Dear Trojans, Welcome to the induction ceremony for the second class of our Troy University Sports Hall of Fame! This ceremony is a point of pride for our great University and a time to celebrate the legacy of outstanding Trojans in four sports. This class includes a key figure in the establishment of our women’s athletics program, three outstanding former coaches, and four standouts from three different eras of Trojan football. Today marks a special day in the life of our University as we gather in our beautiful arena to pay tribute to these outstanding honorees. May each ceremony remind us that the success we enjoy is due to the giants on whose shoulders we stand. On behalf of each honoree and all of their Trojan teammates, I thank you for supporting our Department of Athletics and this Hall of Fame. Sincerely,
Jack Hawkins, Ph.D. Chancellor
Dear Trojan Family, On behalf of Troy Athletics I would like to welcome you all to the 2013 Troy University Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet. The eight outstanding individuals who are being inducted represent the best of the best in the storied history of Troy Athletics. In the 126 years of Troy University, there have been many remarkable team and individual athletic achievements accomplished by the hundreds of student-athletes and coaches who have represented the Trojans on the fields of play. This 2013 class joins the inaugural 2012 class of 11 inductees as those who have achieved the highest honor awarded by Troy Athletics. Congratulations to our inductees and their families on this special night. The Trojan Family is appreciative of all they have done and continue to do for Troy University. GO TROJANS,
John Hartwell Director of Athletics
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John “Doc” Anderson
John Archer
Track and Field/Cross Country Administration
Men’s Basketball
Chan Gailey
Danny Grant
Football
deceased
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Joyce Sorrell
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Willie Tullis Football
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Bobby Enslen
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Women’s Basketball Administration
Lawrence Tynes Football
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ORDER OF PROGRAM Troy University Sports Hall of Fame
Second Annual Induction Ceremony and Banquet Trojan Arena • Troy, Ala. April 20, 2013 • 7:30 p.m.
Music.........................................................................Troy University Jazz Ensemble Call to Order/Master of Ceremonies...........................................Barry McKnight Welcome..................................................................................................John Hartwell Parade of Inductees..........................................................................Barry McKnight National Anthem.................................................................................Shelia Jackson Invocation........................................................................................... Lonnie Cochran Dinner Dinner Music...................................................Troy University Jazz Ensemble Introductions Corporate Sponsors..................................................................Barry McKnight Board of Advisors.............................................................. Mayor Earl Johnson Special Guests.............................................................................Barry McKnight Special Remarks..............................................................Honorable Gerald O. Dial Message from the Chancellor.............................................. Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr. Induction Ceremony.................................................................Video Presentation Video Tribute to Inductees Closing Remarks................................................................................Barry McKnight
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TERMS FOR SELECTION Nominations Nominations for the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame can be submitted by coaches, members of the Hall of Fame Board of Advisors and the general public. Hall of Fame nominations must be accompanied by proper documentation of the nominees’ qualifications. In order to officially nominate an individual for inclusion in the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame, letters of nomination along with the nominees’ qualifications must be submitted by October 15, to the Secretary of the Hall of Fame Board of Advisors at the Troy University Department of Athletics. To make the process easier, nominations may be made online at the official Troy Athletics web site, www. TroyTrojans.com as well as by regular mail to the Troy University Department of Athletics. In addition, an e-mail address has been established to collect nominations, field inquiries and assist with the nomination process. Information or questions may be sent to halloffame@troy.edu. Nominees for the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame must fall into one of four categories – student-athlete, coach, administrator, or vintage. All candidates for inclusion in the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame must have exhibited several characteristics, including good moral and ethical character, outstanding leadership qualities, high quality citizenship, a level of achievement or service that stands out from the ordinary, and honors and recognition that have been credits to the nominee as well as Troy University. Complete bylaws, which detail the establishment of the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame, membership in the Board of Advisors as well as criteria for nomination and enshrinement into the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame, can be found on the official Troy Athletics web site, www.TroyTrojans.com.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Troy University Board of Trustees Robert Bentley Gerald O. Dial John D. Harrison Karen E. Carter Edward F. Crowell Roy H. Drinkard R. Douglas Hawkins, D.V.M. Lamar P. Higgins Forrest S. Latta C. Gibson Vance C. Charles Nailen Allen E. Owen III Cody Farrill Jack Hawkins, Jr., Ph.D.
Governor of Alabama, President, ex-officio Area 5, President pro tempore Area 2, Vice President pro tempore Area 6 At-Large Area 7 Area 2, President pro tempore emeritus Area 4 Area 1 Area 4 At-Large Area 3 Student Member - SGA President, Non-voting Secretary
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BOARD OF ADVISORS The Troy University Sports Hall of Fame Board of Advisors is made up of 21 members who serve to encourage, receive and evaluate nominations of persons who shall be considered for induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, then to select from among the nominees those persons who will be inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame.
