Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports
Hall of Fame
Purpose: “Promotion of Scholarship & Athletic Achievement Among Athletes”
The Winston-Salem Sportsmen Club Inc. in partnership with The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System sponsors the Winston-Salem/Forsyth High School Sports Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame Induction Banquet
The Winston-Salem Sportsmen Club Inc. and the Winston-Salem Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame inducted 10 new members on Friday May 8. 2026 during the 41st annual induction banquet at the Benton Convention Center.
The 10 new members of the Hall of Fame Class of 2026 are: Charles McAninch (West Forsyth, administrator), Parker Thomas (Mount Tabor, football, baseball), Arthur Hardin (official, special contributor), Frank Martin (Mount Tabor, Reagan, coach, administrator), Joseph Lagarde (East Forsyth, football, baseball, basketball), Jeremy Peterson (Reynolds, football), Dr. Carol Montague Davis (Carver, administrator), Thomas Little III, posthumous – Alfred Adams (Reynolds, football, track and field, wrestling), Kedrick Williams (East Forsyth, basketball), and Michael Jones Sr (East Forsyth, football, track and field).
The Sportsmen Club also awarded 22 scholarships to local student-athletes. There were 15 recipients of the Mary Garber Scholarship for area girls high school basketball players, Five scholarships were presented to athletes that participated in the Bill Hayes Pigskin Classic at North Forsyth, and one each to the Alfred Poe Memorial Scholarship and the Jacques Holiday Memorial Scholarship.
Scan this QR Code to view the 2026 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet Program Book.
Hall of Fame Archive by the Year
(2026)
Dr. Carol Montague Davis – Administrator • Frank Martin -Administrator • Charles McAninch – Administrator • Arthur Hardin – Special Category/Game Official • Michael Jones Sr – Football/Track • Thomas Little III – Football/Track/Wrestling • Jeremy Peterson – Football • Parker Thomas – Football/Baseball • Kedrick Williams – Basketball • Joseph Lagarde – Football/Basketball/Baseball
(2025)
Kevin Besecker – Soccer/Basketball/Track • Ailene Griffith-Carmichael – Basketball/Softball/Volleyball • Derick Debnam Sr. – Football/Track • Johnny Hill – Football/Track • Reginald “Reggie” Johnson – Basketball • Bradley Morton – Football/Basketball/Baseball • Josh Pittman – Basketball• Andre Gould – Coach (Basketball) • Nathan Newsome – Coach (Cross Country/Indoor and Outdoor Track) • Ken Winfrey – Media/Newspaper/Radio
(2024)
Robert “Buddy” Bovender – Football/Basketball/Baseball • Richard Daniels Jr. – Football/Basketball • Rodney Cooper – Track/Cross Country • John Floyd Jr – Basketball • Reggie McCummings – Football/Basketball • Linwood Jerald – Athletic Director • Ed Weiss – Administrator
(2023)
Lloyd “Leslie” Booker – Basketball • Lee Robert Brush • Michelle Clayton – Track • Gregory Holt – Baseball • Allison Lippard Morris – Soccer/Basketball/Tennis • Cecil Oliver Jr. – Football • Michael Muse – Coach (Basketball) • Jeff Thompson – Coach (Golf/Cross Country/Swimming/Track) • Sean Vestal – Coach (Basketball) • Timothy White – Athletic Director • James Blackburn – Contributor • William “Bill” Hayes – Contributor
(2022)
Brad Craddock – Administrator • Delayo Dodd – Football/Basketball • Cerina Buchanan Hunt – Track Brandon Isaih – Football/Basketball • Tory Joyner – Basketball • Geno Segers – Football/Wrestling • Ronald Stone – Football/ Basketball/ Baseball
(2020)
