TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Indiana State Department of Athletics announced its 29^th Sycamore Hall of Fame class Wednesday. The 2021 Hall of Fame class features Shannon Jackson (Football), Sean Manaea (Baseball), Lauren Martin (Track & Field) and Darcy Wood (Softball). The distinguished, four-person class will be formally inducted during a ceremony surrounding a men's basketball home contest in January. Details will be provided in the near future.
 
For the first time in Indiana State Athletics history, ten other Sycamores will go into the Hall of Fame as Pioneer members, including Leon Casey Blake (Men's Track & Field), Dan Dimich (Men's Basketball), William 'Babe' Holland (Baseball), Jeff James (Baseball), Don Jennings (Baseball), Ken Kinney (Men's Track & Field), Debbie Manning (Bowling), Don McDonald (Men's Basketball), Phil Teegarden (Football) and Wally Webb (Football/Basketball/Track & Field).
 
Pioneer inductees are those that have been an ISU Hall of Fame nominee consistently over the past 40 years. Pioneer classes will be inducted once every five years.
 
Shannon Jackson - Football - 1996-1999

• Held record for career sacks (24)
• Preseason First Team All-America (1999)
• Second Team All-American TeamLink.com Division I-AA (1999)
• Third Team All-American Don Hansen Football Gazette (1997)
• Third Team All-American The Sporting News (1999)
• Two-time First Team All-Gateway Football Conference (1997, 1999)
• Second Team All-Gateway Football Conference (1998)
• Academic All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (1998)
• Two-time team captain

 
Sean Manaea - Baseball - 2010-2013

• Two-time All-Missouri Valley Conference Second Team (2012, 2013)
• American Baseball Coaches Association All-Region (2013)
• Third career strikeouts (290)
• Led team in strikeouts (2011, 2012, 2013); earned run average (1.47 – 2013), tied wins (5 -2013)
• First season ERA (1.47 – 2013); tied second in games started (17 – 2012); tied fourth strikeouts (115); ninth innings pitched (105.0)
• Sixth career ERA (3.13); games started (45)
• Eighth in career innings pitched (262.2)
• Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 2013
• Major League debut April 29, 2016 with the Oakland Athletics

 
Lauren Martin - Women's Track & Field - 2007-2010

• A four-time NCAA All-American (2009 Indoor & Outdoor Triple Jump; 2010 Indoor & Outdoor Triple Jump)
• School records: Indoor long jump (19-11.75 – 2010); Indoor triple jump (43-10.50 – 2010); Outdoor long jump (20-04.25 – 2009); Outdoor triple jump (44-04.75 – 2009)
• Three-time All-Missouri Valley Conference Indoor (2008, 2009, 2010)
• Four-time All-Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
• Three-time All-Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete (2008, 2009, 2010)
• Olympic Trials participant triple jump (2008)

 
Darcy Wood - Softball - 2005-2009

• First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference (2006, 2009)
• First Team Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete (2009)
• Missouri Valley Conference All-tournament team (2009)
• Led Missouri Valley Conference strikeouts (264 – 2006); conference only games (155 – 2006); innings pitched (242.2 – 2006; 248.2 – 2007)
• Career Records: 1st appearances (168); starts (129); complete games (83); wins (60); innings pitched (931.2); saves (6); strikeouts per 7 innings (7.78)
• Season Records: 1st wins (21 – 2006); strikeouts per 7 innings (8.88 – 2008); complete games (32 – 2006); innings pitched (248.2 – 2007); strikeouts (266 – 2007)
• Philadelphia Force – National Pro Fastpitch League (2010)

 
Inaugural Pioneer Class Hall of Fame Members
 
Leon Casey Blake - Track & Field - 1915-1917

• First African American Student-Athlete at Indiana State
• Born in 1894, nicknamed 'Speed'
• Competed for Indiana State Normal (1915)
• Individual Champion Dakota Division Des Moines Meet (1926)
• Set record at Topeka Kansas meet 100-yard dash (10.2 – 1929)
• Second in 220-yard dash (22.7 - 1929)
• A graduate of Indiana State College, Blake spoke German and Latin fluently

 
Dan Dimich - Men's Basketball - 1947-1950

• Center 1949-50 NAIB national championship team, 1948-49 national runner-up team
• Named 1950 All-Tournament Team
• NAIB All-American (1950)
• Shares record most games played in a season (35 - 1949-50)
• Team inducted into Indiana State University Athletics Hall of Fame September 9, 2000
• Also competed in cross country under coach David Glascock
• Played for Hall of Famers John Wooden (1946-48), John Longfellow (1948-1950)
• World War II veteran (US Navy 1944-1946)
• South Bend Washington High School Hall of Fame
• Education for 37 years, Coaching 23 years

