Princeton Tiger basketball great Joe Ruklick was recently inducted into the Illinois High School Basketball Hall of Fame in Champaign.

He was among the second year of inductees to be enshrined in the future Hall of Fame museum to be built in Pinckneyville.

Among other notable players of the Class of 2012 were Johnny “Red” Kerr (Tilden Tech), Darius Miles (East St. Louis), Jack Sikma (St. Anne), Quentin Richardson (Whitney Young), Lloyd Batts (Thornton), Russell Cross (Manley), Michael Payne (Quincy) and Sergio McClain (Peoria Manual). The Class of 2012 also includes five female players, including Cappie Poindexter (Chicago Marshall).