Ceremony Date: June 3, 2023
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Location: Richmond High School Commons
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RHS Athletic Hall of Fame Athletic 2023 Inductees
Kyle Carroll, Class of 2012
Richmond’s initial 1st-Team All-State baseball player, Kyle Carroll also earned All-State
honors his junior year and was a two-time All-District/ All-Conference defensive back in
Football and a three-year All-Conference player in basketball, along with being named
to the Academic All-Conference team as well. As a junior, Carroll was a leader on
defense that helped guide the Spartans to the 2010 Class 3A State Championship. As a
senior in 2011, Carroll took over the offense at quarterback and helped lead the
Spartans to the state semi-finals, before falling to a very talented Logan-Rogersville
team. However, on the diamond is where Carroll would flourish. He was named All-
Conference and All-District his sophomore, junior and senior years and was also named
All-State infielder following his senior season. After his senior campaign, Carroll was
named his team’s Offensive Player of the Year, Team MVP and Co-Pitcher of the Year,
and would help lead his Spartan Baseball team to their most successful season (18-3),
grabbing their first Conference championship and their first District Championship in the
program's history. Carroll set the school homerun mark with seven during his senior
season and twelve in his career. He also holds the record for RBI, on-base percentage,
put-outs, fielding percentage and walks. Carroll was named RHS valedictorian of his
senior class and was a member of the National Honor Society. Carroll would continue
his baseball career, playing collegiately for Jefferson College and Abilene Christian
University. During his junior season at Abilene Christian, Carroll had seven multi-hit
games and was named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Carroll would cap off his senior season at Abilene Christian by tossing a perfect game
against Corpus Christi, along with hitting homeruns at TCU and Texas A&M.
Mark Kilgore, Class of 1979
A standout football and track performer for the Spartans, Mark Kilgore went on to excel
as a linebacker at Pittsburg State University, where he was named to the NAIA All-
American Team and set school records for Career Tackles, Career Interceptions, and
Interceptions in a season. As a Spartan, Kilgore was named All-Conference quarterback
and linebacker his junior and senior years. He was also named All-District linebacker
after his senior season and was invited to play in the East-West All-Star Game. As a
quarterback in Coach Tom Adam’s run-heavy offense, Kilgore passed for 825 yards and
rushed for 878 yards, scoring 12 touchdowns during his junior and senior seasons. On
the defensive side of the ball, Kilgore was a force to be reckoned with, collecting 210
tackles in his 18 games as a varsity player (11.6 tackles per game). Kilgore would also
go on to set three school records (Career Interceptions, Season Interceptions and Pass
Attempts in a career). In track, Kilgore was a state medalist in the high jump, finishing
4th his senior year, setting a school record with a jump of 6-8. He was also a member of
the state qualifying mile relay, teaming with Robbie Robinson, Rodney Williams and
Wade Pugh to set a school record that lasted 40 years. In Kilgore’s tenure at RHS, he
had the privilege of playing for three of Richmond’s legendary coaches, Coach Tom
Adams, Coach Hoot Middleton and Coach Jerry Armstrong.
Quinton Maxwell, Class of 2015
A four-sport athlete, Quinton Maxwell was a 4-year letter winner in football, 3-year letter
winner in baseball, basketball and track. A standout athlete in all four sports, Maxwell
was also a star in the classroom, earning Academic All-Conference all four years as
well as being named the All-Sports Club’s Scholar Athlete Award in both his junior and
senior years. In football, Maxwell was a three-time All-Conference, two-time All-District
quarterback and was voted 3rd Team All-State quarterback after his senior season.
Maxwell was also a two-time All-Conference linebacker. He currently shares the school
record for longest run from scrimmage of 95 yards. On the diamond, Maxwell was an
All-Conference/All-District left fielder his senior year, in which the Spartans locked up
their second consecutive District Championship. On the basketball court, Maxwell
earned All-Conference honors as a junior and senior, along with All-District honors his
senior year. Maxwell also proved his worth on the track, earning conference
championships in the triple jump and 1600M relay, enroute to a team conference
championship. As a senior, he repeated as conference champion in the triple jump,
while finishing runner-up in the 200M and 400M. Maxwell would continue his football
career at Ohio University where he played 16 games, passing for 1,758 yards and 12
touchdowns, while rushing for 307 yards and scoring three times. Maxwell was a two-
time All-Mid-American Conference Academic team member while leading the Bobcats
to the 2016 MAC East Championship. After transferring to IUP (Indiana University of
Pennsylvania) for his senior season, Maxwell thrived in this new offense, passing for
3,129 yards and tossing 34 touchdowns, averaging 260.8 yards passing per game. He
would also rush for four touchdowns. Maxwell’s senior honors included being voted
2019 IUP Teammate of the Year, 2nd team All-PSAC Quarterback, 3rd team NCAA All-
Region Quarterback, 3rd team Associated Press All-American and 2019 Harlon Hill
Trophy Finalist (Division 2 Player of the Year). In his one year at IUP, he would establish
new school records for single season passing yards (3,129), single season touchdowns
(38), single-game quarterback efficiency (253.38) and single game passing touchdowns
(7). Maxwell was invited to the 2019 National Bowl, where he was runner up for the
MVP, 2020 Spiral Tropical Bowl and the 2020 Dream Bowl.
