Former WKU Lady Topper All-American and Logan County native Lillie Mason will be inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame on Wednesday night in ceremonies at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Louisville. Mason will be the 19th inductee that is either a former student-athlete or coach, alumnus, or otherwise has had ties to Western Kentucky University.

A four-year letterwinner at WKU (1982-83; 1985-86), Mason earned All-America honors three times. She ended her career with a school-record 2,262 career points – a record that stood for 22 years until it was broken by Crystal Kelly during the 2007-08 campaign. The former Kentucky Miss Basketball from Olmstead High School set 19 Lady Topper career, season and game records during her career on the Hill.

Mason was twice named to the all-Sun Belt Conference team, and was the league’s Player of the Year in 1986. She also was named to three Sun Belt all-tournament teams. Mason was the NCAA 1985 Mideast and 1986 East Regional tournament MVP, and helped lead the Lady Toppers to their first two NCAA Tournament Final Four appearances those two seasons.

Mason will be joined in the 2010 class by former University of Louisville quarterback Jeff Brohm, golf trick-shot artist Buddy Demling, University of Kentucky football standout Wilbur Hackett (father of former Hilltopper linebacker Trae Hackett), former UK offensive lineman Dan Neal, UK basketball All-American Mike Pratt, two-time Daytona 500 winner and prominent NASCAR owner/driver Michael Waltrip and longtime Campbellsville women’s basketball coach Donna Wise.

The Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame is sponsored by Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance Co., and all proceeds benefit Kosair Charities.