GCBHOF Class of 2024

Alex Davis A four-year starter for the Forest Park Chargers, led the team to the Ohio Regional Finals in1989; there, they lost to Dayton Chaminade-Julienne 68-65, despite 29 points from Davis. He was named the 1989 Cincinnati Player of the Year, SW Ohio District Player of the Year, and the Ohio D2 Player of the Year. He averaged 26.8 ppg, with a high game of 46 points vs. McNicholas. He went on to play at Ohio State, where he was named 1st team All Freshman in 1990, after averaging 10.7 ppg that year. He helped the Buckeyes win their first Big 10 title that season; their first in 20 years. Davis also led the Buckeyes in FT percentage in both 1990 and 1993.

Dee Davis Davis, a 5-5 point guard at Princeton HS, was All-GMC all four years of high school. She was the District 16 Player of the Year and named to the All-Ohio Dream Team in 2002. In 2003, she was named a Street and Smith All American selection and a McDonald’s All-American. Davis played collegiately at Vanderbilt, where she was a 1st team All-SEC selection and a Kodak All-American honorable mention. She scored over 1,000 points at Vandy and is the program’s career assist leader. Her team made two Sweet 16 appearances in her four seasons, as well as two SEC titles. In her first season back at Princeton as head coach, the Lady Vikings finished at 23-4, won the GMC title and District tourney. Davis was named the GMC and District Coach of the Year. Last season was even better as they won their final 17 games to capture the D-1 Ohio State Championship. They finished the season 28-2.

Nikki Kremer Drew Drew led the team to a 66-9 record and three district championships at Mercy HS. The all-time assist leader at Mercy (5.9 assists), she also finished second all-time in steals. She was All-Ohio honorable mention for two seasons, as well as Southwest Ohio 1st team for two seasons. In 1995, her senior year, she was the LaRosa Player of the Year and the GGCL Player of the Year. At Xavier, Drew was a two-time All-Atlantic 10 Conference selection and a two-time Xavier captain. In Drew’s 1998-99 season, she averaged 8.9 assists per game, which ranked second in the nation. For her career, Drew averaged 5.3 assists per game, second all time at Xavier. During Drew’s four years at Xavier, the Musketeers improved from a 15-13 team her freshman season to a NCAA second round team her senior year, before losing at powerhouse Connecticut 86-84, as Drew led her team in scoring with 23 points. Following graduation, Drew became the first Xavier women’s basketball player to play professionally, signing with a team in Germany.

Brandon Hunter Hunter played at Withrow HS from 1996-1999, where he was both All-League and All-City. He then played for Ohio University, where he was a 3-time All-MAC performer. He averaged 16.9 points in his four-year career, including a career-high 21.5 and a Division 1-leading rebound total of 12.6 boards in his senior year. He totaled 2012 points and over 1100 rebounds at Ohio U. Hunter was drafted in the second round of the 2003 draft by the Boston Celtics, where he played in 31 games. Hunter also played for the Orlando Magic and for 8 seasons in Europe. After playing, he went on to found Hunter Athlete Management, a sports agency to represent professional athletes and coaches worldwide. Hunter died in 2023 at the age of 42.

Gerry Lackey A 18-year coaching veteran, Lackey amassed an unbelievable 435-105 record (79.6%). His greatest success was at Mason HS, where he took his team to the state finals four straight times, before winning it all in 2000 with one of Cincinnati’s greatest team. They finished 27-0 and ranked #2 in the nation by USA Today. He was 279-56 at Mason, then he took over at Wyoming HS, where he went 66-29. He was named Ohio Coach of the Year three times;1986, 1999, and 2014. In addition, Lackey was named the NHSCA National Coach of the Year in 2000.

Chris Mack Mack played for Cincinnati St Xavier in HS and was the Cincinnati Post Player of the Year in 1988. He went on to start for two seasons at University of Evansville, winning an MCC regular season title and a trip to the 2nd round of the NCAA as a freshman. He transferred to Xavier after his sophomore season and was a two-time team captain, but was hobbled with knee injuries. After graduation, his coaching career began in girls basketball; first, at McAuley HS, then at Mount Notre Dame HS, where he began that school’s long winning tradition by going 74-19 in four seasons. Mack then spent a decade as an assistant college coach under Skip Prosser (at Xavier and Wake Forest) and Sean Miller at Xavier, before replacing Miller as head coach at Xavier in 2009. He is currently the all-time leader in wins at Xavier with 215 victories. He led Xavier to the NCAA tourney in eight of his nine seasons, including an NCAA Elite Eight in 2017 and four trips to the Sweet Sixteen. His honors include: 2011 Atlantic 10 COY, the 2018 Big East COY, the Skip Prosser Man of the Year in 2011, and in 2016 he was the recipient of the Henry Iba Award for being the National Coach of the Year. In 2018, he became the head coach at Louisville, where he coached for four seasons.

