DANVILLE Three Westville High School alums will be honored Saturday as the first inductees of the new Westville Wall of Fame during the annual Westville High School alumni banquet.

Westville High School Principal Guy Goodlove said he hatched the idea to create a wall of fame for Westville after learning of similar tributes in Danville and Villa Grove.

I read in the paper that Danville High School has a wall of fame, and when we were at Villa Grove for a game, I noticed they had a wall of fame, too, he said.

I thought, How neat would it be if Westville had a wall of fame, he said. It creates pride in the high school and pride in the community.

Those nominated for the honor needed to be Westville High School alumni with at least one year of attendance at the high school or employees of the Westville school district, Goodlove said.

A committee selected the three individuals for this years honor from nominations received from other alumni, family members and people in the community.

The nominations were certainly of high quality, and the committee had a difficult time selecting, he said, adding that two new honorees will be inducted every year to the tribute wall.

All three of the individuals selected for induction have distinguished themselves as the cream of the crop within their respective profession and are recognized as such, either locally, statewide, nationally or internationally.

The three represent the qualities that Westville High School aspires for all students to strive for: a dedication to excellence in education, a desire to serve their community and a proven record of success.

The three individuals who will be inducted into the Westville Wall of Fame for 2013 are: Jeffrey D. Cooke, Class of 1979; Dr. Frank L. Lesko, Class of 1938; and the late Lee Albert Miglin, Class of 1941.

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Westville honors alumni with Wall of Fame