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Hall of Fame

2023 HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY

Thursday, October 12, 2023
Doors Open 5:30 PM
Cockaboose Club at Williams-Brice Stadium

Located in the south end of Williams-Brice Stadium

Click here to purchase tickets!
$45 per person by October 1st
$55 per person after October 1st

Parking will be available in Lot A, B, & D off of Key Road
Business Attire

Additional event details will be communicated to attendees closer to event date
Former Inductees: contact Shelley Leavitt to RSVP at sleavitt@mailbox.sc.edu

The University of South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 1967. Since that time, 213 individuals have been inducted. The Hall of Fame includes former standout athletes, coaches, administrators, announcers, athletic trainers, and others associated with the University’s athletics department who have greatly contributed their time and efforts to make our athletics better.

2022 Hall of Fame

 

Class of 2022

  • Joyce Compton

    Joyce Compton

    Head Coach

    Softball

  • Laura Bernstein Kassirer

    Laura Bernstein Kassirer

    Tennis

  • LaShinda Demus

    LaShinda Demus

    Track & Field

  • Otukile Lekote

    Otukile Lekote

    Track & Field

  • Blakely Mattern
    4

    Blakely Mattern

    Defender

    Women's Soccer

  • Corey Miller
    33

    Corey Miller

    Linebacker

    Football

  • Matt Price
    22

    Matt Price

    Pitcher

    Baseball

  • Del Wilkes
    62

    Del Wilkes

    Guard

    Football

Key Information

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    Minimum requirements to be nominated for the Hall of Fame (for former athletes) include at least one of the following:

    • Conference Player of the Year
    • National Player of the Year
    • All-America First or Second Team
    • All-Conference First Team
    • All-South Independent First Team (when the University was not in a conference)
    • Team MVP
    • School Record Holder

    For those who have contributed greatly to the success of our athletics department off the field of play: Those individuals will be considered by the Hall of Fame committee on an individual basis. Our Hall of Fame committee consists of nine members, all of whom have earned a letter at the University, or have achieved Hall of Fame recognition in the past. The nine members are a cross section of sports, race, and sex, and serve on a rotating basis.

    To nominate an individual for the Hall of Fame, please give a written bio, including all honors achieved, to a member of the athletics department, the Lettermen’s Association, Tommy Moody (committee chairman since 1998), or to:

    Shelley Leavitt
    Lettermen’s Association Coordinator
    Rice Athletics Center
    1304 Heyward Street
    Columbia, SC 29208
    (803) 777-1438
    sleavitt@mailbox.sc.edu

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    Former student-athletes can be nominated for jersey retirement by a recommendation being sent to the head coach and/or athletics director. Factors considered are: whether the nominee is a graduate, or at least in good academic standing, with a reasonable opportunity to graduate, and one or more of the following:

    • University record holder;
    • A consensus All-American;
    • A consensus National Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden, Heisman, Outland, Golden Spikes);
    • An Olympic medalist while a student at USC; or
    • An All SEC 1st or 2nd team for 3 years.

    Former Head Coaches. Former head coaches can be nominated for jersey retirement by a recommendation being sent to the head coach and/or athletics director. Factors considered are the overall career win record, career win record at the University, length of tenure at the University, and one or more of the following:

    • A Conference championship win(s)
    • A NCAA national championship win(s)
    • Coach for NCAA national championship record holder(s)
    • Iconic status within the South Carolina University community and with the general public

    Process:

    1. The candidate must be recommended by the head coach, in writing to and supported by the athletics director, in order to be forwarded to the selection committee.
    2. There is a FIVE year waiting period, which begins at the conclusion of the student-athlete’s final season of collegiate competition.
    3. Forwarded by the athletics director, the committee members will include:
      1. The athletics director or designee
      2. Both a male and female head coach
      3. A former recipient (if available)
      4. A member of the Lettermen’s Association
      5. Board member of Intercollegiate Activities Committee of the Board of Trustees

    The University of South Carolina will retire jerseys, but will not retire numbers. Those numbers previously retired will continue to be in a retired state. A previously retired number may only be used provided written permission is sought and approved by the retired number recipient.

Class of 2021

  • Dr. Mike McGee

    Dr. Mike McGee

    Athletics Director
  • Nancy Wilson

    Nancy Wilson

    Head Coach

    Women's Basketball

  • Kim Hudson Williams

    Kim Hudson Williams

    Head Coach

    Volleyball

  • Ron Willis

    Ron Willis

    Track & Field

  • Brantley Southers
    12

    Brantley Southers

    Women's Basketball

  • John Abraham
    95

    John Abraham

    Defensive End

    Football

  • Connor Shaw
    14

    Connor Shaw

    Quarterback

    Football

  • Mike Durrah
    42

    Mike Durrah

    Linebacker

    Football

  • Michael Roth
    29

    Michael Roth

    Pitcher

    Baseball

  • Scotti Ward
    34

    Scotti Ward

    Guard

    Men's Basketball