Ex-UK football star among 2024 inductees to Lexington African-American Sports Hall of Fame

Former Lexington Catholic star and Kentucky Wildcats safety Winston Guy is among the 25 — 23 people and two teams — who form the 2024 induction class to the Lexington African-American Sports Hall of Fame.

Joining Guy among the 2024 LAASHOF male inductees are former Bryan Station and Louisville Cardinals football standout Eric Shelton, ex-Henry Clay and Western Kentucky University basketball standout Steve Miller, and former Tates Creek and Duke University hoops star Vince Taylor.

Among female athletes being honored are ex-basketball stars Tracye Davis (Henry Clay, UK) and Erika Muncy McGinnis (Bryan Station, Kansas, UK) and former track stars Sherry Ballew Agee (Bryan Station, Tennessee State, UK) and Michelle Williams Johnson (Paul Laurence Dunbar, UK).

The third annual LAASHOF Induction Ceremony and Gala will take place Saturday, Sept. 21, at Central Bank Center in Lexington with the gala dinner and induction ceremony starting at 6 p.m.

The deadline to buy tickets for the event was Sept. 14.

Those who will be inducted in Saturday night’s ceremony:

Name, high school, sport(s)

▪ Sherry Ballew Agee, Bryan Station, track and field

▪ Clyde “C.B.” Akins, Carrier Mills (Illinois), basketball official

▪ Michael Allen, Bryan Station, basketball

▪ Henry Bell, original Douglass High School, basketball official

▪ Dominic Black, Tates Creek, wrestling

▪ Tracye Davis, Henry Clay, basketball

▪ Mike Graves, Lafayette, basketball coaching

▪ Richard Greene, original Dunbar High School, football, basketball

▪ Winston Guy, Lexington Catholic, football, track and field

▪ Anthony Hawkins, N/A, basketball coaching

▪ Anthony Jackson, Bryan Station, basketball

▪ Norman Jackson, Bryan Station, basketball

▪ Michelle Williams Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, track and field

▪ Tony Mack, Tates Creek, baseball

▪ Allen McCowan, Henry Clay, basketball

▪ Erika Muncy McGinnis, Bryan Station, basketball, track and field

▪ Steve Miller, Henry Clay, basketball

▪ Eric Shelton, Bryan Station, football, track and field

▪ Ella Smith, original Dunbar High School, supporter of baseball, football, cheerleading

▪ Ken T. Smith, original Dunbar High School, baseball, football, swim coaching

▪ Rod Smith, Lafayette, baseball, track and field

▪ Vince Taylor, Tates Creek, basketball

▪ Littleton Ward, Bryan Station, football, track and field

Also being inducted:

▪ 1961 Dunbar Bearcats boys basketball team

▪ 1983 Henry Clay Blue Devils boys basketball team

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