HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton University Department of Athletics has announced the second class to be inducted into its Athletics Hall of Fame. The five-member class will be enshrined in an induction ceremony on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 at the Student Center Ballroom on the HU campus.
“This outstanding group of individuals symbolizes the essence of success on the national and world stage,” said Dr. Charles Wooding, who chairs the HU Athletics Hall of Fame's Board of Directors. “The committee was careful to consider nominees from all time eras and from the traditional and non-traditional sports. Those ultimately selected for induction earned the right to be hall of famers by the distinction they brought, not only to the University, but to college athletics in general.”
The five individuals slated for induction are:
Venise Frazer (Women's Basketball, 1984-88)
Venise Frazer was an integral part of the Lady Pirates squad that won the NCAA Division II national championship in the 1987-88 season. The two-time All-CIAA selection leads Hampton in games played (127) and is 13th on the Lady Pirates' all-time scoring list with 1,206 career points. She led the team in field goal percentage (.500) and rebounding (11.7 per game) in 1986-87, before leading the team in those categories (.516 field goal percentage, 12.0 rebounds per game) again in 1987-88.
Frazer also shares the Lady Pirates' all-time single-game rebounding record with 22 against Virginia State on Feb. 28, 1987. She pulled down 12 rebounds and scored eight points in Hampton's 65-48 win over West Texas A&M to win the 1988 NCAA title.
Frazer, an All-American according to the American Women's Sports Foundation (AWSF) and Black College Sports Information Directors Association (BCSIDA) in 1987, was inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame in 1999.
William Allen “Meatboy” Hudgins Sr. (Football, Basketball, Track & Field, 1936-40)
William Allen Hudgins Sr., also called “Meatboy,” was a three-sport star at Hampton, playing end and receiver on the football team, center on the basketball team and competing in the pole vault on the track and field team.
Regarded as one of the top receivers of his day, Hudgins was a key part of Hampton's performance in the 1937 Orange Blossom Classic. He was also a member of the 1939-40 track and field team that won the CIAA championship and was also a team captain for basketball in 1939-40. Hudgins was also a member of the first Hampton basketball team to play an all-white team.
Hudgins played for three legendary coaches at Hampton – Gideon Smith, Charles H. Williams and Herman “Buck” Neilson.
Sheila Hillman Manderville (Women's Basketball, 1982-86)
Sheila Hillman Manderville was a three-time All-CIAA selection for the Lady Pirates, earning those honors in 1984, 1985 and 1986 – on top of being named the CIAA Player of the Year in 1986. One of three Lady Pirates to have her jersey retired, Hillman Manderville is 11th in program history in scoring, tallying 1,249 points in her career.
Hillman Manderville also holds the school record for career assists (740, 6.4 per game) and assists in a season (232 in 1985-86). She is also second in program history with 329 career steals, averaging 2.9 per contest. Her 14 assists against St. Augustine's on Jan. 10, 1985 are tied for the second-most in program history and she holds school records for free throws made in a game (17 against Norfolk State on Jan. 17, 1984), free throws attempted in a game (22 against Norfolk State on Jan. 17, 1984) and blocked shots in a game (eight against North Carolina Central on Dec. 2, 1985).
Hillman Manderville was also inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame in 1999.
Sylvius Moore (Football, Wrestling, Swimming, 1931-35, 1943-85)
Sylvius Moore was a member of the Hampton football team that won the CIAA title in 1931, but that was merely the beginning for him. Moore also won CIAA middleweight wrestling titles in 1934 and 1935. After graduating, he got into coaching – among the sports he coached were football, basketball, tennis, wrestling, and most notably, swimming.
Moore served as swimming coach at Hampton from 1943 until 1985, and he co-founded the CIAA's competitive swimming program with John H. Burr of Howard University. Moore coached Hampton to seven CIAA swimming titles. When combining individual and team titles, he oversaw more than 40 championship efforts. Moore coached more than 1,000 collegiate swimmers, including Gail Bond and Arthur Armstrong, the first African-American age group swimmers to break a Virginia state record.
Moore also founded the Hampton Aquatic Club, the first integrated AAU age-group swim team in Virginia in the 1960s. He was also elected one of four vice-presidents of the Virginia State Amateur Athletic Union in 1975. In 1977, the Sylvius S. Moore Invitational Swim Meet was created to celebrate Moore's 50-plus years in aquatics.
Moore is a member of the Swimming Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C.
Terrence L. Warren (Football, Track and Field, 1988-92)
Terrence Warren was originally a track and field star at Hampton, where he led the Pirates to three top-3 finishes at the NCAA Division II National Championships – two times during the outdoor season and once during the indoor season. He was also named an All-American a school-record 11 times. Warren won the NCAA title in the 200-meter dash twice: in 1990 with a 20.67 and in 1991 with a 20.65. He is one of only seven student-athletes in Div. II history to win the 200-meter dash multiple times and one of only five to win it in consecutive years.
The eight-time CIAA champion also posted the 32nd-fastest time in the world in 1992, running a 20.42 in the 200-meter dash at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Warren walked on to the football team in 1990, promptly earning letters in 1990, 1991 and 1992. He averaged 25.8 yards per catch for his collegiate career; as a senior, Warren averaged 27.4 yards per reception and 9.9 yards per carry, both team highs, while also scoring 10 touchdowns. He carried the ball four times for 143 yards (35.7 yards per carry) with two touchdowns, along with three receptions for 64 yards (21.3 yards per catch) against Johnson C. Smith on Sept. 7, 1991.
Warren became the first Pirate invited to the NFL Scouting Combine in 1993 and he was later drafted in the fifth round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks. He played for the Seahawks until 1995, when he joined the San Francisco 49ers. Warren then played for the Jacksonville Jaguars from 1995-96 before joining the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL in 1997.
“Last year's Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet was an inspirational affair that re-introduced some of the great legends of college sports to the University and local community,” said Lonza Hardy Jr., HU's Director of Athletics. “The same will be true for this year. Consequently, we encourage everyone to purchase tickets for the banquet so that they may witness these legends gain their rightful place in our Hall of Fame.”
For more information on the Hampton University Athletics Hall of Fame, or to purchase tickets, contact the Department of Athletics at (757) 727-5641.