ALLEN OWEN
JOHN HARTWELL
Chairman of Board of Trustees Director of Athletics (Ex-Officio) Athletics Committee (Ex-Officio) Secretary
WILLIAM THIGPEN
BOB BUTTERWORTH
MAYOR EARL JOHNSON
Second District - Andalusia Chairman
ROY CRAWFORD
Fourth District - Fayette
Fifth District - Florence
Sixth District - Montevallo
Seventh District - Birmingham
RICK MAXEY
MELANIE GARNER
JEFF COLEMAN
SUSAN MURPHREE
City of Dothan Vice Chairman
City of Troy
BARRY McKNIGHT
ANDY BRITTON
At-Large - Tallahassee, Fla.
STACY FAISON
City of Phenix City
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G. KEITH BLACK
RON DAVIS
First District - Pritchard
At-Large - Geneva
TOMMY HICKS
Alabama Sports Writers Association
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Alabama Electronic Media
Sports Official
DR. JACK HAWKINS, JR Chancellor (Ex-Officio)
DR. KEN BLANKENSHIP
Third District - Montgomery
BEN BEARD
At-Large - Troy
SIM BYRD
City of Montgomery
DOUG MIMS
Alumni Board
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JOHN “DOC” ANDERSON Dual responsibilities were the name of the game in intercollegiate athletics in the 1960s and 1970s with many head coaches also serving as administrators and support personnel. John “Doc” Anderson was no exception, serving as Troy State’s track and field and cross country head coach while also serving as the head athletic trainer. However, Anderson didn’t just serve in two roles, he excelled in two roles. Serving as the Trojans’ head track and field and cross country coach for 12 seasons (1969-80), Anderson’s squads won three track and field conference championships and seven cross country conference championships. All while Anderson was also in the midst of a 14-year stint as Troy State’s head athletic trainer (1967-80). Anderson coached fellow Troy University Sports Hall of Fame member Charles Oliver to his 1976 NAIA 400-meter National Championship. “Doc always cared for us as individuals and wanted to see us reach our potential, be it a national championship or just improving,” Oliver said. “The most important thing for me was the fact that we were a “I am very excited that Doc is being inducted. He small college competing with bigger schools, but he didn’t pressure deserves it and has touched so many lives through track us. He always relaxed us and just guided us to be our best.” and field, athletic training, and the community. He has Oliver was one of 45 All-Americans coached by Anderson in his touched lives on the local, national and international two separate stints as a coach at Troy. Anderson left Troy in 1980 and served as the head athletic trainer at LSU for 10 years before levels and deserves all of the acclaim.” returning to Troy in 1990. After his return, Anderson continued to coach the Troy cross country teams. - Charles Oliver Between his two stints, Anderson was named conference coach Troy State track and field athlete (1973-76) of the year six different times in either track and field or cross country. Troy University Sports Hall of Fame (2012) He was the NAIA Track Coach of the Year twice (1973, 1974) and was named the National Cross Country Coach of the Year once (1992). His six conference coach of the year honors all came in the Gulf South Conference and spanned both stints (1975-76, 1978-79, 1991-92). He was also named the NCAA Division II Regional Coach of the Year four times (1978-79, 1991-92). Overall between his two coaching terms at Troy, Anderson’s track and field teams won two Alabama Collegiate Conference championships (1970, 1971) as well as one Gulf South Conference Championship (1978). Anderson’s cross country teams dominated the Gulf South Conference as they won 10 conference titles (1971, 1974-79, 1991-92, 1994) and five NCAA Division II Regional Championships (1974-76, 1978-79). While his coaching accolades are numerous, Anderson’s athletic training awards and experiences are just as impressive. Already a member of the Alabama Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame, Anderson has served as an athletic trainer for U.S. Track and Field at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and was a member of the U.S. Track and Field medical team in 1984, 1988 and 1992. “His ability to coach and be the athletic trainer was outstanding because he did it all basically by himself,” Oliver said. “Not only did he coach and serve as the athletic trainer, but Doc had a family and was a great husband and father.” In addition to his 14 years as Troy’s head athletic trainer (1965-80) and his 10 years in the same capacity at LSU (1981-90), Anderson is currently an associate professor in Troy University’s award-winning Athletic Training Education program and formerly served as the program’s curriculum director. Anderson has earned prestigious awards in his profession that range from the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer award (2006) to the NATA Service Award (1997). He was inducted into the Alabama Athletic Trainers Hall of Fame in 1999. Anderson was a distance running star at Auburn, helping the Tigers to the 1964 SEC Cross Country Championship before graduating in 1965. He and his wife, Susan, reside in Troy and have two children, Cindy and John III.
