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Amanda Pickell - 1997

Amanda Pickell played four years of basketball at Lenoir City High School. She played point guard, wing, and post. She is a member of the 1000 Point Club at LCHS, scoring a total of 1104 with an average of 10.95 points per game. She made 159 3-point shots. She had 418 rebounds for an average of 4.1 per game, and had 257 assists for an average of 3.5 per game.

She was named District Tournament MVP (4AA) as a freshman and sophomore; Region Tournament MBP (2AA) as a sophomore and junior; All District Tournament Teams (4AA) as a freshman, sophomore, and junior; All Region Tournament Teams (2AA) as a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior; All District Regular Season Teams (4AA) as a freshman, sophomore, and junior; and All County 2nd Team as a senior. As a sophomore she made Honorable Mention AA All-State Team. She was ranked 13th in the Best Tennessee Prospects List.

Amanda played one year in volleyball making the 1st Team All District Team. Amanda was awarded basketball and academic scholarships from Carson Newman College. She was elected and inducted into the Lenoir City High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

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Richard Pickell - 1959

Pickell was starting guard in basketball on the 1958 team and played a major role in winning the State Championship, being named to the honorable mention All State team. He returned as Captain the following year and again led Lenoir City to the State Tournament, losing in the second round to the eventual state champion. He was honored as one of the area players listed as possible All American High School and was selected to the third team All State. He also was a 3 year member of the baseball team, playing third base. He played basketball at Tennessee Tech and then transferred to Tennessee Wesleyan where he was Captain his last year. He began coaching basketball at Oliver Springs and later at Harriman where his teams won the District 5 times, was runner-up 7 times, won the Region 5 times, was runner-up 1 time, making 6 Sub State appearances, 3 State appearances and won the State 1 time. He becomes one of the few to have won the State Championship as a player and later as a coach. He won a total of 562 games, was District Coach of the Year 3 times, East Tennessee Coach of the Year and Tennessee Coach of the Year in 1995. He was honored in 1988 by having the Harriman high school gym dedicated as the Richard D. Pickell Gymnasium. During this time he recorded 37 years as a teacher and he seems as proud of this statistic as any other acclaim. He was elected and inducted into the TSSAA Coaches Hall of Fame in 2008 and inducted into the Tennessee Wesleyan College Hall of Fame in 2009. He was elected to the LCHS Hall of Fame in 2004.

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JUSTIN ROBBINS - 1999    

Justin played soccer as a starter for the Lenoir City High School Panthers for four years.  Three years he was named All-District and All-Region.  Two years he was named All-State and one year he made All-State Tournament Team.  His senior year he was the team’s co-captain.  During his soccer career with the Panthers, his team was District Tournament Champions two years, Region Champions two years, Sectional Champions two years, State Champions one year, and State Final Four two years.  Justin led the team in scoring two years.  He was selected by his peers as Mr. Senior.  In 1999, Justin was named Mr. Soccer for the State of Tennessee, becoming the first Lenoir City player in any sport to be named the best player in the state.  After graduation he continued his soccer career at Tusculum College.  He was also on the rowing team at UT Chattanooga. Justin was inducted into the LCHS Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.

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Coy Plemons - 1954

Plemons was a 4 year letterman in both football and baseball. In football, he was noted as a hard nosed running back who could carry several would be tacklers over the goal line. In the "game of the decade" (the 14-14 tie with perennial State Champion Oak Ridge), he scored a touchdown coming from a pass in the flat that went 80 yards. In the Thanksgiving Bowl that year against Chattanooga City, he also scored in a cold, rainy game. In baseball, he was a hard hitting outfielder who averaged over .360 for his career with several home runs. He was heavily recruited in football by at least 12 major schools and signed a grant-in-aid scholarship to The University of Tennessee. He was drafted into the Army and played regimental baseball while stationed in Italy where he hit over .300 in a league comparable to AA professional baseball in the states. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2005.

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Neville Price - 1938

Price was another reason the football teams of 1936, 1937, and 1938 were so great. He was the greatest punter who ever played at Lenoir City and his running against an undefeated team from Loudon in 1937 led to the upset. He scored 4 touchdowns in that game-from 36, 40, 44 and 66 yards. In 1936, on the way to an undefeated season, Lenoir City had to get by the best team from Monroe County (Vonore). With Vonore near the goal line, Neville picked off a pass and ran 100 yards for the winning touchdown. He was also starting guard for the basketball team. He was another sports hero who served his country in World War II. Stationed in Sicily, he wrote to the local paper about the contrast in living conditions there and here. "The people back there don't realized how pretty swell off they are. Even the poorest should thank God they are Americans." He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972.

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Charles Settles - 1946

Settles was another great footballer on the 1945 and 46 team where he played tackle. He was a big man, over 230 pounds, and was known as the fastest man on the team for about 75 yards. "Fat-a-Pop", as he was affectionally known, had a devastating effect on his opponents. Lenoir City lost only one game the last two years he played, while winning 21 games, including 2 bowl games. He was elected as a charter member to the Hall of Fame in 1970.

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Dr. WALTER SHEA

Dr. Walter Shea attended Nichols School and LCHS. Upon graduating from Knoxville High School, he served in the U.S. Army for 18 months. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Tennessee in Electrical Engineering, he was accepted to medical school and obtained a Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Tennessee in Memphis. After graduation in 1956, Dr. Shea complete an internship and residency at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. He then moved to Lenoir City in 1961 where he purchased Dr. Leeper's medical practice.

The practice was General Medicine in every sense of the words. From pregnancy to delivery, from appendicitis to cancer, from colic to "what is this thing stuck in my son's nose," Dr. Shea saw it all and cared for LCeans, many from birth until death. There has always been a special place in his heart for the people of this town.

Dr. Shea was elected Man of the Year, was a Rotary club member, served as Colonel in the Tennessee Defense Force Medical Unit, 304th Battalion. The body of the State Home Guard functioned as a medical unit for University of Tennessee ROTC during field activities. Dr. and Mrs. Shea were part of a group that obtained the charter for Adult Community Training serving special needs citizens of Loudon County. Dr. Shea continues to serve as the Chairman of the Board, a position he has held since the program's onset. He also was Medical Administrator and practicing physician at Baptist Health Care in Lenoir City until 2000.

Dr. Shea was honored to serve as the Lenoir City Panthers' physician and donated many hours performing physicals, being accessible for medical needs of the players and standing prepared a the sidelines during games to treat injuries and handle any medical emergencies. Dr. Shea sold his medical practice in 1995 and continues to reside in Lenoir City. He was inducted into the LCHS Hall of Fame in 2011.