NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC AssOCIATION BULLETIN Volume 63, Number 2 Winter 2011 Seven Named To Join NCHSAA Hall of Fame CHAPEL HILL—Seven 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. Harvey Brooks of Trenton, Tunney Brooks of Lumberton, Tom Brown of Maiden, Bob Catapano of Raleigh, the late Joe Hunt of Hendersonville, Carolyn Rogers of Hertford, and Que Tucker of Morrisville have been named as the 25th group of inductees to join the prestigious hall. That brings to 132 the number enshrined. The new inductees were honored during special halftime ceremonies at a football game at Kenan Stadium in November, when North Carolina played Virginia Tech. The University of North Carolina designated the day as the (NCHSAA photo by John Bell) 26th annual NCHSAA Day. The new class will officially be inducted at the special Hall of Fame NCHSAA HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES banquet next spring in Chapel Hill. The current class of inductees to the North Carolina High School Athletic The NCHSAA Hall of Fame is supported in Association Hall of Fame was recognized during ceremonies at NCHSAA Day part by a special grant from GlaxoSmithKline. at Kenan Stadium and will be officially inducted into the NCHSAA Hall in the “These individuals joining the Association spring. The Hall of Fame members include, from left, Harvey Brooks (seated), Hall of Fame this year have had a tremendous Tom Brown, Richie Brooks representing Tunney Brooks, Bob Catapano, Marcia impact on high school athletics across North Cashion representing the late Joe Hunt, Carolyn Rogers and Que Tucker. Carolina,” said NCHSAA commissioner Davis Whitfield. “Their accomplishments are impres- sive, but the character they exemplify and the what the NCHSAA stands for. Their selection the single wing offense and ran it effectively even lives they touched are truly representative of maintains the standards of excellence established when it was out of vogue. by our previous inductees, and we are extremely He coached in the 1982 North Carolina INSIDE THIS BULLETIN proud to honor these deserving individuals.” Coaches Association East-West game and also was involved in many church and civic activities. • Sponsorship News: Harvey Brooks AAA, UnderArmour Harvey Brooks earned a reputation as a Tunney Brooks coaching legend in North Carolina. Alton “Tunney” Brooks compiled an impres- • Heart of a Champion Awards A graduate of Boyden High in Salisbury sive record as a coach in several sports, serving at • In Memorium and then a 1959 graduate of Pfeiffer, Brooks Edenton Holmes and Lumberton. was a head coach in a variety of sports, includ- A graduate of Wilson’s Charles Coon High • Information on Coaching ing football, basketball, baseball and track, over and a two-sport captain at Wake Forest, Brooks Course more than 40 years. His coaching stops includ- coached at Holmes from 1953 to ‘57 and then ed Norwood, South Stanly, Warrenton John went to Lumberton as head baseball and basket- • High School Teams Serve Graham, Princeton (from 1971 to ‘86), Pikeville ball coach and assistant football coach. His teams Communities Charles B. Aycock and Jones Senior. won 291 games in men’s basketball and a number • Championship Review His teams won 320 games in basketball of conference titles, and the also wound up serv- and compiled an outstanding 238-99-3 mark ing 10 years as head football coach at Lumberton And much more! in football while winning 24 conference with a 72-41-4 slate. championships. He was considered a master of Continued on page 2 Hall of Fame continued from page 1 state championships and 17 conference titles. His also coaching cheerleading, track and field, and teams put together what was then a national re- basketball. Her volleyball teams won 10 league On top of his coaching he served athletic di- cord of 103 games without a loss from 1982 to ‘87 titles, finished second in the state twice and rector at Lumberton for 30 years, from 1960 until and had four unbeaten seasons. posted a 303-135 record. his retirement in 1989. He retired from active coaching in 1996 but She has been a strong supporter of the Brooks was the Civitan Outstanding Citizen continued to serve as athletic director. He also NCHSAA Student Services program, partici- of Robeson County in 1970, and the Lumberton served as a soccer official for youth, adult and col- pating in Student Athlete Summer Institutes High School football stadium was named in his legiate matches for 20 years. (SASI) and Coach-Captain retreats, as well as be- honor in 1992. A native of Glen Rock, N.J., Bob is a member ing involved with Students Against Destructive Tom Brown of the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame, and