The latest class of the Wheeler Athletic Hall of Fame includes Aries Merritt, who won the Olympic gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles at the London Olympics in 2012.
He will be honored with three other individuals and a team at the induction ceremony on Jan. 19. 
Merritt graduated from Wheeler in 2003 and starred at the University of Tennessee before focusing on international competition. His winning Olympic time of 12.80 seconds is the current world-record.
Also selected to the Hall of Fame is Bob Tway, Class of 1976, a former professional golfer who won the 1986 PGA championship and 12 other tournaments.
Antwuan Dixon, Class of 1998, played college basketball at Florida State.
Lyn Murray was a standout soccer goalkeeper at Wheeler, graduating in 2001, and earning all-Cobb and team MVP honors.
The Wheeler boys basketball team that won the state championship in 1994 also will be inducted. It’s the 25th anniversary for the first of six Georgia titles the Wildcats won under former coach Doug Lipscomb, who retired last year.
The star player on that team was Shareef Abdur-Rahim, a former NBA all-star and league executive who recently was named president of the G League, a developmental league for professional basketball players.
The induction ceremony costs $10 a person, and the doors will open at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 19, which is a Saturday.
RSVP by contacting Lotty Bresch at 770-578-3266, ext. 073, or by e-mailing Lotty.Bresch@cobbk12.org.
The Wheeler Athletic Hall of Fame was created in 2008. Here is a list of the other inductees.
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