Hermitage Springs basketball star, led the state in scoring in 1951 and earned a college scholarship. Averaged 24.5 points per game and racked 657 total points his senior season. Was offered a scholarship from Tennessee Tech, and later accepted one to David Lipscomb College. Known for his deadly one-handed, long-range jump shots in a time before three-pointers and a time when two-hand set shots were the norm.

“Thank you all for this,” Clements said.  “It is an honor.”