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Marshall County High School Athletic Foundation inducts tenth annual class into Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies for the 10thannual Marshall County Athletic Hall of Fame were held in August. The 10th class included players, teams, coaches and contributors from both the pre-consolidation and post-consolidation eras. Kevin Saal, Murray State Athletic Director was the speaker for the evening. Jeff Waters of WCBL served as the emcee. The school had senior student athletes serve as presenters of the awards for the inductees. Alan Williams was not in attendance as he had work obligations he could not avoid. Also, Chuck Gullo, the 2019 coach inductee, was also not in attendance as he had a cruise planned much in advance of the date of the ceremony. He did however send a video of his acceptance speech. Also, there were several Marshall County athletic teams and coaches present for the evening.
5Alan Williams • Athlete Alan was a four-year starter for the MCHS Football team, and led the Marshals to a 25-10 record over his final three years. His Marshals reached the state quarterfinals of the 6A playoffs in 2007. He is in the KHSAA top 25 in career touchdowns (25) and receptions (161).
In addition, he had 5,021 career rushing yards and over 2,200 career yards receiving, and all of these are MCHS records. He was a three time All-State running back and was a member of the Tremendous 26 prior to his senior year. He attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, where he was a four-year starter.
5Adrienne Cathey • Athlete
5Chuck Gullo • Coach Buffalo, New York native Chuck Gullo was an all-around athlete who came to Kentucky on a track and field scholarship to WKU. He shared his talents with high school athletes for over 44 years, coaching at Daviess Co., Highlands, St. Mary, and Marshall.
He spent over 20 years coaching at Marshall County. During his career, he coached seven cross-country state champion teams, and nine individual track and field state champions. He was the Kentucky Cross-Country Coach of the Year in 1978, and was inducted into the Kentucky Track and Cross-Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1990.
Adrienne was one of the trailblazers in fast pitch softball in Marshall County. From 1998-2003, she pitched for the Lady Marshals, with a career record of 83 wins and 65 losses. She threw four no-hitters and struck out over 750 hitters in her career.
As a junior, she was named honorable mention All-State, and was also a two-time WPSD Player of the Week. She was in Who’s Who among high school students in sports. She went on to pitch for Freed Hardeman University from 2003-2007, with a career record of 4532, and was named three times to the Transouth All-Conference team and was second team All-Region her sophomore season.
