Tammy Schlarman Freihofer will become the third member of her family inducted into the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame during a ceremony scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Villa Hills Civic Club.
Freihofer earned varsity letters in volleyball, basketball, softball, track and tennis at Highlands High School by the time she graduated in 1990. She was named first-team all-state in volleyball as a junior and senior and scored more than 1,000 points during her basketball career. She went on to play basketball at Northern Kentucky University.
Tammy Schlarman Freihofer
Her father, Doug Schlarman, and brother, Willie, were previously inducted into the Hall of Fame. Her other brother, John Schlarman, was a former football player and coach at the University of Kentucky who passed away in 2020.
The other inductees into the Hall of Fame on Wednesday will be Tom Burns, Mike Setters and Elizabeth Blackburn Huff.
Burns has been athletic trainer at Boone County High School for 30 years and worked with athletes on numerous championship teams. Setters is a 1970 Covington Catholic graduate who played on the school’s first two football teams. Huff is a 2003 Ludlow graduate who won three consecutive Class A state championships in the shot put event.
The induction ceremony is open to the public and there is no admission charge. The guest speaker will be Dick Murgatroyd, a former state representative and Kenton County Judge Executive. Before getting into politics, Murgatroyd was producer-director of the Bob Braun Show on local television from 1967 to 1980 and a teacher at Northern Kentucky University.
