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8 Evan Settle

Name
Evan Settle
Position
Guard
Class
Senior
Hometown (Last School)
Crab Orchard, KY
Ht
5'10"
Seasons
1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34
Birthday
October 13, 1912

Obituary – Evan E. Settle Jr., Lexington Herald (June 13, 2006) by Jennifer Hewlett

Evan Settle, a beloved sports figure in Shelby County who led the Shelbyville High School boys’ basketball teams to more than a half-dozen state tournament appearances, died yesterday at Jewish Hospital in Shelbyville.

Mr. Settle, who was 93, also was the oldest living University of Kentucky basketball letterman who played for legendary UK coach Adolph Rupp. Mr. Settle, who had played basketball at Crab Orchard and Owenton high schools lettered at UK in 1933 and 1934. He also lettered in golf and baseball at UK and went on to coach those sports at Shelbyville High.

He turned down an offer from the Cincinnati Reds to play Class D baseball after graduating from UK in 1934, opting instead to coach basketball in Shelby County.

Mr. Settle’s coaching and teaching career was interrupted by a stint in the Army Air Corps.

In addition to coaching, he taught algebra and physics at Shelbyville High during his 28-year career there. He retired in 1973.

“As a teacher, he was full of wit and he had a certain form of sarcasm that would get you to achieve at your highest level,” said Duanne Puckett, community relations coordinator for Shelby County schools and a friend and former student of Mr. Settle.

Mr. Settle coached Shelbyville High School Red Devils boys’ basketball teams to seven regional titles, and the school’s golf and baseball teams to three regional titles each.

“He was really good; He ruled the Eighth Region for years in basketball,” said Mitch Bailey, who coached basketball at rival Shelby County High School while Mr. Settle was at Shelbyville High.

“He was a good basketball coach. He was a good baseball coach. He had a beautiful golf swing,” Bailey said.

A former golf professional at Shelbyville Country Club, Mr. Settle won several senior championships.

Mr. Settle, an Owen County native, was inducted into the Dawahare’s Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2004.

Surviving are high wife, Eloise Maddox Settle; two sons, Evan Evans Settle IV of Santa Fe, N.M. and Jess Maddox Settle of Nashville, Tenn.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Shannon Funeral Home in Shelbyville. Burial will be private. Memorial gifts are suggested to Clear Creek Family Activity Center in Shelbyville or the UK Basketball Museum in Lexington.


SHELBYVILLE – Evan E. Settle Jr., 93, died Monday, June 12, 2006 at the Jewish Hospital in Shelbyville. He was a former player of Adolph Rupp’s first team at University of Kentucky and while at UK lettered in basketball, baseball, football and golf. He was a former golf pro at Shelbyville Country Club. He taught algebra and physics as well as coached basketball, baseball and golf at Shelbyville High School for 28 years retiring in 1973.

He served in the Air Force for five years retiring as major. He was inducted into the KY High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.

He is survived by his wife, Eloise Maddox Settle; sons, Evan Evans (Sue Bradbury) Settle IV, Jess Maddox (Betty Walters) Settle, grandsons, Evan Evans Settle V, Bailey Walters Settle, Jay Arvin Settle, granddaughter, Kathryn Maddox Settle, and great grandchildren, Cade and Maddox Settle.

Visitation will be 3-8 p.m., Wed at the Shannon Funeral Home. There will be a private family burial. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Clear Creek Family Activity Center, 17 Burks Branch Road, Shelbyville, KY; or UK Basketball Museum, P.O. Box 89, Lexington, KY 40588

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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