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JOHN ARCHER It took no time at all for John Archer to make an impact on the Troy State men’s basketball program, leading the Red Wave to three straight NAIA National Tournaments in his first three seasons. Archer completed his career with over 300 victories and is now immortalized in the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame. Archer became the third coach in program history in 1956, taking over for Leonard Serfustini. Along with his basketball duties, Archer also served as the tennis head coach, a line coach for the football team and as an instructor in the physical education department. During his time at Troy State, Archer coached the first two 1,000-point scorers in program history, as Frank Miller and Paul Word eclipsed the mark during the 1961-62 season. Over his career, Archer coached five student-athletes who surpassed the 1,000-point plateau. Archer’s success at the NAIA level helped to lay the foundation for future head coach and Troy University Sports Hall of Fame member Don Maestri, culminating in the Trojans’ advancement to the Division I level in 1993. His former players speak highly of him as a great basketball mind, but also as a great teacher off the court, as he loved to see “We learned a lot from him (Archer), about baskethis players succeed in life after basketball. “We learned a lot from him, about basketball and about life,” ball and about life. We all went on to different things, but we always used the lessons he taught us.” said Word. “We all went on to different things, but we always used the lessons that he taught us.” Word would go on to coach high school basketball for - Paul Word Troy State men’s basketball player (1959-62) more than 40 years, winning two state titles in Alabama, while still using some of the defensive schemes that he learned from Archer. Archer won no fewer than 18 games in each of his first 11 seasons, culminating in a 26-7 record in 1966-67. He won three Alabama Collegiate Conference regular season championships (1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64) over a four-year stretch, amassing a combined 31-11 record in conference games. In 17 seasons, his teams won 78 percent of their home games, including nine seasons with one home loss or fewer. “I played for him for three years, we had a great team,” Word said. “We didn’t really have positions, we all played everywhere, did what we needed to do. I played some guard, I played some at forward. I even played center, but that was back when a 6’3” center was considered tall.” A well liked and respected coach, Archer was also chosen to serve on the U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Committee in 1969 where he helped choose the United States’ teams for the Pan American Games and the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Archer began coaching basketball soon after completing his bachelor’s degree. A graduate of the Arkansas State Teachers College (now Central Arkansas), Archer compiled a career record of 146-65 over eight years at the high school level, before earning his master’s degree from the University of Arkansas. He was also awarded a graduate certificate in physical education from the University of Mississippi. After retiring from the coaching ranks, Archer stayed at Troy State as a physical education instructor and intramural director. His impact holds true to this day, as members of his teams reunite annually in Troy to remember their playing days and coach Archer himself, generally culminating with a trip to Trojan Arena to see the current team play. “We used to get together occasionally when he was still alive, but we really got the reunion together after he passed away,” said Word. “We always get a good group.” Archer passed away on October 13, 1998.
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BOBBY ENSLEN The 1968 Troy national championship football team featured its fair share of stars, but Bobby Enslen might have been the piece that pulled it all together. Enslen was one of the most dangerous all-purpose players in the country as he used a blend of speed and agility to excel as a split end and as a premier punt returner. The Montgomery, Ala., native caught 61 passes for 970 yards and 12 touchdowns during Troy State’s national championship season and still holds the school record with a 90-yard punt return that came in 1967. “The year we won the national championship, I really think the thing that made it all come together was Bobby,” Troy University Sports Hall of Fame inductee Danny Grant said. “Bobby and I were not the tallest people in the world, but we were pretty quick and agile and it was a dangerous combination.” The 1968 Trojans were in a class of their own as they averaged 43.3 points per game and won their final three games of the season, including the national championship game, by a combined 182-45 margin. With head coach Billy Atkins’ pro style “The year we won the national championship, I really think the offense and the dynamic one-two punch of Enslen and Grant, opposing defenses didn’t have thing that made it all come together was Bobby. Bobby and I much of a chance against the Trojans. were not the tallest people in the world, but we were pretty quick Enslen caught a 54-yard touchdown pass in and agile and it was a dangerous combination.” Troy State’s 43-35 victory over Texas A&I in the Champion Bowl (NAIA National Championship Game), but it is another play that his teammates - Danny Grant Troy State football player (1966-69) will remember him for. “They were double covering me all game long and Bobby was really footloose and fancy free,” Grant said. “He caught a pass down the middle for around 65 yards that set up a go-ahead touchdown for us, but he broke his collarbone on the play. They had to take him to the hospital and I don’t think he was on the field to finish the game. That is a play that I’ll never forget.” He finished his two-year Troy State career with 16 touchdown receptions, which still ranks as the fifth most in school history. Enslen’s 61 catches and 970 receiving yards in 1968 stand as the eighth most in a single-season in Troy history. Always a clutch performer, Enslen caught four touchdown receptions in Troy State’s 63-10 victory over Willamette in the national semifinals to help the Red Wave advance to the 1968 national championship game. Enslen earned all-conference and all-district honors at Troy State and the Red Wave went a combined 19-3 in his two seasons. Enslen was a part of two Alabama Collegiate Conference championship teams and never lost a game to in-state rivals West Alabama, Samford and North Alabama. In fact, the two squads he played for were so dominant that the three games they lost came by an average of just 7.3 points, while the 19 wins were by an average of 28.9 points. “We were really great friends and we had a lot of fun together,” Grant said. “But the thing about Bobby was that when it was time to play football, we played football.”
