Eight Named to Join NCHSAA Hall of Fame
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NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC AssOCIATION BULLETIN Volume 64, Number 2 Winter 2012 Eight Named To Join NCHSAA Hall of Fame CHAPEL HILL—Eight more outstanding individuals in the annals of state prep athletics have been selected for induction into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. Rosalie Barden of Wilson, Sheila Boles of Wilmington, Jimmy Fleming of Creedmoor, John Frye of Vass, Jerry Johnson of Goldsboro, the late Mike Matheson of Catawba, the late John Morris of High Point, and Tom Suiter of Raleigh have been named as the 26th group of inductees to join the prestigious hall. That brings to 140 the number enshrined. The new inductees were honored dur- ing special halftime ceremonies at a football game at Kenan Stadium in September when North Carolina defeated Rutgers, 24-22. The (NCHSAA photo by John Bell) University of North Carolina designated the day as the 27th annual NCHSAA Day. The new class NCHSAA Hall of Famers will officially be inducted at the special Hall of Members of the newest induction class to the North Carolina High School Athletic Fame banquet next spring in Chapel Hill. Association Hall of Fame were recognized at NCHSAA Day earlier this fall. The The NCHSAA Hall of Fame is supported in individuals will be officially inducted into the Hall next spring. From left are NCHSAA part by a special grant from GlaxoSmithKline. president Brooks Matthews; Rosalie Barden, Sheila Boles, Jimmy Fleming, John “These individuals joining the Association Frye, Jerry Johnson; Bryan and Chris Matheson, representing their father, the late Hall of Fame this year have had a tremendous Mike Matheson; Martha Morris Bunch and Susan Morris, Doss, representing their impact on high school athletics across North father, the late John Morris; Tom Suiter; and NCHSAA commissioner Davis Whitfield. Carolina,” said NCHSAA commissioner Davis Whitfield. “Their accomplishments are impres- sive, but the character they exemplify and the Rosalie Bardin Bardin moved into administration in 1998 lives they touched are truly representative of Rosalie Bardin has been an outstanding and wound up serving as principal at Southern what the NCHSAA stands for. Their selection coach and administrator during her career in Nash for several years, where she has twice been maintains the standards of excellence estab- education. Nash-Rocky Mount Principal of the Year. lished by our previous inductees, and we are After graduating from Lucama High School proud to honor these deserving individuals.” and then magna cum laude from Atlantic Sheila Boles Christian (now Barton) College, Bardin began Sheila Boles compiled an impressive record INSIDE THIS BULLETIN a stellar run at Southern Nash Senior High as a coach in several sports, but is perhaps best School, where she coached women’s basketball known as the first woman to coach a men’s • AAA Scholar-Athlete for 12 years, volleyball for 18, track and field for varsity basketball high school team in North seven, and softball for 24, including the tran- Carolina. • Regional Meetings sition from slow pitch to fast pitch. She also A graduate of Seventy-First High School in served as cheerleading coach and athletic train- Fayetteville, where she was a three-sport star, • NCHSAA Coach-Captain er during her tenure at Southern Nash. Boles was the first female scholarship athlete Retreat She compiled a brilliant record in slow pitch at UNC Wilmington, where she was a stand- • Championship Review of 373-130 and her fast pitch mark was an out- out in volleyball and basketball. She began standing 71-11. Her teams earned 15 confer- her teaching and coaching career at the junior And much more! ence championships in softball, one state cham- high level and then in 1989 went to Hoggard in pionship in slow pitch in 1995 and a runner-up Wilmington. She coached men’s basketball for finish in fast pitch. Continued on page 2 Hall of Fame continued from page 1 11 years of her almost 20 there, men’s golf for Jerry Johnson He coached two seasons at High Point Andrews eight and women’s golf for two and was also ath- Jerry Johnson has had a stellar career in of- before leaving active coaching in 1976, when his letic director. ficiating as both a game official and booking diabetic condition wound up leading to the am- Her career coaching record in basketball in- agent. putation of both legs. His career coaching mark cluded more than 300 victories, with a 167-120 A graduate of Orange High School and was 120-58-6. men’s hoops mark at Hoggard and a school re- North Carolina A&T State University, Johnson From 1976 until his untimely death in 1984, cord 24 wins in one season. Her men’s golf teams spent 30 years in education, 26 in the Wayne however, he