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Chris May Named Executive Director
of The Hall of Fame

Dr. Phil Eskew, President of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors, is pleased to announce that Chris May has been hired as the new Executive Director of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. May has been described as a “basketball nut”, “hoops junkie”, “basketball enthusiast”, and “roundball fanatic”. He is a basketball enthusiast who has spent his professional career in broadcasting and media around the high school, college and professional game.

Previously May was the producer of The Dan Dakich Show, which is carried by Emmis Communications, 1070 The Fan. It is a three-hour sports talk show, which includes heavy coverage and promotion of basketball. He also has served as a sideline reporter and play-by-play announcer for the IHSAA State Championship radio network and webcasts. May has served as the host of a weekly radio show, “The Fan’s High School Warmup” and has provided audio and video interviews of nearly every IHSAA State Championship event.
May graduated from Rusvhille High School and was a communications major at DePauw University. While at DePauw he was the sports director of the universities’ radio network. He served as the play-by-play voice of over 100 broadcasts in football, men and women’s basketball and baseball. May was presented with the Society of Professional Journalists Award and the Princeton Review named the station the Nation’s number six College Radio Station. Additional college work has been completed at IUPUI. The basketball enthusiast has worked with HoosierAuthority.com, “High School Sports Show”, “Prep Sports Weekly”, “High School Friday Night”, and was a part of the ESPN 950-AM staff.
May replaces Roger Dickinson, who is retiring after serving in the same post for the past ten years. The new director looks forward to the exciting challenge of heading up the only statewide high school basketball hall of fame in the nation.