Saturday night,

Fayette County High School will induct nine former students into its Sports

Hall of Fame.

Seven of the

students were outstanding athletes at the school, while the other two

will be inducted as Distinguished Alumni. This is the third year that

the school has held the Sports Hall of Fame Banquet.

The athletic

inductees are Neal Dettmering, Janet Scott Oglesby, Dawn Scarbrough, Johnny

Smith, Guy Stargell, Terry Varner and Glen Ward. The Distinguished Alumni

inductees will be Lorelle McElwaney Trammell and Walter Frank Reeves.

Dettmering

played football, baseball and basketball as a Fayette County Tiger from

1962 to 1966. He was a letterman in all three sports, including four years

as a catcher and outfielder for the baseball team.

In 1966 he

played in the GHSA All-Star game at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. He

was a star student and honor graduate who spent one year at Davidson College,

where he lettered in football and baseball, and three years at Auburn

University, where he lettered in football and played in three bowl games.

Oglesby attended

Fayette County High School from 1981 to 1983. She lettered in softball,

basketball and tennis and won accolades in all three sports. In her senior

year she was captain and MVP of the softball team with a .430 batting

average and a .960 fielding average, captain of the basketball team and

the best defensive player, leading the team in steals, drawn charges and

assists.

In tennis she

was the region doubles champion and made the state tournament. She was

an honor graduate and attended Georgia Southern on a four-year softball

scholarship.

Scarbrough

lettered for four years with the track and field team in the discus and

lettered with the basketball team for three years from 1976 to 1980. The

basketball team was region champs in her sophomore year. In her junior

year she was named Best Defensive Player and in her senior year she was

voted MVP.

In her years

on the track team, she went from sixth in the region in discus during

her freshman year to first in the region and state champion as a senior.

She attended the University of Alabama and placed fourth in the Southeastern

Conference meet as a freshman.

Smith was

a Tiger from 1978 to 1982, lettering in football, basketball and track.

As a freshman he received the "Future Tiger" award. He set a

single game rushing record on Oct. 15, 1981, with 211 yards on 41 carries,

scoring three touchdowns. He also set a single-season rushing record that

year with 1,453 yards on 312 carries, with 10 touchdowns.

He was given

a congressional appointment to the Air Force Academy where he lettered

for three years as a fullback/halfback. He ran for 1,233 yards on 219

carries and nine touchdowns in his career at the academy.

Stargell attended

the school from 1974 to 1978, lettering in football, baseball and basketball.

In his senior season as quarterback for the Tigers, he rushed for 1,006

yards and 22 touchdowns while passing for 940 yards and six touchdowns.

As a pitcher for the baseball team he went 28-5 in his career and threw

two no-hitters.

At the University

of Georgia he lettered for three years, played on three SEC championship

teams, in three Sugar Bowl games and was a member of the 1980 national

championship team. He also lettered four years in baseball with a career

record of 17-4 with a 2.90 ERA.

Varner attended

Fayette County High School from 1964 to 1969 and played baseball and basketball

all four years and lettered in both for three years. He scored 719 points

as a junior and senior and was the leading scorer both years. He also

recorded 444 rebounds during those two years. He was an honor graduate

who went on to play basketball at the University of Georgia.

Glen Ward played

football, basketball and track from 1967 to 1972. He set numerous school

records in track and participated in the state meet. In football Ward

played quarterback and defensive end. He had 1,589 yards rushing in his

career with 1,234 yards passing and 862 yards on kick returns. He attended

Auburn University from 1972-76 with stints at quarterback, cornerback

and defensive back.

Lorelle McElwaney

Tramell was a graduate of the class of 1926, the first class that graduated

under the name of Fayette County High School. She was a member of many

local civic groups , including the Fayette County Business and Professional

Women's Club, the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce, the National Association

of Retired Federal Employees. She was also Director of the Fayette County

Chapter of the American Red Cross and on the Board of Directors of the

Fayette County Friendship Center and the Youth protection Home. She passed

away Jan. 12, 2000.

Reeves graduated

with the class of 1969. He has worked with Extension agencies around the

state and hosts the "Lawn and Garden Show" on WSB radio, which

garners higher ratings than drive time news shows. He writes for the Atlanta

Journal-Constitution's DeKalb News, "Fine Gardening," "Garden

Know How" and has appeared as a guest horticulturist on the Discovery

Channel. He is also a coauthor of the "Georgia Gardener's Guide,"

which is a bestselling book. One thing that makes his career choice so

interesting is that he swore if he could get off the farm he would never

garden again.

The Sports

Hall of Fame Banquet will be held in the commons area of Fayette County

High School at 6 p.m. Admission is $10 and tickets can be purchased at

the school or at Fayette Sports.

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