Arkansas Business

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There have been plenty of recognitions of the 1994 national championship basketball team at Arkansas and the individuals who played for the Razorbacks. Add another to the list as all members of the team will be inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame for 2012.

Coach Nolan Richardson (1998) and players Scotty Thurman (2009) and Corliss Williamson (2010) are already members of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.

Also slated to join the 2012 class are: former basketball players Lee Mayberry and U.S. Reed and former football Razorback “Light Horse” Harry Jones; Oaklawn Park track announcer Terry Wallace, former Newport High School head football coach Bill Keady, analyst for Arkansas State University football games, and former Oklahoma State head football coach Pat Jones, who played for Arkansas Tech and Arkansas in college. Other inductees are: former Forrest City star athlete Elmer “B” Lindsey, former college coach and NFL scout Bob Ford of Wynne and former Southern Arkansas University women’s basketball coach Margaret Downing, plus posthumous inductees: University of Central Arkansas head football coach Raymond Bright and 1892 Kentucky Derby winning jockey Alonzo “Lonnie” Clayton.

Induction is set for Feb. 3 at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock.