Category: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame

WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2016 Inductee Leevan Sands Earned Olympic Medal in Beijing

In the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Sands earned his place at the winner’s stand with a bronze medal and also achieved his personal best jump with 17.59 meters, a record that still stands as tops in the Bahamas. By 15, Sands was already on an international team. Schools from throughout the United States were knocking at his parents’ door, wanting their high-jumping son for their own, and Florida Air Academy (Now Florida Prep) was fortunate enough to attract him in his junior year. […]

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WATCH: Rockledge High School Graduate Kaira Simmons Receives Guardian Award for Lifesaving Efforts

Kaira Simmons, an Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy and a member of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame, along with her partner, Ricardo Reyes, recently received a Guardian Award for their lifesaving efforts when responding to a call in Orlando. […]

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WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame’s Sherri France Was Among America’s Best Softball Players

Sherri “Lynnie” France is one of the best women’s softball hitters in the world – featuring legendary 400-foot tape-measure shots. A 1980 graduate of Melbourne High School, she played softball and basketball for the Bulldogs and also played college basketball at Valdosta State and Florida Tech. […]

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WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame’s Joe Brinkman Was 34-Year Major League Umpire

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. […]

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame’s Charles Wilson Shattered Colorline in Brevard County

Charles Wilson would be among the first seven African-American students to attend an all white school in Brevard County. Not only was he a talent on the football field, but he was also the first African-American captain on a public high school football team in the state of Florida. […]

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WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame’s Mike Hoctor Literally Wrote the Book On Coaching Tennis

Mike Hoctor is such a great coach that, in fact, he wrote the book, literally, on coaching tennis. He is co-author of the USTA nationally-published book, “Coaching Tennis Successfully.” Even though the book was first published in 1994, it is still in print. […]

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WATCH: Brevard County Healthcare Visionary Larry Garrison Earned Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award

Larry Garrison’s love of sports, advocacy of Space Coast sports and his ongoing support of community fitness through Health First’s fitness centers earned him a place as a founding member of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame review board at its inception in 2011.
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WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Willie ‘Ric-Rac’ Was Wright Magical On the Field, Court

Many years have passed since Wille “Ric-Rac” Wright attended the African-American only Monroe High School in the early 1960s, but his former coach says watching Wright on the field and the basketball court was magical. […]

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Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Profile: Randy Pobst Honed Driving Skills as Teenager in Brevard

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. […]

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WATCH: Lynisha Nelson Joined Brother Reggie Nelson in Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame

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. […]

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VIDEO: Space Coast Sports Hall of Famer Charles ‘Phil’ Smith Was First Scholarship Athlete at Eastern Florida State

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. […]

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SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT: Brevard’s Bunny Cederlund Was Iconic Masters Swimmer

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. […]

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WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame’s Sherri France Was Among Best Softball Players In America

Sherri “Lynnie” France is one of the best women’s softball hitters in the world – featuring legendary 400-foot tape-measure shots. A 1980 graduate of Melbourne High School, she played softball and basketball for the Bulldogs and also played college basketball at Valdosta State and Florida Tech. […]

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