NC State Wolfpack: Three to NC Sports HoF
The NC State Wolfpack had the most new entrants into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
The NC State Wolfpack put in the most entrants to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday with three people. Those people were Swimmer David Fox, Women’s Basketball player Susan Yow, and wide receiver Haywood Jeffires. They joined six others who included Tar Heel Antawn Jamison and Hurricanes center Rod Brind’Amour.
Of the three, Fox was the one I had not heard off. He as a great high school swimmer and continued that passion at NC State. Fox rewrote the ACC swimming record book and won medals in international competition. State won seven ACC swim championships and a NCAA championship with Fox.
By international medals, I mean medals. Fox won four gold medals at the World University Games. In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Fox topped those achievements by winning gold in the 4 X 100 meter freestyle relay.
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Susan Yow was a special inclusion because she played under her famous sister Kay at NC State. Interestingly both Yows were at Elon before Kay took the NC State job in her sister’s senior year. At Elon, Susan not only played basketball but also women’s volleyball.
Ordinarily a transfer would cost a year of eligibility, but Elon and State worked it out so that Susan could play right away under her sister. She followed with a whirlwind season where she was the State captain, garnered Second Team All-America honors for the second time, and led the Wolfpack in many statistical categories that season. She also set a single game record with 27 rebounds.
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Susan is currently the women’s coach at Queens University in Charlotte.
The best known of the inductees was Haywood Jeffires. Jeffries played ten seasons in the NFL where he was part of the run and shoot offense captained by Warren Moon of the Houston Oilers. Jeffires caught a hundred balls in 1991 and went to the Pro Bowl three times. He spent one year with the Saints before hanging it up in 1997.
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Thursday night was a good night to be a member of the Pack, and I hope it was a celebrated affair in Raleigh.