In a year where 17 different players from 8 different schools received votes for the Ferriss Trophy, which is presented to the Most Outstanding Baseball Player in Mississippi, it isn’t surprising that the voting for the finalists was close. The five finalists will be in attendance on Monday, May 23rd when the Mississippi Band of […]
Jackson, Miss. – (May 2, 2022) The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum will host the Atlanta Braves World Champions Trophy Tour Presented by Truist on Monday, May 9, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. The primary purpose of the Atlanta Braves World Champions Trophy Tour is to give Braves fans a chance […]
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum along with the Pearl River Resort and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is pleased to announce that Hall of Fame Baseball Coach Ron Polk will be the featured speaker at the presentation of the 2022 Ferriss Trophy. The Ferriss Trophy is named in memory of the […]
Jackson, Miss. (March 7, 2022) –The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum today announced the winners of their annual basketball awards. The awards sponsored by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and the Pearl River Resort went to Shakira Austin of Ole Miss for the Gillom Trophy and to Iverson Molinar of Mississippi State […]
Jackson, Miss. (February 24, 2022) – The end of the 2021-2022 basketball season indicates it is time to award the Gillom Trophy and the Howell Trophy presented by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI) and the Pearl River Resort to the most outstanding college basketball players. The awards will be presented at a luncheon […]
Jackson, Miss. (February 7, 2022) – The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Pearl River Resort announced today an agreement for title sponsorship of the annual basketball and baseball awards presented to the Most Outstanding College Player in Mississippi in each sport. In basketball the women compete for the Gillom […]
December 2, 2021 Dear Friend, As we try to return to a more normal lifestyle here at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, we are starting to see people trying to get out and enjoy things they have been denied over the past two years. Although still short of pre-COVID attendance, more people are coming […]
