ARKADELPHIA – Ouachita Baptist University is set to induct 10 new members representing seven different sports into the institution's athletics hall of fame.

The 2025 Ouachita Athletics Hall of Fame induction class includes Lennox Adams (men's track & field), Montoya Brown (football), Lisa Cooper (volleyball), Garry Crowder (women's basketball), Toby Enqvist (men's tennis), Johnny Jenkins (men's basketball), Kay McClelland (women's basketball), Phillip Supernaw (football), Ted Viala (baseball), and Craig Ward (men's tennis).

The class will be inducted on Friday, October 31 in a ceremony on campus and then recognized on Saturday, November 1 during halftime of Ouachita's football game against Northwestern Oklahoma State.

"It's an honor to be able induct these men and women into our athletics hall of fame," said Ouachita Director of Athletics David Sharp. "This group represents so much history and success of Ouachita Athletics looking back over the past 60 years. Many of these are long overdue for induction into our hall of fame, but all are more than deserving. We look forward to celebrating with them."

Lennox Adams won three consecutive Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference and NAIA indoor triple jump championships in in 1987, 1988, and 1989. He was the NAIA outdoor triple jump champion in 1988 and finished second in 1989. Adams was a three-time All-America honoree and competed in the 1988 Olympics, representing St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He was inducted into Arkansas Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2023.

Montoya Brown is one the best running backs to ever wear a Ouachita uniform, which speaks volumes considering who else is on that list. Brown was a three-time All-Gulf South Conference selection from 2000 to 2003 and was selected as the GSC Freshman of the Year in 2000. He made first team all-conference as a senior in 2003. Brown is currently seventh all-time at Ouachita in rushing with 3,664 yards and tied for eighth in career rushing touchdowns with 32.

Lisa Cooper, known as Lisa Edwards during her playing days, served as a key pillar of Tona Wright's volleyball squads of the late 1980s. Originally from Mena, Arkansas, she was named an NAIA All-American for three consecutive seasons from 1986 to 1988. During that time, she aided Ouachita to a combined 71-25 record (including a school-record 27 victories in 1988), two AIC titles (1986 and 1988), an NAIA district championship (1988), and the first national tournament bid in program history (1988).

Garry Crowder is Ouachita's all-time winningest women's basketball coach and one of the most successful coaches in the state of Arkansas when you combine his time at the high school and college levels. At Ouachita, Crowder coached the Tigers for 24 seasons (1995-2019) and finished with a 352-313 record, which is 130 wins ahead of inaugural Ouachita Athletics hall of famer Carolyn Moffatt. Crowder led his Ouachita teams to 13 winning seasons and four regional/national tournament appearances, highlighted by a Sweet 16 run in 2009. Prior to Ouachita, Crowder's high school teams at Jessieville and Taylor combined for 404 wins, seven regional championships, nine district tournament championships, and 11 conference titles.

Toby Enqvist came to Ouachita from Sweden on a tennis scholarship in 1990 and played a key part in sustaining the high standards the program still strives for today. He was the first recruit for Coach Craig Ward, who is also being inducted in this year's hall of fame class. Enqvist was a four-time All-AIC and NAIA All-District performer on the court and led the Tigers to consecutive AIC championships in 1992, 1993, and 1994, while finishing a close second in his freshman season of 1991. He also earned NAIA and ITA All-America honors as a senior in 1994.

Johnny Jenkins paced the late Bill Vining Sr.'s last AIC championship basketball team and is No. 3 on Ouachita's all-time scoring list with 1,549 career points. Joining the Tigers from Shreveport, Louisiana, Jenkins earned All-AIC honors three times. He became the third and final NAIA All-American in program history in 1978, with his efforts proving crucial in Ouachita's run to the AIC crown, a district title, and an NAIA national tournament appearance. Jenkins was the 1978 NAIA District 17 Playoff MVP.

Kay McClelland's name is all over the Ouachita women's basketball record book. The four-time All-AIC First Team honoree was the program's all-time leading scorer for more than two decades and currently ranks third with a total of 1,529 points from 1983 to 1987. She is still the program's all-time leader in seven other categories, sitting at No. 1 in scoring average (17.1 points per game), career field goal percentage (.530), career field goals made (632), career rebound average (8.4 per game), single-season field goals made (212, 1985-86), single-season rebounds (267, 1985-86), and single-season rebound average (10.3, 1985-86).

Phillip Supernaw is one of eight men in school history to play in the NFL, with Bleacher Report calling him "the kind of tight end that can do it all." A two-time All-GSC honoree and an All-GAC selection in the conference's first year, the Katy, Texas, native helped Ouachita capture the first-ever GAC football title in 2011. Supernaw was also the first Tiger chosen for the D2Football.com Elite 100 (2011), finishing his collegiate career with over 12.7 yards per catch. During his NFL career, he played for the Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, and the Tennessee Titans.

Ted Viala played baseball for Ouachita from 1965 to 1969 and was instrumental in starting what ended up being six consecutive AIC championships for the Tigers. Ouachita won the first three with Viala patrolling second base. The Tigers also clinched 1969 district championship during his senior season. Viala was a four-time All-AIC honoree and finished in the top five in the league in hitting each season.

Craig Ward was the men's tennis coach at Ouachita for 34 years from 1990 until his retirement at the end of the 2023-24 season. Under Ward's leadership, the program sustained a high level of success from competing in the NAIA through three different conferences as members of the NCAA Division II. Ward's Tigers won 11 conference championships and made 20 national tournament appearances, finishing as high as No. 3 in 2000. Four other Ward-led Tiger teams advanced to the national quarterfinals. Ouachita was ranked No. 1 in the nation on two different occasions during Ward's tenure, and in eight different seasons under him, the Tigers finished the year ranked in the top 10 nationally. He was named conference coach of the year seven times and earned national coach of the year honors twice. Ward was inducted into the Arkansas Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. The indoor tennis training complex on Ouachita's campus is named for Craig and his wife, Kim, who was the long-time manager of the facility.