Inducted on February 22, 2014

Lifetime Contributor

For 40 years, Dr. Hellyer made a lasting impact on the athletic programs at Centerville Junior College, Centerville Community College and Indian Hills Community College. A former high school coach in Missouri, he was hired in 1961 as the Dean of Centerville Junior College. Lyle later became the Vice President of Academic Affairs and, in 1973, he was named President of IHCC, a job he held until his retirement in 2001. Two years after he arrived in Centerville, Lyle started a football program at CJC and it quickly became one of the top junior college programs in the country. He also started the volleyball program on the Ottumwa campus in the 1990s and strengthened the other sports at the college during his tenure, making every one of them a national title contender. Under his presidency, there were an unprecedented three straight national championships in basketball, a national title in golf, 11 national tournament appearances in softball and five trips to the Junior College World Series for the IHCC baseball team.