served as athletic director for the won five conference titles and finished in the top County system and 15 of those as assistant High Point City schools. He was president of the five in the state four times. principal at Dillard Middle School. His contri- North Carolina Athletic Directors Association She has won a number of awards previ- butions in the area of officiating, however, are in 1973-74. ously, including the NCHSAA Courage Award, enormous. NCHSAA Athletic Director of the Year and He has umpired high school baseball for Tom Suiter served on the Board of Directors of the North 36 years, calling over 3,200 games and five Legendary sports television anchor Tom Carolina Athletic Directors Association. NCHSAA state championship series along with Suiter enjoyed a tremendous career at WRAL- 22 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association TV in Raleigh, and high school athletics was an Jimmy Fleming (CIAA) tournaments. In football, his career integral part of it. Jimmy Fleming is one of the state’s outstand- spans 35 years and well over 1,000 games, in- Suiter, a native of Rocky Mount, attend- ing coaches in softball but also coached men’s cluding two NCHSAA state championships, an ed Christ School in Arden and then went to basketball, track, football, baseball and cheer- NCAA Division II national championship, and Erskine College in Due West, S.C. Upon gradu- leading during his career at South Granville. numerous CIAA championship games. His bas- ation from Erskine in 1971, he joined at WRAL A graduate of Creedmoor High and East ketball career includes 26 years and almost 1,800 and moved from weekend anchor and sports Carolina University, Fleming is best remem- games, including a couple NCHSAA state 4-A reporter to the weekday sports anchor, staying bered for his success in softball. His teams did women’s championships. there for his entire career and retirement from win four men’s conference basketball cham- Active in his church in Goldsboro, he full-time broadcasting in 2008. pionships, but in softball South once won 14 has earned numerous awards, including the He anchored the award winning Football consecutive league titles and a whopping 164 Association’s coveted Golden Whistle Award in Friday show on Friday nights, pioneering cover- conference games in a row to go with a 54 con- 2008. age of so many games in a single show starting secutive game win streak that spanned three dif- in 1981 and is still running today. ferent seasons. His teams won a total of seven Mike Matheson The Extra Effort Awards were started at the NCHSAA state championships, including five The late Mike Matheson had his coach- station under his direction, honoring a high in slow-pitch. ing career cut short by his untimely death due school student-athlete who excels on the field A member of the NCHSAA Board of to cancer at age 41, but he compiled a remark- or court as well as in the classroom. He has Directors from 1990 through ‘94, Fleming also able legacy primarily in women’s basketball at previously been named the winner of the an- served as athletic director at South Granville Bandys High School in Catawba County. nual Media Representative of the Year by the for 33 years. He coached in the North Carolina A graduate of South Iredell who earned his NCHSAA. Coaches Association East-West all-star basket- college degree at Appalachian State University, The Hall of Fame plaques are on perma- ball game in 1986. he had an unprecedented run of success coach- nent display in the North Carolina High School ing the varsity women’s basketball team at Athletic Association’s Hall of Fame room, lo- John Frye Bandys from 1979 to ‘89. His Bandys teams dur- cated in the Simon F. Terrell Building in Chapel Although John Frye has spent his entire ing those 10 years posted an incredible record of Hill that houses the Association offices. teaching and coaching career in Moore County, 268-29 and won four NCHSAA state champion- he has had a tremendous impact across the state ships, in 1981, ‘82, ‘87 and ‘88. Those teams won The Hall of Fame plaques are on permanent in the sport of tennis. 10 conference championships and lost only four display in the North Carolina High School Athletic A graduate of Carthage High School (1962) games on their home floor in 10 years. Association’s Hall of Fame room, located in the and Appalachian State University (1967), he Matheson founded a basketball camp to Simon F. Terrell Building in Chapel Hill that houses started his coaching career in 1968 at Union raise money for underprivileged children that the Association offices. H Pines High School and has coached in an amaz- was later named in his memory. ing six decades. He has coached both men’s and He is a member of the Catawba County women’s tennis, winning almost 50 conference Sports Hall of Fame.