LRSD Athletic Foundation Hosts One Rock Legends Hall of Fame
LITTLE ROCK, AR (October 11, 2018) – Little Rock School District Athletic Foundation will host the First Annual ONE ROCK LEGENDS HALL OF FAME luncheon event at 11:30 AM, December 5, 2018 at the Little Rock Embassy Suites. The Inaugural Class of 2018 Honorees include:
Houston Dale Nutt Jr., a graduate of Little Rock Central High School, is a former player and head football coach at several universities including the University of Arkansas Razorbacks and the Ole Miss Rebels. Today, Nutt works for CBS Sports as a college football analyst.
Sidney A. Moncrief, a graduate of Little Rock Hall High, is a retired professional NBA player. As an NCAA college basketball player, Moncrief played for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks and was drafted 5th overall basketball player after completing his collegiate career. As a professional player, Moncrief played ten seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and became a five time NBA All-Star.
DeeDee Brown-Campbell, a graduate of the Little Rock Hall and the University of Arkansas Fayetteville and is a two-time All-American in the heptathlon as a member of Arkansas’ championship track & field team. During her competition days, Brown was one of just a select few to ever earn more than 5,700 points in the heptathlon. She won two Southeastern Conference Championships and still holds five school records in the pentathlon and heptathlon competitions.
Charles Ripley, Basketball Coach of Little Rock Parkview High School lead the team to become a regional and national powerhouse in the late 1980’s to the mid 1990’s. Today he is head basketball coach and athletic director at Arkansas Baptist College. Coach Ripley is the father to thousand of student-athletes.
Oliver Elders, Basketball Coach of Little Rock’s Horace Mann and Hall High Schools, retired as the winningest active coach in the state with 656 victories and being inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame.
Wilson Matthews (posthumously), Football Coach of Little Rock Central High School became a legend in Arkansas after winning ten state championships and producing a 33-win streak in eleven years while leading the Central Tigers. He later became an assistant to Frank Broyles at the University of Arkansas. The Broyles Award Trophy depicts Matthews standing next to Broyles.
"It is long overdue that we honor those of the LRSD deserving to be recognized for their athletic achievements and accomplishments," Dr. Fitz Hill said who leads the efforts of the LRSD Foundation. “Our student-athletes need to know of those that came before them and left a path to follow and model. LRSD has a proud athletic tradition that we will continue to recognize for years to come as a way to improve our financial support to the athletic departments and while also developing the grassroots talent in middle school.
Tickets and sponsorships for the event are available by calling 501-951-1606 or by contacting fitz.hill@lrsd.org.
The Little Rock School District Athletic Foundation was created in 2017 to support strategic initiatives of the LRSD for the purposes of engaging and attracting students through extracurricular activities to ultimately compete through interscholastic competition. Students engaged in activities outside the classroom often have better rates of attendance, retention, and academic achievement.