Inducted December 16, 2017

Baron Hill graduated from Seymour High School in 1971 and was a stand-out in football, basketball and track.In football, Hill was a three-year starter for the owls at running back and defensive back. As a sophomore he led the Owls in scoring with 54 points and won the Mr. Tough Award. As a junior, Hill again let the Owls in scoring and was voted the team's outstanding back. He also was voted to the All-South Central Conference team. His senior year. hill scored 142 points in leading the Owls to a 7-3 record. That included a school record 44 points and seven touchdowns in the game against Bedford. Hill had a school record 22 rushing touchdowns on the season and a school record four interceptions in the game against Floyd Central. he was voted the team's MVP, was selected to the All-SCC team and was voted first team All-State. He still owns the school record for kick-off returns for a touchdown with four. Hill was a three-year starter in basketball and ended his career as the school's all-time leading scorer with 1419 points and he is still the top scorer in Seymour boys' basketball history. As a sophomore, he was the team's third leading scorer at 14 points per game. As a junior, Hill was second on the team in scoring and led the Owls in assists. He averaged 18 points and 5 assists per game as Seymour rolled to 25-1 record with conference, sectional and regional championships. He was All-South Central Conference and All-State Honorable Mention. As a senior, Hill scored 611 points, averaging 24.4 points per game. That is the highest single season scoring average in school history and the 611 points is the second highest in school history. He was the MVP and was voted All-SCC and All-State First Team. He was selected to the Indiana All-Star team and started and started both games against Kentucky. In the game at Hinkle Fieldhouse, he scored 20 points to lead Indiana to the win and was voted the game's "Star of Stars". Hill's career average of 19.2 points is the second highest in school history. He is also second in school history in field goals made, third in free throws made and fourth in assists. Hill was selected to Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary team in 1996 and was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. Hill won four varsity letters in track. He led the team in scoring as a sophomore with 139 1/2 points. He won the 100 and 220 in the sectional, the 100 in the regional and finished third in the 100 in the state track meet. He was named Seymour High School's Most Outstanding Athlete as a senior. Hill was the most highly recruited athlete in Seymour school history and received Division One scholarship offers in football, basketball, and track. He decided to play college basketball at Furman University. He played 83 games for Paladins and scored 393 points. He helped Furman win three Southern Conference Tourney title and two Southern Conference regular season titles. Furman had a record of 64-25 in Hills' three seasons as a point guard and played in the NCAA Tourney all three years.