The 2025 class includes:

Marie Anthony - A trailblazing basketball official with 50 years of experience, Anthony is the only official to have served as the President of three basketball officials associations. She was the 2000 National Federation Boys and Girls Official of the Year and worked the 2003 Division II State final featuring LeBron James. She was the first woman to officiate a boys state tournament game. She has also officiated the OHSAA state Girls Final and Division I, II, and III collegiate games.
 

Tay Baker - Baker coached at both the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University. He led UC to a Missouri Valley Championship in his first year as head coach, and his 1965-66 team advanced to the NCAA regionals. In seven years at UC, his teams went 125-60. At Xavier, Baker helped the team achieve their first winning season in 12 years during his third year as head coach.
 

Joe Balogh - With an impressive 40-year coaching career primarily at Ontario High School, Balogh's teams won 21 league championships. He was named AP Coach of the Year in both Division III and Division I, amassing 598 wins during his career. His team made the Division III Final Four in 1995.
 

Bonnie Beachy (posthumous) - Known as the "Wonder Woman of Struthers," Beachy was a state champion and MVP at Struthers High School. She became Kent State University's all-time leading scorer for both men and women. Beachy had a long career teaching and coaching at the high school level in Texas before passing away in 2017 due to ovarian cancer.
 

Calvin Booth - Booth starred at Groveport Madison High School and Penn State before embarking on a 10-year NBA playing career. He was a second-round draft pick by the Washington Wizards and played for 9 teams. Booth transitioned to the front office, working his way up to become the current President of Basketball Operations for the Denver Nuggets, which won the NBA Championship in 2023.
 

Carla Chapman - A two-time state champion at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, Chapman averaged 25 points and 20 rebounds in her junior and senior years. At Ohio State University, she was a key player on four Big Ten championship teams and was named First Team All-Big Ten in 1984. Her teams made the NCAA Tournament all four years of her college career.
 

Mike Fratello - Known as the "Czar of the Telestrator," Fratello had a distinguished NBA coaching career, including with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He led the Cavs to four playoff appearances between 1993 and 1999. Fratello was named the NBA Coach of the Year in 1986 and received the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. He is currently a part-time analyst for the Cavaliers and Bally Sports Ohio.
 

Dave Grube - Grube coached at Wooster, Heidelberg, Capital University, Kent State, and Central Michigan. At Capital, his teams had a record of 126-84, with three consecutive 20-win seasons and NCAA Division III tournament appearances. As an assistant at Central Michigan, his teams won the MAC title in 2001 and 2003. He coached in the OAC against eight OBHOF enshrined coaches in what is considered the best era of the OAC. 
 

Jerry Hallabrin - A 1958 All-Ohio First Team selection from Mansfield Senior High School, Hallabrin joined future pros Jerry Lucas, Mel Nowell, John Havlicek, Gus Johnson, and Bud Olsen as All-Ohioans that year. At just 5'6", he may be the shortest player ever to make First Team All-Ohio. Hallabrin was the runner-up for Player of the Year behind Jerry Lucas and became his high school's all-time leading scorer with 644 points.
 

Ed Heintschel - The legendary coach from Toledo St. John's High School amassed an incredible 725 wins over his 40-year career. Heintschel led his teams to three state runner-up finishes and three state Final Four appearances. He was named AP All-Ohio Division I Coach of the Year in 2013 and AP All-District Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2013. Twenty of his players went on to play Division I basketball, with two reaching the NBA.
 

Tom Kozelko - A standout at the University of Toledo, Kozelko is the second-greatest scorer in UT history. He was a two-time MAC Player of the Year and part of the 1971-72 MAC Championship Team. Kozelko played in the NBA for the Washington Bullets and in Italy. In 1972, he was one of 66 players chosen to compete for the US Olympic Team and was an alternate for the Munich games.
 

Ellen Lawrence - A pioneer in Ohio women's sports, Lawrence started several girls' sports programs at Shelby High School, including volleyball, basketball, tennis, and track. She served as athletic director for 12 years and coached basketball from 1973-1996, leading the team to a state championship in 1993 and a runner-up finish in 1992. Lawrence was named the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association's Coach of the Year in 1992.
 

Joe Roberts (posthumous) - A key player on Ohio State's 1960 NCAA championship team, Roberts played alongside Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek, Mel Nowell, Bob Knight, and Gary Gearhart. He went on to play in the NBA and had a successful coaching career, including as an assistant for the 1975 NBA champion Golden State Warriors. Roberts was a product of the storied Columbus East High School powerhouse teams of the late 1950s.


Paul "Bucky" Walters (posthumous) - Walters was a successful baseball and basketball player at Circleville High School and Capital University before becoming a high school coach at Columbus East and Springfield High Schools. He served as Athletic Director for Springfield City Schools and was instrumental in developing several legendary high school coaches.

Additionally, two teams will be honored:

• The University of Cincinnati 1965-66 men's basketball team - This Bearcats team won the Missouri Valley Conference championship and finished the season ranked in the top 10 nationally. They played 10 of the top 25 teams in the US, winning nine of those ten games, and made it to the NCAA Midwest regionals, losing to eventual National Champions, Texas Western, in overtime.
   
• The McGuffey Upper Scioto High School women's basketball team - State champions in both 1993 and 1994, these young women put together back-to-back undefeated seasons. The 1993 team finished 27-0 before defeating Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans in double overtime in the state final. The following year, they went 26-1 and again clinched the state title. Notably, their boys team also won the state championship in 1994, making McGuffey Upper Scioto the first high school to win both titles in the same season.

"This class represents the very best of Ohio basketball, from high school standouts to college stars, and from pioneering coaches to NBA executives," said Daugherty. "We're excited to share their stories and preserve the rich history of basketball in our state."

The 2025 Induction Ceremony will take place on April 12, 2025, at the Hilton Polaris in Columbus. Tickets for the event will go on sale November 1, 2024.

For a complete listing of Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees, visit the alphabetical listing on our website.

About the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame

The Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame was founded to honor the achievements of both male and female basketball players in high school, college, and professional basketball, successful coaches on all levels, and those who have impacted the game along the way. The organization's mission is to promote and preserve the history of basketball in Ohio.