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CHAN GAILEY Chan Gailey gave the Troy State football program a makeover upon his arrival in 1983. A football coaching veteran dedicated to his work, Gailey has a great sense of discipline while keeping focused on his faith. Over the 1981-82 seasons, the Trojans captured just five victories. But, the tables turned when Gailey arrived to campus in 1983. In his first year, the Trojans finished with a 7-4 overall record and a 4-3 record in the Gulf South Conference. That season obviously showed improvements, but it wasn’t until 1984 when the program saw a 180-degree turn. Troy State opened Gailey’s second season with seven straight victories and finished the year with five straight wins, including an 18-17 win over North Dakota State in the National Championship Game on Ted Clem’s 50-yard field goal as time expired. Mike Turk, former quarterback and fellow Troy University Sports Hall of Fame member, praised the juniors and seniors on the 1984 team for their perseverance, and credited much of the success to Gailey and his staff’s dedication to the game. “What I remember about that team is the credit I felt like those guys deserved for staying with it, and believing in what Coach Gailey and his staff brought with them when the coaching change occurred,” Turk “Coach Gailey was obviously a disciplinarian, very said. “Coach Gailey was obviously a disciplinarian, very strict as far strict as far as details and little things he harped as details and little things that he harped on and preached to us,” on and preached to us. He was a guy that all of us Turk said. “He was a guy that all of us looked up to and a godly, looked up to and a godly, Christian man.” Christian man.” In Troy’s national title season, Turk and the team went - Mike Turk through a lot of moments, both good and bad, but Turk Troy State football player (1984-87) specifically reflects on a post-game bus ride one Saturday night/ Troy University Sports Hall of Fame (2012) Sunday morning. “One late night after a game we were on the way back, everybody on the bus was asleep except me and I saw there was a light on in front of the bus. I kind of walked up there to see who it was so I’d have somebody to talk to. “About the time I got to the front I realized it was Coach Gailey. I tried to sneak back because I didn’t want to bother him, but he saw me and told me to sit down. I asked him what he was doing and he said getting his Sunday school lesson ready for the next day. It was probably 2 o’clock in the morning on a bus on the way back from a game, and that really affected me that he was that dedicated spiritually. That’s just the kind of man he was,” Turk said. Gailey’s accomplishments in his two short years as head coach of the Trojans left impacts for years on the rising program. His turnaround led to another Division II National Title in 1987 and helped lay the groundwork for the future of Troy football. Gailey, who was also an assistant coach at Troy State (1976-78), moved to the NFL as an assistant coach with the Denver Broncos following the 1984 national championship season. From there, Gailey spent more than 25 years with various NFL teams and colleges serving in various coaching roles, including most recently as the head coach of the Buffalo Bills (2010-12). Gailey has also served as head coach of the Birmingham Fire (1991-92), Samford (1993), Dallas Cowboys (1998-99), and Georgia Tech (2002-07). Gailey was an all-state quarterback at Americus High School in Georgia, and went on to letter three years (1971-73) as a quarterback at Florida. He graduated from Florida in 1974 with a degree in physical education. Gailey and his wife, Laurie, have two sons, Tate and Andrew, and one grandson, and reside in the Atlanta area.
