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Two icons in Truman Athletics history will be among the second class of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Hall of Fame announced the league office on Monday.

Olympic gold medalist Ray Armstead and retired Sports Information Director William “Bill” Cable will be inducted this June at the annual MIAA awards banquet in Kansas City.

Armstead won Olympic gold as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team at the 1984 Los Angeles games.

He ran the second leg of the race with Sunder Nix, Alonzo Babers and Antonio McKay that finished in a time of 2:57.91.

Armstead was a collegiate all-American at Truman in the 400 with a third place finish in 1982 and a runner up showing at the 1984 NCAA Division II championships as well as a member of the 4x400 meter relay teams in 1980 (third place) and 1984 (sixth place). 

He won three MIAA indoor championships in the 440-yard race and two outdoor championships in the 400 meter run.  Armstead is also a member of the Truman Athletics Hall of Fame and the Division II Track & Field Hall of Fame.

Cable spent his first 14 years on campus as the both the director of the University Publications office and creating and organizing the first Sports Information Office on campus.

In 1972, he was named the first full-time Sports Information Director at Truman, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1995.

He served on various committees for the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), including the prestigious Academic All-American committee.

Many of his publications earned “best in the nation” from CoSIDA and he helped mentor many students that went into the SID or sports-journalism field.

He was inducted into the Truman Athletics Hall of Fame in 1989 and was awarded the Warren Berg Award, the highest honor for college division SID in 1994 in Chicago at the CoSIDA convention.

Armstead and Cable are among 11 to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year.

Truman’s Harry Gallatin was part of the inaugural class last year. The induction ceremony will take place on June 9th at the Downtown Marriott in Kansas City, Mo.

Courtesy Truman State University