The Buddy LaRosa's High School Sports Hall of Fame has elected five individuals and two teams to its 2020 class.
The hall of fame is in its 46th year and has honored 284 individuals since 1975.
The latest additions to the hall will be officially inducted in summer 2021.
Here are the newest LaRosa's HOF honorees:
- 1954 Elder football team
- 1999-2000 Mason girls basketball team
- Terrill Byrd, Colerain High School, Class of 2005
- Gaby Downey, Forest Park High School, Class of 1985
- Jordan Hicks, Lakota West High School, Class of 2010
- Kyle Ransom, St. Xavier High School, Class of 2003
- Tami Ransom (Checkoway), Ursuline Academy, Class of 2001
- Coach Kim Gunning, Notre Dame Academy, 1989-2000
This year's class includes only the 20th first-ballot inductee in Hicks and the 10th sibling inductees in Tami and Kyle Ransom, who are also only the second brother-sister combination.
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Terrill Byrd, Colerain High School
The most feared defensive lineman anchoring the middle of one of the best defenses Ohio football has seen since the start of the football playoffs, Terrill Byrd intimidated foes throughout his career.
As a senior, Byrd recorded a staggering 63 team tackles and set a school record for 37 tackles-for-losses. In doing so, he was honored as the National Defensive Player of the Year by PrepNation.com in 2005.
Byrd symbolized a defense on a 15-0 Colerain team that in 2004 allowed only 98 points all year, including six shutouts.
Former Colerain linebacker Terrill Byrd helped to lead the Cardinals to the Division I state title in 2004.
In 15 games, the Ohio Division I state champions allowed only 1,921 total yards (742 rushing) and eight rushing touchdowns.
Byrd accumulated numerous other accolades during his career including being named first team all-Ohio, The Cincinnati Enquirer/Channel 9 Player of the Year, first team all-city by the Cincinnati Enquirer and named Defensive Player of the Year in the Greater Miami Conference.
The Cardinals were 36-3 when Byrd was a starter. He was featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd and he went on to play in the Big 33 Ohio versus Pennsylvania All-Star game.
His fearsome presence continued in college at the University of Cincinnati, where he started four seasons – being named Defensive Newcomer of the Year in the Big East.
Byrd was a two-time Big East first team selection and in 2007 was an Associated Press All-American.
He went on to play in the Arena Football League.
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