This weekend, the MSU Sports Hall of Fame inducts five new members. Each day this week, we’ll be highlighting one of those individuals in this space.
Scott Stricklin can’t help smiling when he sees Tyson Carter on campus, the long, skinny freshman sharpshooter preparing for his first season on the basketball team. Now the Athletic Director at Mississippi State, Stricklin remembers when he was a student at MSU over two decades ago and a similar-looking freshman basketball player got to school – Greg Carter, Tyon’s dad.
“I was in school with Greg,” Stricklin said, “and it’s so funny seeing Tyson now, because I remember Greg being this really skilled, thin player who came in with a big freshman class.