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GHS grad Jay Frye named to Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
A 1968 Greencastle High School graduate is among the 2024 inductees into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.
Jay Frye was a three-sport standout at Greencastle, being named All-Western Indiana Conference in football, basketball and baseball during his senior year in 1967-68.
He average 13.5 points and 8 assists per game on the 1967-68 basketball team that made it all the way to the Sweet 16. He was named All-Sectional, All-Regional and All-Semistate during that tournament run.
He was also a three-year starter in football and a four-year starter in baseball at GHS, where one highlight was pitching a 16-strikeout no-hitter as a sophomore.
Frye went on to DePauw University, where he earned three varsity letters in basketball and four in baseball. He was inducted into the DePauw Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.
In addition to being named Most Competitive Player twice by DePauw and once by the Indiana Collegiate Conference, Frye earned all-conference honors while also being named the shortest starting guard (5’7”) in the nation both junior and senior years. In baseball he was a three-time all-conference player and was named to the first team at second base his junior and senior years. In 1972 he was named to Outstanding College Athletes of America, leading the ICC in batting average, slugging percentage, stolen bases and RBI.
After graduating from DePauw, he earned a post-graduate degree in physical therapy at Ohio State University, going into private practice in physical therapy and sports medicine in Fort Wayne. He was also physical therapist to the U.S. Sky Team in 1998.
Aside from other business interests, Frye was longtime owner of the Fort Wayne Fury of the former Continental Basketball Association.
Frye will become the fourth GHS grad inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, joining 1926 graduate Marion Crawley (inducted 1964), 1931 grad Tom Goldsberry (inducted 1984) and 1933 grad Jess McAnally (inducted 1972).
All told, Frye will be the 11th Putnam County high school graduate to be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, a list that also includes:
Bainbridge (3): Archie Chadd (graduated 1924, inducted 1963), Jeff Blue (graduated 1960, inducted 1999), Larry Steele (graduated 1967, inducted 2003).
Cloverdale (1): Chad Tucker (graduated 1983, inducted 2013).
Reelsville (1): Jerry Lewis (graduated 1958, inducted 2015).
Roachdale (2): Frank Barnes (graduated 1921, inducted 1970), Pat Rady (graduated 1959, inducted 2002).
The full list of the 2024 men’s induction class to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, set for induction on March 20, also includes: John Adams (Rising Sun 1961), Brian Bippus (Indiana School for the Deaf 1987), Clarence Crain (Indianapolis Shortridge 1969), Dan Dakich (Andrean 1981), Chuck DeVoe (Park School 1948), Al Gooden (Fort Wayne Wayne 1977), Dick Harris (Liberty Center 1964), Doug Linville (New Salem 1965), Jim Morris (Jeffersonville 1953), Joe Mullan (Evansville North 1961), Pete Smith (Rochester 1979), Larry Weatherford (Evansville Bosse 1967), James “Lil Bro” Webb (South Bend Adams 1973), Gene White (Milan 1954), Centennial Award winner Emery Druckamiller (Syracuse 1922) and Silver Medal recipient Bill Walker (New Castle 1970).
