ATLANTA – The SIAC will honor seven people for his or her notable contributions to its member establishments throughout the 2024 SIAC Corridor of Fame Induction on July 10 on the Chick-fil-A Faculty Soccer Corridor of Fame in Atlanta.
“It’s with nice enthusiasm that we welcome the 2024 SIAC Corridor of Fame Class,” stated SIAC Commissioner Anthony Holloman, Ed.D. “These people have distinguished themselves and left an indelible legacy of feat in our convention.”
Willie Washington | Administrator | Benedict Faculty
Willie Washington has led Benedict Faculty athletics for 36 years, together with 10 years as the top males’s basketball coach and athletic director. As such, Washington coached the workforce to 4 NAIA nationwide match appearances and a number of undefeated seasons.As athletic director, he expanded the establishment’s athletics applications from eight sponsored sports activities to 14. Most notably, below his management, Benedict Athletics has skilled continued success, profitable probably the most males’s and girls’s SIAC Commissioners Cup titles up to now.
Dr. Kimberly Dugger | Girls’s Basketball | Fort Valley State College
Dr. Kimberly Dugger lettered in girls’s basketball at Fort Valley State College from 1986 to 1989, serving to the workforce to a 73-37 file over 4 seasons. Dugger averaged a double-double each season, ending her profession with 2,068 factors and 1,448 rebounds. She averaged 21.2 factors per recreation her senior yr and led NCAA DII in rebounding at 15.1 rebounds per recreation.
Harold “Bobo” Hubbard | Males’s Basketball | Savannah State College
Harold “Bobo” Hubbard dominated the hardwood at Savannah State College within the late seventies, changing into one of many prime scorers and rebounders in Savannah State Males’s Basketball historical past, incomes All-Convention, All-American, and convention MVP alternatives.
In 1980, the Philadelphia 76ers drafted Hubbard within the fourth spherical. Shortly after, he accepted a place with the Washington Generals earlier than signing with the Harlem Globetrotters in 1981. He toured with the workforce till 1991.
Jacoby Jones | Soccer | Lane Faculty
Jacoby Jones was pivotal within the Lane Faculty soccer workforce from 2003 to 2006. He was named offensive participant of the yr, particular workforce participant of the yr, and all-conference. Jones was chosen by the Houston Texans within the third spherical of the 2007 NFL Draft, the place he performed for 5 seasons.
Throughout his exceptional 2011-12 season with the Ravens, Jones recorded a 70-yard game-tying landing catch within the AFC Divisional playoff recreation, preserving the workforce’s Tremendous Bowl marketing campaign alive. Just a few weeks later, he recorded the longest play in Tremendous Bowl historical past with a 108-yard kickoff return in Tremendous Bowl XLVII victory. That season, the receiver acquired his first NFL Professional Bowl choice.
Jones spent 9 seasons within the NFL with the Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens, San Diego Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers. In 2018, he returned to his alma mater to educate large receivers for 2 seasons.
William King, Jr. | Males’s Tennis | Tuskegee College
William King, Jr. was a males’s tennis standout for Tuskegee College from 1968 to 1971 and 1974. The versatile athlete additionally fostered his ardour for music as a founding member of The Commodores whereas balancing his collegiate tennis profession. Because the band’s recognition grew, King took a break from his research and tennis to pursue music endeavors along with his band earlier than returning to the courts in 1974 to say the SIAC singles title for the Golden Tigers.
King acquired all-conference alternatives for his tennis efficiency, and he skilled continued musical success with a Grammy award and quite a few nominations.
Mabel Sanders | Girls’s Basketball | Savannah State College
Mabel Sanders lettered in girls’s basketball at Savannah State College from 1988 to 1992. In 1991, she led the nation in rebounding with 14.5 rebounds per recreation, and he or she maintained her dominance, main the nation with 14.7 rebounds per recreation her senior yr.
She was a three-time all-conference choice, 1991 Black Faculty Sports activities Data Administrators All-America choice, and 1992 SIAC Participant of the Yr. Her phenomenal efficiency stands greater than 30 years later as she holds tenth place within the NCAA DII file books for many profession rebounds with 1,405 boards. Savannah State inducted Sanders into its Corridor of Fame in 2010.
Frank Walker | Soccer | Tuskegee College
Frank Walker was a defensive standout for Tuskegee College soccer within the early 2000s earlier than being drafted by the New York Giants within the sixth spherical of the 2003 NFL Draft. He contributed to the Golden Tigers profitable three consecutive SIAC soccer championships from 2000 to 2002, and he was honored with a jersey retirement in 2013.
Walker signed contracts with the New York Giants, Inexperienced Bay Packers, Baltimore Ravens, Minnesota Vikings, Tennessee Titans, and Dallas Cowboys, competing in 113 NFL video games from 2003 to 2011 throughout his skilled profession.
The SIAC Corridor of Fame was established in 1992 to protect the esteemed historical past of the convention and rejoice the accomplishments of former student-athletes, coaches, directors, and contributors. Since its inception, the SIAC Corridor of Fame has inducted 161 distinguished honorees.
