One of the most notable players in North Carolina's rich basketball history, Poplar Bluff product Tyler Hansbrough's induction into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday was witnessed by his Tar Heels head coach, Roy Williams.
Fourteen years after leading UNC to a national title, both blazer-clad men were at the Ozarks Empire Fairgrounds Event Center as hundreds celebrated the induction of a wide-ranging 2023 class.
Brett Saberhagen, the two-time Cy Young Award pitcher who helped the Kansas City Royals win a World Series in 1985, was also enshrined while donning a stylish green hat.
The Show Me State legends spanned from Springfield-raised speed skater and Olympian Emily Scott Githens to former Missouri State basketball sensation Daryel Garrison.