Hall of Fame

Lonza Hardy, Jr.

  • Class
  • Induction
    2018
  • Sport(s)
    SWAC Office
  • Southwestern Athletic Conference 
  • Lonza Hardy Jr. built a distinguished career in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) spanning nearly four decades, beginning as Sports Information Director at Alcorn State University and Southern University, earning four SWAC SID of the Year honors.
  • He later served in the SWAC conference office as Assistant Commissioner and Associate Commissioner before becoming Athletics Director at Mississippi Valley State University and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, where under his leadership UAPB captured the 2012 SWAC Football Championship.
  • In recognition of his significant contributions to the conference’s administration, communications, and athletic leadership, Hardy was inducted into the SWAC Hall of Fame in 2018.