ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME The 2018 class of inductees includes: Shanita Black, a three-time all-conference softball player and the 2006 Southern Conference Player of the Year; and Dr. Harry Carter, an administrator who chaired the college athletics committee that recommended to President Dale Lick the re-establishment of intercollegiate football in the early 1980s; and Foster, who earned All-America honors at three different positions: quarterback, running back and all-purpose athlete during his time on the gridiron; and Telly Hall Wright, a three-time All-Southern Conference selection in women's basketball who still ranks sixth all-time scoring; and Tod Lee, a three-time All-American in baseball who was named the 1997 Southern Conference Pitcher and Player of the Year; and Freddy Pesqueira, a four-time All-American who was one of the most dominant defensive linemen ever to suit up for the Eagles; and Mark Williams, a three-time consensus All-American who finished his career with 13 separate national honors as an offensive lineman for Georgia Southern.
STATESBORO, Ga. – Jayson Foster, a record-setting multi-purpose football player who became the first sophomore in NCAA history to win the Walter Payton Award, is one of seven individuals who will be inducted into the Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame later this fall, as announced Tuesday by the athletics department.
2018 Athletics Hall of Fame Class Announced
