CIAA Welcomes Class of Five into John B. McLendon Hall of Fame
January 16, 2005
Hampton, VA… The Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association is proud to announce its 2006 CIAA McLendon Hall of
Fame Inductees, who will be formally installed at the John B.
McLendon Hall of Fame Luncheon during tournament week in Charlotte,
NC on Friday, March 3 at the Westin Hotel, 11:00am.
Hal Jackson, former sports editor of the
Afro-American Newspaper (DC) is being honored for his service to
the CIAA Basketball Tournament, dating back to its inaugural year
at Turner Arena in Washington, DC. Jackson was the radio promoter
for the first tournament, and also served as announcer while it was
in Washington. This former owner of the Washington Bears was one of
the first advocates for broadcasting black college bowl games on
major networks. Jackson has been on the radio since the late
30’s and currently serves as host and executive producer of
“Sunday Classics” on New York’s 107.5, WBLS.
Winston-Salem State University’s William
“Bill” English will join this class as the
CIAA’s single game scoring record holder with 77 points
against Fayetteville State.
A member of the WSSU Hall of Fame and two-time All-America
selection in 1968 and 1969 and All-CIAA and All-NAIA, this high
scorer (2,113pts) ranks in WSSU’s history books in categories
including scoring, free throws, field goals made and
rebounding.
Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Art Shell of
Maryland Eastern Shore, led the Oakland Raiders as Head Coach from
1989-1994. Drafted from Maryland State-Eastern Shore, Shell had an
outstanding career with the Raiders as an offensive tackle from
1968-1982. After his playing career, Art became the Raiders’
offensive line coach from 1983-1989.
Since 2002, Shell has worked for the National Football League
supervising all NFL football operations and development.
Mike Davis, an elite basketball star from Virginia
Union University, spent three seasons with the Panthers. As
VUU’s all-time leading scorer with 2,758 points, Davis
received all-conference honors each of his three years and was
named the 1969 CIAA Player of the Year. He is the second all-time
leading scorer in the CIAA, second only to Earl Monroe.
Sandra Shuler, Women’s Coordinator for North
Carolina Central University from 1974-1980 was a pioneer by
developing the championship format for CIAA volleyball. In 1973 she
coordinated NCCU’s transition from women’s sports
governed under the Women’s Athletics Association to
intercollegiate athletics. The following year she organized and
coached the first NCCU intercollegiate volleyball team. She also
did the same for softball at NCCU. She is the author of two books
on intercollegiate athletics and has also written a history of
NCCU’s Physical Education and Recreation Department from
1937-1985.
