Union University Athletics

Ken Hane is a 1968 graduate of Union University where he earned 12 varsity letters in men’s basketball (4), cross country (4) and track (4).
 
As a freshman at Union, Hane averaged 11.7 points per game and won the Charles Schular Award for outstanding player of the 1964 Homecoming game.
 
During the 1967-68 season, Hane played for the men’s basketball team that went 22-3, , the best record in the state of Tennessee and one of the best in the nation. Union won the VSAC Western Division Title and the VSAC Tournament Title that season. Hane averaged 17.5 points per game, before being injured in the last regular season game of the year. He set the school record at the time with 41 points in a game. Hane was voted to the VSAC All-Conference team in 1968-69.
 
Hane was a member of the 1967-68 Union’s men’s basketball team that was inducted into the Union Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. He was a teammate of fellow inductee, Lonnie Searcy. Four members of the 1967-68 men’s basketball team are now members of the Union Sports Hall of Fame (Ken Hane, David Marsh, Dan Rudesill, Lonnie Searcy).
 
Also, while at Union, Hane was successful in other sports beside basketball. He finished second in the TIAC Cross Country Meet with a time of 18:46. In track, he set the school record in the mile run with a time of 4:24 and also set the record in the high jump at six feet, six inches.
 
After his Union career, Hane was invited to play in the Annual Tennessee/Kentucky Senior All-Star Game. He was also drafted by the New Jersey Americans of the American Basketball Association.
 
Since Union, Hane had taught and coached in Jackson, Tenn. at Beech Bluff High School, in his home state of Illinois and now in Florida. His is currently the Athletic Director, basketball coach and teacher at Redland Christian Academy in Homestead, Fla.
 
Hane is married to Union alum Linda Joyce Yarbro and they have two children, Tami (Manes) who lives in Memphis and Michael who lives in the Florida Keys. Hane has seven grandchildren.