Who Belongs in Your Local High School Hall of Fame?

Hall of Fame selection at any level is a significant achievement. Having served on a Hall of Fame committee locally, I know that wrestling with nominations and selections is at best a thankless job.

I asked ChatGPT Plus for input and it generated/hallucinated a framework for consideration. I don't favor blind adoption of any "number crunching" system, rather share it for perspective. 

If someone had asked for how to partition athletic achievement, leadership, and academic/character categories, I doubt I would have defined 50-30-20. Almost certainly I would have weighed more heavily to athletic resume, especially contribution to winning. 

In reality, most candidates are no brainers - "they're obviously elite" or "they belong in the Hall of Very Good" but not necessarily Hall of Fame. 

Lagniappe. "Contribution over credit." 

Jalen Hurts revealed the Philadelphia Eagles' new team mantra.

A 3-word philosophy that all teams should adopt.

It addresses the biggest threat to championship teams and the hardest mindset for individuals to adopt - and it's not what you think... pic.twitter.com/CwMZPu0TPA

— Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness (@coachajkings) September 15, 2025

Lagniappe 2. Great post of Izzo BOBs... 

10:00 of Tom Izzo’s best BLOBs from 2005–2025. If you’re a coach looking for proven ways to score out of baseline actions, this is a must-watch study from one of the best. pic.twitter.com/vi0MClItIL

— Isaiah Taveras (@IsaiahTaveras) September 19, 2025