SoCon Hall of Fame Wake Forest golf great Arnold Palmer (left) was a member of the inaugural class in 2009.
The Inaugural Southern Conference Hall of Fame class at the induction ceremony, May 4, 2009: (from left to right) Sam Huff, Megan Dunigan, Valorie Whiteside, Melissa Morrison Howard, Frank Selvy, Barbara Crews (daughter of the late Charlie Justice), Dick Groat, Adrian Peterson and Jerry West. Not pictured: Arnold Palmer.
Davidson’s Fred Hetzel (left) received his Hall of Fame plaque from SoCon Commissioner John Iamarino in Hilton Head Island, S.C., on June 1, 2010. Wimbledon and U.S. Open tennis champion Vic Seixas of North Carolina (right) was inducted in 2011.
Southern Conference Hall of Fame Inductees Name Megan Dunigan Dick Groat Sam Huff Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice Melissa Morrison Howard Arnold Palmer Adrian Peterson Frank Selvy Jerry West Valorie Whiteside Everett Case MaryJayne (Harrelson) Reeves Fred Hetzel “Hot” Rod Hundley Banks McFadden Wallace Wade *J. Dallas Shirley Dexter Coakley Lefty Driesell Regina Kirk Robert Neyland Vic Seixas Shannon Wommack Angie Barker Percy Beard *Jim Burch Dick Modzelewski Paul Scarpa * - Special Contributor
School Furman Duke West Virginia North Carolina Appalachian State Wake Forest Georgia Southern Furman West Virginia Appalachian State North Carolina State Appalachian State Davidson West Virginia Clemson Alabama, Duke, SoCon SoCon Appalachian State Davidson Chattanooga Tennessee North Carolina Chattanooga East Tennessee State Auburn SoCon Maryland Furman
Sport(s) Tennis Basketball, Baseball Football Football Track & Field Golf Football Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball Cross Country, Track & Field Basketball Basketball Football, Basketball, Track Football, Administration Officiating, Administration Football Basketball Basketball Football Tennis Cross Country, Track & Field Track & Field Track & Field Officiating, Administration Football Tennis
Years Inducted 1999-02 2009 1949-52 2009 1952-55 2009 1946-49 2009 1989-93 2009 1948-50, 53-54 2009 1998-01 2009 1951-54 2009 1956-60 2009 1984-88 2009 1946-64 2010 1996-2001 2010 1962-65 2010 1954-57 2010 1937-40 2010 1923-60 2010 1967-88 2010 1993-96 2011 1960-69 2011 1985-88 2011 1926-52 2011 1947-49 2011 2001-06 2011 1987-89 2012 1926-29 2012 1967-2011 2012 1949-52 2012 1967-2011 2012
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