Decisions (SADD). She is a charter member the North Carolina Athletic Directors Hall of of the Perquimans County High School Hall of Tom Brown is one of the state’s most success- Fame. Fame and was the NCHSAA Toby Webb Coach ful football coaches at the high school level. of the Year Award winner in 2006. A native of Pennsylvania, Brown came South Joe Hunt to attend Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, The late Joe Hunt put together an outstanding Que Tucker where he earned all-conference honors in both record as a head football coach in western North Que Tucker has enjoyed an outstanding football and baseball, and basically never left the Carolina. career at the North Carolina High School Athletic area. He compiled a brilliant record as a head Born in Wilkes County, Hunt graduated from Association after successful stints coaching at the football coach, winning a total of 330 games in 35 the old North Wilkesboro High School in 1942. high school and college levels. seasons at Maiden High School, the state record Then after World War II, Joe graduated from A graduate of Stoneville High, she attended for wins by a football coach at a single school. Western Carolina in 1950 and then embarked Mars Hill College, where she was an outstanding He also coached three years at Bunker Hill and on a highly successful career in coaching, first at athlete and graduated in 1974. Tucker came chalked up an overall career mark of 352 victories Sylva-Webster High and then at Hendersonville. to the NCHSAA in 1991 after several years as against just 132 defeats and seven ties. The sta- His football teams at Sylva-Webster posted an assistant women’s basketball coach at N.C. dium at Maiden was named in his honor in 2000. records of 87-43-6 and earned four conference State under Kay Yow. She is currently deputy Brown coached in all the state’s major all- titles, and then while at Hendersonville from commissioner of the NCHSAA, where she star games, including head coach of the North 1964 through ‘78 his teams went 118-40-2 and oversees the entire NCHSAA sports program, Carolina Shrine Bowl team in 2000 after a stint as won five league crowns. after helping to start the Association’s acclaimed an assistant in ‘95. He also coached twice in the Shrine Bowl of Student Services program. He is a member of the Lenoir-Rhyne Sports the Carolinas. As a high school coach at Reidsville, her Hall of Fame and the Catawba County Sports Hunt served a pair of four-year terms on women’s basketball teams posted a 145-104 mark Hall of Fame. the NCHSAA Board of Directors and received during a period form 1978 through ‘88 and her Bob Catapano a Distinguished Service Award from the volleyball squads went 58-16. She also served as a NCHSAA in 1986. He is a charter member of the game official in several different sports. Bob Catapano has made significant contribu- Hendersonville High School Hall of Fame. She is a charter member of the Mars Hill tions to high school athletics in a couple of differ- College Athletic Hall of Fame. ent ways, including as one of the state’s best soccer Carolyn Rogers coaches ever as well as serving as an outstanding Carolyn Rogers has spent the majority of athletic director. her outstanding teaching and coaching career at His career in North Carolina was entirely at Perquimans High School. The Hall of Fame plaques are on permanent Raleigh’s Sanderson High School after he earned After graduating from Western Carolina display in the North Carolina High School Athletic four varsity letters in soccer at N.C. State from University, she eventually wound up at Association’s Hall of Fame room, located in the 1969-72. During a 20-year period as men’s head Perquimans and coached there from 1972 to Simon F. Terrell Building in Chapel Hill that houses soccer coach at Sanderson, he rolled up an in- 2009, including 21 years as volleyball coach but the Association offices. H credible 363-44-21 record, winning 11 NCHSAA Garner Names Charter Class For Its Hall Of Fame The National High GARNER—Garner High School has adminstrator at the University of Virginia. She School Sports Record Book selected the charter members for the Garner had a significant role in the establishment of the High School Hall of Fame. Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball The five individuals will be recognized at tournament The National High School Sports a Garner football game and will officially be • Hal Stewart, one of the state’s outstanding foot- Record Book can be purchased from inducted at a ceremony in the spring. ball coaches who was the head coach of that 1987 the National Federation of State High The charter members include: 4-A state champion squad School Associations.