Indiana Boys Club inducts Ray Black into Hall of Fame - Madison Courier

Ray Black Jr. (right) has been inducted into the Indiana Boys and Girls Club Hall of Fame, pictured with Dustin Bentz, the current executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Jefferson County. Handout Ray Black Jr. has been inducted into the Indiana Boys and Girls Club Hall of Fame. Black was inducted at a ceremony held last month during the Indiana Boys and Girls Club Alliance state conference in Indianapolis. For 34 years, Black was the executive director of the Lide White Boys and Girls Club. Under his leadership from 1984 to 2018, the club experienced growth, raising more than $17 million to expand opportunities for young people — including $4 million toward a new facility in 2000. He has earned numerous honors including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Maytag Dependable Leadership Award, National Professional Service Citation, Man & Youth Award, and the Golden Hoosier Award. A 1970 graduate of Madison Consolidated High School, Black became involved with the Boys Club in his youth in 1969. After graduating from Hanover College with a degree in education, he became involved with the Boys Club by serving on the board of directors in 1975 before becoming assistant director in 1978. He left the club in 1981, but returned as executive director on Jan. 1, 1984. Black, a high school and collegiate wrestler at Madison and Hanover College, Black would later become Madison’s wrestling coach for which he was inducted into the Indiana Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Hanover College Hall of Fame. He founded Club Madison Wrestling in 1974, one of the first programs of its kind in Indiana, creating a lasting athletic tradition that continues today. Black is also an inductee into the Madison Consolidated High School Alumni Hall of Fame. He currently is elected to serve as a member of the Jefferson County Council. Tags Ray Black Indiana Boys And Girls Club Hall Of Fame Wrestling Leadership Community Service Fundraising Youth Programs Madison Consolidated High School Bob Demaree Author email Follow Bob Demaree × Post a comment as anonymous Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text Cancel Post comment × Report Cancel Report Abuse × Watch this discussion. Stop watching this discussion. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. Cancel Start watching Stop watching (0) comments Welcome to the discussion. Log In Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything. Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person. Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article. Post a comment Watch this discussion. Stop watching this discussion. Special Sections Special Sections Madison Courier Special Sections Special Sections Special Sections Special Sections Special Sections Latest e-Edition e-Edition Madison Courier Oct 2, 2026 Indiana Extra Indiana Extra 20 hrs ago Latest News Trump criticizes election officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County over error affecting 3,000 ballots Chicago White Sox ALDS Team Stax Cleveland ALDS Team Stax Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland 3 Nicaragua torture victim imprisoned for second time after being deported by U.S. Colombia launches joint task force to protect pipeline and fight ELN rebels White Sox surge past Guardians 4-3 to move within 1 win of the ALCS Most Popular Articles Images Videos Commented Articles Man arrested after brandishing handgun at TCHS Great weather fuels big Madison Chautauqua crowd Madison man sentenced to 24 years for battery case Local residents unite to combat ticks in Jefferson County Switzerland Homcoming Friday Oral arguments Dec 17 in data center suit Southwestern votes to move forward with HVAC bond City's Gray Watch receives AIM Program Innovation Award Tri Kappa celebrates 75 years of Tour of Homes County approves letter of intent on donated Ivy Tech land Images Videos Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. Commented Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. Stocks Market Data by TradingView