Four inducted into TTU Sports Hall of Fame
The Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame welcomed four new inductees Friday night at the annual Hall of Fame Dinner. The new members are Ken Fults, Janet Holt-Baker, Randy Smith and Grant Swallows.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame
welcomed four new inductees Friday night at the annual Hall of Fame
Dinner, before a packed room in the Roaden University Center.
A crowd of 400, including many current student-athletes and about a
dozen members of the Hall of Fame, recognized the induction of
Kenneth Fults, Janet Holt-Baker, Randy Smith and Grant
Swallows.
Fults was an All-American on the Golden Eagle football team that
won four consecutive Ohio Valley Conference champioships between
1958 and 1961. Holt-Baker was the OVC Player of the Year, team MVP
and Academic All-America selection during her playing career on the
women's basketball team from 1998 to 2002. Swallows was also an
Academic All-America pick and set numerous school records as the
quarterback of the Golden Eagle football team from 1998 to 2001.
Smith, a member of the tennis team in the 60s, returned to his alma
mater to coach the men's and women's tennis teams for nearly 20
years, and also served as a senior administrator in the Athletics
Dept.
The four will also be recognized Saturday during the annual
Homecoming game in Tucker Stadium. The Magic 98.5 Tailgate Park
opens at 10:30 a.m. and kickoff against Eastern Illinois is at 1:30
p.m.
Tickets will be available at the game.
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