The Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame Class of 2018 was announced Sunday at the KHSAA offices.

The 13 members in this year’s class will be the 31st inducted into the Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of Fame. The class will be inducted April 21. The class will also be recognized during the semifinals of the 2018 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys’ Sweet 16. The induction of the 13-member class will bring the total number of honorees in the hall of fame to 469.

• Brian Brohm (Trinity, football) – The 2003 Mr. Football honoree, Brohm led Trinity to three consecutive state championships from 2001-03 while amassing 10,579 passing yards and 119 touchdown passes. A multi-sport standout, Brohm helped the Trinity baseball team to the state tournament in 2002 and 2004 while leading the basketball team to its first KHSAA Boys’ Sweet 16 appearance in 2004. Brohm was a two-time Paul Hornung Award recipient (2002-03) and named the Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year and Frank Camp Award Winner in 2003. Brohm went on to star at the University of Louisville and was selected in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft (56th overall) by the Green Bay Packers. He was the quarterbacks coach/co-offensive coordinator for Western Kentucky in 2016.

• Ted Cook & Cook Tire Co. (Contributor) – Ted Cook was the consummate fan and supporter of high school athletics. Upon forming his tire company in 1975 along with his wife, Debbie, Ted set out on a career-long journey of giving back to the community and the state, particularly around sports. Ted Cook was the first official corporate partner of the KHSAA in the mid-1980s, and the legacy of giving continues even after his recent passing. The company has been without question the biggest promoter of KHSAA events in the eastern Kentucky region, and in particular staunch supporters of basketball.

• Dave Fraley (Powell County, Pulaski County, Knott County Central, boys’ basketball coach) – Fraley ranks in the top-10 all time in state history in coaching wins. Fraley took Powell County to the state tournament in 1974 before moving on to Pulaski County in 1977. The Maroons reached the state tournament in 1979 and 1984 but reached the top in their third trip under Fraley, winning the 1986 state championship with a 47-45 win over Pleasure Ridge Park at Rupp Arena. Fraley made his sixth appearance in the state tournament as head coach at Knott County Central in 2010. He returned to the sidelines at Powell County in 2016 an

• Lloyd Gardner (Fairdale, boys’ basketball coach) – Gardner was an assistant coach at Fairdale under Stan Hardin when the Bulldogs won back-to-back state championships in 1990 and 1991. He took over as head coach for the 1991-92 season and guided Fairdale to the program’s third Sweet 16 title in 1994 with a 59-56 win over Paul Laurence Dunbar at Freedom Hall. Gardner led Fairdale to three regional championships and a 275-144 overall record in 14 seasons as head coach. He took turns coaching tennis (1976-78) and golf (2000-03) as well, and worked as an athletic trainer for various teams and sports from 1958-95.

• Billy T. Haynes (official) – A licensed official for more than 55 years, Haynes has served as an officials assigner, state tournament worker, state officials evaluator, camp clinician and ambassador for the state for more than 25 years. Haynes refereed his first high school basketball game at South Hopkins High School in 1961, and later added baseball and football to his repertoire (both for more than 30 years), along with track, volleyball and softball. He currently serves as the assigning secretary for football in the 2nd and 3rd Region.

• Ron Kordes (Assumption, volleyball coach) – Kordes has guided Assumption to 20 state championships in 29 seasons as head coach. Since taking the helm in 1989, Kordes has 1,060 wins against just 107 losses (.908 winning percentage), with undefeated seasons in 2001 (40-0) and 2005 (43-0). Assumption’s dominance included 12 state titles in a 13-year span, with eight-consecutive championships from 1995 to 2002 and a string of 174-consecutive wins against in-state competition.

