Elaine Guidroz

Inducted: April 12th, 2025

Ms. Elaine, the appellation by which most of us know her, was the guiding force behind the Ken Cole Memorial Tournaments for 26 years, from 1996 to 2022.  For many of those events over 50 teams would compete, but it made no difference to Ms. Elaine.  Her tournaments ran flawlessly and always finished early enough on Saturdays to give schools a good jump on a trip home.  To get her feet wet she ran the hospitality room from 1995-6. 

From 205-2015 Ms. Elaine, often with Coach Byron Guidroz, ran kids' tournaments between Baton Rouge and Lake Charles.

In 2014 Ms. Elaine was awarded the Ken Cole Distinguished Service Award.