Category: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame

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BREVARD MASTERS: Space Coast Daily TV Profiles Legendary Space Coast Entrepreneur Tom Wasdin

On By Charles Parker

Space Coast Daily’s “Brevard Masters” series continues with an in-depth discussion with legendary Brevard County entrepreneur and champion basketball coach Tom Wasdin. […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Featured Story General Homepage Lee Hathaway SCDTV Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

Lee Hathaway’s Lifelong Dedication to Hockey Earned Him Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Induction

On By Maria Sonnenberg

You can find Lee Hathaway at the Space Coast IcePlex, where every week he plays pick-up games of hockey with players as young as 16. This may not seem like a big deal, but consider that Hathaway will soon be 76 and he wears an artificial hip, and an old one at that. […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Featured Story Homepage Larry Garrison Lifetime Achievement Award SCDTV Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

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

On By Dr. Jim Palrmo, Editor-in Chief

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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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Featured Story Homepage SCDTV Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Steve Freeman Video

SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Steve Freeman Lead Florida Tech to a National Soccer Championship

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Steve Freeman was the first of many highly talented soccer “imports” during the legendary reign of Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame member and legendary Florida Tech coach Richard Stottler. […]

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Categories : 1972 Merritt Island Football Team Brevard News Brevard Sports News Featured Story General Homepage SCDTV slider Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

BREVARD FOOTBALL HISTORY: 1972 Merritt Island Mustangs Considered Space Coast’s GOAT Prep Football Team

On By Peter Kerasotis

2018 SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME LEGACY TEAM: The 1972 state champion Merritt Island Mustangs, which is considered to be the greatest prep football team of all time on the Space Coast, went 13-0 en route to a state championship.  […]

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SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT: Astronaut High’s Wilber Marshall Was All-American and Super Bowl Champ

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Wilbur Marshall’s performance on the high school football fields of Central Florida was a harbinger of things to come in the Hall of Fame career of the man who is clearly one of, if not the Space Coast’s greatest football player ever. […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Ella Stephan Featured Story Homepage SCDTV Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame’s Ella Stephan Was 6-Year Starter at Satellite High, Standout at FSU

On By Maria Sonnenberg

As a senior at Satellite High, Ella Stephan was named Gatorade Player of the Year, All-Space Coast Player of the Year, a Parade All-American and received the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award. […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Dr. Jim Richey EFSC Featured Story Homepage SCDTV Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame’s Dr. Jim Richey Established Eastern Florida State as Athletic Juggernaut

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Dr. Jim Richey recognized a need on the Space Coast when he was named president of Eastern Florida State College in 2012. […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Events Featured Story Homepage SCDTV slider Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video Willie 'Ric-Rac' Wright

WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2016 Inductee Willie ‘Ric-Rac’ Was Wright Magical On the Field, Court

On By Maria Sonnenberg

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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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Featured Story Homepage Leevan Sands SCDTV slider Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

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

On By Maria Sonnenberg

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: Space Coast Sports Hall of Famer, Cocoa High Graduate, Bob Anderson Was Consensus All-American at West Point

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SPACE COAST DAILY TV SPORTS HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT: Bob Anderson, a 1956 graduate of Cocoa High and Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2012 inductee might have been Brevard County’s finest athlete. […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Homepage Kirk Stewart Reggie Hannah SCDTV slider Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

WATCH: Reggie Hannah Starred at UF, Legendary at Titusville Where His Jersey Number Is Retired

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Under Titusville coach Kirk Stewart’s guidance, Reggie Hannah would arguably become the greatest basketball player to ever dribble a ball on a Brevard County court, leading the Terriers to two state basketball appearances in the mid-1970s. Hannah started immediately at UF and averaged double-digit points and nearly nine rebounds a game in his first two years. His junior season was even more impressive as he averaged 17 points a game. Hannah was inducted into the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.  […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Dr. Joe Lee Smith Eastern Florida State College Featured Story Homepage SCDTV slider Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video Video of the Day

WATCH: Dr. Joe Lee Smith is Brevard Sports Development Pioneer, Florida A&M Hall of Famer

On By Maria Sonnenberg

The lessons taught by sports provide a philosophy of life for Dr. Joe Lee Smith, educator, advocate and mentor. […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Featured Story Homepage Jimmy Black SCDTV slider Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

WATCH: Jimmy Black Was at Helm of 1972 Mustangs, Most Prolific Prep Football Team in Brevard History

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Jimmy Black led the most prolific prep football team in the history of Brevard County – the 1972 Merritt Island Mustangs. […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Featured Story Grant Street Community Center Homepage Melbourne High School SCDTV Sherri France slider Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

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

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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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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Featured Story Homepage Kaitlin Shriver Donner SCDTV slider Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame’s Kaitlin Shriver Donner Among World’s Best Triathletes

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Kaitlin Shriver Donner began racing triathlon professionally while finishing her bachelors in Exercise Physiology, and starting Physical Therapy school at UF. Since then, she has graduated with her Doctorate of Physical Therapy, and qualified for the USA Triathlon National Team. […]

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Categories : Astronaut High School Brevard News Brevard Sports News Chicago Bears Featured Story Homepage prep football SCDTV slider Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame University of Florida Video Washington Redskins Wilber Marshall

SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT: Astronaut High’s Wilber Marshall Was All-American and Super Bowl Champ

On By Space Coast Daily

Wilbur Marshall’s performance on the high school football fields of Central Florida was a harbinger of things to come in the Hall of Fame career of the man who is clearly one of, if not the Space Coast’s greatest football player ever. […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Featured Story Homepage SCDTV Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Steve Freeman Video

SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME: All-American Steve Freeman Lead Florida Tech to Soccer National Championship

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Steve Freeman was the first of many highly talented soccer “imports” during the legendary reign of Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame member and legendary Florida Tech coach Richard Stottler. […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Cocoa High School Featured Story Homepage James Folston SCDTV slider Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video Spotlight: James Folston Enjoyed Seven Year Pro Football Career

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James Folston only played one season of varsity football at Cocoa High School, but he had a feeling for years that he was destined to play after high school. Folston earned a scholarship to Northeast Louisiana University and then played five years with the Raiders (1994-1998) and two with the Arizona Cardinals (1999-2000). […]

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Categories : Brevard News Brevard Sports News Featured Story Fred Gay Homepage SCDTV Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Video

WATCH: Brevard Entrepreneur, Philanthropist Fred Gay Honored With Special Tribute By the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame

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Fred Gay, former owner of Quality Pontiac/Buick/GMC, was one of the most respected, accomplished and influential business leaders and philanthropists in the Brevard Conty community for more than 45 years. Among his most impactful legacies was his support of the Eastern Florida State College athletic programs, and in 2008, EFSC paid homage to him by renaming their golf facility in Cocoa, “The Fred Gay Golf Academy.” […]

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