Kate Pennington Rochelle
Inducted in 1987
Women's Basketball
As a Lion
Kate Pennington Rochelle began her basketball career at Nankipoo High School where she was chosen to West Tennessee Tournament All-Star team in 1930. In the fall, she entered Freed-Hardeman on a work-scholarship. For her exploits on the court, she was named a Mississippi Valley Conference All-Star guard. An active student who played in all college sports and participated in school affairs, she was elected Best All-Around Student in 1933.
After Graduation

After transferring from FHC, she attended Memphis State University for her baccalaureate degree. She played on a independent Memphis team while a student at MSU. Their opponents included teams from Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado and Illinois.

She returned to Nankipoo in1935 to begin her coaching career. She was also a member of an independent team at Dyersburg. When consolidation came, she continued coaching at Halls Elementary School and later the high school. In 1941, following her marriage to Jack Rochelle, she taught math and coached at Ripley. She continued teaching at various locations in West Tennessee until her retirement in 1973-after a career of 35 years.

One of her former students, Floyd H. Crain, said, "She helped mold the lives of her students and promoted within them a love of God and country."

Today she lives in Ripley where one of her pleasures is walking down the street and hearing former s- now doctors, lawyers, farmers, housewives and businessmen- yell "Hi, Miss Kate!"

 
Hall Of Fame Nomination Form
Lion Hall of Fame
YearInducteeSport(s)
1985Kerby FarrellBaseball
1985Laurent JohnsonCoaching
1985Lon VarnellBaseball, Basketball, and Football
1986Mary Nelle Brum ChalkWomen's Basketball
1986John Luke WebbFootball, Basketball, and Baseball
1986James WilliamsBaseball and Basketball
1987Mac H. FeltsMultiple
1987Kate Pennington RochelleWomen's Basketball
1987Robert L. WittBasketball
1988Ulyss BrockMen's Basketball
1988Mayme Higginbottam LaneWomen's Basketball
1988Jim MurdaughMen's Basketball
1989Jerry MooreMen's Basketball
1989John L. WeeksBaseball, Basketball, Football
1990Vanassa Chism BranchWomen's Basketball
1990Dolly LambertBaseball
1990John PipkinBaseball and Basketball
1990David SmithBasketball
1990R.W. (Dick) StewartBasketball
1991Sammy FisherCoaching
1991Dick GrayTrack and Field
1991Robert Stanley LittleMen's Basketball
1992Ancil JohnsonMen's Basketball
1992Clyde WoodsTennis
1993Aaron HerronMen's Basketball
1993Gerald MichaelMen's Basketball
1994Arthur BonnerMen's Basketball
1995Ruben BrownMen's Basketball
1995Charlie SmithMen's Basketball, Coaching
1996Cindy AndersonWomen's Basketball
1996Janice Wood GriggsWomen's Basketball
1996Renee Hensley PaughTennis and Basketball
1996Owen MitchellMen's Tennis
1997Randall AveryMen's Basketball
1997Sergio CastelloMen's Tennis
1998Garrett GrillsMen's Basketball
1999Fabiana CuggionniWomen's Tennis
1999Joe HardinDistinguished Service
1999Johanna MittenhammerWomen's Tennis
1999Ernesto RamosMen's Basketball
2000Claudia SanchezTennis
2002Jennifer Burkeen ShowersBasketball
2002David ByrdCoaching
2002Clay MurleyBaseball
2005Kara Sanders AtkinsWomen's Basketball
2005Qiana ElamWomen's Basketball
2006Chike StevensonMen's Basketball
2007Federico ContrerasTennis
2007Ricardo FerreiraTennis
2007Micheal GainesMen's Basketball
2008Nancy BennettDistinguished Service
2008Lee BurklowMen's Basketball
2008Mikki Dowell VinsonVolleyball/Softball
2009Anelise BattaglionWomen's Tennis
2009Jamie NorsworthyMen's Basketball
2009Terry WeeksCoaching
2009Jessica WoodardWomen's Basketball
2010Chuck BoxBaseball
2010Patrick O'SullivanBaseball
2011Van KalinisanBaseball
2011Eddie MartinCoaching after FHU
2011Ashlee RobertsonWomen's Basketball