LOUISVILLE, Ky. – College of Kentucky soccer All-American Randall Cobb and UK males’s basketball All-American Tayshaun Prince are among the many Kentucky Sports activities Corridor of Fame Class of 2025 introduced Tuesday by the Louisville Sports activities Fee.
The KSHOF honors people with robust Kentucky connections who’ve made vital contributions to sports activities within the Commonwealth and nationally. Along with Cobb and Prince – who had lengthy, profitable skilled careers along with their UK exploits – this yr class contains Louisville native Carole Liedtke, a former College of Louisville gymnast and gymnastics coach and longtime worldwide gymnastics decide; and Nora Martin Ross, one of the vital completed feminine entice shooters in U.S. historical past.
A range committee comprised of 15 sports activities media professionals from all through the Commonwealth selected this yr’s class. All votes by the KSHOF Choice Committee had been independently tabulated by regional accounting agency Dean Dorton, certainly one of Kentucky’s largest accounting and advisory companies, with places of work in Louisville, Lexington and Raleigh, N.C.
The 2025 KSHOF class members and their households might be honored on Sept. 23, 2025, in iconic Freedom Corridor in Louisville. For ticket data or sponsorship alternatives, contact Julie Howell at jhowell@louisvillesports.org / (502) 587-6742.
“The KSHOF Class of 2025 honors 4 distinctive people who signify a variety of sports activities and occupations – every having made a significant affect on sports activities within the Commonwealth and nationally,” mentioned Louisville Sports activities Fee President and CEO Greg Fante. “This yr’s inductees have labored diligently to make a distinction of their respective areas. And we’re proud to have fun their achievements in Freedom Corridor, house of the KSHOF’s official enshrinement gallery.”
“It’s with immense delight that we at Kentucky Venues watch the variety of bronze plaques develop annually alongside the concourse of Freedom Corridor,” mentioned David S. Beck, President and CEO of Kentucky Venues. “Few venues can match the wealthy sports activities historical past housed inside these partitions, and every new inductee provides to that legacy, serving as an inspiration for future generations.”
The KSHOF was based in 1963 to honor athletes and sports activities figures who’re Kentucky natives, in addition to people who participated of their respective sport or made a big affect of their sports-related discipline in Kentucky. Since 2018, the Louisville Sports activities Fee, a Kentucky-based non-profit whose mission is to draw, create, host and function sporting occasions and actions that improve the standard of lifetime of the Commonwealth, has owned and operated the KSHOF.
The KSHOF Class of 2025:
Randall Cobb
Tennessee native and soccer standout Randall Cobb was primarily a large receiver at Kentucky who additionally performed quarterback, returned punts and kickoffs and held for placements. He earned first-team All-America in 2010 as an all-purpose participant, setting the UK and SEC single-season information with 2,396 all-purpose yards. Cobb completed his school profession as UK’s all-time chief in touchdowns with 37 and collected 4,674 all-purpose yards, 226 factors and 144 receptions. Drafted within the second spherical by Inexperienced Bay, he was named to the 2011 NFL All-Rookie and 2014 Professional Bowl groups. Throughout his 13-year NFL profession, 10 with the Packers, Cobb caught 630 passes for 7,624 yards and 54 touchdowns; rushed for 364 speeding yards; had 1,926 kickoff return yards (25.9 avg) with a 108-yard return for landing; and had 903 punt return yards and two touchdowns. He earned his diploma from UK in 2016.
Carole Liedtke
Louisville native Carole Liedtke devoted six many years to the game of gymnastics as an athlete, coach and official. She competed a complete of 10 years domestically, regionally and nationally at Louisville Turners, Louisville YMCA, Louisville Gymnastics, Pleasure Ridge Park Excessive Faculty and the College of Louisville; she then taught P.E. for six years and coached three state championship groups at Moore Excessive Faculty in Louisville. At UofL, she led the gymnastics program to 6 collegiate regional championships and appearances in six AIAW Nationals (earlier than the NCAA started having championships for girls). Liedtke served nationally and internationally as an NAWGJ and FIG gymnastics decide for 57 years, attaining the business’s highest Brevet degree. She additionally owned the “Barnastics” college for 10 years, which inspired quite a few youth to take part in gymnastics and cheer and dance. She has been honored with seven Corridor of Fame Awards.
Tayshaun Prince
Two-time Kentucky basketball All-American Tayshaun Prince was a uncommon four-year collegiate participant (1999-2002) in up to date instances who earned SEC Participant-of-the-12 months and SEC Match MVP honors in 2001 and led the Wildcats to 3 NCAA Candy 16 appearances and one journey to the Elite Eight. He was named All-SEC thrice, scored 1,775 profession factors and was a first-round NBA draft decide by the Detroit Pistons. Throughout his 14-season NBA profession, Prince received a world championship, was a four-time All Defensive Choice with the Pistons and received an Olympic Gold Medal with the U.S. “Redeem Group” on the 2008 Beijing Video games. That workforce additionally went into the Naismith Corridor of Fame in 2025. He ranks Prime 10 in Pistons’ historical past in video games performed, factors, assists and blocked photographs. After retirement, Prince started a profession as an NBA government, together with serving as Vice President of Basketball Affairs for the Memphis Grizzlies.
Nora Martin Ross
Paris, Ky., native Nora Martin Ross started capturing with a BB gun on the age of 4, picked up entice capturing at age 12 and now stands as one of the vital embellished entice shooters of all time. In 1991, Ross made historical past as the primary lady to earn a Grand American Championship title in what has lengthy been a male-dominated sport. Typically hailed as the perfect feminine shooter since Annie Oakley, Ross is a 34-time Beginner Trapshooting Affiliation All-American. In 1999 at age 38, Ross was inducted into the Nationwide Entice Capturing Corridor of Fame. She received 230+ titles in Kentucky and a whole lot of regional and nationwide titles throughout the nation. She additionally holds the very best all-around common ever attained by a feminine shooter.
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ABOUT Louisville Sports activities Fee
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ABOUT Kentucky Sports activities Corridor of Fame
The Kentucky Sports activities Corridor of Fame (KSHOF) was based in 1963 to acknowledge athletes and sports activities figures who had been born in, or who made a big affect of their respective sports-related discipline in, the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Every inductee is acknowledged with a bronze plaque showcased within the official enshrinement gallery positioned in iconic Freedom Corridor on the Kentucky Exposition Middle in Louisville, Ky. After a hiatus within the Seventies and Eighties, the KSHOF was reinstated. In 2018, the Louisville Sports activities Fee turned the overseer and administrator for all facets of the KSHOF.