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DANNY GRANT One of the most dominant receivers in Troy football history, Danny Grant still ranks among the all-time single-season and career leaders in school history over 40 years following his playing career. An NAIA All-America selection, Grant finished his threeyear career at Troy State with 44 career touchdown receptions, which is still17 more than anyone else in school history. Grant was a member of the 1968 NAIA National Championship team, coached by fellow Troy University Sports Hall of Fame member Billy Atkins, that topped Texas A&I, 43-35, at Montgomery’s Cramton Bowl in the national title game. Grant joins former teammates Sim Byrd, a 2012 inductee, and fellow 2013 inductee Bobby Enslen in the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame. Grant’s All-America season came during Troy State’s 1968 National Championship run. He caught 72 passes for 1,002 yards and 14 touchdowns; becoming the first player in school history to top the 1,000-yard receiving mark. Grant’s 14 touchdown catches in 1966 and 1968 still stand as Troy single-season records and his 10 touchdown grabs in 1967 rank as the fifth most; a Troy player has caught double-digit touchdowns just six times over the rich history of the program and Grant has three of those six. “I played with a lot of guys who were a lot more talented “Danny had great courage, quickness, speed and had than I was and Danny Grant was one of those guys. We acthe best balance on his feet of any player I’ve ever seen,” Byrd said. “He could take five or six shots on a play and still complished a lot, and the playmakers we had like Danny made my job as quarterback pretty easy.” stay on his feet. He could get past a defensive back quicker than a blink of an eye and I think the numbers he put up will stand for a very long time.” - Sim Byrd Grant, who was a member of two Alabama Troy State football player (1966-68) Troy University Sports Hall of Fame (2012) Collegiate Conference Championship teams and a three-time all-conference selection, set the NAIA single-game record with five touchdown receptions in 1968 against McNeese State and still owns the Troy single-game records for receptions (16), receiving yards (225), touchdown receptions (5) and points scored (30). Grant’s career numbers have also stood the test of time as he ranks second in receptions (215), receiving yards (2,907) and receptions per game (5.1). Grant, a 1969 graduate with a degree in business administration and marketing, is a resident of Birmingham and serves as regional manager of Technical Innovations. He founded and served as president of Daniel Communications for 22 years from 1986 to 2009. “Danny has impeccable character, he loves his family and his teammates and he loves Troy University,” Byrd said. “Our times together at Troy laid the groundwork for what we’ve accomplished in life and Danny is someone who I will always be proud to know because of the quality person he is and will always be.” In 2010, Grant was selected Alumni of the Year by the Troy University Alumni Association’s Board of Directors for his loyalty and service to Troy University. He is a member of TROY’s Letterwinners “T-Club” Alumni Chapter. A native of Ozark, Grant was inducted into the Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
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JOYCE SORRELL Troy University currently sponsors nine women’s intercollegiate athletics teams, but less than 40 years ago that number was zero. The person that laid the foundation for the current day structure and initiated the change was Joyce Sorrell, the mother of women’s athletics at Troy University. Originally hired as an instructor in the Department of Health and Physical Education in 1968, Sorrell recognized a need for women’s athletics at Troy State. After directing the university’s women’s intramurals program, she developed an extramural program that in 1976 began to take the shape we recognize today. On Aug. 19, 1976, current Troy University Sports Hall of Fame member Dr. Ralph Adams made the announcement that Troy State’s Athletics Department would expand to include women’s intercollegiate athletics. Sorrell was named the school’s first ever Coordinator of Women’s Athletics as Troy State began to sponsor women’s basketball, women’s tennis and volleyball. In the early years of the program, Sorrell was the head coach for all three, but she made her name in the coaching world on the hardwood, where she coached the Troy women’s basketball “She certainly helped us go to the next level as players. team for 20 years (1975-95). Sorrell recorded 274 wins along the way, still the most was so passionate about every single thing that she did. in program history. Sorrell’s 1980-81 team won an Alabama was always looking ahead, because she was building AIAW State Championship and posted an 18-16 overall program for the future.” record on the season. Sorrell coached an All-American in Troy University Sports Hall of Fame member Denise Monroe - Denise Monroe from 1977 to 1981. Troy State women’s basketball player (1977-81) “She certainly helped us go to the next level as players,” Troy University Sports Hall of Fame (2012) Monroe said. “She was so passionate about every single thing she did. She was a great communicator and really cared about us as student-athletes. She was always looking ahead, because she was building the program for the future.” Sorrell led the women’s basketball program through seven years (1975-82) as a member of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) before the NCAA began sponsoring championships in women’s athletics in 1982. She then helped the program transfer from NCAA Division II to Division I in 199394 before retiring from coaching in 1995. Sorrell coached nine 1,000-point scorers and 17 all-conference selections while coaching the Trojans through four different conferences, plus two seasons as an NCAA Division II independent. Sorrell was not only instrumental for the growth of women’s athletics at Troy, she was also a pioneer across the state of Alabama, helping found the Alabama Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AAIAW) which offered championships for women before the NCAA began to do so in 1982. After retiring from coaching in 1995, Sorrell remained in her role as a fulltime instructor in the Department of Health and Physical Education. She retired from the department in 2006 after 39 years of full-time teaching, in addition to all of her athletic achievements. Born in Ripley, Tenn., Sorrell attended the University of Tennessee at Martin where she was a three-sport star that graduated in 1967. Sorrell furthered her education and earned a master’s degree at the University of Tennessee in 1968. “When you walked around campus and talked to her students, it seemed she was so focused and was able to give her full effort wherever she was at the time, be it coaching or teaching,” Monroe said. “I don’t know how she did it, but when she stepped into Sartain Hall, you would’ve thought she spent all day thinking about that practice or that game, even though she had just taught a class.” Sorrell, a 2007 inductee into the Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame, currently resides in Troy.
