Basketball dominates this year's Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame class

HENDERSON, Nev. — If you like basketball, especially Las Vegas basketball, tonight’s your night. The Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame holds its annual induction ceremony and dinner at Lee’s Family Forum and if you’ve been around these parts for any length of time, you’ll be familiar with this year’s class.

Mark Davis, Tim Grgurich, Mark Warkentien, Cliff Findlay and Ryan Moore make up the SNSHOF’s Class of 2026 and frankly, it’s one of the best that has been presented since the Hall began with David Humm in 1997. It’s the biggest night of the year on the local sports calendar as excellence is acknowledged and thousands of dollars are raised for youth sports initiatives and scholarships for local athletes. It’s the one time where the entire local sports community gets to gather and celebrate.

The event is sold out and with so much of this year’s class connected to hoops, perhaps everyone attending should wear a pair of Air Jordans. Or your favorite basketball footwear. “Grg” and “Stein” were part of Jerry Tarkanian’s staff during UNLV basketball’s best days in the late 1980s and early ‘90s.

Findlay, who owns a multitude of car dealerships throughout Nevada and the West, played basketball for the Rebels back in the late 1960s. He also funded the Findlay Prep basketball program that played out of Henderson and would send a number of its alums to Division I college programs and the NBA during its run from 2006-2019. A 2001 SNSHOF inductee, he will be honored with the organization’s inaugural Legacy Award.