WHEELING –Three high school athletes and two coaches will be honored in the Legends category of the OVAC Hall of Fame.

Selected for the honor at the 21st OVAC Hall of Fame Banquet at WesBanco Arena in August will be athletes Jim Fryfogle of Shenandoah, Larry Handschumacher of Salem-Liberty, and John Kouski of Bridgeport plus coaches Paul Jackson of Parkersburg South and John Kelley of University,

Previously announced Hall of Fame honorees include 12 athletes, two coaches, two officials, one contributor and one OVAC family selection.

The athletes are Wheeling Park’s Errin Baynes and Indian Creek’s Alex Young from the 2010’s decade; Martins Ferry’s Clay Tucker and Beaver Local’s Derek Wolfe from 2000’s; Bellaire’s Richie Mamie and Buckeye Local’s Chet Pobolish from 1990’s; Linsly’s Heath Haynes and St. Clairsville’s Ann Osborne from 1980’s; Bishop Donahue’s Garry Fonner and Wintersville’s Ernie Andria from 1970’s; and Wheeling Central’s Pat Korsnick and Wheeling High’s Gerald Schultze from the 1960’s.

The honored coaches are Ron Pobolish and Craig Schneid. Dan Delande and Joe Hissom are the officials’ picks; Steve Wojcik the Family selection; and Mike DelRe the Contributor honoree.

Here’s the Legends of OVAC Schools’ selections:

JIM FRYFOGLE, Shenandoah (Class of 1969) — The 5-foot-11, 175-pounder collected 11 varsity letters and all-star honors in football, basketball and baseball for the Zeps.

In football, the 3-year letterman and two-time team captain was an All-Pioneer Valley League defensive back as a junior and honored senior quarterback for a 7-3 record team. He also earned All-Southeastern Ohio honorable mention.

In basketball, the three-year regular guard helped the Zeps to a 17-1 regular season record, and 1902 overall, as a junior on the Mid-Ohio Valley League championship team which won the Class A sectional title. As a senior, he was All-MOVL and All-Southeastern Ohio plus honorable mention All-Ohio Class A.

In baseball, the four-year letterman capped a stellar senior season with a 10-1 pitching record and batted .348 on a 12-5 record team which repeated as East Central Ohio League champ. He was All-ECOL.

He played baseball four seasons at Marietta College and was a member of four Ohio Athletic Conference title teams. He was inducted into the Shenandoah Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022.

LARRY HANDSCHUMACHER, Salem-Liberty (Class of 1963) — Playing for a school before consolidation into Fort Frye, he excelled as a four-year letterman in basketball and baseball.

In basketball, he was the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,387 points after averaging 28.1 points a game as a junior and 27.6 points as a senior when he earned 2nd Team UPI All-Ohio Class A and honorable mention AP All-Ohio Class A. He was the Washington County Tournament MVP and leading scorer three straight years.

In baseball, he capped a four-year career by batting .536 as a senior. He then played baseball four years for Ohio University coach Bob Wren.

He was a teacher and head baseball coach and junior high and jayvee basketball coach at Fort Frye.

A 2017 inductee into the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame, he also was honored in 2011 by the Dugout Softball Hall of Fame.

PAUL JACKSON, Parkersburg South (Class of 1973) — After serving as an aide to South wrestling coach, and OVAC Legends honoree, Rod Oldham, the took the head coaching reins in 1990 and in two stints, from 1990-97 and 2007-12, he would become the winningest largest Class AAA coach in state history with 9 state championships. He coached 26 individual state champions, 130 state placers, and was honored 7 times as AAA Wrestling Coach of the Year.

Overall, his dual meet record was 325-56, including 115 consecutive wins, plus 55 tournament titles. His 1995 Patriot team was ranked 20th nationally.

After South joined the OVAC, he won the OVAC crown in his final three seasons (2010-12) and was tournament Class 5A and overall titlist. He won the OVAC dual meet crowns in 2009 and 2010.

Among other honors, he was the state all-sports Coach of the Year in 2012 by the W.Va. Sports Writers Association–only the second wrestling coach so honored. The other was National, state and OVAC Hall of Famer Larry Shaw of Oak Glen. He was a finalist three straight years (2010-12) for the all-sports Bill Van Horne/OVAC Coach of the year; OVAC Wrestling Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2011; and selected National Wrestling Coach, Scholastic Division Coach of Year in 1996-97 and 2010-11.

In 2015, he received the “Lifetime Service to Wrestling Award” from the W.Va. Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and also was inducted into the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame. His alma mater, South, awarded him the school Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.

JOHN KELLEY, Oak Glen (Class of 1968) — He retired in 2024 as the winningest football coach in Monongalia County history.

The former Oak Glen High athlete spent 49 years as a prep football coach including the last 41 years at University High School–the final 37 years as head coach (1987-2023). His first team was in the state Class AA playoffs and, overall, he guided 23 teams to postseason playoffs with every team from 1998-2005 earning playoff berths.

Six teams advanced to state semifinals and the 1994 team was state Class AAA runner-up to South Charleston. Three Hawk teams posted 10-0 unbeaten regular seasons. Overall, he won 254 games and had 28 winning seasons. Two of his teams won largest class OVAC titles.

He coached 44 1st Team All-State players and eight who won conference player of the year honors. Four players went on to an NFL experience highlighted by OVAC Hall of Fame Legends’ honoree Rich Braham, currently a Hawk assistant coach, who was an All-American at West Virginia U. before playing 13 years with the Cincinnati Bengals. Kelley also coached another OVAC Legends’ selection, Jedd Gyorko, who went on to baseball All-America honors at WVU and had a nine-year major league baseball career.

JOHN KOUSKI, Bridgeport (Class of 1940) — He was considered one of the finest all-round athletes in school history after being a rare four-year letterman in football and basketball and serving as team captain in both sports as a senior.

In football, he played a variety of positions–passer, runner and kicker, while being a fullback, halfback and defensive standout. He represented the Bulldogs in the inaugural Ohio/West Virginia All-Star Football Game.

In basketball, he played both guard and center and was a key member of three Ohio state tournament teams coached by OVAC Legends honoree Floyd Baker. All three teams during his freshman, sophomore and junior years were eliminated by the eventual state champion.

In 1939, the Bulldogs defeated Akron Buchtel in the state tourney as Kouski scored 15 points–a high number in that era. Eventual champ Akron North ousted the Bulldogs in the quarterfinals.

In 1938, the Bulldogs defeated Bowling Green and Akron St. Vincent before bowing to eventual champ Newark in the semis. In 1937, Bridgeport beat Salem before bowing to eventual champ Hamilton in the quarters.

He earned an Ohio State football scholarship from Hall of Fame coach Paul Brown and played his freshman year before joining the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He reportedly was offered a pro contract from the Pittsburgh Steelers upon leaving military service but decided to go to work for Wheeling Steel.

He was inducted into the Bridgeport Wall of Fame in 2023.