NCCU inducted 11 individuals and three teams into the Alex M.
Rivera Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, October 20th in
Durham, NC
at the Millennium Hotel.
The eleven individuals inducted:
1. Melvin
Bassett (Track – 1971 -74), a seven time track All-American and
four-time National Champion.
2. Evangela
Booker Country (Track – 1991-94), an eight-time track All-American and
two-time CIAA cross country champion.
3. Ron
Draper (Track), a five time track All-American and member of the NAIA
National Champion 440-yard relay team.
4. Gerald
Patton (Football – 1982-85), a three time All-CIAA offensive lineman.
5. Joe
Simmons (Football – 1990-93), NCCU’s all-time leading rusher with
2,840 career ground yards, including a school record 1,699 yards
rushing in 1993.
6. Richard
Wilkins (Football – 1954-55, 1959-61), an All-CIAA and All-American
running back who holds the school record for the longest kickoff
return (102 yards vs. Shaw, Oct. 28, 1961).
7. John
Barbee, a four-year football starter and 1972 All-MEAC selection as a
defensive tackle.
8.
Kevin
Holloway, a business leader and contributor to NCCU Athletics.
9. Tony
Medlin, an award-winning equipment manager with the NFL’s Chicago
Bears who served in the same capacity at NCCU from 1978-86.
10. Eric Montgomery, a three-year NCCU football team
captain who is the president of the Charlotte NCCU Alumni Association
and a contributor to Eagle Athletics.
11. Kyle Serba, a four time recipient of the CIAA
Sports Information Director of the Year Award who is now in his 13th
season as SID at NCCU.
Three teams inducted were:
1. 1954
Football Team, winners of the CIAA Championship and the Black College
National Championship.
2. The
1974 Track and Field Team, winners of the MEAC Championship and the
Fourth Place Finishers at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Tack and Field.
3.
The
1975 Tennis Team, winners of the third straight MEAC Championship.
