The eight new inductees will be honored June 21-23 during the 2007 Hall of Fame Induction Celebration in Natchitoches, home of the Hall of Fame since 1972. Their enshrinement next summer will increase membership in the state sports Hall of Fame to only 253 men and women since the shrine, located in Natchitoches, was established in 1958 and inaugural members Gaynell Tinsley, Mel Ott and Tony Canzoneri were elected. The class was chosen by a 30-member Louisiana Sports Writers Association panel that considered 126 candidates in 22 different sports categories. A two-time all-SEC selection (1948, 1949), he played in the NBA for the Tri-City Blackhawks from 1949-51. Perkins is also member of the Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame. He was a three-sport Tulane letterwinner and set scoring records for the Green Wave. He was the first basketball player enshrined in the Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977 as one of 11 charter members and is also a member of the Sugar Bowl Hall of Fame.
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Perkins' class includes Pat Swilling, Brian Mitchell and Stan Humphries, along with recently enshrined Baseball Hall of Fame member Willard Brown, Joel Hawkins of Baton Rouge-Southern Lab, Louisiana's all-time winningest high school boys basketball coach, along with women's basketball pioneer Kim Perrot of Lafayette and Olympic gold medalist Esther Jones, who is LSU's most decorated track and field athlete of all-time.Īn iconic sports figure in New Orleans as an athlete and civic leader, Perkins was an All-America basketball player at Tulane (1945-49), and he was a first-round NBA Draft pick in the early days of that pro league.
At the conclusion of the year, Coach Opperman was lauded as the Atlantic 10 Co-Coach of the Year while senior Sherene Lemonias was tabbed to the All-Conference team.Former Tulane basketball All-American and TU Hall of Fame member Warren Perkins has been chosen for the 2007 induction class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Henry) who signed National Letters of Intent in the early signing period.ĭuquesne finished 16-10 overall, 8-8 in the Atlantic 10 this past season marking the team's most wins since the 1996 season. Tinsley joins Jessica Eckert (New Bremen, Ohio/New Bremen), Stephanie Hopkins (Tonawanda, N.Y./Sweet Home) and Diana Wuebker (St. Tinsley lettered in basketball as well earning 2001 All-Southwest special mention honors and was named a Cincinnati Enquirer All-Star Team selection.Ī member of the National Honor Society, she plans to major in pre-med at Duquesne. She also was named a FAVC Athlete of the Week. Tinsley reigned as the 2001 FAVC statistical leader in blocks (105) and kills (225) and was eighth in digs with 130. She was chosen for the Southwest Ohio Senior Showcase this past season and is a four-year letterwinner. Tinsley, a 6-0 middle hitter, is a three-time first team All-Fort Ancient Valley Conference (FAVC) selection and team MVP. Duquesne University's head women's volleyball coach Steve Opperman has announced the signing of Monica Tinsley (Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods) to a National Letter of Intent for the 2002 season.
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