Hall Of Fame

The school's purpose for the Hall of Fame is to value the achievements of its athletics, coaches, and community members. The Ladysmith Athletic Hall of Fame will provide a lasting memory to the outstanding achievements of these individuals. The public display of their achievements will serve to advance the tradition and excellence of Ladysmith athletics.

The concept of an Athletic Hall of Fame for Ladysmith schools was launched about two years ago. " We really felt that in the first two years we wanted to really focus on our older population and those alumni to recognize those folks and to start it off that way,"  Yudes said. Yudes hoped the project could reconnect past participants of school athletics with what is going on today in the local schools. "We felt this is a great way to really bring our alumni back into the fold and recognize those folks that put in a lot of time, energy and effort into athletics, " he said. 

Ladysmith Elementary School Principal, Troy Gago, another organizer, called research on the project a "history lesson" of the school.  "There's some really impressive things that have been done here historically that didn't even realize until they started pulling up names and some of the background information on them, like a "history lesson", Gago said. Yudes called the new Ladysmith High School Athletic Hall of Fame a need. "We have a rich history in athletics and it's something we want to start recognizing folks for," Yudes said.