Bobby Meyer and Greg Boatright have plenty in common besides the bench.

Both coaches won 21 games this season at Cullman and St. Bernard, respectively.

Both coaches have been atop Cullman County hoop programs for numerous years.

And, more recently, both coaches found out some pretty fantastic news.

Meyer (Hanceville) and Boatright (Fairview) — along with Wallace State softball coach Jayne Clem (at large) — received letters regarding their upcoming induction into one of the area’s most prestigious organizations.

The Cullman County Sports Hall of Fame.

The CCSHOF’s 17th class — which also includes Del Brock, Ken Gunter and Todd Hermetz, Cullman; Dillard Quick Jr., Good Hope; Cindy Mallard, Hanceville; Bill Oliver, Holly Pond; Charlie Rodgers, Cold Springs; Mike Grantham, Vinemont; and Roy Johnson, West Point — will officially be installed April 22 at a banquet inside the Cullman Civic Center.

Tickets can be purchased for $20 beginning March 1 at Peoples Bank on Cherokee Avenue.

The CCSHOF board slashed the pool of candidates to 30 semifinalists last December before settling on 11 finalists back in January. 

The Times will again publish profiles of all the inductees in the weeks leading up to the banquet.

See a full list of the 30 semifinalists below:

Cullman

Del Brock

Bryan Cain

Wayne Chappell

Ken Gunter

Todd Hermetz

Kristy Ward

Barry Willoughby

Hanceville

Cindy Mallard

Bobby Meyer

Dillard Quick Sr.

Ronald Swann

Fairview

Greg Boatright

Mike Sears

Joseph Winford Smith

Good Hope

Phillip Carden

Roger Moore

Dillard Quick Jr.

Cold Springs

Odis Junior Garmon

Joey Graves

Charlie Rodgers

Holly Pond

Sheila Berry Buckelew

Bill Oliver

West Point

Patrick Cleghorn

Nikki Haverty

Roy Johnson

Vinemont

Mike Grantham

Teck Johnson

At Large

Jayne Clem