HOF Media

Name: Randy List

Year Inducted: 2013

Category: Media

Schools / Organizations:
Centralia High School

Biography:  Randy became synonymous with Centralia High School athletics as he covered the Orphans for 35+ years as a sportwwriter for The Centralia Morning Sentinel newspaper.  Randy covered thousands of games in his long career and was on the scene for numerous IHSA state tournament games and events.

Name: Scott Busboom

Year Inducted: 2013

Category: Media

Schools / Organizations:
Decatur area High Schools
Millikin University

Biography:   Known as "The Golden Sports Voice of Decatur", Scott has broadcast 350+ boys' and girls' high school basketball games and 325+ Millikin University men's and women's games for WZUS-FM radio.  He broadcast the first Decatur high school girls' game on radio.  Scott helped form the Decatur Thanksgiving Tournament and broadcast the first sports talk/call-in show in Decatur.  He was at the microphone for the Millikin women's 2005 NCAA Division III National Championship victory.

Name: Don Hamilton

Year Inducted: 2013

Category: Media

Schools / Organizations:
Jacksonville area High Schools
WEAI/WLDS Radio

Biography:  Don began broadcasting high school basketball games in 1973 for WEAI/WLDS Radio, the leaders in prep sports coverage in the Jacksonville area.  He was courtside for 3500+ games throughout his career.  Don has broadcast tournaments at Ashland, Winchester, and Waverly for 40+ years.  He helped plan and organize the stations' All-Star Basketball Games for 30 years.  These games raised more than $85,000 for charitable causes.

Name: Harry Hillis Jr.

Year Inducted: 1977

Category: Media

Schools / Organizations:
The Olney Daily Mail
Associated Press 
NEC Writers' Association

Biography:  Harry spent 20+ years as the editor of the Olney Daily Mail. During that time, he wrote about Olney and North Egyptian Conference sports.  His basketball column "Double Dribbles" was a regular feature of the paper.  Harry won the first place state award for the best sports story by UPI in consecutive years,  1972 and 1973.  He co-authored a forth-Year History of the North Egyptian Conference with Hall of Fame Coach, Ron Herrin.  He served as a member of the AP rating and all-state board.  Harry also served as the president of the NEC Writers' Association.  Harry Hillis, Jr. passed away on December 8, 2017 at the age of 89.