The Alabama Sports Writers Association will become part of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame as a plaque recognizing ASWA Hall of Fame inductees will be unveiled during the organization’s 50th anniversary celebration this summer.
The plaque, which will include 2022 inductees Cecil Hurt and Mark McCarter, will be seen for the first time the ASWA annual summer convention, which will be at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame on June 12.
“It feels like we’re going home,” ASWA president Christopher Walsh said. “We can’t thank the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, and director Scott Myers, for helping make this happen.”
The annual awards dinner and banquet will be held later that night at the Hilton Birmingham at UAB.
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This year’s ceremony will honor both Hurt and McCarter, the 50 Legends of the Alabama Sports Writers Association, the athletes of the year plus the Mr. Baseball, Miss Softball and the Jimmy Smothers Courage Award.
This year’s winners of the ASWA Presidents’ Award and the Bill Shelton Award will also be announced.
50th Anniversary ASWA Convention and Awards Banquet
Membership and Dues
The Awards Banquet
Rooms and Reservations
RSVP
The 50 Legends
(In Alphabetical Order)
- Sam Adams
- Tom Arenberg
- Clyde Bolton
- Mike Bolton
- Al Browning
- Jerry Bryan
- Jimmy Bryan
- Al Burleson
- Paul Cox
- Gregg DeWalt
- Bill Easterling
- Paul Finebaum
- Charles Goldberg
- Rubin Grant
- Hoyt Harwell
- Wayne Hester
- Tommy Hicks
- Charles Hollis
- Cecil Hurt
- Ron Ingram
- Jon Johnson
- Don Kausler Jr.
- Randy Kennedy
- Charles Land
- Stacy Long
- Bill Lumpkin
- Kathy Lumpkin
- Wayne Martin
- Benny Marshall
- Phillip Marshall
- Kirk McNair
- Mark McCarter
- Ray Melick
- Max Moseley
- Zipp Newman
- Bob Phillips
- John Pruett
- Kevin Scarbinsky
- Doug Segrest
- George Smith
- Bill Shelton
- Jimmy Smothers
- Jon Solomon
- Creg Stephenson
- Naylor Stone
- Ben Thomas
- Alf Van Hoose
- Christopher Walsh
- Ronald Weathers
- John Zenor
