By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
TopSports.News, in partnership with A-1 Lock and Key, Washburn University, Capital Label, Peggy's Tax and Accounting and the Jamie Hornbaker State Farm Insurance Agency, will host the 19th annual Topeka Shawnee County Sports Awards/Hall of Fame induction ceremony on June 26, 2024 at Washburn's Memorial Union.
For the fourth straight year TopSports.news will serve as host for the Sports Awards/Hall of Fame banquet, a longstanding tradition for the Topeka and Shawnee County sports community.
The ceremony will highlight Shawnee County high school senior student-athletes’ achievements throughout the 2023-2024 school year along with the induction of the 2024 Topeka Shawnee County Hall of Fame class.
Schools have been asked to submit nominees with a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average for both female and male candidates for the fall, winter and spring seasons as well as nominees for most inspirational athlete. Overall outstanding male and female athletes for 2023-2024 will also be named.
Also recognized will be an outstanding female and male athlete from Washburn University.
The four-member 2024 Hall of Fame class and the '24 Washburn University Athletes of the Year will be announced on TopSports.news in the coming days.
The high school nominees for the 10 Shawnee County high schools will be announced in June after the conclusion of the spring sports season.
A committee of local media members will select the 2024 winners, including the selection of overall female and male athletes of the year.
The June 26 event kicks off in the Memorial Union with a Hall of Fame reception at 5 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and the presentation of awards.
Each nominee will receive a complimentary ticket.
Tickets will go on sale on May 1. Tickets are $30 per person, prior to June 15, 2024, and $35 per person from June 16-22 (ticket sales end June 22). Tickets include dinner.
For more information or to purchase tickets go to www.TopSports.news or call 785-633-8448
Washburn Rural's Brooklyn DeLeye and Highland Park's Tre Richardson were named outstanding female and male high school athletes in 2023.
The 2023 Hall of Fame Class was headlined by PBA Hall of Famer Chris Barnes, former Topeka High and Kansas star Crystal Kemp and Washburn Rural coaching legend Kevin Bordewick.
