Although the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner next Saturday night is sold out, chances to meet the Hall’s Class of 2015 remain available with tickets to the Friday, June 26 tailgating party at The Landing Restaurant, entries in the June 26 golf scramble and participation in the June 27 New Orleans Saints Junior Training Camp.

Tickets for the “Tailgating Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Style” Friday evening party, and golf entries, are on sale through the LaSportsHall.com website. Also available is a registration form for the Saints Junior Training Camp June 27 at Natchitoches Central High School, an event that is free to youth ages 6-14 but does require advance registration.

The 2015 inductees will participate in the tailgating party and the Saints Junior Training Camp, and the golf scramble at Oak Wing Golf Club in Alexandria at 10 a.m. June 26. Information on all activities can be obtained by calling the Hall of Fame Foundation office at 318-238-4255 during business hours.

The 2015 Induction Celebration will begin next Thursday with the annual La Capitol Federal Credit Union Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Kickoff Party at Maglieux’s on the Cane, across the street from the Hall of Fame Museum.

The 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class will be enshrined before a record crowd of nearly 800 patrons during the sold-out annual Induction Dinner and Ceremony presented by State Farm Insurance on Saturday evening, June 27, at the Natchitoches Events Center.

LSU’s all-time leading rusher, three-time Super Bowl champion Kevin Faulk, joins UL Lafayette great and Super Bowl quarterback Jake Delhomme, former NBA champion point guard and Coach of the Year Avery Johnson, along with coaching legends Pat Collins, Yvette Girouard and Otis Washington, among the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class. College Football Hall of Fame member Leonard Smith, a McNeese State All-American, and championship Thoroughbred racing trainer Frank Brothers are also in the Class of 2015 announced by the Hall of Fame and LSWA last October.

Also honored with enshrinement will be 2015 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award winner Paul Hoolahan, the longtime executive director of the Allstate Sugar Bowl, and south Louisiana newspapermen Glenn Quebedeaux and the late Bobby Dower, chosen the 2015 recipients of the Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism.

The 2015 Induction Class will be showcased in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum, operated by the Louisiana State Museum system in a partnership with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. The striking $23 million, two-story, 27,500-square foot structure faces Cane River Lake in the National Historic Landmark District of Natchitoches and has garnered worldwide architectural acclaim and rave reviews for its contents since its grand opening during the 2013 Hall of Fame induction weekend.

Adding to the 310 sports competitors currently enshrined, 14 previous winners of the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership award and 54 prior recipients of the Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism, there are 378 members of the Hall of Fame prior to this summer’s ceremonies.

The 2015 Induction Celebration weekend will be hosted by the LSWA and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation, the support organization for the Hall of Fame. The LSHOF Foundation was established as a 501 c 3 non-profit entity in 1975 and is governed by a statewide board of directors. For information, contact Foundation President/CEO Lisa Babin at 318-458-0166 or lisababin@LaSportsHall.com.