HAMMOND, La. – A trio of Southeastern Louisiana legends make up the 2016 Southeastern Athletics Hall of Fame Class, SLU announced on Wednesday.
The newest Hall of Fame members are Jacques Chevallier (golf), Kenny Lehrmann (baseball) and the late Calvin Favron (football). The induction of the 2016 class will bring the total of Southeastern Athletics Hall of Fame inductees to 138.
Chevallier, Lehrmann and Favron will be inducted on Oct. 29. After the induction ceremony earlier in the day, the three new inductees will be recognized at halftime of that evening's SLU-Central Arkansas Southland Conference contest.
Chevallier, a native of Brest, France, is the third Southeastern golfer to be inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame, joining Andy Smith (2010) and Martin du Toit (2007). Chevallier played for the Lions from 1997-2001, helping SLU to Southland Conference championships in 1998 and 2000.
During his career, he was a three-time All-Southland Conference selection and posted a 73.22 stroke average – the third-lowest in school history. He was named the 2000 Southland Conference Golfer of the Year, the 2000 LSWA Co-Golfer of the Year and was named the 1999-00 Southeastern Male Athlete of the Year.
Ranked as high as 52
nd in the national GolfStat rankings, Chevallier was the 1998 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and was part of a Southeastern squad that finished 23
rd nationally at the 1998 NCAA Championships.
Lehrmann's induction brings the total of baseball SLU Athletics Hall of Fame inductees to 17. He is the first former baseball student-athlete to be inducted into the Hall of Fame since Wade Miley in 2014.
Lehrmann pitched for the Lions from 1976-78 and still holds the school's career record with 25 wins. He led SLU in strikeouts in each of his three seasons and ranks ninth in school history with 230 career strikeouts. An ABCA All-Region selection in 1978, he posted a 10-3 record and helped the Lions to the 1978 Gulf South Conference crown.
A two-time All-GSC first team selection, Lehrmann led Southeastern with seven wins in 1977 and posted a team-low 1.99 earned run average in 1976.
Favron is the 57
th former Lion football player to be named to the Southeastern Athletics Hall of Fame. The White Castle, Louisiana native is the first former SLU gridiron standout to be inducted since Felton Huggins in 2013.
Following a successful four-year career in Hammond, Favron was drafted 46
th overall in the second round of the NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1979. Favron's selection still marks the highest a Lion has ever been selected in the NFL Draft.
Favron had a breakout season as a senior, earning first-team All-Gulf South Conference honors. Second on the team with 58 tackles (10 for loss), Favron was a key member of a SLU defense that finished ranked nationally in scoring defense (1
st, 7.1 ppg), total defense (2
nd, 181.3 ypg), pass defense (10
th, 93.5 ypg) and rushing defense (5
th, 88.7 ypg).
Favron followed his Lion career by playing four seasons with the Cardinals from 1979-82. He played in 50 games, making 21 starts. Favron passed away in 1999.
Inductees to the Southeastern Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame, which has been honoring former Lion student-athletes, coaches, administrators and staff, are voted on by a selection committee. To nominate members for future induction, send nominations to SLU Director of Sports Information
Kemmler Chapple, SLU 10309, Hammond, LA 70402.
