The South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame

Our Mission is to honor those who, by outstanding achievement or service, have made lasting contributions to the cause of sports in South Carolina, the nation, and the entire world.
To preserve records of teams and individuals, to promote the ideals and traditions of sports as a positive influence on our youth as a potent factor in our South Carolina way of life.
To maintain and improve the high esteem which sports occupy in our great state.

 

Inductee Nomination Form >>

 

 
Officers (2025)
  • Bill Hamilton




    Bill Hamilton, who was reared in Chesterfield and graduated from S.C. State, retired in 2013 after 40 years as the only full-time sports information director in SCSU history, beginning his career in July, 1973. He remains active with SCSU athletics as the college’s athletic historian and as a football broadcaster. In 2009, was enshrined in the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors Association) Hall of Fame and in 2012, was the recipient of the SCAHOF’s annual Herman Helms Excellence in Media Award. He becomes the fourth African American to serve as the organization’s president, following Casey Manning (1994), Willie Jeffries (2009) and Xavier Starkes (2015). 

    President

    Orangeburg
  • Randy Warrick




    Randy Warrick spent 39 years at USC Aiken as baseball coach and director of athletics, splitting the dual responsibilities in 1990. He was an integral part of the formation of the Peach Belt Conference and guided the Pacers from NAIA to NCAA Division II. Warrick, who retired in 2017, is the longest serving director of athletics in the history of the South Carolina system.

    1st Vice President

    Aiken
  • Jim Corbett


    jim@jimcorbettattorney.com
    803.765.2968

    Jim Corbett is a former radio sports reporter and has practiced law in Columbia with the same firm as for the last 34 years. Calling Columbia home since starting USC in 1979, the native of Oakland, NJ, was named the 1985 Radio Journalist of the Year by the RTNDAC and has been an award-winning officer in both the Jaycees and Knights of Columbus. 

    2nd Vice President

    Columbia
  • Rick Sanford




    Rick Sanford is a former USC defensive back from Rock Hill (1975-78) who earned All-America status as a senior and was selected in the first round (25th overall) by the New England Patriots, becoming the first Gamecock to be drafted in the inaugural round. He played for seven years in the NFL for the Patriots (1979-84) and Seattle Seahawks (1985). He is a retired Doctor of Chiropractic and a Columbia-area radio personality.

    3rd Vice President

  • Tara Moore




    Treasurer

    Charleston
  • Andy Solomon


    Andy.Solomon@scahof.org

    Executive Director

    Charleston
  • Gloria Friedgen


    Gloria@scahof.org
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    Administrator

    Isle of Palms
Executive Committee (2025)

Bill Hamilton, Chair, Orangeburg
Tony Ciuffo, Clemson/Charleston
Jim Corbett, Columbia
Bill D’Andrea, Central

Sonny Dickinson, Columbia

Julian Gibbons, Columbia

Jeff Grantz, Columbia
Jeff May, Greenwood
Rick Sanford, West Columbia
Xavier Starkes, Columbia
Randy Warrick, Aiken/Columbia
Andy Solomon, Ex-Officio, Charleston
Gloria Friedgen, Ex-Officio, Isle of Palms

Board of Directors (2023-24)

Matti Anttila, Mt. Pleasant   

Jim Armour, Rock Hill

Kent Atkins, Greenwood

Heather Bailey, Greenville

Russ Bergman, Myrtle Beach

Sam Blackman, Clemson

Doug Bridges, Blythewood

Tony Ciuffo, Clemson/Charleston

Jim Corbett, Columbia

Bill D’Andrea, Central

Larry DiBiase, Camden

Sonny Dickinson, Columbia

Thornwell Dunlap, Greenwood

Wayne Earhardt, Columbia

Kay Fortune, Columbia

Courtney Geiger, Hartsville

Julian Gibbons, Columbia

Lee Glaze, Sumter​

Tripp Jones, Columbia

Ricky Ladd, Columbia

Clint Leach, Columbia

Jeff May, Greenwood

Casey Manning, Columbia

Cole McCarter, Columbia

Steve McGuirt, St. Helena Island

Ritchie McQueeney, Columbia

Tom McQueeney, Mt. Pleasant

Nick Milasnovich, Columbia

Floyd Nicholson, Greenwood

Stan Olejnik, Spartanburg

Bill Owings, Columbia

Cobb Oxford, Anderson

Ralph Patterson, Due West

Jeff Grantz, Columbia

Bill Hamilton, Orangeburg

John Hibbits, Orangeburg

Willie Jeffries, Elloree

Danny Johnson, Charleston
Boone Peeler, Gaffney

Robert Porcher, Charlotte/Mt. Pleasant

Buddy Pough, Orangeburg

Dennis Powell, Columbia

Eddie Robinson, Columbia

Rick Sanford, Columbia

David Santos, Charleston

Don Sherard, Abbeville

Xavier Starkes, Columbia

Charles Thompson, Jr., Charleston

Kyle Tisdale, Georgetown

Randy Warrick, Aiken/Columbia

Ken Wheat, Columbia

Charles Wyatt, Gaffney

Clint Leach, Columbia

 

Past Presidents

Frank Howard* (1973-74)

Charlie Bradshaw* (1975-76)

Larry Patterson (1977)

Bob Sharpe* (1978)

James F. Coggins (1979)

John Beasley* (1980-81)

Tatum Gressette* (1982)

C. Dan Joyner* (1983)

Jerry L. Frye (1984-85)

W.J. Neely* (1986)

John D. Gregory (1987)

J. Lambert Schwartz* (1988)

Louis Williams* (1989)

Thomas E. Suggs (1990)

William A. Hudson* (1991)
Donald C. Bailey (1992)

Grant Bennett* (1993)

 

L. Casey Manning (1994)

A. Camden Lewis* (1995)

Harry “Sid” Varney* (1996)

Ephraim Ulmer (1997)

Stuart Point* (1998)

Jay Pitts (1999)

Robin Chandler* (2000)

Dom Fusci* (2001)

Henry Chastain* (2002)

Grady Ray* (2003)

Sonny Dickinson (2004)

Peter L.M. DiVenere* (2005)

W.J. Jordan (2006)

DuBose R. “Bosie” Martin* (2007)

Glenn Brackin* (2008)

Willie Jeffries (2009)

Andy Solomon (2010)

 

Julian Gibbons (2011)

Charles R. Thompson, Jr. (2012)

Nicky McCarter (2013)

Kay Fortune (2014)

F. Xavier Starkes (2015)

Sam Blackman (2016)

Thomas McQueeney (2017)

Steve McGuirt (2018)

Dr. Tripp Jones (2019)

Dennis Powell (2020-22)

Bill D’Andrea (2023)

 

*Denotes deceased