In 1995, KSPA became the first state organization to create a Scholastic Journalism Hall of Fame in order to honor its own excellent members. Today, 42 names have been added to the permanent Hall of Fame plaque that hangs in the KSPA office in KU’s William Allen White School of Journalism.
Name and Year of Induction
- David Adams (1995)
- Doris Ballard (1995)
- Del Brinkman (1995)
- Edna Coder (1995)
- Meredith Cromer (1995)
- Nikki Economy (1995)
- Jackie Engel (1995)
- Shirley Gabrielson (1995)
- Dorothy Greer (1995)
- Ruth Hunt (1995)
- Jeanne Lambert (1995)
- Dana Leibengood (1995)
- Virginia Muninger (1995)
- Katherine Rogers (1995)
- Susanne Shaw (1995)
- Frances Taylor (1995)
- G.O. “Doc” Watson (1995)
- C.J. Medlin (1996)
- Robert Dillon (1996)
- Frank J. Wright (1996)
- Mary Wallace (1997)
- John Mohn (2000)
- Vicki Churchman (2000)
- Carol Dreiling (2001)
- Allen Wilhite (2005)
- Cheryl Nelsen (2005)
- Mary Anne McCloud (2006)
- John Hudnall (2006)
- Phyllis Wipf (2007)
- Susan Agee (2008)
- Linda Puntney (2008)
- Linda Drake (2009)
- Sharon Martin (2009)
- Nancy Hall (2010)
- Derius Mammen (2011)
- Michael Dunlap (2011)
- Susan Massy (2013)
- Mary Patrick (2014)
- Ron Johnson (2019)
- Kim Isbell (2023)
- Monte Moser (2023)
- Jim McCrossen (2024)
- Penny Wika