The Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame will add legends from its sports history and some of its newest accomplished stars when it inducts its Class of 2025 at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at the Silver Spring Civic Building in Downtown Silver Spring. Selected to join 29 previous honorees are Olympic gold medal-winning triple jumper Thea LaFond, U.S. national soccer team player Oguchi Onyewu, lacrosse all-time great player and executive Paul Rabil, Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey player Haley Skarupa, football coach Al Thomas (posthumously) and NFL tight end/running back Bob Windsor. > Read More
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Founder of Special Olympics, to be Honored Posthumously with ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by County Sports Hall of Fame
The Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame (MCSHF), which will induct the six new members in its Class of 2025 on Sunday, May 4, has announced that its first “Lifetime Achievement Award” will be presented posthumously that day to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who in 1962 founded Special Olympics on the grounds of her Rockville home. The ceremonies will be held at 4 p.m. on May 4 at the Silver Spring Civic Building in Downtown Silver Spring.
In 1957, Mrs. Shriver assumed leadership over the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, which aims to seek the prevention of intellectual disability by identifying its causes, and to improve how society engages with citizens who have intellectual disabilities. In her role, Eunice organized the development of the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development in 1962, the creation of major centers for the study of medical ethics at Harvard and Georgetown universities and pioneered the “Community of Caring” concept as a character-education program for teens.
“Our mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, was a pioneer in the worldwide struggle for rights and acceptance for people with intellectual disabilities,” said her son, Mark Shriver, who will be accepting the award on behalf of the Shriver family. “In 1962, she first invited young people with intellectual disabilities to a summer day camp she hosted in her backyard, right here in Maryland. Known as ‘Camp Shriver,’ the initiative developed to become Special Olympics—the world’s largest sports movement for people with intellectual disabilities. On behalf of my siblings and myself, I will be honored to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame at the birthplace of her vision for equality, equity and dignity for a community that had been marginalized for far too long.” > Read More
Brett Riley, Muhammad Arif Wali, Caprina Pipion-Williams to Receive ‘Unsung Sports Heroes Awards’ on May 4
Brett Riley, Muhammad Arif Wali and Caprina Pipion-Williams, each of whom has dedicated significant efforts to better sports experiences for people around them, will receive an “Unsung Sports Heroes Awards” at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at the event in which the Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame will induct its new Class of 2025 members. > Read More
Sports Hall of Fame Names High School Football Coaching Legend Bob Milloy as New Chair, Sets Future Goals for Organization
The Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame, which was founded in 2019, in 2024 named high school football coaching legend Bob Milloy as the new chair of its board of directors. Ever since taking the position, Coach Milloy has led an energetic and aggressive program to take the six-year-old Sports Hall of Fame, whose first classes of inductees have included some of the top names associated with County sports, to increased prominence. > Read More
Members of Sports Hall of Fame
2024 – No induction ceremony.
2023 – The Class of 2023 included high school football coach Jim Fegan, high school football coach John Harvill, basketball standout Tracy Jackson, soccer player Joanna Lohman, tennis star Harold Solomon and broadcaster Scott Van Pelt. See the video of the induction ceremonies here.
2022 – The Class of 2022 included high school lacrosse coach Rob Bordley, Maryland and NBA basketball star Steve Francis, distance runner Sally Glynn Hauser, baseball player Clarence “Pint” Isreal, shortstop/outfielder Sonny Jackson and reporter/broadcaster Tim Kurkjian. See the video of the induction ceremonies here.
2021 – The Class of 2021 included Penn State and NFL Pro Bowl running back Richie Anderson, golfer and former PGA Commissioner Deane Beman, NFL legendary linebacker Mike Curtis, basketball standout and coach Charlene Thomas-Swinson, University of Maryland and professional basketball star Greivis Vasquez. See the video of the induction ceremonies here.
2020 – The Class of 2020 included broadcaster and voice of Maryland athletics Johnny Holliday, baseball player Curtis Pride, field hockey coach Amy Wood, NFL and Major League Baseball star Tom Brown, tennis star Jeri Ingram and high school and University of Maryland football coach Roy Lester. See the video of the induction ceremonies here.
2019 – The Class of 2019 included Olympic medal-winning gymnast Dominique Dawes, swimming world record holder and Olympic champion Katie Ledecky, Maryland high school football’s winningest coach Bob Milloy, college and professional soccer star Bruce Murray, Ohio State all-America and NFL Pro Bowl cornerback Shawn Springs and baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Walter “Big Train” Johnson. Learn more about them here.