UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart, and Sue Feamster, a pioneer of women’s varsity athletics at UK, have been named to the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022, the school announced on Thursday.
Comprising the 45th KSHOF class are Barnhart, Feamster, Michael Bush, football star at Louisville Male High School, the University of Louisville and in the NFL in the early 2000s, and Dallas Thornton, basketball star at Male, Kentucky Wesleyan and the Harlem Globetrotters in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
A selection committee comprised of 17 sports media professionals from throughout the Commonwealth, along with the Bygone Era Selection Team, chose this year’s class.