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Athletes, SIDs among MEAC HOF inductees
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will enshrine five members into its' 2009 Hall of Fame Class on Thursday, March 12, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the M.C. Benton, Jr. Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The 2009 MEAC Hall of Fame Class will be honored in conjunction with the 2009 MEAC Basketball Tournament, which is held March 9-14 at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (LJVM) in Winston-Salem.
The 2009 MEAC Hall of Fame Inductees are:
Gene Lake of Delaware State who led all collegiate players with a MEAC and school record 1,722 rushing yards during his junior year at Delaware State. He earned All-MEAC first-team accolades two times (1983-84) and was named the MEAC Offensive Player of the Year in 1984;
Chris Brown of Norfolk State a two-time track and field Division I All-American at Norfolk State (2000-2001). Brown holds school records in the 400 meters, 500 meters, 4x400 meter and sprint medley relay events. He earned All-MEAC honors four times during the 2000-2001 indoor and outdoor track and field seasons in the 200 meter and 400 meter events. He won a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships and placed fourth in 2005 and 2007. Brown, a three-time Olympian, ran the anchor leg of the 4x400 meter Bahamian relay team that captured the silver medal at the 2008 summer games in Beijing, China;
William Hamilton of South Carolina State has served as the Sports Information Director at South Carolina State for over three decades (1973-present). The veteran publicist is a talented writer who has provided features articles and game stories for various newspapers and magazines in an effort to bring awareness to the achievements and accomplishments of SCSU's athletics program;
Joseph McIver of Morgan State spent over 25 years in the sports information profession and served as the media director for the first college football game ever played in the eastern hemisphere, when Morgan State and Grambling State played in Tokyo, Japan in 1976. He currently serves as the Assistant Athletics Director at Morgan State, a position he has held since 2000;
Charlie Neal, veteran broadcaster began his career over 30 years ago as a radio disc jockey before moving into television as a sportscaster for several affiliates in the Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. markets. He handled the play-by-play and broadcasting duties for all major sporting events for Black Entertainment Television (BET), including televised MEAC football games. He has been instrumental in providing exposure for MEAC institutions, while using radio and television to feature and profile student-athletes, coaches and administrators.
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