Mississippi
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame announces 2023 class
Paul Maholm – Born in Holly Springs, this lefthander graduated from Germantown, TN Excessive College. Maholm was recruited by Ron Polk at Mississippi State, but additionally drafted by the Minnesota Twins. He selected to go to Mississippi State the place he’s fourth all-time in strikeouts and innings pitched for the Bulldogs and is the fifth winningest pitcher at school historical past. He boosted his draft standing to grow to be the eighth general choice by the Pirates, changing into the third highest decide to return out of MSU. He rapidly labored his approach into the massive leagues and spent 10 years with the Pirates, Cubs, Braves and Dodgers. He’s a member of the MS State M-Membership Corridor of Fame and a member of the Polk Ring of Honor.
John Mangum – Magee native John Mangum spent 9 years taking part in within the NFL for the Chicago Bears after an impressive profession on the College of Alabama. John is from an athletic household, his father performed as a sort out for the Patriots, his brother, Kris went to Ole Miss and the Carolina Panthers and John’s son Jake performs within the New York Mets system. In Magee he was a 4-year letterman as a quarterback and defensive again and led the crew to again to again state titles. At Alabama he was voted to the Group of the Decade for the 80′s. He was coached at Alabama by MSHOF member Ray Perkins and was a teammate of Lewis Tillman with the Bears.
Jim Web page – For 34 years Jim Web page has been the Head Baseball Coach at Millsaps School following an impressive taking part in profession on the similar college. His file of 815-554-3 provides him a profitable proportion of .595. Eight instances Web page has been named Convention Coach of the 12 months, together with 2022. His groups have gained 9 convention titles, been in eight NCAA regionals, and so they have had one NCAA Division III School World Collection look. He’s presently thirty sixth in all-time wins by a Division III coach. He performed at Millsaps for Tommy Ranager and is a member of the Millsaps Corridor of Fame. Web page nonetheless holds the varsity file for the best batting common with a .487 mark.
Tony Rosetti – This Biloxi native turns into the primary marksman inducted into the Mississippi Sports activities Corridor of Fame. Whereas attending Notre Dame Excessive College he gained the Mississippi State Junior Championship at age 14. He was named to the “Sports activities Afield” 1970 All-American crew and was featured within the “American Rifleman” journal in 1970. He gained the 1971 Skeet Championship in Phoenix and was on the Pan-American Video games Gold Medal profitable crew. In 1972, he was on the US crew within the Olympics in Munich, Germany and was the Nationwide Intercollegiate Skeet Champion. In 1974, he was named Ole Miss Athlete of the 12 months. He retired from capturing registered targets in 1992 and has been inducted into the MS Skeet Capturing Affiliation Corridor of Fame in addition to the Nationwide Skeet Capturing Affiliation Corridor of Fame.
Carol Ross – Born in Oakland, MS, Carol Ross helped the Ole Miss Woman Rebels to 2 Nationwide AIAW Regional tournaments as a participant. She was chosen to the primary ever SEC All-Event crew in 1980 and holds the Ole Miss file of 333 profession steals. When she left Oxford, she was one among solely two gamers with 1,000 factors, 500 assists and 250 steals. In her teaching profession, Ross served for 12 seasons as the top coach of the Florida Gators the place she was chosen as SEC Coach of the 12 months twice. She turned the Ole Miss Head Ladies’s head coach in 2003 and compiled a 77-50 file over her 4 years there. The WNBA referred to as and she or he was an assistant in Atlanta earlier than taking on the Los Angeles Sparks and profitable the WNBA Coach of the 12 months award in 2012.
Patrick Surtain – An all-around athlete rising up in New Orleans, Patrick Surtain was performed quarterback, baseball, basketball, and ran monitor. He attended Southern Miss the place he was a four-year letterman as a defensive again and was the Convention USA Defensive Participant of the 12 months in 1997. He was a 2nd spherical decide by the Miami Dolphins within the 1998 draft and appeared in each sport his rookie 12 months. By his third 12 months within the league, he began all 16 video games, had 5 interceptions, pressured 2 fumbles, and had 44 tackles and 9 assists. In 2002, he was named the NFL Defensive Again of the 12 months with 6 interceptions. Surtain was a three-time Professional Bowl choice in his 11-year professional profession. He was named a Convention USA member of the Group of the Decade, is a Southern Miss Corridor of Famer, is on the Southern Miss Group of the Century, and is on the record of Dolphins All-time High 100 gamers.
Lewis Tillman – A operating again from Hazlehurst, MS, Tillman selected to play his school ball at Jackson State College for Coach W.C. Gorden. In his first school sport he ran for over 100 yards. In 1987 he was the SWAC Participant of the 12 months and first crew All-Convention. He gained 1,474 yards and broke the one season file of Walter Payton. Throughout his JSU profession he ran for greater than 100 yards nineteen instances and totaled 3,989 yards. He was a 4th spherical draft alternative of the New York Giants the place he was a member of the 1991 Giants Tremendous Bowl crew. Tillman performed 5 years with the Giants and two years with the Bears. He’s a member of the SWAC Corridor of Fame, and the JSU Corridor of Fame. He has coached soccer at each the highschool and school stage since retirement.