The Southwestern College Athletic Hall of Fame will induct six new members and two teams on Friday, Oct. 24, inside historic Stewart Field House.  The evening festivities will begin with a social time at 5 p.m., followed by dinner and the induction ceremony at 5:30 p.m.  Tickets for dinner are $50 per person or $500 for a table of eight. For reservations, submit the Athletic Hall of Fame Reservation or contact Vanessa Mendoza, athletics administrative assistant, at (620) 229-6218.  RSVP is required by Tuesday, Oct. 16. 

Inductees will also be introduced at halftime of the Southwestern-Friends University Homecoming football game.  The new members are Carmen Doramus-Kinley ’98, Brett (Bates) Tahah ’12, Chad Hamlin ’96, Christine (Sheppard) Camacho ’14, Lorenzo Fouts, ’14, Timmy Taylor ’87, the 1938-39 National Championship men’s basketball team, and the 1977-78 men’s basketball team.  

Carmen Doramus-Kinley was a dual-sport athlete in volleyball and women's basketball at Southwestern College, excelling academically and athletically through 1994-1998. During her time, she made a significant impact, serving as co-captain for both sports in her senior year, earning KCAC Player of the Week multiple times, and being named the Most Valuable Player in volleyball. Her academic achievements were equally impressive, consistently making the Dean's Honor Roll every semester. Chosen by the student body, she was a candidate of the 1997 Homecoming Court. As a member of Pi Gamma Mu, the largest and preeminent honor society in the social sciences, she held an officer position in her senior year. Doramus-Kinley graduated Summa Cum Laude, was a Presidential Scholar, and ranked in the top 10% of her class, earning induction into the Order of the Mound.

After graduation, Doramus- Kinley pursued her master's degree at West Virginia University in Sports Management. She found a way to stay connected to sports through officiating, which brought her back to Kansas. She has officiated in numerous state high school championships in volleyball, basketball, and football, including the 2024 4A Kansas State Football Championship game in Emporia. Notably, she made history as the first female in Kansas to officiate an Ark Valley Chisolm Trail League (AVCTL) regular season Class 4A football game as referee in 2022, and she is perhaps the first female to officiate in the 2025 Kansas Shrine Bowl. Doramus-Kinley also officiates college football and women's basketball, becoming the first female on-field official to work a national championship game at any level of collegiate football at the 2022 NAIA Football Championship in Durham, NC. She currently resides in Wichita, with her husband, Keith, and son, Carrick.

Brett (Bates) Tahah transferred to Southwestern College in 2011 from Oklahoma City University and made an immediate impact at SC and in the KCAC.  In the 2010-11 season, Tahah was named KCAC Newcomer of the Year and in 2011-12 was named KCAC Player of the Year.  Tahah remains as the only Lady Builder to be named Newcomer of the Year and is one of four players to be named KCAC Player of the Year. She was a first team all-conference selection in both seasons while helping lead the Lady Builders to the National Tournament in Sioux City, Iowa.  Tahah earned Honorable Mention All-American status as a junior and Second Team All-American as a senior. She has the third highest free throw percentage in Lady Builder history at .863 making 252 of 292 attempts. She scored 561 points in her senior season, which is third most in the history books. That same season, she made 81 three-pointers which is fourth all-time.

She earned a bachelor of arts degree in biology in 2012 and her master of education degree in curriculum and instruction in 2014. She and her husband, Scott, reside in Okarche, Okla., where she teaches high school science and is the head girls basketball coach.  She has a career coaching record of 174-83 and has led her teams to three state semi-final appearances. They have four children; Zoey, 9; Maddox, 7; Heston, 2; and Hayes is seven months old. 

Lorenzo Fouts played defense and special teams for the football team.  He earned first team All-KCAC as a return specialist twice, and All-KCAC defensive back three times. Following the 2013 season, he earned unanimous All-Conference defensive back, All-Sunflower State defensive back, BSN All-American 3rd team defensive back, and AFCA All-First Team American defensive back. Fouts was also invited to the D2 vs NAIA All-Star bowl game and the National Scouting Combine. By the end of his career, Fouts broke six school records during his four years at Southwestern College.

After graduating with a sports management degree, he earned a contract from the Billings Wolves of the Indoor Football League and shortly after earned a contract to play in the GFL (German Football League) for the Hildesheim Invaders. Fouts currently resides with his wife, Hayley, and his step-daughter, Gemma, in Texas where he works as a supply manager while working through the fire academy process to become a firefighter in the DFW metro-plex.

Chad Hamlin attended Southwestern College as a dual collegiate athlete in track and field, competing from 1993 through 1996 in the high jump, long jump, and triple jump. In addition Hamlin was also a member of the men’s basketball team playing all four seasons of his college career.

Hamlin set the college high jump record at an impressive 7’0” in 1996—a record that still stands today. This jump came just a week after learning that he would require an after season knee surgery to repair a tear in his non lift leg. That same year, he broke both the conference and stadium records at the home conference meet, making his senior season a memorable chapter in his athletic career. Hamlin was a multiple-time conference champion, not only in high jump, but also the triple jump and long jump. He earned All-American honors in high jump at the National Indoor Championships in 1993 and again in 1996.  Hamlin qualified for the outdoor National Championships in all four years of his collegiate career. 