Chantel Rimmer Thaxton, Class of 1997
Chantel Thaxton was a freshman on the first Lady Spartan Softball team in the spring of
1994. Starting all four years at shortstop, she would help set the foundation for the
softball program and left her legacy on those that followed. Thaxton possessed a very
strong arm with the lateral movement to range to both sides with ease. Offensively,
Thaxton hit the ball extremely hard and is considered one of the best power hitters to
ever play for the Lady Spartans. Thaxton would finish her career with 111 hits, 18
doubles, 13 triples and 10 homeruns, while swiping 60 bases along the way during her
four-years. Thaxton would only strike out 19 times during her 222 at-bats. When called
on, she pitched 40.3 innings with a 5-1 record, picking up two saves. Thaxton played in
64 games over her career. She currently holds school records for single season batting
average (.606) and career batting average (.508). She shares the school records for
triples/season (7) and Homeruns/season (5). As a senior, she led the Lady Spartan
Softball team to a 17-3 overall record. Thaxton earned All-Conference Infielder and was
named Varsity MVP after her junior year and Offensive Player of the Year her senior
season.
2005 Spartan Wrestling Team
After a 17-year hiatus, Coach John Daniels returned the Spartan Wrestling team to
glory once again, locking down the program’s third Missouri State Championship, with
seven of the eleven qualifiers bringing home medals. The Spartans totaled 141.5 points,
which was 29.5 points better than runner-up Plattsburg. Knob Noster finished third with
105 points. The Spartans earned three individual state championships, with Morgan
Brown winning the title at 119 pounds, Brandon Simpson at 160 and Ryan Lauck at 189.
Cody Hogan earned the third-place medal at 103 and Scott Peck took fourth at 140. At
125 pounds, Justin Stevenson earned the fifth-place medal while Kris Warren rounded
out the medalists, placing sixth at 171 pounds. Also qualifying for the state tournament
was Jordan Adkins, Brad Richardson, Jay Jackson and Zane Fields.
Tara Dana Corwin, Class of 1984Tara Corwin was a four-year letter winner in both tennis and basketball, while carrying a4.2 GPA. She would be named the Valedictorian for the Class of 1984. Corwin was the#1 player on the Lady Spartan tennis team during her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. She earned conference championships in her final two years. At a time when MSHSSA grouped all tennis teams in the state into one class, Corwin would not lose a match during her senior season until she reached district play. On the basketball court, Corwin was named first-team All-MRVC in each of her final two years. She would go onto break school records for Rebounds in a Season (464), Consecutive Free Throws(15), and Free Throw Percentage (65.7%). She would also letter in track as a sophomore. Corwin was a 1984 KC Star Scholar Athlete, a member of the National Honor Society and attended Girl’s State following her junior year. Corwin would earn a tennis scholarship to Baker University, where she competed as the #6 player her freshman year and earned the #1 spot during her senior year. She would then transfer to the University of Kansas. She received her undergraduate in Exercise Science at Kansas and earned her Master of Arts in Teaching from Central Missouri State University. Corwin received her Doctorate in Chiropractic at Cleveland University.
Coach Steve Hitchcock
After teaching and coaching junior high football, basketball and track his first two years
in Ulysses, Kansas, Coach Steve Hitchcock would travel to Richmond, MO, and for the
next 23 years, he would call Richmond High School home. In 1985, Coach “Hoot”
Middleton started the cross country program at RHS. After getting the program off the
ground, Middleton would turn the program over to Coach Hitchcock, and for the next 22
years, he would not only bring success to the program, but would push over two
decades of RHS athletes to compete at both the district and state level. During his
tenure, Hitchcock would coach three two-time All-State Runners (Brayce Forsha, Bart
Forsha and Stephanie Smith) and two All-State runners (Derek Bush and Cody
Gorham). RHS Cross Country would win their first district championship in 1994 and
would finish runner-up in 1998.He started the Richmond Invitational Meet on the RHS
campus/Southview Park in 1988, with a total of four teams. It would soon reach a peak
of 35 teams, through the Coach’s hard work and dedication. Hitchcock would take on
the role of assistant track coach from 1989-1991, before taking over as head coach
from 1992-1997, guiding the track team to conference titles in 1991, 1993 and 1994,
and would also help them set school records in the 4x100 relay, high jump and pole
vault and shot put. In 1993, Hitchcock would take over as the voice of Spartan Football
on Friday nights and would continue until he retired in 2009. Hitchcock, a native of
Oakley, Kansas and a University of Kansas Alum, was also a track and cross country
athlete in high school. He would go on to run the Kansas Relays Marathon and the Pikes Peak Marathon. During his career at RHS, Hitchcock taught world history, government, sociology, psychology and geography.