TSU Hall of Fame

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Class of 2026

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Name	Sport / Role	Years at TSU
Brent Alexander	Football	1990-93
Franklin "Frankie" Allen	Men's Basketball Coach	1991-2000
Catherine Armwood	Volleyball	2002-05
Terry Blocker	Baseball	1979-81
Curtis Burke	Baseball	1978-81
Clairwin Dameus	Women's Track and Field	2012-16
Oliver Davis	Football	1973-76
Larry Dorsey	Football	1972-75
Johnny "Ballpark" Franks	Sports Information	1988-98; 1999-2001
Gregory Goodwin	Baseball	1976-79
Kimberly Graves	Women's Basketball	1991-96
Sylvester Hicks	Football	1973-77
Tim Horton	Men's Basketball	1991-95
Eric Lindsey	Men's Track and Field	1995-99
Granville "Sonny" Lyons	Football	1970-74
Jeffery McMillan	Swimming	1980-84
Teresa Phillips	Women's Basketball Coach / Administrator	1989-2020
Samuel Puryear Jr.	Men's Golf	1988-92
Gregory "Greg" Robinson	Baseball	1978-83
Candance Saleaumua	Volleyball	2007-08
Dr. Catana Starks	Men's Golf (Posthumous)	1986-06
William "Bill" Thomas	Athletics Director (Posthumous)	1984-94
Dominique Ward-Johnson	Women's Track and Field	2005-08
Lawrence Washington	Men's Tennis	2010-12
Robert Woods	Football	1970-72

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Class of 2024

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Name	Sport / Role	Years at TSU
Carolyn Aldridge	Basketball	1992-95
Antionette Armstrong	Softball	2001-02
Robert Covington	Basketball	2009-13
Darlene Crawley-Morrow	Volleyball	1991-94
Kelly Davis	Volleyball	2004-07
Robert Dinwiddie	Golf	2001-05
King Dunlap IV	Football	1965-69
Onzy Elam	Football	1982-86
Sean Foley	Golf	1993-97
Kirk Forbes	Baseball	1976-79
Dawn Gates-Hill	Tennis	1997-00
Mark Hickman	Tennis	1996-99
Nicholas Horton	Track & Field	2000-04
Veronica Hunter	Basketball	1983-86
Kenneth Joyce	Baseball	1975-79
Jerrold Mcrae Sr.	Football	1975-79
Brenda Morehead-Campbell	Track & Field	1975-79
Tamara Perkins	Softball	2006-10
Mamie Rallins	Track & Field	1971-75
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	Football	2004-07
Malcolm Taylor	Football	1978-81
Jesse Thomas	Swim & Dive	1973-77
JoAnn Terry-Grissom	Track & Field	1956-60
Dwight Wheeler	Football	1974-77
Monty Wilson	Basketball	1992-97

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Class of 2010

Name	Sport / Role	Years at TSU
George Balthazar	Football	1957-61
Estelle Baskerville	Track and Field	1965-69
Shirley Crowder	Track and Field	1957-62
Jesse James	Football	1968-72
Sharon Jarrett	Basketball	1979-82
Frank Lewis	Basketball	1945-49
Carlos Rogers	Basketball	1992-94
Anthony Mason	Basketball	1984-88
Kindell Stephens	Sports Information	1978-2008
Connie Swift	Basketball	1992-97

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Class of 1996

Name	Sport / Role	Years at TSU
Bruce Bradford	Swimming	1965-70
David Davis	Football	1967-70
Billy Dixon	Football	1945-48
Eleanor Montgomery	Track and Field	1965-69

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Class of 1994

Name	Sport / Role	Years at TSU
James Bass	Swimming	1958-61
Clarence Cash	Basketball Coach	1950-54
Alvin Coleman	Football Coach	1963-83
Carrie Gentry	Director of Majorettes	1956-74
Joe Gilliam Sr.	Football Coach	1963-84
Joe Jones	Football	1967-69
George Newburn	Football	1926-30
Arthur Robinson	Football	1971-74
Cynthia Thompson	Track and Field	1951-55
Willye White	Track and Field	1959-63

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Class of 1993

Name	Sport / Role	Years at TSU
Herbert Brown	Swimming	1954-58
Richard Dent	Football	1979-82
Frank Greer	Aristocrat of Bands	1951-72
H.C. Hardy	Football	1929-33
Harold Hunter	Basketball Coach	1959-68
Samuel Jones	Football	1926-29
Nathaniel Snell	Baseball	1972-75

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Class of 1992

Name	Sport / Role	Years at TSU
Barbara Frazier	Track and Field	1981-84
Howard Green	Football Coach	1956-68
Luster Hayes	Football	1938-41
Franklin McRae	Football	1962-65
James Satterwhite	Basketball	1955-59
Wilbur Suesberry	Football	1955-58

