Hall of Fame Mission
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Hall of Fame Commission is a non- profit organization established for the specific purpose of honoring those student-
athletes, coaches, and administrators who have brought credit and fame to their institution through their athletic participation as student-athletes or as non-athletes. The name of the body shall be the SWAC Hall of Fame Commission.
Hall of Fame Standard Nominees
The Selection Committee will be comprised of twelve (12) faculty or staff person from each of the member institutions. The primary duty of the Selection Committee will be to nominate individuals for induction into the Hall of Fame from 1971 to present (eight years must have elapsed since the completion of college eligibility).
The Selection Committee shall nominate individuals that have brought credit and fame to SWAC member institutions. Institutions that have recently entered and/or re- entered the Conference may only nominate an individual who was a member of the Conference during his/her accomplishments. The Selection Committee shall follow the criteria below:
Each committee member may nominate one individual.
Nominee must have made significant and/or long-term contributions to college athletics or the society-at-large in or around the area of coaching or administration, or as a game official or contributor.
The nominee must have exhausted his/her eligibility at one of the Conference institutions and have earned one or more varsity letters in a sport or
have worked at a current or former SWAC institution or worked for the Conference.
Nominees must have established a personable reputation for character and citizenship that reflects favorably upon his or her university and the Conference.
An athlete shall not be eligible for nomination in the SWAC Hall of Fame until eight (8) years have elapsed since the completion of college eligibility.
Hall of Fame Legend Nominees
The Selection Committee will be comprised of ten (10) at large members. This Hall of Fame Committee should keep in mind the contributions of individuals from early years of the Conference, including individuals from former Conference members, who have been overlooked for induction in previous years.
Special attention should be focused on individuals who made significant contributions to the Conference and to college athletics during the Conference’s first 50 years of existence (1920-1970). At large committee members are entrusted with the responsibility of nominating such individuals on an annual basis. The selection committee shall follow the criteria below:
Each committee member may nominate one individual.
Nominee must have made significant and/or long-term contributions to college athletics or the society-at-large in or around the area of coaching or administration, or as a game official or contributor.
The nominee must have exhausted his/her eligibility at one of the Conference institutions and have earned one or more varsity letters in a sport or have worked at a current or former SWAC institution or worked for the Conference.
Nominees must have established a personable reputation for character and citizenship that reflects favorably upon his or her university and the Conference.
Hall of Fame Contributor Nominees
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Hall of Fame Contributor is an individual who has made an outstanding impact within the Southwestern Athletic Conference. This individual will be acknowledged for their dedication, commitment, and service to the overall mission of the Conference office, its’ member institutions and student-athletes. These individuals are full members of the Hall of Fame. Contributors will garner all rights and privileges as the regular Hall of Fame inductees. The Selection Committee shall follow the criteria below:
Each committee member may nominate one individual.
Nominee must have made significant and/or long-term contributions to the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Nominees must have established a personable reputation for character and citizenship that reflects favorably upon his or her university and the Conference.
A candidate can be chosen posthumously.
There shall be no more than (1) contributor member inducted each year into the SWAC Hall of Fame.
NOTE: There shall be no more than (9) members inducted each year into the SWAC Hall of Fame: (3) nominees from 1920-1970 (Legends), (5) nominees from 1971- present (eight years must have elapsed since the completion of college eligibility) and (1) contributor nominee.
ALL Nominees must receive at least 60% of the votes to be inducted.
Hall of Fame Committee Members
Paul Bryant
Alabama A&M University
Dr. Jason Cable
Alabama State University
Robert Raines
Alcorn State University
Scott Sommer
Bethune Cookman University
Dr. Trayvean Scott
Grambling State University
Alyse Wells-Kilbert
Jackson State University
Alicia Pete
Prairie View A&M University
Rodney Kirschner
Southern University
Dr. Jafus Cavil, Chair
Texas Southern University
Christopher Robinson
University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Hall of Fame Legends Committee Members
Onree Jackson
Alabama A&M University
Joseph Caver
Alabama State University
Shirley Walker
Alcorn State University
Wilbert Ellis
Grambling State University
Dr. Walter Reed, Vice Chair
Jackson State University
Parnell Dickinson
Mississippi Valley State University
Fredrick Newhouse
Prairie View A&M University
Henry Baptiste
Southern University
Dr. Roderick Holmes
Texas Southern University
Betty Hayes-Anthony
University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
All-Time Hall of Fame Inductees