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NC Central announces 2006 Athletic Hall of Fame Class
October 16, 2006
DURHAM, NC North Carolina Central University will induct 11 individuals and three teams into the Alex M. Rivera Athletic Hall of Fame during a banquet on Friday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Millennium Hotel in Durham, N.C.
 The NCCU Alex M. Rivera Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2006 includes Melvin Bassett (Track - 1971-74), a seven-time track All-American and four-time National Champion; Evangela Booker (Cross Country/Track 1991-94), an eight-time track All-American and two-time CIAA cross country champion; Ron Draper (Track), a five-time track All-American and member of the 1971 NAIA National Champion 440-yard relay team; Gerald Patton (Football 1982-85), a three-time All-CIAA offensive lineman; 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; 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); John Barbee, a four-year football starter and 1972 All-MEAC selection as a defensive tackle; Kevin Holloway, a business leader and contributor to NCCU Athletics; Tony Medlin, an award-winning equipment manager with the NFL's Chicago Bears who served in the same capacity at NCCU from 1978-86; 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; and 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.
The three teams to be inducted are the 1954 football team, winners of the CIAA Championship and the Black College National Championship; the 1974 track and field team, winners of the MEAC Championship and the fourth place finishers at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships; and the 1975 tennis team, winners of a third straight MEAC Championship.
On Saturday, Oct. 21, a reception will be held at 11 a.m. inside McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium with a Hall of Fame group photo to be taken on the front steps of the gym at 12 noon. The new inductees will be introduced during halftime of the football game between NCCU and Langston University at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium. Kickoff is 1:30 p.m.
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