| The North Carolina A&T Sports Hall of Fame in conjunction with the North Carolina A&T Department of Athletics inducted 10 new individuals and one team into the 2016 Hall of Fame.
For the first time in the hall of fame’s 45-year history, a team was inducted. The 1968 black college football national championship team earned induction.
The 1968 team was the first N.C. A&T team to win a black college national championship. Under the leadership of first-year head coach Hornsby Howell, the Aggies went 8-1 to become the first eight-win team in school history. The 1968 team was also the first team in school history to score 60 or more points twice in a season. Their 7-6 win over Morgan State made the Aggies the first team in three years to beat the Bears. The team also featured defensive coordinator Willie Jeffries who would go on to become the legendary head coach at South Carolina State University.
In addition to the 1968 championship team, the 2016 N.C. A&T Sports Hall of Fame inductees included Rudolph “Rudy” Artis (football), Josette Goings Battle (women’s track and field), Maseo Bolin (football), George Cale (men’s basketball), Herbert Harbison (football), Angela Hill (women’s basketball), Samara Dobbins Johnson (women’s basketball), Christopher McNeil (football), Claude Williams (men’s basketball) and Vernia Wilson (women’s track and field). |
