Reitz Memorial Inducts Seven Into Hall Of Fame

Reitz Memorial High School inducted seven alumni into its athletic Hall of Fame during a Feb. 26 dinner and ceremony at the Wayne Henning Atrium of downtown Evansville’s Old National Bank building. Following are thumbnails of the inductees

Faye “Bud” Johnson – 1933 (posthumous)

• Eleven varsity letters in four sports at Memorial

• Football All-City

• First Team National All-Catholic Basketball team 1933

• Five time Evansville City Tennis Champion

• University of Evansville Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 1974

Kate Endress Doerksen, 2001

• Four Year Letter winner in Basketball and Volleyball for Memorial

• All-City Basketball team, four years

• All-City Volleyball Player Junior and Senior seasons and Player of the Year

• Basketball All-State and Indiana All-Star team

• Captain, Ball State University Cardinals, three years

Pat Schulz – 1989

• Baseball, First team All-State, Senior Season at Memorial

• City Baseball Batting Champion, Junior and Senior Seasons

• North-South All-Star Basketball team, 1989

• All-City, SIAC First Team, Basketball, 1989

• University of Evansville Aces All-Midwestern Collegiate Conference Baseball, first team 1991-1993

• University of Evansville Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2003

• Played in the Cleveland Indians baseball organization, 1993   

Tim Vieth – 1989

• NSCAA Soccer All-American

• All-City Soccer, four years; All-State three years

• Indiana State tournament MVP

• Gatorade Indiana High School Player of the Year

• National Soccer All-American, two years

• Captain, Duke University, Soccer

• Two Year Starter Memorial High School Basketball

Joe O’Kane (posthumous)

• Memorial Athletic Director, 1960-1978, key role in Memorial building a gymnasium in 1969

• Memorial Head Basketball Coach, 1947-1961

• All-State Basketball Player at Washington Catholic High School

• First Team National All-Catholic Basketball team, 1931

• Leading Scorer for University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball team senior year

• Played in first ever Collegiate basketball game held in Madison Square Garden

Matt Powless – 1996

• 2007 IHSAA State Wrestling Champion (171 lb. weight class)

• 2011 NCAA All-American Wrestling (197 lbs.)

• 124 Wins at Indiana University, 6th most in IU history

• Asst. Wrestling Coach at IU for 4 seasons

• 2012 Spirit of Indiana – Director’s award recipient

• Four-time NWCA Academic All-American

• Two-Time Big 10 Distinguished Scholar   

Joe Unfried (posthumous), 1947

• Baseball Three-year starter, Captain both junior and senior seasons

• Football All-City Halfback, Evansville Courier & Press and Quarterback Club

• 1946 Football Kiwanis Winner

• High School Baseball’s Leading Hitter in the City Senior Season

• Played Professional Baseball for five years