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About SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME

For more than a century, athletes from Brevard have been considered among the finest in America and now their accomplishments will be honored and memorialized with the creation of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame. Maverick Multimedia, the parent company of Space Coast Daily, created the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame and the Class of 2020 inductees will be enshrined on Friday, May 8 during the Induction Banquet and Annual Sports Awards. Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame inductees are selected from nominees 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.

Steve Englehart Built Florida Tech Panthers Into Gulf South Conference Power From Scratch

November 12, 2020 Space Coast Daily 0

Building anything successfully from the ground floor up requires a lot of teamwork, time, work ethic and patience. […]

Sports Pioneer Julia Beckman Dedicated 35 Years To Developing Girls’ Athletics in Brevard

November 9, 2020 Maria Sonnenberg 0

Born in Merritt Island in 1927, Julia Beckman, 92, remains active, outspoken and independent. Today’s female athletes should be extremely grateful women like Beckman were there to help pave the way for them, striving on a daily basis, often tackling misconceptions and bigotry head-on in order to achieve rightful recognition her outstanding players deserved. […]

SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT: Cornett Sets All-Time Lady Mustangs Records

November 8, 2020 SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME 0

SPACE COAST DAILY TV: Meghan Cornett, a 2013 Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame inductee, earned First-Team Class 5A honors in 2001 and was also selected as a high school All-American and All-Southeast Region as the Lady Mustangs finished 23-6. She finished her career with a 0.46 earned run average while also hitting .480. […]

Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video Spotlight: Billy Horschel Four-Time All-American At UF

November 4, 2020 SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME 0

Take six feet, 175 pounds of golf talent, add a generous dash of Gator passion, and you’ve got Billy Horschel, the Grant native, whose biggest thrill was graduating in 2009 from the University of Florida, often sports the familiar orange and blue Gator tones during golf tournaments. […]

LEGACY CHAMPIONS: Monroe High School Wildcats Basketball Team Ruled During the 1960s

November 2, 2020 Steve Wilson 0

They may have been the very best Brevard County high school basketball team ever assembled. You can certainly make a case for it. Who were they? They are the Monroe High School Wildcats – Class of 1964-1965. […]

Indialantic’s Kathy Johnson Captain of Two Olympic Teams, Earned Silver Medal

November 1, 2020 SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME 0

Kathy Johnson defied the odds by competing for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. […]

WATCH: Robert Anderson Was Coach, Principal, Superintendent, Sports Official and Public Servant For Over 40 Years

October 30, 2020 Space Coast Daily 0

Robert “Bob” Anderson was a coach, principal, superintendent, sports official and served as a Rockledge City Commissioner for 20 years, including as Chair and Vice Mayor. The City of Rockledge dedicated an 80-acre recreational and dog park in his honor. […]

WATCH: 1972 Merritt Island Mustang Waldo Williams Among Brevard’s Greatest All-Around Athletes

October 29, 2020 SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME 0

Wallace “Waldo” Williams was without question one of the best all-around athletes to ever grace a Brevard County sports field. He was an integral part of what many consider the best high school football team to ever step on a Brevard County gridiron, the 1972 Merritt Island Mustangs undefeated state championship team. […]

Hall of Fame Coach Peter Blount Among Most Versatile Track Athletes in UF History

October 12, 2020 Steve Wilson 0

In the latest edition of “Sit Down with Steve” from the Space Coast Daily–Friday Night Locker Room Mike Erdman Cadillac Studios, Steve Wilson talks with Peter Blount – one of the top athletes and coaches to come out of Brevard County. He has been inducted into both the Florida Track and Field Hall of Fame and Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame. […]