Miaysha Bryant – Track • NaTeja Hale – Track Ricky • Holt – Athletic Director • Erin Morrison – Track • Bryce Sherman – Football /Track • Ebony Williams – Track
(2019)
Deangelo Bell — Coach-Football • Russell Bonham — Football • Ronald “Ron” Buchanan Jr. — Track/Football • Terence Crosby — Football • Anthony Jenkins — Football /Baseball • William Peay — Basketball • Goryal Scales — Football • Derrick Speas — Coach Track • Howard Ward II — Football
(2018)
William E. Brown – Football/ Basketball/ Baseball • Gerald Carter – Basketball Coach • Donald Covington – Football / Track • Danielle Hardy – Basketball • Mendy McKenzie Pack – Softball • LaShaunda Pratt – Basketball • Johnny Stoutamire Jr. – Football/ Basketball/ Track • Brittany Strachan – Basketball
(2017)
Joe Burchette – Football/Basketball • Jerry E. Echols – Football/ Basketball/ Baseball • Joe Bill Ellender – Football/Wrestling Coach • SamQuan R. Evans – Football/Wrestling • Michael A. Grace Jr. – Basketball • Melton J. Hardee – Wrestling • Whitney Knight – Basketball • Gregory Scales – Football/Basketball • Talmadge “Tab” Thacker – Wrestling • Dave Goren – Contributor • Hansel Hentz – Contributor
(2016)
James Burwell – Basketball • Missy Barsz Carroll – Softball • Louis Joshua (Josh) Henighan II – Basketball • Anthony Levine – Football/Track • Jackie Jerome Michell – Football/Basketball/Track • T.R. Richards – Athletic Administration • Carolyn Beeson Roddy – Basketball • Larry Rucker – Basketball
(2015)
Vierl Banks, Sr. – Special Category Official • Jeff Denny – Basketball • Patricia Gainey – Administrator • Michael Grace – Basketball • Andrew Kennedy – Football/Wrestling • Sam Kennedy – Basketball • Ronnie Sebastian – Special Category Official • Jim Spivey – Athletic Director • Charles Williard – Basketball/Baseball
(2014)
Randy Pope – Coach Baseball • Charles Reed – Wrestling • Marcus Sutton – Track/Football • Erik Walker – Baseball • Jack Westmoreland – Football
(2013)
Michael Bennett – Football/Basketball/Track • Jonathan Butler – Basketball/Football • William Butler III – Football/Basketball •Julie Cox – Cross Country/Swimming/Track • Amy Fuller – Basketball/Softball/Tennis/Soccer • David Hart – Football/Basketball • Ken Hayes – Coach Basketball • Gwendolyn West McCoy – Tennis • Benjamin Piggott – Contributor • Russell Rice – Football/Basketball/Tennis • Kurt Telford – Administrator • Rodney Webb – Basketball
(2012)
Maurice Atwood – Coach (Wrestling) • Art Blevins – Contributor • Jeff Bradley – Football/Track • Daren Lee Hart – Football/Basketball/Baseball • Brian Howard – Basketball • Jeff Jones – Basketball/Football • Christopher McCoy – Football/Basketball • Herman McKinnie Jr. – Football • Colon Nifong – Coach (Football) • Durwood Pack – Athletic Director • Terry Pope – Football/Basketball/Baseball • Marty Stanley – Athletic Director • Doug Wall – Basketball • Howard West – Coach (Basketball)
(2011)
Walter Black III – Football/Track • James Cunningham – Football/Basketball • Mark Redd – Basketball • Keith Wilkes – Coach (Football)
(2010)
Willie Ashford III – Contributor • Tara Brayboy – Track/Basketball/Volleyball • Donald Carter – Football • Rodmond Dunlap – Football/Basketball • Jack Edwards – Football/Basketball/Baseball • Tiffany McKinnie Cockerham – Volleyball/Basketball • Antonio Stevenson – Football/Wrestling • Randy Transou – Golf
(2009)
Gray Bovender – Football • Matthew Burdick – Football/Soccer/Track & Field • Waddell Cockerham – Football/Basketball/Baseball • Josh Howard – Basketball • Terry Key – Football • Camille Little – Basketball • Walter Little III – Football/Basketball/ Track & Field • Rhamen Love-Lane – Football/Basketball • Louis Lowery – Basketball • Titcus Pettigrew – Football/Basketball • George Redd IV – Basketball • Robert “Bob” Sapp – Coach • Bernard Williams – Football
