Kenny Reeves has finally been inducted into the 10th Region Boys Basketball Hall of Fame, 31 years after he played for the Maysville Bulldogs. The Hall of Fame was started back in the late 1970s and Reeves was one the players from years ago who had been forgotten about. A few years ago, the coaches formed a veterans committee to look back at players from yesteryear who were worthy of induction.
Reeves certainly qualifed for the Hall of Fame despite playing just a year and a half at Maysville. He averaged 10 points a game as a junior and 14.3 points a game as senior, and the Bulldogs won the 10th Region championship both years (1945 and 1946).
During his induction speech Monday night, Reeves said he lived in Aberdeen and transferred to Maysville High School as a junior.
"I have memories of Maysville High and 10th Region basketball, coach [Earle D.] Jones in particular and what a great coach he was," Reeves said. "And what fundamentals he taught."
Reeves said he learned a lot of basketball from Jones.
"Sometimes I tell people I had to forget things to play in college because (Jones) was such a fundamentalist, [and] college ball got be a little bit more one-on-one and all that kind of stuff."
Reeves had an even more successful college career playing for the Louisville Cardinals.
He scored 1,245 points in his four years at Louisville. He was a starting guard on the Cardinals'
1948 NAIB championship team-Louisville's first national title. Reeves is a member of the University of Louisville Hall of Fame and his jersey was retired. He was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the fourth round of the 1950 NBA draft. But instead of playing pro ball, Reeves became a dentist.
And better late than never, Reeves is a member of the Boys Basketball 10th Region Hall of Fame.
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