After college, Hamlin continued to give back to athletics as an assistant basketball coach at Hugoton High School for four years. He also dedicated himself to coaching and supporting his three children, cheering them on to multiple state appearances in basketball and even state titles in track. Hamlin currently lives in southwest Kansas with his wife, Pamela (Class of ’98), where they raised their family and run the family farm.

Timmy Taylor attended Southwestern College from 1983-87 and earned scholarships in track and field as well as football.  Taylor was an All-City and All-District football player in high school and was a part of a state runner-up track team two years in a row. 

At Southwestern, Taylor was an eight-time KCAC Champion in the 100 and 200 meter dash, and 4x100 meter relay team in 1984 and 1985, 4x400 meter relay in ’84 and 4x100 meter relay in ’86.  He was a three-time NAIA All-American in the 4x400 meter relay in ’84, and in the distance medley relay in ’85 and ’86.  Taylor was also a five-time NAIA District 10 Champion in the 100 and 200 meter dash, 4x400 meter relay and twice in the 4x100 meter relay.  District 10 included all the NAIA schools in Kansas including Pittsburg State, Emporia State, and Fort Hays State, schools that are now NCAA II. 

Taylor is a former school record holder in nine events.  He was named Southwestern College Relays Most Valuable Athlete in ’84 and ’85.  SC won for consecutive KCAC team titles and was a part of two NAIA District 10 team championships in ’84 and ’85.  Taylor says that coach Jim Helmer and coach Mike Kirkland always had him and his team prepared to perform at a high level.

Taylor earned degrees in health and physical education.  He and his wife, Carol, reside in Oklahoma City.  They were high school sweethearts and have been together for nearly 40 years. They are the proud parent of two sons, two daughters, and two granddaughters.  He still enjoys track and field as he coaches a summer track team, the Eastside Steppers that he formed in 1991.  

Christine (Sheppard) Camacho excelled for the track and field team all four years she was at SC.  She was a four-time NAIA National qualifier, eight-time KCAC individual event champion, seven-time KCAC relay champion, 23-time All-KCAC performer, and three-time Southwestern women’s track and field “Most Valuable Track Athlete.”

At the 2012 SC Relays, she was named “Most Valuable Female Athlete.” At the 2013 KCAC Indoor Track Championships, Camacho won the 60, 200, and 400 meter dash and was a member of the winning 4x400 meter relay team. She established new KCAC Meet Records in the 200, 400, and 4x400 meter relay.  Her performance led to her being named the KCAC “Most Valuable Female Athlete.”

Camacho established six new KCAC Meet Records during her career and she remains ranked in the SC Women’s Track and Field All-Time top 10 for her indoor 60, 200, and 400 meter dash times and 4x400 relay; and in outdoor track and field, she is in the top 10 for her 100, 200, and 400 meter dash times.

Camacho lives in Wichita, and works for the State of Kansas as a financial examiner. She spends the majority of her time running after her four kids, Ian, Sofia, Evelyn, and Eli.

The 1938-39 NAIA Championship SC Men’s Basketball Team joins the Hall of Fame.  The squad enjoyed non-conference victories over the likes of Kansas State University, Colorado State, and Wichita University (now Wichita State).  After a successful conference season, SC was invited to the 32-team National Tournament in Kansas City where SC defeated Eau Claire (Wis.), Westminster of Fulton, Mo., Maryville Teachers of Missouri, and in the championship game, defeated San Diego State University. The Builder team then received a tentative invitation to play at Madison Square Garden in New York, but were ruled out on the basis of freshman playing for the team. 

The SC team was built around a nucleus of four veterans; Lloyd Tucker, Harold Bratches, Edgar Hinshaw Russell Briar.  George Gardner was the head coach.  He was at SC for just two season but compiled a record of 41-8, and claimed the CIAC league title both years, Pan-American Games Championship and the National Championship. Other team members included Marvin Tucker, Ralph Smith, Price Fugit, Carl Dix, Olin Tucker, Charles Grigsby, Harold Stevens, and John Deckert. SC was liberally represented in the choosing of the all-star conference teams.  The Associated Press placed Bratches and Lloyd Tucker on the First-Team and Edgar Hinshaw on the Second-Team, and “Sticker” Briar and Marvin Tucker Honorable Mention. 

The 1977-78 SC Men’s Basketball Team was coached by Bill Stephens.  Picked to win the KCAC, the Builders got off to a 2-8 start.  But with a strong will and resiliency, and leadership from players like Ray Potter, Paul Wilke, Stretch Singleton, and Brad Bruner, SC got back to their winning ways.  A late season win over Bethany, a team SC was tied for first place with, propelled the Moundbuilders to a conference title, their second in a row.    

At the District 10 playoffs, Southwestern faced Washburn University, a team that had beaten SC earlier in the season.  Southwestern proved everyone wrong who had decided that Washburn was the favorite, and SC won 70-67.  Their season came to an end in the next round against #5 ranked Marymount Univ., but the nucleus of the team remained for the next season as SC claimed a third consecutive KCAC title.  

“What an incredible class of inductees; to be able to celebrate these individuals and a team that have strengthened Southwestern through their talent and grit, is truly a privilege,” says athletic director Matt O’Brien.  “We’re excited to host so many who care deeply for Southwestern athletics in historic Stewart Field House for a memorable evening.”

O’Brien adds that nominations for the 2026 Southwestern College Athletic Hall of Fame will be accepted until Dec. 31.  To submit a nomination, go to sckans.edu/athletichof.