(2008)
Jim Caldwell II – Football/Basketball/Track & Field • Paul O. Cloud – Basketball • Porsche Jones – Basketball • Martha Land – Administrator • Chris Paul – Basketball • Lashun Peoples – Football • LaQuanda Barksdale Quick – Basketball/Volleyball/Track & Field
(2007)
Aaron Boyd – Football • Haywood Cloud – Football • Malcolm Marshall – Football • Mark Saunders – Football
(2006)
Cecil Bradshaw – Basketball/Football/Track • Edwin “Bubba” Brockwell – Football/Baseball • William Odell Cheek – Football/Baseball/Basketball • Stanley M. Elrod – Administrator • Jomo Kenyatta Legins – Football • James Tyrone Lewis -Football/Baseball/Track & Field • Julius Reese – Football/Track • Greg Shouse – Football/Baseball/Wrestling
(2005)
Norton Barnhill – Basketball • David L. Bluford – Basketball • Bill Johnson – Football/Basketball/Baseball • Chris Kirkpatrick – Football/Track/Basketball • Rodney McKoy – Football/Basketball/Baseball • Robert D. Moore Sr. – Basketball/Football/Track Coach • Carl “Bub” Spaugh – Football/Basketball • William F. Stanfield Jr. – Basketball/Football/Golf • Dan R. Traylor – Basketball
(2004)
Jacques D. Holiday – Football • Donald G. Johnson – Football/Baseball • Donald L. Martin, Jr. – Administrator • June L. Worrell – Basketball/Softball
(2003)
Eugene M. Campbell – Football/Basketball/Tennis • Ronnie D. Christian – Basketball/Football • Vivian Cagle Grubbs – Softball/Basketball/Volleyball • Donald R. Hicks – Baseball/Basketball/Football • Gerald H. Ibraham – Baseball/Football/Basketball • Lemuel L. Johnson – Track & Field Coach • Matthew Spears, Jr. – Football/Basketball/Track • Donald B. Young – Basketball/Football/ Baseball
(2002)
Willie F. Ashford – Football/Baseball • Charles L. Bailey – Football/Basketball • William A. Bennett – Football/Basketball/Baseball • Charles E. Denning – Basketball/Football • Ernest “CoCo” Gary – Football/Basketball • Chris Plemmons – Baseball
(2001)
Samuel E. Cary – Basketball Coach • Ray Agnew, Jr. – Football • Horace “Speed” Fulton – Football/Track • Edna Jordan Gilkey – Basketball Coach • Tommy Gregg – Baseball/Football • Hiawatha “Genie Boy” Griffith – Football/Baseball • Tawanna L. King – Basketball • Willie Pearson – Football/Track • Clark O. Taylor – Tennis Coach • Robert “Bob” Wynn – Athletics Director
(1999)
Arthur “Goot” Childs, Jr. – Football/Basketball • Milard “Doug” Crater – Football Coach • Larry Haney – Basketball • Alfred Poe – Basketball Coach • Scott Russell – Basketball/Baseball • Jerome “Heart Trouble” Watson – Football • Milton “Pinknose” Wright – Football
(1998)
James Arthur “Big” Price, Sr. – Football • Colonel Steven W. Mock – Football • Benjamin S. Dunovant – Basketball • Mary Maxine Dowell – Basketball/Softball • Lloyd Caudle – Football/Basketball • Tim Huff – Baseball
(1997)
Elizabeth “Betsy” Noell – Basketball/Soccer • Jon Howard “June Bug” Terry, Jr. – Basketball/Football • Robert “Crip” Evans – Football • Donald William “Don” Page – Football • Henry Jones Jr. – Basketball/Football Coach
(1996)
Edward Denard Byers – Football • Albert “T Ball” Conner – Basketball • Charles J. “Jerry” Huneycutt – Football • Roscoe Pouncey, Sr. – Football • J. “Don” King – Basketball/Coach • Jay B. Sharp – Football/Baseball • Richard Garfield Chapple – Football/ Basketball/Baseball • Norris L. Thomas – Football
(1995)