Southeastern Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees
1930-31 Elmer Sanders FB
1931-32 Ralph Smith FB
1932-33 John LeTard FB
Tom Sanders FB
1933-34 W.S. Rownd, Jr. FB
1934-35 William Mattis FB
1935-36 Stan Galloway FB
Pete Imbraguglio FB
1936-37 Nelson Hart FB
1937-38 James Carlin FB
James W. Bales FB
1938-39 Hollis Wilson FB
1939-40 Charles Simmons FB
Charles Manley FB
Wilmot Brown FB
Marvin Maroun FB
1940-41 Albie Reisz FB
1942-43 T.J. Campion FB
1946-47 Pat Kenelly FB
1947-48 James Odom FB
1948-49 Brisco Dugas FB
Aubrey Cole MBB
1949-50 Harold Owens MBB
1950-51 Noel Wilkins FB, Trk
Leo Jones FB, Trk
1951-52 Louis Campos FB
Walt Andrew FB
1952-53 Hubert Polk FB
1954-55 Ray Porta FB, Base
Gerald Stone FB, Trk
Richard Sharp MBB
1959-60 Oscar Lofton FB, MBB, Trk
Sheldon Fernandez Base
1962-63 Bob Hardy Base
Elbert Harris FB
Glen Bowman MBB, Trk
Dr. R.Y. Newsom DS
1964-65 Bernard Oubre Base
1966-67 Billy Andrews FB
Jim Camhout Trk
Steve Picou MBB
1967-68 Lamar Labauve Base
1968-69 David LeSage FB
Webb Jay Trk
1970-71 E.L. McGehee DS
1973-74 Maxie Williams FB
1974-75 Ronnie Hornsby FB
C.A. Core MBB
1976-77 Frank Misuraca FB, Base
Ted Glaser FB
1978-79 Wilbur Derrick FB
Duane Floyd FB
1979-80 Wayne Hardy Trk
Monty Crook FB
Robert Martin Trk
1980-81 C.J. Alexander FB
Andy Davis Base
Andy Thiel Trk
1981-82 Grady Morgan DS
W.L. Billups DS
Ellis Johnson FB
1983-84 Jerome Davis FB
Arlan Blackwell FB, Base, Trk
Dennis Wagner MBB
Steve Grigas MBB, Base
1984-85 James Waldrop All Sports
Luther Marlar DS
Joseph Cittadin All Sports
1985-86 Virgil Underwood FB
T.C. Calmes FB
1990-91 Dr. Robert Brown DS
Monica Harrison WBB
Ignacio Ossandon Tennis
Don Wilson MBB
Cindy Williams WBB
Dr. Deloach Thames DS
1991-92 Robin Roberts WBB
Tommy Lee Smith Trk
Al LeBlanc DS
1992-93 Renee Daniels WBB
Ralph Smith Trk
1993-94 Malcholm Bech Trk
Rusty Price Trk
1994-95
Larry Hymel DS
1996-97 Greg Marten Base
Herman Carlisle FB, MBB
1997-98 Billy Ladner FB, Base
1998-99 Queen Brumfield WBB
Pam Cook WBB
Huey Husser FB
2001-02 Greg Lawrence Trk
Renata Smekalova WTennis
Kirk Bullinger Base
Linda Puckett DS
2003 Horace Belton FB
Christie Mikolajchak VB
Tara Maus SB
2004 Allison Holladay Soc
Darci Starr VB
Jeff Williams Base
2005 Voncia Bookman SB
Alan Klein FB
Ken Kenelly DS
Gino Marino DS
2006 Becca Weingartner Soc
David Bennett Trk
Macky Waguespack Base
2007 Anne Bauer VB
Martin du Toit Golf
Mac Faul FB
Robert "Doc'?Goodwin DS
2008 Angie Antonelli FB
Wayne Booker MBB
Larry Crow DS
Deneka Knowles Bickham WBB
2009 Christine Amertil Trk
Dr.?Billy?Bond DS
Gavin Fingleson Base
Kim Kwolek Soc
Anthony Vereen FB
2010 Sarah?Gascon VB, SB
Bobby Hill FB
Andy?Smith Golf
2011 Courtney Coutu Soc
Willie Shepherd FB
2012 Donald Dykes FB, Trk
Kim McNally Soc
Kendra Oney Soc
2013 Nate Lofton MBB
Chris Carter Trk
Felton Huggins FB
2014 Wade Miley Base
Emilija Arnaudovska Tennis
2015 Rachel Ray Fitzgerald SB
Denise Kubena Wyninger VB
2016 Jacques Chevallier Golf
Kenny Lehrmann Base
Calvin Favron FB
DS - indicates Distinguished Service
