CPS announces 2024 athletic hall inductees

By CPS MediaFourteen outstanding Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) alumni and coaches will be inducted into the CPS Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2024. Their accomplishments span a variety of sports including cross country, football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track, volleyball, gymnastics and swimming. This year’s Hall of Fame Class includes honorees from 1938 to 2011. Inductees to the Hall of Fame Class of 2024 include:The Class of 2024 Living Athletes are Tyrone Brown (Withrow 1991), Jennifer Hogan (Western Hills 1996), Shana Darden (Taft 2005), Danny Horace (Western Hills 2001), Ashley Liverpool (Walnut Hills 2010), Phillip Ritchie (Withrow 1961), Andrea Smythe (CAPE 1989) and Skyler Willis-Walton (Withrow 2011).& & The Class of 2024 Coaches are E.A. Poos (Hughes, Woodward: football, basketball, baseball, cross country, gymnastics, track) and Larry Wetenkamp (Taft, Hughes, Western Hills: gymnastics, volleyball, track, baseball, cross country, football, golf).The Class of 2024 Posthumous Athletes are Gary Cobb (Withrow 1956), Walt Maerki (Withrow 1938), Jule Rosenthal (Hughes 1938) and Frank Shands (Hartwell HS 1940).“These athletes and coaches have distinguished themselves both on and off the field of play,” Josh Hardin, CPS Athletics Manager, said. “Cincinnati Public Schools has an incredibly rich and historic pedigree with athletics. We are privileged to...