Standout basketball player Lynisha Nelson has joined her brother, former Palm Bay Pirate, Florida Gator and two-time All-Pro Reggie Nelson, in the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame. […]
From the time he played baseball in Rockledge Little League, until his All-American career at Nova Southeastern University, Class of 2021 Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame inductee Bryan Cook was an impact player and a special talent. […]
RANDY POBST WAS A 30 YEAR RESIDENT of Brevard County, graduating from Melbourne High School in 1975. To date, he has won nearly 100 professional road races and 10 professional championships and is a journalist for Motor Trend magazine. […]
A long time member of the Florida Aquatic Combined Team, Cederlund, a truly iconic Masters swimmer and inspiration to us all as we age, was a great swimmer in her youth and returned to competition in the late 1980s. […]
Don “The Dragon” Wilson won state, U.S. and world titles in the full-contact middleweight division. […]
Billy Stein, who played 14 seasons with four different clubs in MLB, played in all of the local leagues in Cocoa – Little League, Babe Ruth, Legion Ball and Connie Mack before going on to play for Cocoa High. […]
Legendary knuckleballer Tim Wakefield stood before a sold-out crowd of friends, fans and admirers at the inaugural Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame induction in 2012 and searched for words to describe his feelings at the moment. […]
Prominent Space Coast doctor, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame member, and Washington Nationals physician Dr. Bruce J. Thomas II died May 2 due to complications following a recent surgical procedure. […]
Dr. Jim Richey recognized a need on the Space Coast when he was named president of Eastern Florida State College in 2012. […]
Charles “Phil” Smith graduated From Cocoa High School in 1961 after earning a triple trifecta of nine varsity letters, three each in football, basketball and track. He was also named All State in football and basketball. […]
Wasdinisms – they flow from Tom Wasdin effortlessly as he talks of sports and life. In the book about his life – written by local journalist and fellow Space Coast Sports Hall of Famer Peter Kerasotis – Once a Coach, Always a Coach – it said, “Wasdin appreciated the job and opportunity to impact lives at such a young age, when the clay is soft and moldable. […]
As a major league umpire for 34 years, Joe Brinkman left an indelible – and sometimes controversial – mark on the game.From 1985 to 1998, he was the owner of the Joe Brinkman Umpire School in Cocoa, where he and other professionals instructed umpires who are currently making calls in major and minor league games. […]