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WILLIE TULLIS A Kodak All-American and a two-time All-Gulf South selection, Willie Tullis still ranks among the all-time greats in the history of Troy football. The National Football League draft pick had a successful eight-year NFL career and now has one more accolade to add to his resume, as a new member of the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame. Tullis came to Troy State in 1978 after spending two years at Southern Mississippi and made an immediate impact. In his three seasons in Troy, the Trojans went 21-7-1, including an 8-2 mark during his senior season. He lost just one game at home in his entire career, winning 13. “Willie was one heck of a quarterback,” said former teammate Kelvin Murdock. “He could run and he could throw the ball a country mile. He was good, he was great, as a quarterback, but he was also a good person.” Murdock was Tullis’s go-to wide receiver during the 1980 season, grabbing 33 balls for 837 yards and seven scores, as both were named to the All-Gulf South first team. Murdock played for one more season after Tullis moved on, again earning first team accolades, but playing without Tullis was no easy task. “He left after my junior season,” Murdock said. “It was a big difference. We lost a great quarterback. It was a big loss.” In 1980, Tullis became just the fifth Trojan to earn NCAA All-America honors, the first to do so as a quarterback. He threw for 1,880 yards and 14 touchdowns that season, while amassing 450 rushing yards and six scores on the ground. His 63-yard run against UT-Martin was the longest of the season for any Trojan. He was also the only Trojan to eclipse “Willie was one heck of a quarterback ... He was good, 100 yards on the ground in a single game that season, rushing for he was great, as a quarterback, but he was also a good 102 yards in a 35-7 win over Delta State at home. person.” He still ranks in the top-10 in many statistical categories at Troy. His 15.5 yards per completion ranks seventh in the history of the program. His 3,456 passing yards, 438 passing attempts and 25 - Kelvin Murdock Troy State football player (1978-81) passing touchdowns are ninth all-time, while his 223 completions are 10th most. His 15 rushing touchdowns are 12th most all-time, fourth most among quarterbacks. Following his time at Troy State, Tullis was selected by the Houston Oilers in the eighth round of the 1981 NFL Draft. He would play four years with the Oilers, followed by two years each with both the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. Tullis made an immediate impact in the NFL, returning a kickoff 95 yards for a score in his first game, helping to lift his Oilers to a 27-20 win over the Los Angeles Rams. Although he joined the league primarily as a kick-returner, Tullis would go on to start 31 of a possible 32 games for the Oilers at corner back during the 1983 and 1984 seasons. After retiring from the NFL, Tullis returned to Houston, where he currently resides. An active member in the community, Tullis tried his hand in coaching high school before becoming a counselor. He currently runs his own business, buying and remodeling homes for rent. Tullis has one child, Willie Jr., who is 23 years old.
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LAWRENCE TYNES Tough, tenacious and leader are words that are commonly used to describe football players; however, they are not typically used to describe kickers. Lawrence Tynes is not your typical kicker. The son of a former Navy SEAL, Tynes has kicked game-winning field goals in a pair of NFC Championship Games in addition to leading Troy State to a pair of NCAA I-AA Playoff berths and two Southland Conference titles. “He was a tough kid and had leadership skills that he wasn’t afraid to use,” Tynes’ head coach at Troy Larry Blakeney said. “There is no question that Lawrence is a hall of famer. He won games for us, he won games in the NFL and he has always done it with class. He will always be special in my mind.” Tynes was recruited by current Troy defensive coordinator Wayne Bolt out of Milton, Fla., and came to Troy as a walk-on before earning a scholarship during his second year with the program. “His father, who was a police officer, negotiated hard with me to get Lawrence a scholarship,” Blakeney said. “I told him if he came here and won the starting job I would give him one and that’s just what he did.” The only Scottish-born player to win a Super Bowl ring, Tynes booted a 47-yard field goal in overtime to lift the New “He was a tough kid and had leadership skills that he York Giants past the Green Bay Packers in the 2007 NFC wasn’t afraid to use. There is no question he is a hall Championship Game. The kick by Tynes, who had missed two kicks earlier in the game, was the longest field goal in postseason of famer. He won games for us, he won games in the history at Lambeau Field. NFL and he has always done it with class.” “I was speaking at a clinic in Nashville and saw him miss what would have been the game-winner right before I went up - Larry Blakeney to speak,” Blakeney said. “As I was giving