The Ridgeland High School Athletic Hall of Fame will host their fifth annual Vonn Bell Awards and Ridgeland Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet on May 18, 2024. The event will take place at 6:00 p.m. at Ridgeland High School.
The banquet and ceremony will include dinner, induction of the fifth class of the Ridgeland Athletic Hall of Fame, and presentation of the Vonn Bell Award.
This year’s Hall of Fame class includes: Devin Bowman (class of 2011), Darrell Bridges (class of 2013), Renita Dupas (class of 2001), David Forester (community member), Jennifer Brock Huskins (class of 1991), James Johnson (community member), James Johnson Jr. (class of 1997), Heather Taylor Marinko (class of 2001), Sharone Porter (class of 2013), and Robin Samples (class of 1993).
Members of Ridgeland’s fifth class to be inducted into the Hall of Fame were nominated by the
community and selected by the Hall of Fame committee. Nominations will continue to be taken yearly and will be active for a period of three years.
Over the course of the 2023-24 school year, coaches from all sports at Ridgeland have participated in a student-athlete of the month program. All students who received the Athlete of the Month award are eligible to receive the Vonn Bell Award, which will be given at the Hall of Fame Banquet.
Vonn Bell Award Finalists for 2024 will be announced on Friday, April 12th. The Vonn Bell award is named after former Ridgeland football standout Vonn Bell, who went on to play college football at Ohio State before being drafted in the 2nd round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints. Bell is currently a member of the Carolina Panthers, a team he joined last summer after spending the previous three years playing for the Cincinnati Bengals, appearing as a defensive starter in Super Bowl LVI.
Tickets and tables will be sold to the public beginning Friday, April 12, 2024. Individual tickets will be $35, or tables of 8 can be purchased for $275.
To purchase tickets to the banquet, call the front office at 706-820-9063. For other questions,
contact Darla Cole at darlacole@walkerschools.org.