Trio of Razorbacks Selected for Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Razorback soccer greats Glen Ray Hines and Jimmy Walker and Arkansas baseball legend Jeff King have been introduced Sunday as a part of the 2023 class of the Arkansas Sports activities Corridor of Fame. As well as, longtime Arkansas tv sportscaster Steve Sullivan will be part of the three former Razorbacks and 5 further honorees at a ceremony on Friday, April 14, 2023, on the group’s sixty fourth annual induction banquet on the Statehouse Conference Middle in Little Rock. Hines will probably be inducted posthumously.  

The 2023 Corridor of Fame Class consists of 9 inductees, together with 5 from the trendy period class and 4 inductees from the senior class. Extra 2023 inductees into the Arkansas Sports activities Corridor of Fame embrace Jeff Glasbrenner (adaptive sports activities), Shekinna Stricklen (girls’s basketball), Fred Allen (males’s basketball), Larry Walton (tennis) and Freddie Lee Scott (soccer). The Arkansas Sports activities Corridor of Fame inducted its top notch in 1959.  

Glen Ray Hines – Soccer 

A mainstay in the midst of the Razorbacks’ offensive entrance, Hines turned the primary offensive sort out in class historical past to earn All-America honors in 1965. Hines was a three-year UA soccer letterman and helped lead the Hogs to a 25-7 file in his tenure, together with an 11-0 file in 1964 on the way in which to a nationwide championship. He was additionally part of a school-record 22-game successful streak. Hines was named All-SWC in each 1965 and 1966. The Houston Publish named Hines the SWC Most Excellent Participant for the 1965 season. He was chosen to the SWC All-Time group in 1996. Hines was additionally named to the Coaches All-American Sport, School All-Star Sport and the Hula Bowl. A member of the UA All-Century group, Hines was additionally named to the Razorbacks’ Nineteen Sixties All-Decade squad. Hines went on to an expert soccer profession with Houston (1966-70), New Orleans (1971-72) and Pittsburgh (1973). All through his time within the NFL he performed in 115 consecutive video games, together with three playoff video games, exhibiting his sturdiness as a participant. Hines was an AFL All-Star recreation choice in each 1968 and 1969 earlier than retiring in 1973. He was named a member of the Specific Information-San Antonio, All-Time SWC Soccer Group 75 years of SWC First-Group Offense in July 1989. Within the December 2005 subject, Hines was named to the Soccer Digest All-Time Oilers group. Hines was inducted into the College of Arkansas Sports activities Corridor of Honor in 2001, the Union County Sports activities Corridor of Fame in 2012 and the Southwest Convention Corridor of Fame in 2018.  

Jeff King – Baseball 

A former Razorback baseball All-American and MLB first total draft decide, Jeff King hails from Marion, Indiana. King is a member of the College of Arkansas Sports activities Corridor of Honor and the Southwest Convention Corridor of Fame and spent his Razorback profession over the 1984, ’85 and ’86 seasons that helped catapult Arkansas Baseball again to the nationwide stage and together with a visit to the School World Collection in 1985. King was an All-America choice all three seasons in a Hog uniform and nonetheless holds the third-highest batting common over an Arkansas profession, hitting .372. King was an All-Southwest Convention (SWC) choice in 1985 and ’86, in addition to making the SWC All-Match Group as a freshman and sophomore. He was a key a part of Arkansas’ run to the 1985 CWS the place he had 93 hits, 26 doubles, 17 dwelling runs and 82 RBIs. The RBI complete nonetheless stands because the single-season file in class historical past. King went on to be named to the 1985 CWS All-Match Group the place Arkansas reached the semifinals for the second time in program historical past after wins over South Carolina and Stanford. After his junior yr, King entered the MLB Draft and was taken because the No. 1 total decide by the Pittsburgh Pirates. On the time, he was the second first-round draft decide in class historical past, following Kevin McReynolds, who was taken sixth total by the San Diego Padres in 1981. Nonetheless, King stays as the one first-overall decide in Arkansas historical past and one in all eight first-round draft picks. King performed 11 years on the professional degree from 1989-1999, spending eight years in Pittsburgh and three years in Kansas Metropolis. He reached the playoffs with the Pirates in 1990 and 1992, enjoying within the Nationwide League Championship Collection each instances and performed 100 or extra video games in a season seven instances. King completed his profession with a .256 common, 1,091 hits and 154 dwelling runs. His finest seasons got here in his closing yr in Pittsburgh (1996) the place he hit .271 with 30 dwelling runs and 111 RBIs. That led to his signing with Kansas Metropolis in 1997, the place he batted .238, however drove in 112 RBIs and hit 28 dwelling runs.  

Jimmy Walker – Soccer 

Jimmy Walker is from Little Rock and performed linebacker at Central Excessive within the early 70’s. He led the group in tackles as a senior. On the summer time All-Star recreation, the place he moved to sort out and was named MVP, Arkansas took discover and provided a scholarship. Walker performed defensive sort out for the Razorbacks 1975-78 and was chosen to the 1970’s All-Decade Group. He led the group in tackles for loss throughout his closing two seasons, compiling 15 in 1977 and 19 in 1978. He ranks tied for fourth on the Razorbacks single season tackles for loss with 19 in 1978 and tied for fourth all-time profession tackles for loss with 37. In 1978, Walker earned first-team All-America honors and was chosen the excellent defensive participant within the Fiesta Bowl, the place the Hogs resulted in a 10-10 tie with UCLA.  He was additionally a two-time All-SWC honoree.  Walker was inducted into the College of Arkansas Sports activities Corridor of Honor in 2011. Walker was inducted into the Southwest Convention Corridor of Fame in 2018.