Former Caldwell County High School golfer Emma Talley is among the latest class of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame.
Talley, a 2012 graduate of Caldwell County, hadone of the most accomplished careers in state history on the links.
Talley played in seven consecutive golf state tournaments from 2005 through 2011 and dominated Kentucky high school golf.
Talley won six consecutive regional individual titles, including 2008, 2010, and 2011, with the last by a whopping 10 strokes. She would have won four state championships in a row, but in 2009, Talley self-reported a scorecard error that led to her disqualification.
Named to the 2011 Rolex 1st team High School All-American, Talley went on to play at Alabama, where she was a first team All-American, a three-time All-SEC selection, won the U.S. Amateur in 2013, and captured the NCAA Championship in 2015.
Talley retired from the LPGA in 2025.
Other class members include former Henderson County head basketball coach Curtis Turley and Mayfield football coach Joe Morris.
The class also includes Makayla Epps (Marion County), Gwen Doyle Howard (DuPont Manual), James Haire (Elizabethtown), former Owensboro Catholic baseball coach Jody Hamilton, former St. X cross country coach Chuck Medley, Glen Napier (MC Napier), Larry Purciful (Bell County), Lynn Ray (Covington Catholic football coach), the Riherd Family, and Bill Mike Runyon (Paintsville basketball coach).
The group will be inducted during a ceremony on Sunday, April 26, at the Central Bank Center Ballroom in Lexington.