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There are many talented inductees that were inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame. Donna Murphy, UK Student Support Coordinator earned her spot in the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame from her achievements in basketball at Newport High school in northern Kentucky and then again at the collegiate level at Morehead State University

Kentucky is not a stranger to sports getting attention. The football and basketball teams of Kentucky have always caught attention of fans. With the hardest football schedule ever attempted by a Kentucky team and with what seemed to be a great amount of good material the 1919 team played great football in certain games and let down just as consistently in others. The year of 1919-1920 basketball season, the basketball team are out to win the state championship. Several letter men are back and a number of good High School players are out for the team.

The criteria to get into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame comes straight from the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame website. To be considered for nomination you need to be a Kentucky native and must have lived in Kentucky long enough to have participated in the sport he/she is considered for. The age guidelines are if they are an athlete it needs to be their first year after retirement; or age 40 if still competing, if he/she is a coach they need to be at least 50 years of age, if she/he are apart of media they need to have been apart of the media for at least 25 years, and lastly if she/he is an official they need to have 25 years of experience and retired. For the selection criteria they need to have made a major impact on sports in Kentucky, and Kentucky native who distinguished themselves at a high level in sports activity outside the commonwealth of kentucky.