Rick Moorhead, class of 1984, has been inducted into the Franklin College Athletic Hall of Fame as a player.
Moorhead’s teammates and opponents considered him a dominating presence on the court during this three-year Franklin College basketball career from 1982 until 1985.
After transferring to Franklin in 1982, Moorhead rewrote the Franklin record books. Though his career scoring record of 1,854 points was eclipsed in 1991, he still owns Grizzly marks for most points in a season (688), highest single-season scoring average (24.7 points per game), highest career scoring average (24.1), and most field goals in one season (278). He is tied for most steals in one game (8).
Throughout his career at Franklin, Moorhead’s play was at times so dominant, that Bill Keller, former Purdue University and Indiana Pacer player, and then head coach at then-named Indiana Central University described him as “a man among boys.”
A lifelong resident of Shelbyville, IN, Moorhead is director of operations at the J. Kenneth Self Shelbyville Boys Club. Moorhead has served on the board of directors for the Shelbyville Parks and Recreation Department and has been involved in community service with the Shelby County United Fund.
Moorhead previously taught at Shelbyville Middle School, where he coached seventh-grade football and sixth-grade basketball. He still competes in basketball, softball and tennis.
Carol S. (Summers) Tumey, class of 1963 has been inducted into the Franklin College Athletic Hall of Fame as a coach.
Tumey has coached the girls’ varsity track and field team at Center Grove High School in Greenwood, IN since 1969. She has compiled a career coaching record 204-23, which has included numerous sectional championships, several conference titles and one regional championship. Center Grove track members have qualified for the IHSAA state meet in almost every year that Tumey has coached.
She has also coached girls’ basketball (1963-1975), volleyball (1963-1976), and girls’ cross country (1969-1973) at Center Grove.
After graduating from Franklin with a degree in physical education and a minor in history, she received her M.S. in physical education from Indiana University in 1972. She has taught physical education classes at Center Grove since 1963 and has served as an assistant athletics director since 1972.
Tumey has received several awards for her dedication to high school athletics. In 1980, she was named the National High School Coach of the Year in girls’ track and field. She later received the Franklin College Athletic Achievement Award in 1983 and the National High School Coaching Gold Award in 1987. In 1995, she received the Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Charles Mass Award for Meritorious Service to Indiana High School Athletics.
She also helped develop the girls’ sports division of the Mid-State Conference, and he initiated Johnson County tournaments for girls’ basketball, volleyball, and girls’ track and field.
Mrs. Tumey resides in Greenwood with her husband, Dale.
William “Paul” Cummings, class of 1937, has been inducted posthumously into the Franklin College Athletic Hall of Fame as a friend of athletics.
Cummings, who grew up on his family’s farm just east of the campus, was very much an institution at Franklin College. Though he was involved with many campus activities and traditions, he is best known for his commitment to education, which took many forms.
Cummings worked for the college’s grounds superintendent during his college years. After a successful career as a biochemist, he went to work again for the college’s physical plant again in 1960. He worked in that official capacity for 20 years, “retiring” at 72. After that, Cummings served unofficially as student recruiter, financial aid officer and advisor to president. He personally knew the majority of the college’s presidents.
He and his wife sent their seven children to Franklin, along with several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Franklin College was a Cummings family tradition.
But his love of education and helping students extended beyond his own family. Many alumni can relate stories of how Cummings paid for their books when they were short on funds and how he tutored them. Moreover, Cummings attended every Franklin commencement but two from 1924 to 1998. He was awarded an honorary degree by his alma mater at Commencement ’98.
Cummings also was involved with campus athletics. He supported women’s athletics long before their growth took root. He traveled with teams, kept statistics and later organized an all-sports recognition banquet for female athletes. He was a fixture at all Franklin home athletic events.
His legacy of support for athletics continue with the next generation of his family. Lori (Cummings) Wilkerson ’86, daughter of Bill ’64 and Susan Cummings ’86) serves as the college’s assistant director of athletics and head volleyball coach.
Mr. Cummings passed away May 11, 1999.
