The Kennesaw State Athletics Department announced on Thursday, July 18, that four individuals had been selected to the 2019 class of the KSU Athletics Hall of Fame.
Included in the class of 2019 are former Southern Polytechnic women’s basketball player Sarah Ogoke, softball player Cambria McKay, men’s basketball and men’s golf coach Phil Zenoni and competitive cheer coach Felicia Mulkey.
An entire weekend will be dedicated to the inductees, as the ceremonies take place on Friday, Sept. 27, before they are recognized the next day during the KSU football game against Reinhardt at Fifth Third Bank Stadium.
Ogoke played as the starting point guard for SPSU from 2012 to 2014, and was part of two NAIA Division I national tournament teams and one Southern States Athletic Conference Eastern Division championship squad in 2014.
She made a quick impact at SPSU by averaging nearly 19 points and 10 rebounds per game during her first season, leading to her earning the SSAC Defensive Player and Newcomer of the Year. During her second season, Ogoke led the team in points, assists and defensive rebounds while also helping the Hornets to 23 wins.
McKay played four seasons for the softball team from 2003 to 2006, starting 240 games as catcher for the Owls. McKay helped KSU win a 2004 Peach Belt Tournament Championship, make two appearances in the Division II NCAA Tournament and transition to the Division I level in 2006.
During her career, McKay was a consistent offensive force, hitting at least 50 RBIs in each of her first three seasons. She holds both the single-season and all-time record for home runs in program history, as well as being a three-time Division II All-American and one of the first Atlantic Sun All-Conference selections from KSU.
Zenoni is one of the pioneers of KSU athletics, helping establish the men’s basketball program by taking over as the first head coach in 1985. Zenoni coached the Owls for 11 seasons, winning 166 games and leading them to eight consecutive appearances in the NAIA Tournament.
Other accolades of Zenoni’s include the transition of the basketball team from the NAIA to Division II and leading the men’s golf team to an NAIA District Championship in 1986.
Mulkey was the originator of KSU’s Competitive Cheer and Dance squads in 1997, taking a former club cheerleading program and turning it into a fore that won back-to-back national championships in 2004 and 2005, and transitioned to Division I in 2006.
Since leaving KSU in 2009, Mulkey has continued to find success, winning national championships as an acrobatics and tumbling coach at the University of Oregon and Baylor University.
The KSU Athletics Hall of Fame now features 60 individuals and two teams, while SPSU’s 48 members brings the overall total to 108.
