The Brookville Area High School Hall of Fame was founded to recognize and celebrate the positive accomplishments and contributions of Brookville Area High School alumni, employees, coaches or volunteers. Honorees will be recognized for outstanding achievement in their chosen field, leadership, the arts, athletics and volunteer/community service. Nominees with outstanding records of achievement deserving of special recognition are eligible.

Areas of Consideration

• Achievement - Alumni, employee, coach or volunteer at Brookville Area High School whose distinguished actions have led to outstanding recognition in their chosen vocation on a local, national or international level are eligible.

• Leadership - Alumni, employee, coach or volunteer at Brookville Area High School whose leadership has led to outstanding recognition in their vocation or another area of expertise or outside interest on a local, national or international level are eligible.

• Arts – Alumni, employee, coach or volunteer at Brookville Area High School who has established an outstanding record of achievement in the visual or performing arts on a local, national or international level that would make them deserving of special recognition are eligible.

• Athletics - Alumni, employee, coach or volunteer at Brookville Area High School who have established outstanding records of achievement in their chosen sport(s) on a local, national or international level that would make them deserving of special recognition are eligible.

• Volunteer/Community Service - Alumni, employee, coach or volunteer at Brookville Area High School whose actions and/or achievements may not be categorized in the above, but are deserving of such recognition and honor.

Criteria for Selection
To be eligible for selection, individuals must have graduated from Brookville Area High School at least ten years prior to nomination. Employees, coaches or volunteers must be retired or not coaching and/or volunteering at the school for five years. Individuals meeting this criteria that are deceased are also eligible.

General criteria to be considered in the evaluation shall be:

• A person(s) whose actions demonstrate outstanding character.

• A person whose outstanding citizenship has achieved international, national or local recognition.

• A person(s) whose leadership can inspire students in the pursuit of excellence.

• A person(s) whose accomplishments are outstanding or whose leadership is considered exceptional.

If a nominee is not elected to membership, they are removed from the list.  However, the same individual can be nominated again for consideration in any future nomination year.

Hall of Fame Yearly Timeline

• Nominations are due by August 1 of the induction year.

• Nominations are sent to the review committee the first full week of August of the induction year.

• Review committee selects inductees no later than September 1 of the induction year.

• A minimum of one nominee and maximum of five nominees may be inducted each year.

Hall of Fame Review Committee

Hall of Fame Review committee members will always remain anonymous but make up a cross section of Brookville Area High School alumni, retirees and community members. The committee will always be comprised of a minimum of five members to a maximum of 7, with seats to be filled on an as-needed basis.

Hall of Fame Induction

Held at a public reception and awards ceremony in the high school auditorium prior to the annual homecoming football game. Each inductee receives a personalized Hall of Fame award, with permanent recognition of the members of each HOF class to be prominently displayed at the high school. The current year’s HOF members are also introduced during halftime of the football game.