•Billy Lynch (Ashland Blazer, baseball) – As a senior in 1966, Billy Lynch compiled a 11-0 record with a 0.31 earned run average to lead Ashland Blazer to the first of three consecutive state championships. Lynch racked up 150 strikeouts over just 66 2/3 innings en route to earning Mr. Baseball and High School Player of the Year honors from The Associated Press. In the 1966 state tournament, Lynch recorded a pair of wins for the Tomcats by allowing one run and one hit with 28 strikeouts over 11 innings pitched. Lynch, who received all-state honors as a junior and senior, contributed offensively as well, posting a .386 batting average as a senior while leading the team in seven offensive categories.

• Bill Miller (Pleasure Ridge Park, baseball coach) – The all-time winningest coach in KHSAA baseball history, Bill Miller has guided PRP to six state championships, 21 regional titles and 1,132 wins in 38 seasons as head coach. The Panthers captured the first of three consecutive state championships in 1994 with a 10-8 win over Corbin, and repeated the following year with a 2-1 victory over Bowling Green in the state title game. A 2013 inductee into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, Miller has coached three Mr. Baseball honorees and boasts a .789 all-time winning percentage (1132 wins against 304 losses).

• Angela Payne-Starnes (Todd County Central, track and field) – A stellar track athlete at Todd County Central, Payne-Starnes won seven state titles for the Lady Rebels and set the 1A state record in the 100-meter dash at the 1980 state meet – a mark that still stands 37 years later. Payne-Starnes earned a track scholarship to Murray State before returning to high school athletics where she has coached track and field at Crittenden County for the last 27 years and became the school’s first female athletic director.

• Margaret Richards (Central, girls’ basketball) – Richards was named 6th Region Player of the Year and first team all-state as a senior at Central in 1999 after ranking second in the state in scoring average at 35.5 points per game while grabbing 12.9 rebounds per game. An all-district and all-region selection all four years of her playing career, Richards led Central to an appearance in the KHSAA Girls’ Sweet 16 as a sophomore in 1997, where she earned a spot on the all-tournament team. Richards went on to play four years at the University of Nebraska before transitioning to the coaching ranks. She was an assistant coach at WKU and Clemson before becoming the head coach at Alabama A&M.

• Rachel Sanford DeJarnatt (Southwestern, Pulaski County, cross country and track) – A five-time cross country 3A state champion, Sanford DeJarnatt won her first state title as a 10-year-old fifth-grader in 1993. Sanford DeJarnatt won the next three years as well for Southwestern while still in middle school, and notched her fifth consecutive state title as a freshman at Pulaski County in 1997, helping the Lady Maroons claim the 3A team championship. Her streak finally came to an end her sophomore year, when she finished as runner-up at the 1998 state meet. Sanford DeJarnatt excelled in track as well, winning back-to-back state titles in the 3,200 meters in 1995 and 1996 while teaming with her sisters (Rebecca and Moriah) to win the 4×800 meter relay in 1998.

• Shon Walker (Harrison County, baseball) – The 1992 Mr. Baseball award winner, Walker set KHSAA single-season records for home runs and runs scored which still stand 25 years later. As a senior at Harrison County, Walker established KHSAA and then-national records by belting 29 home runs with 82 runs scored for the Thorobreds. He also totaled 76 RBI and drew 43 walks that season, both of which still rank in the top-five in KHSAA records, and is tied for eighth all-time with 70 hits. Among KHSAA career records, Walker is tied for second place with 215 runs scored and sits third with 52 home runs. Following his prep career, Walker was drafted in the first round of the 1992 MLB Draft (33rd overall) and spent seven seasons in professional baseball.

• Dave Weedman (Oldham County, girls’ basketball coach) – Weedman guided Oldham County to eight appearances in the KHSAA Girls’ Sweet 16 and captured the state title in 1986. The Lady Colonels claimed 10 district titles and eight regional championships under Weedman, advancing to the semifinals of the Girls’ Sweet 16 in 1980. Oldham County reached the top in 1986, defeating Franklin-Simpson, 49-48 in overtime, to earn the school its first state championship. The Lady Colonels returned to the championship game two years later, but finished as state runner-up after falling to Southern. Weedman ended his coaching career with an all-time record of 319-110.