 
William 'Babe' Holland - Baseball - 1923-1925 // Track & Field/Coach -1920-1925

• Three-year letter winning sprinter and hurdler, competed in decathlon.
• Member of the 'Wonder Team' (1925)
• Set school standard in 100-yard dash (10.1 – 1925)
• Starting left fielder in baseball given nickname 'Babe'
• Earned master's degree Indiana State Teacher's College (1933)
• Jack Yates Senior High School in Houston, Texas, teaching physical education and coach all sports (1927)
• Won Texas Negro High School Football title (1930)
• Appointed principal of Jack Yates School (1941)
• Principal of James D. Ryan Middle School (1958)
• William Holland Middle School, Houston Texas named in his honor

 
Jeff 'Jesse' James - Baseball - 1959

• Played one season at Indiana State (1959)
• Named to Indianapolis Washington High School All-time baseball team
• Major League Debut April 13, 1968 for Philadelphia Phillies
• Appeared in 35 games for Philadelphia Phillies (1968-1969)
• Shutout the Chicago Cubs (7-17-1968)
• Struck out 104 batters in 35 games as a professional

 
Don Jennings - Baseball/Coach - 1955-1956

• Played for Coach Wally Marks at Indiana State
• Won two Western Indiana Conference titles
• Terre Haute North High School Head baseball coach
• Compiled 370-149 record (1971-1986)
• IHSAA State Champion (1973)
• President of IHSBCA (1980, 1981)
• Indiana High School Baseball Coach of the Year (1986)
• Region 4 High School Coach of the Year - National High School Athletic Association (1987)
• Indiana Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1988)
• Dick Martin Coaches Award (1996)
• Excellence in Education Award - Vigo County Education Foundation (1997)

 
Ken Kinney - Men's Track & Field - 1946-1949

• Set school record 440-yard dash
• Member of Mile Relay team went undefeated (1949), won Little State Meet (3:26.8 – 1949)
• Earned master's degree Art Education (1949)
• Teacher
• Art and photography teacher, track coach at Homewood-Flossmoor High School
• Served U.S. Army in World War II

 
Debbie Manning - Bowling - 1974-1977

• Top Collegiate Bowler Women's Intercollegiate Bowling Championships (1974)
• U.S. Team Trials participant World Bowling Championships in London (1975)
• All Events Title Hoosier Classic at Indiana University (1974)
• Highest Average (1976)
• Member of National Collegiate Championship Team (1976)
• 42 game average of 166.2 (1975)
• Season high series (577) – 1975
• Single-game best (235 – 1975)
• 20^th best bowler in the world (1975)

 
Don McDonald - Men's Basketball - 1947-1950

• School record most game appearances (126)
• Led team in scoring 1949-50 season (461 - 13.2 ppg)
• Shares record most games played in a season (35 - 1949-50)
• Named NAIB All-Tournament team (1950)
• Played for Hall of Famers John Wooden (1946-48), John Longfellow (1948-1950)
• 1948-49 team finished fourth at NAIB Tournament at Kansas City, Mo.
• 1949-50 team won NAIB Championships at Kansas City, Mo., with a 61-57 victory over East Central Oklahoma.
• Team was inducted into the Indiana State University Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 9, 2000

 
Phil Teegarden - Football - 1955-1957

• Three-year letterman (1955-1957)
• 44 years as high school head coach (261-178)
• Elkhart Memorial High School (10), South Bend Riley High School (2), South Bend St. Joseph High School (19), North Liberty High School (2), Green Township High School (1), Greene Township La Salle High School (3)
• Moose Krause Chapter Hall of Fame Contributions to Football
• Indiana State Coach of the Year (1980)
• Sportswriters and Sportscasters NIC Coach of the Year (1988)
• Head Coach IFCA North All-Stars (1998)
• South Bend Tribune Coach of the Year (1998)

 
Wally Webb - Football/Basketball/Track & Field - 1958-1960

• Three-year letter winner in football, basketball and track
• Led Indiana Collegiate Conference in receiving (1959)
• Second team All-Indiana Collegiate Conference (1959)
• Second team rebounding (1959-60)
• Bachelor of Science Biological Sciences and Physical Education
• Master of Science in Education
• Taught Biology, coached Football, Basketball Crispus Attucks and George Washington High Schools in Indianapolis
• Administrator for US Department of Education's Drug Free Schools Program
• Grants Coordinator Kentucky Department of Education's School-to-Work Program
• Founding Director of St. Paul Adult Learning Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

 
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