September 16, 2025
Six selected for 2025 TTU Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A coach with a championship legacy, record holders and champions – the selections for the golden anniversary year of the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame run across the spectrum with success on every level. The Class of 2025 honors five former Tech student-athletes and a former coach, all of whom put together amazing careers while representing the Purple and Gold. Selected for induction into the 51st class of the TTU Sports Hall of Fame are Wayne Angel (cross country/track and field), Jeff Daughtry (football), Drake Fenlon (spirit), Kelsey Gray (volleyball), Bobby Hudson (men’s golf) and Dennis Ogbe (men’s basketball).
By Thomas Corhern, TTU Athletics Media Relations
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A coach with a championship legacy, record holders and champions – the selections for the golden anniversary year of the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame run across the spectrum with success on every level.
The Class of 2025 honors five former Tech student-athletes and a former coach, all of whom put together amazing careers while representing the Purple and Gold. Selected for induction into the 51st class of the TTU Sports Hall of Fame are Wayne Angel (cross country/track and field), Jeff Daughtry (football), Drake Fenlon (spirit), Kelsey Gray (volleyball), Bobby Hudson (men's golf) and Dennis Ogbe (men's basketball).
Held since 1975, the TTU Sports Hall of Fame will hold the 51st induction during Homecoming weekend Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. The Hall of Fame Dinner will be held on Friday, Oct. 31 at 6 PM in the Roaden University Center's Multipurpose Room, with doors opening at 5:30 PM. A limited number of tickets are available. Tickets can be purchased for $50 at TTUsports.com or through the Hooper Eblen Center ticket office – (931) 372-3940.
The class will also be recognized at the Homecoming football game on Nov. 1 against Gardner-Webb, which has a 12 PM kickoff.
The Induction Class of 2025 includes:
Wayne Angel | Cross Country/Track and Field | 2014-19
A four-time Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year winner, Angel led Tech to its first-ever championships in women's track and field, building the program from the ground up as the first full-time head coach in the cross country and track programs' histories. By his fourth season, the Golden Eagles were dominant, taking both the indoor and outdoor titles in 2018 with a 31-point margin in indoor and 50 points in the outdoor championship.
Angel brought in an incredible stable of talent including Gilbert Boit (2016 OVC Male Freshman of the Year, 2016 OVC Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Championship, 2017 OVC Athlete of the Year), Purity Sanga (first female athlete to win Cross Country Runner of the Year, Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year honors in the same year in 2018-19, 2018 OVC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Championship, 2017 OVC Freshman of the Year, NCAA Cross Country finalist), Micayla Rennick (2018 Female Track Athlete of the Year and Female Athlete of the Championships at both indoor and outdoor OVC meets) and Na'Asha Robinson (the program's first-ever All-American and first Tech female runner to advance to the NCAA Championships) among many others.
His student-athletes continue to hold 33 of the nearly 50 records broken during his tenure, while four continue to hold OVC records.
Jeff Daughtry | Football | 1980-84
When Daughtry finished his Tennessee Tech football career, he stood just three tackles back of legendary Golden Eagle linebacker Jim Youngblood for the top spot in the career record book. Over 40 years later, Daughtry still stands right there, preserving his spot as one of the greatest linebackers to suit up in the Purple and Gold.
Daughtry was dominant on the field, consistently putting together double-digit tackle games. He had two 20-plus tackle games, including a career-high 21 against UT Martin and Eastern Kentucky in 1982. That season stands as the second-best in program history as he recorded 153 total stops – 93 solo and 60 assisted – just behind Youngblood's 156 in 1972. Daughtry also had a 142-tackle season in 1983. He led the team in tackles for three straight seasons.
He was also awarded the team's highest honor – the Robert Hill Johnson Award – and was selected to the Tech Football 100th Anniversary Team.
Drake Fenlon | Spirit | 2011-15
Most people have never seen Drake Fenlon's face at Tennessee Tech events, but they've definitely seen him perform his antics as his game-day alter ego. As mascot Awesome Eagle between 2011 and 2015, Fenlon entertained the fans and children at events. In his tenure under the mask, Fenlon also won two UCA National Championships in the Open Mascot division. An excellent student as well, Fenlon won the University's highest honor for a student – the Derryberry Award – in 2015.
After graduation, Fenlon continued performing as mascot for Nashville Soccer Club, the San Francisco 49ers, the Golden State Warriors, the Oakland A's, the Lake Elsinore Storm, the Missouri Mavericks, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals during their 2015 World Series championship run.
Active in the communities he has been a part of, Fenlon was named the College of Interdisciplinary Studies' Alumnus of the Year in 2022.
Kelsey Gray | Volleyball | 2009-12
A consistent and dedicated member of the Golden Eagle volleyball team, Gray put together an impressive resume as her name is all over the Tech record books, as she was just the second Golden Eagle to ever win OVC Defensive Player of the Year during her senior campaign.
That year was an incredible season for her with 108 assisted blocks – then the second-most in program history – and 148 total blocks is still second in the record book. At the end of her career, Gray finished with 353 assisted blocks and 502 total blocks – both second at the time and presently third. She was third in solo blocks with 149, the most among all players in the rally scoring era (2001-onward). With her top-five rankings in blocks, her name appears in the record book 20 times, while she also owns the second, third and fourth-best single-season totals for solo blocks.
Bobby Hudson | Men's Golf | 1985-90
Hudson was a strong golfer for the Tennessee Tech men's program and, along with fellow Hall of Famer Tom Pack, helped the Golden Eagles capture 12 tournament championships – including the 1990 OVC Championship, securing the University's first All-Sports championship, and the Golden Eagles' first OVC title in 35 years.
During his four seasons on the team, Hudson earned all-tournament honors 10 times. Of the five players with as many or more all-tournament awards, three – Scott Stallings, Pack and Jim Cornelius – were already in the TTU Sports Hall of Fame.
Hudson finished one shot back of Pack to wind up second at that fateful championship. He had a medalist finish as he won the 1987 Shorter Classic, defeating teammate Cornelius on the third playoff hole.
Dennis Ogbe | Men's Basketball | 2010-14
Tennessee Tech's all-time career leader in field goal percentage, Ogbe was a leader on and off the court as he became one of the program's most-decorated academic student-athletes, as he was named the program's only Academic All-American with two Academic All-District honors and the only OVC Scholar-Athlete Award winner – the conference's highest academic honor.
As a member of the Golden Eagle lineup, he hit at a 61.2-percent clip across 123 career games. He broke out during his junior season, averaging 10.8 points and 5.4 rebounds, shooting 61.3 percent, then followed up as a senior, averaging 10.6 points and a team-best 5.8 boards per game with a 61.0 percentage.
After his graduation, Ogbe earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue in 2020 and is currently employed as a signal analysis engineer for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
