PORTLAND, Ore. - Former Trail Blazer and team Ambassador Jerome Kersey will be among seven inductees in the class of 2008 Oregon Hall of Fame & Museum. Kersey will be the 11th Trail Blazer and the 41st basketball player from Oregon to be inducted. He will be the first former Trail Blazer honored since his former teammate Clyde Drexler in 2001.

Portland drafted him in 1984. He retired in 2001 and has served in a number of coaching and other positions in professional basketball.