Randal C Jones -Track/Football • Sam L Beck – Football • Hessie Smith – Basketball/Football • Mark L Crater – Baseball/Football • Don “Tobe” Jackson – Basketball • Wayne Eller – Football • Donald “Horse” Thomas – Football
(1994)
Nigel D. Alston – Football • Sandy Ray Gann – Baseball • Wade Denny Key – Basketball • Allyne Kimberly-Lash – Tennis • Winfred Mack – Football • Barbara Howell–White – SoftbaIl/VoIleyball • Shirley “Red” Wilson – Football Coach • Gray Cartwright – Basketball/Baseball Coach
(1993)
Jenee’ A. Cross – Tennis • Willis B. Miller – Track/Football/Basketball • Guy R. Flynt – Football/Basketball • Worth G. Seats – Basketball • Tyrone E. Anthony – Football • Jim G. Bovender – Football Coach • Steve W. Joyner – Basketball • Thomas G. Muse – Basketball Coach
(1992)
Jimmy L. Boyd – Football/Basketball • Thomas L. Boyette – Football/Basketball/Baseball • Elvita Archie Hunt – Tennis • Gloria Ingram – Volleyball Coach • Margaret F. Pilcher – Basketball • Robert D. Deaton – Administrator • John A. Carter – Administrator William A. Bryant, Jr. – Football Coach • Tom Burkett – Football • Darrell N. Nicholson – Football • Ray H. Whitley – Football/ Basketball Coach • Teddy L. East – Basketball • Perry B. Pearson – Football Coach
(1991)
James “Red” Smith – Football/Baseball/Basketball • Willie “Super Sub” Griffin – Basketball • Olan Shuler – Basketball Coach
(1990)
Mary Roper Osborne Halverson – Basketball/Volleyball/Speedball/Softball• Hubbard “Twit” Alexander – Football/Basketball/ Baseball • William “Sonny” Butler – Football/Basketball • James “Jimmy” Ewers – Tennis • James Daniel McNatt – Football /Baseball/Track • Eugene”Gene” Werts – Basketball • Bruce V. Shelton – Football • Bobby “Cheeky” Cox – Baseball/Coach
(1989)
Michael Gordan Culbreth – Football/Track/Basketball • Harry E. Lash – Basketball/Football • David Elliot Poole – Football/ Basketball/Baseball • David R.J. Plummer – Football/Track • Herman Lee Gilliam, Jr. – Basketball/Tennis • William E. (Billy) McKoy -Football/Basketball/Track • Frances Williamson Poole – Basketball/Softball • Joseph L Wheeling – Football/Baseball/Track • George H. Green – Coach
(1988)
Alfred Lee Adams – Track • Jerry Gilmore III – Football • Sam L. Sanders – Football • Jerry W. Smith – Baseball/Football • James (Jamie) Wilkes – Football • Homer M. Thompson – Coach/Football • Gene Overby – Sports Director • Edward Everette Hill – Administrator
(1987)
Conita Archie Hunt – Tennis • B. W. Atkinson – Football • Bob Cornish – Football • William (Eddie) Hauser – Football • Asim Rahim Razzak – Football • Willie (Weed) Porter – Basketball • James (Jim) Webster, Jr. – Football • John Polite – Football/ Basketball • Herman Bryson – Coach/Football • W. Reid Staton – Coach/Football/Basketball/Baseball • Tom Cash – Athletics Director-Coach/Football & Basketball
(1986)
William A. Griffin – Basketball • Rupert Bell – Football • Stan Crews – Football • James M. Webster, Sr. – Football • Norma J. Harbin – Coach/Athletic Director • Homer “Jody” Hawn – Sports Official
(1985)
Carolyn Archie Rice – Tennis • Marvis Archie Johnson – Tennis • William “Dub” Fesperman – Football • Jack Musten -Coach • Hazel Phillips – Coach • Issac “Ike” Howard – Football/Track • Harold Simpson – Principal • Jerry Gillespie – Basketball/ Football
(1984)
Harvey Staplefoote – Football/Track • Frances Cook – Coach • Wilson Alexander- Football • Roscoe Anderson – Football • Don Cardwell – Baseball/Football • Ike Hill – Football/Baseball • Ronnie Osborne – Baseball • B.T. Williams – Basketball/Baseball • David Lash – Coach/Football/Tennis • Tom Chambers – Sports Official • Frank Spencer – Sports Writer
(1983)
