2022 Hall of Fame
2022 Hall of Fame
Tavish Carduff
A native of Prairie Village, Kan., Carduff was exposed to flying disc sports by her father and friends in the late 1970s. She went on to win the World Championship in 2018, a highlight among many other titles. She has volunteered with the Kansas City Disc Golf Club, the Kansas City Wide Open and the Kansas City Disc Golf Day.
Pete Cashen
Currently living in Kansas City, Kan., Cashen started playing Freestyle and Ultimate in the late 70s. He grew to be a force and influence in disc golf locally and nationally both as a player and ambassador of the sport. He has influenced countless people through giving back to the community, especially at Rosedale Park in Kansas City, one of the oldest disc golf courses in Kansas.
KU Horrorzontals/Bettys
The longest standing single name Frisbee club in the State of Kansas. Launched in 1977 as the KU (University of Kansas) Frisbee Club, the organization quickly transitioned to becoming the HorrorZontals (Men) and Betty’s (women) Ultimate teams in the late 1970s and early 1980s. More than 1,000 University of Kansas students have been active members throughout its 40-plus-year history. The club’s many successes include a national championship for the Betty’s as well as Fools Fest, an annual Ultimate Tournament held in April. The tournament is the 13th longest-running Frisbee event of any kind in the world and it attracts top teams from across the United States.
Hal Kurz
From Overland Park, Kan., Kurz is an accomplished player and freestyler who won multiple national championships as part of the Bud Light Frisbee Team. He is a past President of the Kansas City Flying Disc Club and has served as a longtime ambassador of the sport locally and nationally.
Eric McCabe
A lifelong resident of Emporia, Kan., McCabe is a highly decorated player who won the 2010 World Championships in Disc Golf. Beyond his 86 total PDGA career victories on tour, McCabe is an acclaimed course designer, team manager for Dynamic Discs, head disc golf coach at Emporia State, founder of the Glass Blown Open and a tireless volunteer for the sport.
Bill Paulson
A longtime resident of the Wichita and Valley Center area, Paulson first started playing “Frisbee” in 1978 at Pittsburgh State University and hasn’t stopped since. He is an all-around state champion, a world’s top 10 finisher, a charter member of the Kansas Disc Golf Association and the Air Capital Disc Golf Club, a cofounder of the Kansas Disc Sports Scholarship Foundation and a state historian of the sport.
Dennis Vahsholtz
From Herington, Kan., Vahsholtz started his involvement in Flying Disc Sports in the early 1980s. What followed is a lifelong passion, a successful disc golf business and multiple wins and top 10 finishes at the state, national and global levels. He was also the tournament director for the Discs Unlimited Open for 35 years.
