Ridgeland to host third annual Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony, banquet

The Ridgeland High School Athletic Hall of Fame will host their third annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet on May 14, 2022. The event will take place at 6 p. m. at Ridgeland High School.

The banquet and ceremony will include dinner, induction of the third class of the Ridgeland Athletic Hall of Fame, and presentation of the Vonn Bell Athlete of the Year award. Bell, the award’s namesake, is slated to present the awards.

Members of Ridgeland’s third class to be inducted into the Hall of Fame were nominated by the community and selected by the Hall of Fame committee. Nominations will continue to be taken yearly and will be active for a period of three years.

This year’s induction class features Mason Harris, Krista Seckinger, Nigel Nicholas, Rodney Stoker,

David Stoker, Daniel Johnson, Jerry Kingsley, Nathan Guerrero, Stasha Morton Joyce, Lacey Wilson, and Travis Allison.

Over the course of the 2021-22 school year, coaches from all sports at Ridgeland have participated in a Student-athlete of the Month program. All students who received a monthly award are eligible to receive the Vonn Bell Athlete of the Year Award, which will be given at the Hall of Fame Banquet.

Vonn Bell Award finalists will be announced on Friday, April 1.

Tickets and tables will be sold to the public beginning Tuesday, March 17. Individual tickets will be $ 30, or whole tables of eight can be purchased for $275.

To purchase tickets to the banquet, call the front office at (706) 820-3109. For other questions, contact Lindsay Tahler at lindsaytahler@walkerschools. org.