By TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame banquet is on the move, returning to its home at the Roaden University Center's Multipurpose Room.
The event was originally scheduled to take place at Stevens Street Baptist Church, but with a change of scheduling, the banquet has returned to campus.
The hall of fame ceremony, part of Tech's Homecoming festivities, will be held on this Friday, Oct. 21, with the inductees also recognized on the Golden Eagles' football game against Southeast Missouri the next day.
The Class of 2016 includes:
- Lori Bayless was a three-time member of the All-OVC First Team and OVC All-Tournament Teams while pitching for the Golden Eagle softball team from 2001 to 2004. Named OVC Tournament MVP as a junior and OVC Pitcher of the Year as a senior, she led Tech to two OVC Championships in her career. She represents the program's career ERA leader, boasting a mark of 1.23 in four seasons and is the only Golden Eagle with multiple no-hitters in postseason play.
- Marcia Borys served the Tech Athletics Department in an administrative role for more than 25 years, joining the staff in 1976 after five years with the University's Business Office, and retiring in 2001. Serving in roles from Administrative Assistant for Business and Finance to Associate Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator, her budget management and financial strategy, not to mention leadership with the adoption of Title IX, proved invaluable to the department.
- Jillian Burns Elliott used her four-year career from 2002 to 2005 to post 10 school records and cement herself as the greatest goal scorer in program history. The league's Freshman of the Year in 2002 and two-time All-OVC First Team honoree, she ranked in the top 20 nationally in goals as a senior. Thanks to achievements such as owning four of the program's six hat tricks, Burns Elliott still ranks as the program's career leader in both points and goals scored by wide margins.
- Emily Christian Hughes spent her entire four-year career from 2002 to 2006 becoming a three-time All-OVC First Team selection and four-time OVC All-Tournament Team member. She took home OVC Player of the Year honors as a senior while leading Tech to a regular season title and captured OVC Freshman of the Year and All-OVC Second Team honors in her career as well. She still ranks in the top 10 in school history in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots and owns the OVC record for single-game field goal percentage.
- Allison Clark used her three-year playing career from 1999 to 2002 to drain more 3-pointers in both a single season and career than any other player in OVC history. She helped lead the Golden Eagles to three OVC titles, earning All-Tournament honors twice and All-OVC Second Team honor. The recipient of the 2000 Ed Steitz Award, annually given to the nation's best 3-point shooter, she returned to Tech in the role of assistant coach in 2012.
Tickets to the Hall of Fame Dinner and Homecoming football game are available through the Athletics ticket office in the Eblen Center or by calling (931) 372-3940. Reservations must be made for the dinner, with tickets set for $25 each.