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Class of 1988

Name	Sport / Role	Years at TSU
Henry Arnold	Football	1958-61
James Caldwell	Football	1950-52
Chandra Cheesebourough	Track and Field	1975-78
Larry Cole	Baseball	1964-67
Craig Gilliam	Football	1963-66
Ben Jackson	Basketball	1952-56
Kathy McMilliam	Track and Field	1976-80
William Patton	Football	1952-55
Robert Reed	Football	1961-64
Raleigh Wynn	Football	1946-49

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Class of 1987

Name	Sport / Role	Years at TSU
James Buford	Football	1954-56
Earl Clanton	Sports Information	1952-72
J.C. Coffee	Football Coach	1950-74
Iris Davis	Track and Field	1969-72
Lee Derrick	Football	1953-56
Michael Hegman	Football	1972-76
Faye Mitchell	Football	1953-57
Jesse Wilburn	Football	1955-58

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Class of 1984

Name	Sport / Role	Years at TSU
Alger Boswell	Adminstrator	1930-70
Isabelle Daniels	Track and Field	1955-59
Robert Drummond	Football	1944-47
Shannon Little	Football	1944-48
Ed Martin	Basketball Coach	1968-85
Porter Merriweather	Basketball	1959-62
Willie Stevens	Track and Field	1954-58
Fred Sumerall Sr	Football	1936-39
Martha Watson	Track	1965-69

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Class of 1983

Name	Sport / Role	Years at TSU
Joe Adams	Football	1977-80
George Altman	Baseball, Football, Basketball	1954-57
Richard Barnett	Basketball	1956-59
John Barnhill	Basketball	1956-59
William Bass	Football	1944-46
Julian Bell	Football	1943-47
Ralph Boston	Track and Field	1958-61
Samuel Bowens	Baseball	1956-58
Waymond Bryant	Football	1972-74
Boyd Buie	Basketball	1941-45
Luther Carmichael	Sports Information	1932-76
William Cox	Boxing	1946-50
Walter Davis	Football, Football Coach	1927-31; '33-36
Walter Davis	Athletics Director	1942-44
Walter Davis	University President	1943-68
Eldridge Dickey	Football	1964-68
Cleveland Elam	Football	1971-74
Mae Faggs	Track and Field	1952-56
Howard Gentry Sr.	Football Coach	1955-61
Howard Gentry Sr.	Athletics Director	1961-76
George Gilchrist	Football	1946-49
Joe Gilliam, Jr.	Football	1968-72
Stanley Ginor	Swimming	1950-53
Joshua Grider	Basketball	1946-49
Vernon Holland	Football	1968-71
Martha Hudson	Track and Field	1957-60
Thomas Hughes	Swimming Coach	1947-69
Claude Humphrey	Football	1964-68
Donald Jackson	Swimming	1949-52
Clyde James	Swimming	1958-62
Leon Jamison	Football	1953-56
Barbara Jones	Track and Field	1957-60
Edward Jones	Football	1969-74
Leroy Jones	Swimming	1953-56
Henry Kean	Football Coach	1951-74
Henry Kean	Athletics Director	1944-54
Raymond Kemp	Athletics Director	1955-60
Madeline Manning	Track and Field	1968-72
James Marsalis	Football	1964-69
Margaret Matthews	Track and Field	1956-60
Theodore McClain	Basketball	1968-71
Edith McGuire	Track and Field	1961-65
John McLendon	Basketball Coach	1954-59
John Merritt	Football Coach	1963-83
John Moon	Track and Field	1957-61
Lloyd Neal	Basketball	1969-72
Audrey Patterson	Track and Field	1948-50
Jean Patton	Track and Field	1949-52
Allen Robinson	Baseball, Football	1963-67
Allen Robinson	Baseball/Track Coach	1977-98
Leonard Robinson	Basketball	1971-74
Wilma Rudolph	Track and Field	1957-61
Nolan Smith	Football	1963-67
Willie Stevens	Track Coach	1961-67
Franklin Steward	Swimming	1949-52
Forrest Strange	Football	1932-35
Nate Taylor	Football	1945-48
Ed Temple	Track Coach	1953-84
William Tucker	Football	1963-67
Wyomia Tyus	Track and Field	1963-68
Fred Valentine	Football	1953-57
Samuel Whitmon	Football	1944-47
Samuel Whitmon	Football/Baseball Coach	1953-69
Samuel Whitmon	Athletics Director	1978-84
Lucinda Williams	Track and Field	1955-59
Clarence Wilson	Basketball	1945-49
1956 Football Team	Football	1956
1958 Basketball Team	Basketball	1958

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