Daniel Bowen -Basketball • Harrison Davis – Basketball/Football • Kenneth Duckett – Football • Conrad Graham – Football • Michael Cowan – Football • Carl Eller – Football • Hildred “Spunky” Hill – Football • Harold “Happy” Hairston – Basketball/ Football • Drew Buie – Football • Sarah Kirby – Coach/Basketball • John Tandy – Coach/Football • Baxter Holman, Jr. – Coach/ Football • Jack Blaylock – Coach • Mary Garber – Sportswriter • Claude “Pop” Joyner – Administrator/Principal • Wilburn Clary- Sports Official /Coach
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History
In 1957, the Patterson Ave. Y.M.C.A. offered the public a program designed to give its constituents “food for soul and food for thought.” The well-attended program came to be known as the “Hungry Club.”
During the weekly noon-day luncheons, symposiums were held with a variety of subjects presented and discussed. Because most of the participants were young, male executives and public servants who were former athletes, sports world activities usually dominated the group’s attention.
A native son and newly-appointed director of the Winston-Salem Urban League, Samuel D. Harvey, initiated and developed the idea that an auxiliary club should be organized for the sole purpose of pursuing athletic interests and endeavors. The proposal was enthusiastically received and unanimously endorsed by the club members. Harvey was asked to go to Atlanta, Georgia, to observe an organization that was already promoting athletics as a major project. Due to his outstanding report, Harvey was nominated and elected by acclamation to serve as the first president of the newly-organized Winston-Salem Sportsmen Club of the Patterson Ave. Y.M.C.A.
Charter members were: Mrs. Nancy Gannaway,D.D.S., Luix Overbea, W.L. Peay, Dwight Cardwell, H.E. Staplefoote, L.D. McClennon, Marty Penn, E.E. Hill and C.E. Bighouse” Gaines. In an effort to involve the community schools, the club enlisted the support of several associate members: J.A. Carter, Carl Martin, A.H. Anderson, David Lash, and Togo West.
Since the inception of the Sportsmen Club, principals, athletic directors and coaches have expressed their allegiance to the organization through active membership and/or cooperation. Their support has been invaluable in the success of the club’s programs to recognize and reward athletic achievement.
The first Annual Banquet of Champions was sponsored by the club in 1957 to honor the Carver High School Western District 3A football championship team because the school lacked adequate funds and community support. Many renowned professional athletes and personalities have contributed to the success of the program.
In the beginning famous sport figures were invited in to speak at the lunch event. Through the years, the club has continued to evaluate and revamp its programs to meet the growing and changing needs of the community. While the Banquet of Champions has been discontinued, currently the Winston-Salem Sportsmen Club pays tribute to outstanding athletes, administrators, and supporters throughout Forsyth County through the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame. This program honors those individuals with an induction banquet which is held in early May every year.
In 1984 the Club created the Mary Garber Holiday Tip-Off Classic, a basketball tournament for the female athletes of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System.
In 2021 the Winston-Salem Sportsmen Club created the Winston-Salem Sportsmen Club Scholarship Golf Classic to fund its yearly Mary Garber scholarships that are presented to students annually.
