Danville High School Hall of Fame
Induction Class of 2013
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Members of the 1962 State Championship Team
AP All-State Honorable Mention 1962
Member All Central Kentucky Conference Football Team 1962
Herald Leader All Area Team 1962
Honored by DHS First Mates Organization 1980
Named to the DHS All-Time 1951-1986 team
All-around athlete and scholar - Valedictorian class of 1960. Student body President and Student Council President.
Football
Played end on the undefeated football team of 1958
Started 3 years as end in football
Honorable Mention All-State 1958
Third Team All-State 1959Basketball
Three year lettermanBaseball
Five year lettermanSwimming
Lettered in Junior year
Offered scholarships to University of Kentucky in Football, Baseball and Swimming.
Attended Naval Academy Prep School Co-captain of Basketball Team.
Transferred to the University of Kentucky Ranked #1 academically on football team.Played one year under Coach Bradshaw as part of "Thin Thirty"
Football
Co-Captain, 3 years varsity, playing halfback and defensive end.
MVP by teammates in 1935.
Holds the record for the longest punt 97 yards!
Selected as All Time DHS Punter Team of 1925-1950.
Played football at Centre College.
Coach of 1958 undefeated team and named Ky Coach of the Year by Courier Journal.
Inducted into KHSAA and Western Kentucky University's Hall of Fame as player and coach in 1992 and 1995 respectively.
Coached at Bowling Green High School (1959-65) and from there to Western Kentucky University 1966-76.
Coach Pickens died June 13, 2000 from ALS (Lou Gehrig Disease). Several of his DHS football players served as pall bearers.
College 1947-50 at Western Kentucky University where he was All KIAC Tailback as a freshman, All OVC quarterback in 1948 (first year of league).
Holder of longest standing record in OVC four interceptions (safety on defense) in Western's victory over rival Eastern Ky University in 1948. No. 1 Pitcher for WKU 1948, 1949, 1950, setting school's single game record of striking out 20 batters."
Football, Basketball, Track.
Transferred to DHS from Parksville HS his junior year having never played HS Football, but with quite a record in basketball.
Two-year starter and star in both basketball and football (two way starter on 1962 AA Football Champions) earning All State honors in both sports.
Played four years at Eastern Ky University.
"First Head Soccer Coach at DHS in 1981
KHSAA State Elite Eight - 2006
Central Kentucky Soccer Conference Champions -1985 & 1991
KHSAA Region 15 Champions -2000 & 2006
KHSAA Region 15 Finalist -1985 & 2005
KHSAA Coach of the Year -1995
KHSSCA Coach of the Year -2006
KHSSCA East-West All Star Head Coach-1995 & 1998
Central Kentucky Soccer Conference Coach of the Year -1985 & 1995
Central Kentucky Soccer Officials Association Coach of the Year -1985, 1991 & 1996
Central Kentucky Soccer Conference Undefeated Champions- 1996
KHSAA Region 15 Coach of the Year -2000
All A Region Champions -2001, 2004, 2005 & 2006
KHSAA District Champions 2005 & 2006
DHS Soccer field became the Gary Reynolds field in 2009"
Wrestling (Assistant) for 25 years only because he could not be named Head Coach unless paid, which he refused.
Coached 10 State Wrestling Champions
Coached 10 2nd place finishers; 7 3rd place finishers; 11 4th place finishers and 1 6th place finisher.
Coached 39 athletes to a place or win in the Kentucky State Tournament
Official Score Keeper at the State Tournament for over 50 years
Graduate of McCallie School, TN, where he was Mid-South Conference Champion and Runner Up in his weight class."