my speech, I brought Troy football head coach (1991-present) up him missing the kick and someone in the crowd said, ‘Don’t Troy University Sports Hall of Fame (2012) worry coach, he just kicked one to win the game.’” Four years later Tynes struck again to send the Giants to the Super Bowl and once again it was in tough conditions. Tynes hit from 31 yards out to send the Giants, which included former Trojans Osi Umenyiora and Jerrel Jernigan, to the Super Bowl. “The weather was terrible, the balls were wet and the balls were full of grass,” Tynes said in the locker room following the victory. “It was tough sledding out there. The moisture, the footing was tough, the balls were really slick.” Both Super Bowls were against the New England Patriots and both were Giants victories. Tynes kicked a field goal and a pair of extra points in Super Bowl XLII and kicked two field goals and an extra point in Super Bowl XLVI. Tynes holds Troy’s career record after he connected on 98.2 percent (111-of-113) of his extra points and is second in career field goal percentage (77.2) while ranking third all-time in field goals made (44). “There is no question that I thought he had a chance to make it in the NFL,” Blakeney said. “Everyone wants to give kickers and punters a hard time, but Lawrence did not have your typical kicker personality. I knew that he would never back down from a challenge.” He has made 82 percent of his field goals as a professional and has not missed an extra point in five seasons. Tynes is also well known for his charitable work in both New York and his hometown of Milton, Fla., where he, his wife Amanda, and their family live.
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TROY ATHLETICS Congratulates
2013 Class Troy University Sports Hall of Fame
Staff and members of the 1968 & 1969 Troy State Football Teams are proud to honor their teammates Danny Grant and Bobby Enslen and athletic trainer
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on their introduction into the 2013 class of the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame.
1968 NAIA National Champions
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JOHN ARCHER 2013 trOy university spOrts hall Of fame
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TROY UNIVERSITY SPORTS HALL OF FAME
MEMBERS
VERGIL PARKS McKINLEY
CLASS OF 2012
Vergil Parks McKinley, a professor at Troy Normal School, was charged with the task of fielding the school’s first football team in 1909. McKinley, who never played football, had 14 players try out for the first team, but kept just 11. He guided that squad to a 1-0-2 record in his only year as the head coach. Both Troy University and the University of Alabama now award a Virgil Parks McKinley Employee Award on a regular basis. (Deceased)
Inaugural Induction Class
RALPH ADAMS
Football
Administration
DENISE MONROE
Women’s Basketball
Ralph Adams became President of Troy State University in 1964 and remained in that role for 25 years. Under his administration, Troy State achieved university stature and more than doubled its enrollment. Athletically, the Trojans won three national championships in football, two in baseball numerous national titles in golf and track & field. (Deceased)
Denise Monroe is all-time leading scorer in Troy women’s basketball history with 2,024 points in her four year career (1977-81). Monroe also ranks second in Troy history with 1,312 career rebounds and holds the Troy career records for field goal attempts, field goals made, free throws attempted and free throws made. A 1981 All-American, Monroe’s No. 30 uniform was retired on Nov. 14, 1998 and is still the only retired jersey in Troy women’s basketball history.
BILLY ATKINS
CHARLES OLIVER
Football
Track and Field
Billy Atkins coached the Troy State football team for six seasons from 1966 to 1971 and led the Trojans to the 1968 NAIA national championship. Atkins also led TSU to three Alabama Collegiate Conference championships (1967-6869). He was a two-time NAIA District 27 Coach of the Year and was the NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1968. He served in the dual role of football coach and athletic director from 1969 to 1971. (Deceased)
Charles Oliver made an impression on Troy State track and field as both a student-athlete and as a coach. Oliver, who is still Troy’s 400-meter record holder, was the NAIA 400-meter national champion in 1976 as an athlete. He became the head coach at Troy State in 1981, and in his nine seasons won seven conference championships while coaching 26 athletes to All-America honors. Oliver still sponsors two Coach O Invitationals in Troy every year.
LARRY BLAKENEY
CHASE RIDDLE
Football
Baseball
Larry Blakeney has led the Troy University football program from Division II, through Division I-AA and into Division I-A. Blakeney has led Troy to eight conference championships, including five straight Sun Belt titles (2006-10). He has guided the Trojans to 15 winning seasons, including six seasons of 10 wins or more and has led the Trojans to five bowl game appearances at the FBS level. He is the second longest tenured coach in the FBS.
