Herb Vincent is headed to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
Vincent will become the 24th recipient of the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award since its inception in 2005. He will be part of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame ceremony in Natchitoches in June.
For the past 11 years, Vincent has served as the associate commissioner of the Southeastern Conference. Before that, he spent two impactful decades as an administrator and publicist at LSU. Vincent served as senior associate athletics director and as associate vice chancellor for university relations at LSU before stepping into his role with SEC.
Vincent’s selection was announced Wednesday morning by Louisiana Sports Writers Association president John Marcase and Doug Ireland, the longtime chairman of the Hall of Fame. Vincent emerged from a ballot showcasing 25 noteworthy nominees for the Dixon Award.
The Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award has been presented annually by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s 35-member Hall of Fame selection committee to an individual who has played a decisive role as a sports leader or administrator benefiting Louisiana and/or bringing credit to Louisiana on the national and international level.
Vincent will be among the 11-member 2025 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class headlined by eight “competitive ballot” inductees announced in September. Two others, who will receive the LSWA’s Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism, will be announced in the coming weeks.
The Class of 2025 is headlined by a star-studded group of eight inductees from the LSHOF “competitors ballot,” headlined by West Monroe, LSU and NFL star Andrew Whitworth, pro basketball All-Stars Danny Granger and Vickie Johnson, and coaching greats Danny Broussard, Joe Scheuerman and Dale Weiner.
The LSHOF Class of 2025 also includes LSU gymnastics great and NCAA champion April Burkholder, and George “Bobby” Soileau, an NCAA boxing champion at LSU who won a state crown as a football coach at his alma mater, Sacred Heart High School in Ville Platte.
The 2025 Induction Class will be celebrated June 26-28 in Natchitoches, Opportunities to purchase admission for the four ticketed events are available at the LaSportsHall.com website through the www.LaSportsHall.com/Induction25 link.