In 2024 the Winston-Salem Sportsmen Club partnered with North Forsyth High School to host the Bill Hayes Pigskin Classic. This yearly event will highlight local schools scrimmaging to kick-off the current football season.
Nomination
Nomination deadline for each year’s class is March 7th. An Induction banquet is held on the second Friday in May each year at the Benton Convention Center in Downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina. All nominees must fill out a nomination form and submit supporting documentation of all awards received along with a certified background check.
The Winston-Salem Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame has long recognized and celebrated outstanding individuals who have significantly contributed yearly to our Challenge Grant, this grant was created several years ago by Hall of Famer Drew Buie. The Challenge Grant was revised in 2025 to include donation tiers and Hall of Famer Ron Buchannon has joined Drew in endorsing the grant. Proceeds from this grant will continue to be used to pay for students to attend the Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, update the Hall of Fame Museum, and to help with our other financial obligations to host the banquet. Those who participate in this yearly challenge will continue to become a member of the Century Club.
The Winston-Salem Sportsmen Club, Inc. would like to offer a very special thank you to the Hall of Fame Alumni listed below for participating in the 2026 Century Club.
THANK YOU for helping to make sure that new inductees can be added to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame each year.
Ronald Buchanan Jr.
Brad Craddock
Ricky Holt
Sandy Gann
Julie Smith Dover
Marty Stanley
Drew Buie
Kurt Telford
Anonymous Donor
Durwood Pack
Chris Kirkpatrick
Winfred Mack
James Webster Jr.
Dr. David Plummer
Mike Bennett
Carolyn Roddy
June Worrell
Roper Haverson
Johnny Stoutamire
Jerome Watson
William McKoy
Kenneth Hayes
Tyrone Anthony
Donald Martin Jr
Cecil Oliver Jr.
Jeffery Thompson
Randy Pope
William Fulton
Sean Vestal
Dave Goren
Joe Bill Ellender
Vierl Banks
Colonel Steven Mock
T. R. Richards
Talmadge Hill
Jimmy Boyd
Tim White
Teddy East
Derick Debnam
Kevin Besecker
Johnny Hill
Richard Daniels Jr.
Ed Weiss
Jeff Denny
Rodney Webb
David Bailey
Alumni Corner
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame is working to reconnect with several Hall of Fame inductees and alumni whose contact information is no longer current.
If you are a Hall of Fame inductee and are not currently receiving communications from us, we encourage you to submit your updated contact information so we can remain connected with you.
Please include your:
• Full Name
• Induction Year
• Mailing Address
• Email Address
• Telephone Number
Information may be submitted electronically to:
wssportsmenclub@gmail.com
We communicate with our inductees and alumni a minimum of two times each year regarding Hall of Fame activities, banquet announcements, special recognitions, events, and organizational updates. We are asking our community, alumni, schools, teammates, family members, and friends to help us update our records so that these honored individuals may continue receiving Hall of Fame communications, banquet invitations, and organizational updates.
If you have updated contact information for any of the individuals listed below, please contact us at:
We appreciate your continued support and thank you for being an important part of the proud history and tradition of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame.
Current List:
- Wilson Alexander
- Jeff Bradley
- Herman Bryson
- Matthew Burdick
- Tom Burkett
- Jonathan Butler
- William Butler III
- Tom Chambers
- Haywood Cloud
- Mark Crater
- Stan Crews III
- Terence Crosby
- James Culbreth
- Charles Denning
- SamQuan Evans
- Tommy Gregg
- Vivian Cagle Grubbs
- Danielle Hardy
- Daren Hart
- David Hart
- Terry Key
- Wade Key
- Sarah Kirby
- James Lewis
- Camille Little
- Mary McDowell
- William E McKoy Jr.
- Davis Poole
- Frances Poole
- Terry Pope
- Asim Rahim Razzak
- Sam Sanders
- Bob Sapp
- Goryal Scales
- Clark Taylor
- Dan Traylor
- Booker T Williams