Chase Riddle is the all-time winningest coach in Troy baseball history with 434 victories in his 12 seasons (197990). Riddle led the Trojans to back-to-back NCAA Division II national championships (1986-87) and guided Troy State to 10 NCAA Tournament appearances. His teams won five conference championships and played in six NCAA Division II World Series. He coached 30 All-Americans and Troy’s home baseball field now bears his name. (Deceased)
SIM BYRD
MIKE TURK
Football
Football
Sim Byrd still owns many of the Troy football program’s all-time passing records. During his three seasons at quarterback (1966-68), he guided the Trojans to a 24-8 record and the school’s first national championship (1968). He was named a first team All-American as a senior, setting then single-season records for passing yards, completions and pass attempts. He is the Troy career record holder for touchdown passes.
Mike Turk led the Troy football program to a pair of NCAA Division II national championships (1984, 1987) as a fouryear starting quarterback. He earned all-conference honors three times and first team All-America honors in 1987. During his career the Trojans posted a 40-8-1 record and captured three conference titles. Turk finished his career second in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns in Troy history. Turk was also an assistant coach at Troy for 12 years.
DON MAESTRI
DeMARCUS WARE
Men’s Basketball
Don Maestri led the Troy men’s basketball program from Division II to conference championships in three different Division I leagues. He retired in 2013 with 500 victories, nine 20-win seasons and seven conference championships. Troy led the nation in scoring three times and in 3-pointers seven times. Troy also set numerous records in a 258-141 win over DeVry in 1992, hitting 51 three-pointers while becoming the first team in NCAA history to score 200 points.
Football
DeMarcus Ware, a four-year defensive lineman (2001-04) had a great career for the Troy football program and has turned in a wildly successful NFL career. He is Troy’s career leader in tackles for loss and helped Troy to its first bowl game in 2004, earning Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year. Since being drafted 11th overall in 2005, Ware has been named to the Sun Belt’s All-Decade Team, been an NFL All-Pro seven times and was the 2008 NFC Defensive Player of the Year.
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2012 INDUCTION CEREMONY
RALPH ADAMS
BILLY ATKINS
accepted by Sam Adams
accepted by Danny Grant
LARRY BLAKENEY
DON MAESTRI SIM BYRD
VERGIL PARKS McKINLEY accepted by Mark McKinley
CHARLES OLIVER DENISE MONROE
CHASE RIDDLE
accepted by Wes Johnson
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DeMARCUS WARE
accepted by JaKeitha Carr Ware
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2012 INDUCTION CEREMONY The inaugural class of the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame was inducted on August 10, 2012 in the what marked the first event inside state-of-the-art Trojan Arena. Eleven of the greatest men and women in Troy history were part of the inaugural class. The class included Ralph Adams, Billy Atkins, Larry Blakeney, Sim Byrd, Don Maestri, Vergil Parks McKinley, Denise Monroe, Charles Oliver, Chase Riddle, Mike Turk and DeMarcus Ware. A sold out gathering of over 600 people enjoyed a ceremony that featured comments from Troy University Chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr., Andalusia Mayor Earl Johnson and President pro tempore of the Troy University Board of Trustees Gerald O. Dial.
2013 INDUCTION CEREMONY AND BANQUET
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HALL OF FAME The Troy University Sports Hall of Fame was established in 2010 and inducted its inaugural class of 11 members on August 10, 2012. The Hall of Fame is located in the main rotunda of Trojan Arena, which opened in 2012. The Hall of Fame features two interactive video monitors that display pictures and induction acceptance videos of all members. Between the two monitors is a wall displaying permanently the names of all members. The Hall of Fame area of Trojan Arena also features numerous artifacts from throughout the history of Troy University Athletics.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Acknowledges the following for their special contributions: Troy University Athletics would like to thank Troy University and its leadership, including the Chancellor and Senior Vice Chancellors, for their continued support and commitment to athletics.
Banquet Program - Board of Advisors Event Coordination - Michael Murphy, Sandy Atkins, Tony Ferrante Music - Troy University Jazz Ensemble Video Presentations - Broadcast and Digital Network, Kyle Bozeman, Jeff Herring Inductee Liaison and Awards - Michael Murphy Banquet Production - Mike Frigge, Jamaal Smith Photographer - Kevin Glackmeyer Printed Program - Adam Prendergast, Matt Mays Inductee Reception - Chuck Carson, Ryan Nichols Ticketing and Seating - Helen Shirey Parking - Troy Equipment Room Staff Guest Relations - Ambassadors, Jennifer Gardner, Jessica Acord Banquet Meal - Sodexho Dining, Ibrahim Yildirim, Brenda Summers Stage, Table and Chair Set Up - Student Services, Herb Reeves, Derrick Brewster Maintenance and Housekeeping - Physical Plant, Mark Salmon Security - Chief John McCall
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