Jim Brownlee
im Brownlee is a former college baseball coach best known for his 23 seasons as head coach at the University of Evansville, where he became the winningest coach in program history. Playing and early career Brownlee played third base at Illinois State University and was a member of the Redbirds’ 1969 NCAA Division II national […]
Shelly Brand Adlard
Shelly (Brand) Adlard is an Evansville, Indiana native and former basketball player who was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. She was also the first women’s basketball player inducted into the University of Evansville Athletic Hall of Fame. Basketball career Adlard attended F.J. Reitz High School, where she led the Panthers […]
Sean Bennett
William Sean Bennett (born November 9, 1975) is a former professional American and Canadian football running back. He was drafted by the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football for the University of Evansville Purple Aces, Illinois Fighting Illini and […]
Andy Benes
Andrew Charles Benes (born August 20, 1967 in Evansville, Indiana) is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four teams: the San Diego Padres, the Seattle Mariners, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Arizona Diamondbacks, in a fourteen-year career from 1989 to 2002. His brother Alan also pitched in the […]
Brent Beeler
Brent Beeler Harrison High School alumnus who later graduated from Indiana State University with a B.S. degree in Marketing and Management. Brent is the Chief Operating Officer of Berry Plastics Corporation, recognized as a world leader in plastic packaging and tapes and coating materials. He dedicated his career to building Berry Plastics into a $4.1 […]
Bibbles Bawel
Edward Raymond “Bibbles” Bawel (born November 21, 1930) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Evansville College. He also helped the Hamilton Tiger-Cats win the Grey Cup in 1957. College careerInitially enrolling at the University of Evansville on a basketball scholarship; Bawel […]
Marv Bates
Marv Bates had a 30-year sportscasting career on Evansville radio, starting in 1947 at WIKY and moving in 1949 to WGBF. He was the station’s sports director and did play-by-play for University of Evansville and high school basketball and football games, and Evansville Triplets AAA baseball. Using taped sound effects and teletype copy he simulated […]
Tom Armstrong
Tom Armstrong is an American cartoonist and a graduate of the University of Evansville. He was the original artist on the newspaper comic strip John Darling, which he drew from 1980 through 1984. He also created the daily newspaper comic strip Marvin in 1982, and has worked on it continuously since then. He received the […]