Doris Scott A 1995 Mt Healthy graduate, Scott averaged 17.1 ppg and 8.8 rebounds for the Owls her senior year. She was 1st team All-City, special mention All-Ohio, and was ranked the 14th best forward in the country by the Blue Start Index. Scott then played for the UC Bearcats from 1996-99 and started in 116 career games. She sits at No. 8 on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,695 points. She averaged 14.6 points per game over her four-year career with a high-water mark of 17.6 ppg in 1997-98. Scott was a two-time Second-Team All-Conference USA honoree in 1998 and 1999 and was tabbed for a spot on the C-USAAll-FreshmanTeam in 1996. A force inside, she topped the UC chart in blocked shots in all four years of her career, stuffing 19, 30, 22 and 29 shots from 1995-99, respectively. She ranks No. 8 all-time with 1,695 points, No. 3 all-time in rebounds with 861 and blocked shots with 100, No. 4 all-time in field goals made with 691, and No. 6 all-time in free throws made with 313. She was inducted into the UC Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018.

Joe Sunderman played 4 years at LaSalle HS from 1970 to 1974. Following graduation, he attended Xavier University in 1974 playing his freshman and sophomore years. An injury caused him to miss the next season at Xavier. Following recovery from injury he returned and played in 97 games and starting 74 times. He enjoyed his best season as a senior, averaging almost 10 points and 8 rebounds. Earlier in his senior season, Xavier beat both nationally ranked Southern California and host Tennessee to win the Volunteer Classic. Sunderman had 19 points and 15 rebounds in the win over USC. Since graduation, Sunderman’s name has been synonymous with Xavier basketball, serving first as a color commentator before moving over to the play-by-play duties. He’s been at the microphone for Xavier for over 40 years. Sunderman was inducted into the Xavier Hall of Fame in 2006.

Kelly Monahan Whelan. Whelan has been a high school basketball official for 48 years. She has officiated 18 girls state tournament games, while officiating a regional game every year since 1983. The first woman to officiate in the boys GCL, she has received numerous awards over her career: the NFIOA Award for outstanding official in 1987, the 1998 OVBOA Dan Tehan Award, the 2004 GCBOA Tom Ballaban award, the 2007 OHSAA Hall of Fame, and the 2011 OHSAA Sportsmanship, Ethics, and Integrity Award. Kelly served on OHSAA Sportsmanship,Ethics and Integrity committee for 28 years. The GCBOA named an award in her name, the Whelan/Ballaban Award for outstanding official. Whelan has served as President and Vice-President for the GCBOA

Barvenia Wooten, a Seven-time Hall of Famer, twice inducted into the CIAA, twice in her alma mater, Virginia Union University, and the NCAA DII 40th Anniversary Team, has over twenty-two years of experience as a head coach at various colleges and universities including the WNBA. Wooten is entering her fourth year as owner/head coach of the Richmond Roadrunners Women Basketball Organization in Richmond, VA of the Women American Basketball Association(WABA). She severed as Vice President of Operations for the defunct WABL in 2016 coached at Florida State College in Jacksonville, Florida,      (2016 – 19), and her alma mater, VUU (2010 –15) where she was named CIAA Coach of the Year in 2012. She also spent eleven years (1999 – 2010) at Prince George’s Community College, earning coach of the year three times. As a NCAA National DII Women’s Basketball Champion (ESPN MVP), Wooten led her team in scoring and rebounding in both her Junior and Senior years. Her Jersey #31 was retired in 2010 and the third leading scorer in the history of VUU women basketball.  Her professional playing career includes a combined fifteen years with the Philadelphia Rage of the defunct ABL, Washington Mystics training camp, and Maryland Sparks, NWBL. Wooten also has twenty-one years of experience in the financial services industry. Wooten earned her accounting degree from Virginia Union University and her master’s in organizational leadership from Nyack College, DC, and has published two books. She has two children, Robert Collier Jr, and Vicki Collier and three grandchildren, Khai, Sanaa & Harmony.