Courtesy of Bethune-Cookman Athletics
DENMARK, S.C. – Garon Jackson, the Director of Observe & Discipline at Daytona Seashore, FL HBCU Bethune-Cookman, has been introduced to the 2024 class of the Voorhees College Athletics Corridor of Fame. The induction ceremony is scheduled to happen throughout Homecoming weekend in September. Voorhees College is a personal career-oriented HBCU in Denmark, South Carolina. Jackson, a 1999 HBCU graduate with a Bachelor of Arts diploma in Sociology, left an indelible mark on the establishment’s monitor and discipline program throughout his tenure as a student-athlete. His distinctive performances and management on the monitor paved the best way for a stellar teaching profession that has spanned practically 20 years. “This can be a nice honor,” mentioned Jackson, who returned to Bethune-Cookman because the Director of Observe & Discipline through the 2023-24 season. “God has really blessed me and my household and continues to shine gentle and beauty upon my household. I undoubtedly recognize the coaches that coached me over time; the athletes that I’ve sowed into over time and my faculty teammates that created a profitable tradition at Voorhees College, and people which are doing nice issues after graduating.” Throughout his time at Voorhees, Jackson competed as a center/lengthy distance runner for the Tigers. He nonetheless holds the Voorhees and Jap Intercollegiate Athletic Convention (EIAC) data within the 800, 1500, 5000, and 10000 meters along with cross nation data. Jackson was the EIAC Most Priceless Runner for 4 years in cross nation and three years in Observe and Discipline, ending undefeated on the Jap Intercollegiate Athletic Convention (EIAC) Championships all through his whole collegiate profession. Jackson additionally served as head coach at his alma mater for monitor & discipline, the place he spent 5 years on the helm of the Tigers program. Throughout his stint at Voorhees, Jackson produced a number of Nationwide Affiliation of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Nationwide Qualifiers in addition to All-People and an NAIA Nationwide Champion.
“I wish to thank Voorhees College for taking an opportunity on a younger man from Sumter, South Carolina, and making a basis in me – one which all the things I’m as an individual is constructed upon,” mentioned Jackson. In 2020, he took the helm as monitor & discipline head coach at Claflin in his residence state of South Carolina. In simply three seasons, Jackson guided the Panthers to their first-ever Central Intercollegiate Athletic Affiliation (CIAA) Males’s Indoor Observe & Discipline Championship in 2023. That led to Jackson being tabbed CIAA Males’s Indoor Coach of the Yr. Jackson was named to the Sumter Sports activities Corridor of Fame in 2017. The induction ceremony will happen on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Jackson might be certainly one of 5 inductees on this yr’s class, becoming a member of a distinguished group of alumni who’ve made vital contributions to athletics at Voorhees and past. For extra details about the 2024 Voorhees Athletics Corridor of Fame induction ceremony, please go to VoorheesAthletics.com.
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