ST. LOUIS – Former Illinois State two-sport star Mike Prior was one of six inductees honored Friday morning at the 2020 Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame ceremony held at Stifel Theatre in downtown St. Louis.
Joining Prior in the 23rd MVC Hall of Fame class was baseball student-athlete in Bill Mueller (Missouri State); four-time NCAA track & field pole vault champion in Kylie Hutson (Indiana State); coaching legends Richard "Itchy" Jones (Southern Illinois baseball) and Phog Allen (Kansas basketball) and basketball star Larry Humes (Evansville).
Prior is the 14th Illinois State representative in the MVC Hall of Fame, joining Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw (1998), Doug Collins (1998), Cathy Boswell (2003), Will Robinson (2003), Jill Hutchison (2008), John Coughlan (2009), Linda Herman (2014), D.