The 59^th men's induction class of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame has a distinct Butler feel to it as Bulldog standouts Wally Cox and Ted Guzek are part of the class. Additionally, the late Alan Darner – grandfather of Butler senior Sean McDermott – will also be inducted.

Wally Cox set scoring records at Broad Ripple High School, followed by more scoring records at Butler University.  Setting the Broad Ripple career mark for scoring (750) and single-season points (429), he was the leading scorer in Indianapolis as a senior, earned 1^st team all-city honors and was a 1954 Indiana All-Star.  Setting the Butler University record for freshman varsity scoring (254 points), he would total 999 career points while playing alongside four other Indiana Basketball Hall of Famers (fellow 2020 HOF inductee Ted Guzek, as well as Keith Greve, Bobby Plump and Ray Craft).  Noted for scoring 19 points in Butler's 1958 N.I.T. win over St. John's in Madison Square Garden and 19 points in a win over Indiana in the 1957 Hoosier Classic, Cox was named to Butler's five-man 1950's all-decade team and to the Butler Athletics Hall of Fame.  Continuing to play competitive basketball until age 75, he was a member of two National Senior Championship & AAU National Senior Championship teams (1991 & 1996).  Retired from a career in education and insurance, he resides in Pittsboro.

The late Ted Guzek was a Hoosier native who made a name as a standout at Butler University.  A 1954 graduate of Hammond Morton High where he averaged 18.5 points per game as a senior for the 18-5 sectional runners-up, he joined a talented group of players under Tony Hinkle at Butler (fellow Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame inductees Keith Greve, Bobby Plump, Ray Craft and Wally Cox).  A three-year starter at Butler, Guzek twice set the Bulldogs' single-game scoring record with 37 points against Notre Dame as a sophomore and then 38 his junior year at Notre Dame, set the single-season scoring record of 531 points his junior year and graduated 3^rd in school history with 1,311 career points despite missing time his senior year with a broken ankle.  He set a Butler and NCAA record with a 13-13 shooting performance from the field at Michigan as a junior, was a three-time all-conference pick and a 1957 Helms All-American after averaging 21.2 points and 8.2 rebounds his junior season.  Named to Butler's five-man all-1950's team and a member of the inaugural Butler Athletics HOF induction class, he was one of ten players named in 1998 to the All-Time Butler Men's Basketball Team.  An educator, he and his wife Peggy were tragically killed in an auto accident in 1974.

The late Alan Darner led Pike teams to two IHSAA championships in his successful head coaching career.  A native of Ohio, where he won 167 games in 15 seasons, his Indiana coaching career was launched at Anderson Highland.  From 1986-1995, Darner's Highland teams were 142-59 (.706), winning four Olympic Conference championships, 1991 sectional and regional championships and a 1991 Hall of Fame Classic title.  Taking over at Pike in 1995, his teams would accumulate a 109-37 record (.747) in six seasons including three conference championships, one Marion County championship, three sectionals, two regionals, two semi-state titles and 1998 and 2001 IHSAA 4A championships.  His record as an Indiana high school head coach was 251-96 (.723) and he won 418 games in Ohio and Indiana high school basketball in 30 seasons.  In his 15 seasons in Indiana high school basketball, he coached 10 Indiana All-Stars - including sons Linc (1990) and Tige (1994) - and two Indiana Mr. Basketballs.  Darner died September 22, 2019.

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame's 59^th Annual Men's Awards Banquet will be held on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.  The day's events will include a reception at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame museum in New Castle that afternoon with a banquet that evening at the Primo Banquet Hall in Indianapolis.

Reservations are available online now or through mail order in early 2020.  Call the Hall at 765-529-1891, visit www.hoopshall.com or email info@hoopshall.com for more information.

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Name, High School, Graduation
Bill Berberian, Thornton (IL), 1942
Wally Cox, Broad Ripple, 1954
Alan Darner *, West Lafayette (OH), 1964
Ted Guzek *, Hammond Morton, 1954
Mark James, Martinsville, 1973
Lyndon Jones, Marion, 1987
John Lee, New Castle, 1960
Davage Minor *, Gary Froebel, 1941
Dick Nyers, Indianapolis Manual, 1952
Kirby Overman, Carthage, 1958
Bob Purkhiser *, Bluffton, 1961
Jerry Reynolds, Springs Valley, 1962
Ray Roesner *, Holland, 1953
Mark Siegel *, Pike, 1977
Terry Stotts, Bloomington North, 1976
Joe Sutter, Marion, 1969
Steve Yoder, Plymouth, 1958

Indiana Pacers Silver Medal
Jim Kessler, Northwest (MO), 1966

Centennial Award
Paul White *, Franklin, 1920

* indicates deceased