On this past Friday, Charles Scott was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony took place at the Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland in downtown Kansas City.
Charlie Scott is known for being the first Black scholarship athlete at the University of North Carolina. In addition, he was the first UNC player to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated. Scott was not a token black athlete at Carolina. During his collegiate career, he was one of the best players on the team and on a bigger scale, in the conference and the nation.