2001 Arkansas Hall of Fame

Martha Jett McAlister, 49, was born in Malvern and is a 1970 graduate of Little Rock Hall High School and a 1974 graduate of Arizona State University. She was Arkansas Junior Girls State Champion 1986, 1969; a quarter-finalist in the 1986 and 1969 USGA Junior Girls Championship. She finished 33rd in the U.S. Women's Open in 1970 and won the AWGA Match Play Championship five times'69,'70,'82,'85 and '89. A graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in 1988, she is shareholder with the Eichenbaum, Liles and Heister, P.A. Law Firm in Little Rock. 

Dick Murphy, 60, born and raised in Texarkana, AR, graduated high school there in 1956, son of Don Murphy, an inductee in 1994. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1962, where he competed on the golf team. He won the 1985 Arkansas High School Championship and State Junior Title; in 1962 he was the Arkansas State Amateur Champion. From 1964 -1968, he was an assistant professional at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., from 1969 to the present he has been the head golf professional at Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta. 

Wyn Norwood, 55, born and raised in Russellville, graduated high school there in 1963 and Arkansas Tech in 1967. While at Tech, he won the AIC Championship three times and was three-time All AIC selection. He is a two-time Arkansas State Amateur Champion and two time Arkansas State Amateur Champion and a two time ASGA Player of the year. He has been on the board of the ASGA since 1975 and is a two-term president. From 1981-1992, he served on the Mid-Amateur Championship Committee of the USGA and has been a board member and past president of the Southern Golf Association since 1980. 

Frank Stiedle, 85, born and raised in West Helena, won the Arkansas Amateur Championship in 1936, 1937 and 1939, and was the runner up in 1938. Known for his long-driving skills, he won state long-driving championship in '36,'37,'38 and '39. He was a semi-finalist in the 1939 Southern Amateur and competed in the U.S. Amateur in 1938 and 1939. In 1941 at the Orleans Open at New Orleans Country Club, he was the medallist and long-drive winner. In 1946, he became assisstant professional at Chevy Chase Country Club, after serving his country in World War II 1941-1945. 

Tommy Stobaugh, 66, was born in Plumerville, AR, just outside of Morrilton. Raised in Morrilton, he graduated from High School there in 1952. He won the Arkansas State Golf Association Amateur Championship in 1965, 1967 and 1963. Arguably the state's best player in the 1960's. He was the low amateur at the Hot was the low amateur at the Hot Springs PGA event in 1963 and was a two-time Arkansas Gazette Player of the year. Since 1958 he has been a partner with both Stobaugh Cotton Company in Morrilton and W.H. Kennedy & Son in Pine Bluff.