The Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame added legends from its sports history on Sunday, May 4, when it inducted its Class of 2025 at the Silver Spring Civic Building in Downtown Silver Spring. Selected to join 29 previous honorees were 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.
Among those who spoke at the event are Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, County Council President Kate Stewart and Councilmember Gabe Albornoz.
The ceremonies also included the awarding of the Sports Hall of Fame’s first “Lifetime Achievement Award.” It was presented posthumously to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who in 1962 founded Special Olympics on the grounds of her Rockville home. Her son, Mark Shriver, accepted the award on behalf of the Shriver family. > 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.