Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Relocates To EFSC

By  //  December 8, 2013

LOCATED ON MELBOURNE CAMPUS Athletic Building

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Organizing Committee has reached an agreement with the leadership of Eastern Florida State College for the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame to be located in the Main Athletics Building on the college’s Melbourne Campus.

For more than a century, athletes from Brevard County have been considered among the finest in America and their accomplishments are honored and immortalized by the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame.

CLASS OF 2014 TO BE HONORED MAY 9

Maverick Multimedia, the parent company of Space Coast Medicine & Healthy Living magazine and SpaceCoastDaily.com created the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame, with support from Space Coast Sports Promotions and Bright House Networks.

EASTERN FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE President Dr. Jim Richey, Melbourne Campus Provost Sandy Handfield and Athletic Director Jeff Carr cut the ribbon to officially unveil the new gymnasium floor in the Athletic Building at the Melbourne Campus. (EFSC image)
EASTERN FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE President Dr. Jim Richey, Melbourne Campus Provost Sandy Handfield and Athletic Director Jeff Carr cut the ribbon to officially unveil the new gymnasium floor in the Athletic Building at the Melbourne Campus. (EFSC image)

Nominees are inducted annually in four categories including professional sports, college sports, high school sports and amateur sports. Special honorary recognition is also bestowed upon individuals and groups that have made significant contributions to sports on the Space Coast.

It is planned that the commemorative portraits of each Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame inductee will be on display in the Athletic Building on the Melbourne Campus of Eastern Florida State College, formerly Brevard Community College. Memorabilia, mementos and items defining sports on the Space Coast will also be exhibited.

2014 Sports Hall of Fame Induction Set For May 9

The installation of the portraits of the first three years of inductees will be completed in January of 2014.

SCSHOF-COVER-400)The 2014 class will be honored at the May 9 Induction Ceremony and Banquet and then their portraits will be installed shortly thereafter.

The  2014 Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony will take place at the Cocoa Beach Country Club on Friday, May 9, 2014.

The festivities include a meet and greet with the area’s sports royalty, dinner, and the induction proceeding which includes compelling video tributes of each of the inductees.

FOR INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION to the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame call 321-615-8111 or e-mail MaverickMultimedia@gmail.com

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