Athletic Hall of Fame Welcomes Eight New Members This marks the third class of inductees for the Athletic Hall of Fame, which was established in 2013 and will tap new members every other year. The new Athletic Hall of Fame members are Greg Murray, Phil Pearce ’77, Sherry Bartholomew Holtzclaw ’78, Conrad Hall ’89, Marshall Moore ’92, Hunter Henry ’97, Christine Suggs ’05 and Kelsey Kearney ’08. The new inductees were introduced at halftime of the varsity boys game vs. Charlotte Latin on Dec. 1 and were honored at a reception, hosted by the DA Alumni Board, after the game.
All-Conference and All-State honors. He holds the DA record for making 27 rebounds in a single game. He was the first member of DA’s 1,000-point club; he now ranks fourth of the eight student-athletes to have passed the mark. After graduating from DA, Pearce attended the University of Virginia, where he was a cheerleader. He now lives in Michigan. He was unable to attend the induction ceremony and was represented by his father, Dr. Phil Pearce.
Greg Murray has served as a Durham Academy coach and physical education teacher since 1979. Under Murray’s leadership in the 1980s, ’90s and 2000s, the varsity girls basketball team won 407 games, earned multiple conference titles, competed in six N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association Final Fours, appeared in four state championship games and won two NCISAA titles. Murray continues to serve as the head coach for both the girls and boys golf teams, which have won a combined eight conference titles. His girls teams have been runners-up in the state tournament twice, and the boys program has won one NCISAA championship.
For a video from the induction ceremony and more information on the Athletic Hall of Fame, see da.org/athletichalloffame.
Phil Pearce ’77 was a three-sport standout athlete at DA. He earned AllConference and All-Region honors on the soccer field and competed in six different events over the course of his career as a track athlete, earning team awards in each sport. Pearce was the leading scorer of the 1976–1977 state championship basketball team, earning
Sherry Bartholomew Holtzclaw ’78 was an exceptional athlete in both track and volleyball. She remains among the top five long-jumpers and top 10 high-jumpers in Durham Academy history. Holtzclaw lettered in volleyball all four years of high school, earning AllConference honors twice and being named All-State as a senior — a year in which she led her teammates to the NCISAA state championship. Holtzclaw continued her volleyball career at the University of Virginia, where she was a team captain and still holds several school records. She now lives in Savannah, Georgia.