter as a defensive back from 1983-86 for WILL MCKAMEY Tennessee, and member of the Academic All-SEC Team, Davis SPIRIT AWARD appeared in 39 games and posted 234 tackles (146 solo), 13 interceptions, four fumble recoveries and three forced fumbles. TY HURST Following his career at Tennessee, he signed as a rookie free agent with the Dallas Cowboys. CLASS OF 2020 After retiring from football, Davis performed a variety of different ROB BLACK—COACHING roles during the 1990s. He served as an assistant athletic director MARK CONNOR—BASEBALL at Stanford University, director of the United States Olympic Training Center and also became the first African American STAN COTTEN—MEDIA tournament director in PGA Tour history when he ran the Disney Golf Classic from 1998-2000. GLORIA DEATHRIDGE— Charles Franklin Davis was born in Elizabethton, Tenn. Married to BASKETBALL wife Lisa, the couple has two children, a daughter, Taylor, and a son, Parker. In his free time, he enjoys being with his family and CLARK DUNCAN—COACHING reading, naming the political and historical genres as his favorites. STEVE HAMER—BASKETBALL TODD HELTON—BASEBALL RANDY LAMBERT—COACHING For 39 years, the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame has celebrated sports with some of the area’s finest. Each year, ten local ANDY LANDERS—COACHING individuals are inducted into the Hall of Fame for their achievements MIKE MURRAY—HOCKEY/ in athletics, media, coaching, sports administration, and officiating. ADMINISTRATION Other honorees include Knoxville’s Male and Female High School Athletes of the Year, Chad Pennington Professional Athlete of the Year Award, Pat Summitt Ignite Greatness Award, Buck Vaughn Legacy Award, and Special Recognition award recipients. 2020 Special Award Recipients Callie Grace Tucker 2020 Female Athlete of the Year Award Callie Grace Tucker has received numerous accolades for her performances in cross-country, indoor track, and outdoor track. Tucker was All-State in Cross-Country in 2016, 2018, and 2019, winning an individual cross-country state championship in 2019, the first individual girl’s state championship for Knoxville’s Catholic High School since 2011. In 2019, she was also named to the All-South Team at the Footlocker Cross Country Championship race. For Indoor Track, Tucker was All-State in the 2-mile in 2018, 2019, and 2020. She also qualified for New Balance Nationals Indoor in New York City in the 5K Championship race in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. In addition, Tucker qualified in 2019 for the New Balance Nationals Indoor meet in New York City in the 2-mile Emerging Elite race. During the 2020 indoor season, Tucker broke the Catholic High school record for the 1-mile (4:57) and the 800 (2:20). Tucker ran her personal best in the 3200 in March 2020 with a 10:37 mark, breaking the school record and currently ranking fifth in the nation by US Milesplit.com. In 2018, Tucker won a state championship on the 4x800-relay team in the large school division with a 9:19 mark and setting the school record for Catholic High School. This team was also named the No. 1 relay team in Tennessee in the last decade. Callie has signed with the University of Tennessee in cross-country and track. Elijah Young 2020 Male Athlete of the Year Award Elijah Young is a running back and three-star prospect who received 16 Division I scholarship offers. Young was selected the Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year in 2019 and won the Class 5A Mr. Football award. Young had 2,170 yards rushing on 245 carries and scored 39 touchdowns for the South-Doyle Cherokees. He also caught 15 passes for 169 yards and two touchdowns while averaging 28 yards per kickoff return. Young joined 17 players from East Tennessee to represent the East in the 2019 Tennessee East vs. West All-Star Classic. Young racked up other honors for his performance such as first-team All-State, 5-StarPreps Player of the Year, Region 2-5A Player of the Year, PrepXtra Player of the Year and the Knox Country Player of the Year. Young is an early enrollee at University of Missouri. On the track, Young ran a 10.70 100m and a 21.81 200m. 2020 Special Award Recipients Dustin Colquitt 2020 Professional Athlete of the Year Award Dustin Colquitt brought the family’s fourth Super Bowl title home this past February as the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 31-20, in Super Bowl LIV. His brother, Britton, had done likewise in Super Bowl L against the Carolina Panthers, while their dad, Craig, won Super Bowl titles in Super Bowls XIII and XIV. All three lettered as a punter at the University of Tennessee. Colquitt accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee and played for head coach Phillip Fulmer’s Tennessee Volunteers football team from 2001 to 2004. As a junior in 2003, he was recognized as a first-team All-SEC selection, and a consensus first-team All- American. The Chiefs selected him in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played 15 seasons and 238 games for the Chiefs before being released April 8, 2020. His career numbers include 1,124 punts for 50,393 yards (44.8 avg.) with 98 touchbacks and 462 landing inside the 20, the third most in NFL history. He holds a career-net average of 39.7 yards and a long of 81 yards. He earned Pro Bowl honors twice, his first following the 2012 season and his most recent following the 2016 season. Trey Smith 2020 Pat Summitt Ignite Greatness Award A native of Jackson, Tenn., Smith is an All-American caliber left guard and enters his senior season in 2020 as one of the top returning players in the SEC. He opted to return for his senior season to obtain his degree, improve his draft stock, and continue to lead the Volunteers back to national prominence. The No. 1-rated player in the nation in the 2017 recruiting class, Smith became the first Vol true freshman to start at left tackle in more than 30 years en route to freshman All-American status. He was sidelined during the 2018 off-season with blood clots, but returned to start the first eight games that season at left guard before another ailment sidelined him indefinitely. Smith garnered first-team All-SEC honors in 2019, appearing in all 13 games with 12 starts and leading the Vols on a six- game winning streak and a victory over Indiana in the Gator Bowl. Off the field, Smith has been a leader in the community. He was named the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year and was the inaugural recipient of the Fritz Pollard Trophy, given to the collegiate player who has exemplified extraordinary courage, community values, and exceptional performance on the field. Smith spearheaded a coat drive for KARM in 2018 and 2019 and has been named a member of the SEC Community Service Team.