Southern Miss M-Club Hall of Fame

- Induction:
- 1966
J.D. Stonestreet was one of the most versatile athletes ever produced by Southern Miss, earning letters in football, basketball and baseball during his career. He would also return to the school after World War II and spend two seasons coaching the basketball team.
As an outstanding quarterback and halfback for Southern Miss during the 1934 and 1935 football seasons he proved to be the type of player that had the potential to break open any game either with his running, passing or kicking skills and he did exactly that many times during his career.
He was also a hard working player who seemed to soak up the information that head coach Allison (Pooley) Hubert would supply him and then be able to go out on the field and execute. He was literally a coach on the field for the team during the two seasons that he played.
Stonestreet was one of the leaders of the 1934 team that would post a 3-4-2 record and record victories over Poplarville Junior College, Southwestern Louisiana and Murray State, with ties against Delta State and Millsaps.
Teaming in the backfield with quarterback E.M. Allen, fullback Victor Jones and halfback Nolan Taconi, Stonestreet helped the team develop an outstanding offensive attack, that was tough to stop running the ball.
Defensively Stonestreet was outstanding at halfback and made it difficult to pass against Southern Miss that year.
Stonestreet's leadership was obvious the following year as Coach Hubert appointed him as captain of the 1935 team.
His leadership and a much deeper and stronger team helped Southern Miss to a 6-4 mark that season, its best in several years.
That squad picked up wins over Jones County Junior College, Louisiana College, Louisiana State Normal, Memphis State, Southwestern Louisiana and Union.
Stonestreet's two seasons as a member of the basketball team also saw Pooley Hubert as his coach but the team didn't enjoy as much success on the hardwood as they had on the gridiron. The 1934-35 team with Stonestreet as a regular finished the year 3-9, while the 1935-36 team finished the year 7-5.
He would play only one season of baseball at Southern Miss and that was in 1935, when the team played only a three-game season. That 1935 baseball season would be the final season of baseball the school would play until 1947.
Stonestreet returned to coach the basketball team for the 1946-47 and 1947-48 seasons, posting a record of 7-5 the first year and a 7-10 mark the second.
As a player and later as a coach, J.D. Stonestreet made a name for himself as a person who had a big impact of Southern Miss athletics and through his toughness, skill and leadership earned his spot in the Southern Miss Sports Hall of Fame.