Highland Community College Athletic Hall of Fame
Inducted August 28, 1999
Russell Karn's contributions to Highland Community College exemplify his passion for athletics and competition, as well as his life long attitude regarding the importance of providing quality service to one's own community. Karn's official association with Highland Community College began in 1971 as a student-athlete participating in both the football and track programs. In 1978, Karn served the community and HCC by becoming the public address announcer for all home Scottie football games. He soon became the announcer for other community events such as area all-star games, league tournaments and a regular in announcing Highland High School events as well. In 1997, the HCC athletic program recognized Karn with a plaque dubbing him the "Voice of the Scotties". In 1995, Karn was elected to the Highland Community College Board of Trustees. Since then, he has been involved in many decisions that have proved to be beneficial to the college such as the campus wide computer networking project, additional student housing, and major renovations to Kessinger Field & Track as well as Allen Field House.
As a Scottie Booster Club member, Karn has served as editor of the Booster Club newsletter for the past three years. Using his expertise in communications and computer technology, he developed HCC's athletic web page and as well as a web site for the City of Highland. One of Karn's most recent projects was to make part of his property available to build a new softball complex, which will be used by both the college intercollegiate softball program and the community.
