Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of Fame
DAWAHARES/KHSAA HALL OF FAME
NOMINATION FORM AND INFORMATION
Information about Nominee:
Name: Betty Jo Cook Gibson
Address:
339 Old Whitley Road
London, KY 40744
Information about Person Making the Nomination:
Name: Roscoe Denney
Address:
72 Middleground Way
Apt. # 6
London, KY 40744
Category of Nomination:
Athlete, Contributor
Gender:
Female
Minority?
Primary KHSAA Basketball Region: 12
Secondary KHSAA Basketball Region: 0
Athlete:
High School Attended: London High School
Year of Graduation: 1944
Nominee's Accomplishments at the High School Level in Kentucky:
The Cook twins were the first cheerleaders to get athletic scholarships to Western Kentucky State Teachers College. They cheered at London High School, where they actually wrote the cheers while attending. Affectionately known nationwide as "The Twins". At the state high school basketball tournament in 1944, The Twins were deluged with attention and Lexington and Louisville newspapers glowed over their performance. On Christmas night 1944, The Twins performed between games of a basketball doubleheader at Madison Square Garden in NYC before 18,000 fans and received six encores - a feat noted by the New York Times.
Uploaded Files:
Electronic Signature: Joe Angolia
Date Submitted: May 8, 2015