Impressive group set to join MOV Sports Hall of Fame
VIENNA — Tickets are now on sale for the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 induction banquet.
The banquet will be held at 6 p.m Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Grand Pointe Center in Vienna.
Tickets are $50 per person and the deadline for purchase is July 15.
Tickets can be obtained from MOVSHOF committee members and inductees, or by contacting Sec./Treasurer Don Ullmann via email (drudou@gmail.com) or phone (740-732-5558).
Tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be available at the door.
The MOVSHOF honors outstanding achievement in sport in a seven-county region in Ohio and West Virginia.
Eleven new members with major contributions to the area sport scene will be enshrined this June.
The inductees include:
Roy Alltop, Wirt County: The late Roy Alltop rightfully belongs among the coaching legends of Wirt County High School. He was the all time winningest boys basketball coach for the Tigers and earned the West Virginia Boys Basketball coach of the year honors and Little Kanawha Conference coach of the year honors/
Jeff Burkhamer, Wood County: Burkhamer was a 3 sport standout at Williamstown high school. He was a 2 time first team All State selection in football. He followed that up with All State honors in basketball and baseball.
Rick Haught, Ritchie County: Haught has had a successful coaching career in 3 sports at Ritchie County High School. His track team won the first state championship in school history in 2003. His Rebels added 5 more state championships since then. On the gridiron, Haught built a winning program the posted the school’s first football state championship in 2022. On the basketball court, his Rebels earned the school’s first ever appearance in the state tournament.
LeAnne Ross Kelly, Washington County: Kelly excelled in 2 sports on both the high school and college level. On the basketball court, she earned All State honors and conference and district Player of the Year honor for her performance with the Marietta Tigers. In Track and Field, Kelly earns the school record in both the high jump and long jump and qualified for the State Meet 3 times. She went on to play basketball at the University of Charleston and reached the one thousand point milestone as a 3 year starter for the Golden Eagles.
Doug Little, Wood County: Little built a baseball dynasty in his 28 seasons as head coach at Potomac State. He has amassed nearly 900 career wins with the Catamounts helping make them one of the best Junior College programs in the country. Little’s teams have earned 4 appearances in the Division 1 Junior College World Series. His success has earned him 10 Coach of the Year honors in his region and induction into the National Junior College Athletic Association Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.
Mick Price, Jackson County: Price is a man for all seasons at Ravenswood high school. On the basketball court, his Red Devils have won 16 Regional Championships and two State Championships. On the football field, Price’s teams earned 2 appearances in the playoffs. In the Spring, Price guided the Red Devils fortunes in track and field. He has won LKC coach of the year honors, and the statewide coach of the year honors in 2009 for his team’s success on the basketball court.
Dan Schwieterman, Noble County: Schwieterman was a highly successful boys basketball coach at Shenandoah high school. His Zeps won 5 Pioneer Valley Conference championships and 2 Ohio Valley Athletic Conference crowns as well. He earned numerous Coach of the Year honors and was inducted into the Ohio High School Boys Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2020
Sydney Snodgrass, Ritchie County: Snodgrass was a trailblazer in the sport of golf at Ritchie County High School. Playing in Rebels boys golf team, she earned All Tournament honors 3 teams at the State Championship in Wheeling. She also owns a state record for a blistering round of 28 over 9 holes. Success followed Snodgrass during her college career at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. She earned Conference USA honors for her performance both on the course and in the classroom
Ted Vanscoy, Ritchie County: Vanscoy coached Ritchie County golf and track and field teams to new heights. On the links, his Rebels won 3 state championships to go along with 2 second place finishes. That success earned him state golf Coach of the year honors. Vanscoy’s leadership of the Rebels Track team also yielded winning results. His girls teams earned 3 LKC championships and 5 runner-up finishes in the State meet.
Butch Varney, Jackson County: Varney is to Ravenswood High School girls basketball as Mick Price is to boys basketball. Both will leave a legacy of success. Varney took his Red Devilettes to the state tournament 7 times, capped off by a state championship in 1982. He has earned the LKC girls basketball coach honors on numerous occasions. On the tennis courts, Varney’s teams won 448 matches highlighted by a runner-up finish at the state tournament for his girls team in 2013.
Ed Wilson, Pleasants County: Wilson was a stellar athlete and then later coach at St. Marys High School. He earned a football scholarship to Marshall University and went on to play both football and baseball at Glenville State. After earning a teaching degree, he had the opportunity to give back to the Pleasants County community as a coach on the middle school and then high school level. Wilson was the head coach of the Blue Devils baseball team from 1990-2022. His teams posted 505 victories over that span. His team’s achievements included 6 LKC championships, 11 sectional championships, and 2 State Tournament appearances.