Hall of Champions
FCA’s Hall of Champions was established in 1991 to honor individuals who have demonstrated a consistent commitment to Jesus Christ through the ministry of FCA. They are considered volunteer “All Stars” who have given above and beyond the call of duty and have upheld the Four Core Values of FCA: Integrity, Serving, Teamwork and Excellence.
Class of 2012 – FCA Hall of Champions
Ron Brown
College Football Coach
Nebraska running backs coach Ron Brown has served on the program’s staff for more than 20 years. Following a four-year stint as an assistant at Brown University, his alma mater, Brown originally joined legendary Cornhuskers coach and current Director of Athletics Tom Osborne in 1987, helping Nebraska win three national titles in the 1990s.
A two-time All-Ivy League selection as a defensive back at Brown, he also served as FCA’s State Director in Nebraska for four years. Brown is a frequent speaker at FCA events and has been a contributing writer to FCA Magazine (formerly Sharing the Victory) for a decade. He also hosted FCA’s national radio program, Sharing the Victory, for two years.
Neil Lomax
College Football Hall of Famer, All-Pro NFL Quarterback
As a quarterback at Portland State, Neil Lomax set over 90 NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS) records before embarking on an eight-year NFL career with the then-St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals. Lomax earned All-Pro honors in 1984 and 1987 and was elected to the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
Lomax is currently in his fourth year as a volunteer assistant football coach at Roosevelt High School in Portland, Ore. He has served on local and state boards with FCA for more than 20 years, and he and his wife, Laurie, have helped raise significant funds for the ministry.
Kathy Malone Sparks
Athletic Trainer, WNBA Team Chaplain
As sports medicine service coordinator for Indianapolis Public Schools and chaplain for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever, Kathy Malone Sparks has had a distinguished career as an athletic trainer. Her involvement with FCA began three decades ago at Delaware, where she played basketball and became a follower of Christ.
Since then, Malone Sparks has continued as a champion for FCA, volunteering and providing athletic trainers for FCA Camps, raising funds for camp scholarships and organizing an FCA Inner City Girls Basketball Camp and FCA Student Athletic Trainer Camps. She served on an FCA College Advisory Board from 1991-96, at the FCA Midwest College Retreat from 1990-99, and as an FCA Huddle Coach at both Arsenal Technical and Northwest High Schools.
Previous Winners of FCA’s Hall of Champions
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Class of 2011 Kyle Rote, Jr. – National Soccer Hall of Fame Bill Yeoman – College Football Coach Deb Patterson – College Basketball Coach |
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Class of 2010 Donn Moomaw – College Football Player Jim Scrogins – FCA Huddle Coach/High School Football Coach/AD Sue Semrau – College Basketball Coach Ken Smith – Pastor/Volunteer Class of 2008 Edward Britton III – Lacrosse Athlete Charles Kemble – Volunteer Betty Probasco – Golf James “Buck” McCabe – Senior VP/CFO Madeline Manning Mims – Track and Field Olympian Class of 2006 Mike Kolen – NFL Player John “Bull Bramlett – NFL Player John Gordy – NFL Player Class of 2004 Larry Nelson – PGA Golf Jim Rexilius – High School Football Coach Fisher DeBerry – College Football Coach Otto Graham – NFL Football Coach
Class of 2002 Carl Erskine – Baseball John Erickson – Past FCA President Danny Lotz – Basketball/Trustee R.V. Brown – Football/Volunteer Morley Fraser – Athletics Director/Volunteer Class of 2000 Tony Dungy – NFL Football Coach Faye O’Dell – High School Football Coach Captain Bill Lewis – FCA Golf Ministry
Class of 1998 Bunny Martin – Volunteer Bobby Richardson – MLB Baseball Dick Schultz – Volunteer Grant Teaff – College Football Coach Harry J. Lloyd – Volunteer Class of 1995 Steve Largent – Congressman and NFL Football Branch Rickey – Baseball Class of 1992 Paul Anderson – U.S. Olympian Kay Yow – College Basketball Coach Jerry Kindall – College Baseball Coach Betsy King – LPGA Golf |
Class of 2009 Dal Shealy – Past FCA President Ken Hatfield – College Football Player/Coach Bob Lilly – NFL Player Larry Mize – PGA Golf Class of 2007 Albert Long, Jr. – Multi-Sport Athlete Jimmy Feix – College Football Player/Coach Dick Harp – Coach Class of 2005 Gary Cuozzo – NFL Player Jean Driscoll – U.S. Olympian Prentice Gautt – NFL Player Frosty Westering – College Football Coach Class of 2003 Dr. O.K. Bailey – Volunteer Ray Hildebrand – Former staff/volunteer Mike Singletary – NFL Football Jim Myers – Football coach Joan Cronan – Athletics Director/Volunteer Class of 2001 Jane Albright – College Basketball Coach Bobby Bowden – College Football Coach John Lotz – College Administrator Freddy Mitchell – Volunteer Tom Osborne – College Football Coach Class of 1999 Tanya Crevier – Basketball “Deacon” Dan Towler – NFL Football Don Shinnick – Volunteer Class of 1997 J.C. Watts – Congressman and College Football Raymond Berry – NFL Football Coach Class of 1994 Peggy Kirk Bell – LPGA Golf Nick Hyder – High School Football Coach Don McClanen – FCA Founder and College Football Coach Class of 1991 Tom Landry – NFL Football Coach Archie Griffin – Heisman Trophy Winner Steve Owens – Heisman Trophy Winner Roger Staubach – Heisman Trophy Winner James N. Jeffrey – Volunteer Dick Lane – Volunteer Dan Stavely – College Football Coach |