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Wake Forest to add 6 to its Sports Hall of Fame
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Published: September 12, 2008
Wake Forest will add six members to its Sports Hall of Fame later this month, including former basketball stars Tim Duncan and Randolph Childress. Also in the class are former basketball coach Dave Odom, triathlete Hunter Kemper, golfer Len Mattiace and Ernie Accorsi, a former NFL general manager.
Induction ceremonies will be the weekend of Sept. 26-27.
Duncan ('97) led the Deacons to four straight 20-win seasons, was a three-time All-America and first-team All-ACC pick and a two-time ACC player of the year. He is No. 2 in NCAA history with 481 career blocks and is one of 10 college players with 2,000 points and 1,500 rebounds.
Childress ('95) led Wake Forest to the 1995 ACC Tournament title by scoring a record 107 points in three games and hitting the winning basket in overtime in the final against North Carolina. He finished his career with 2,208 points (No. 2 at Wake Forest) and 329 3-pointers (No. 2 in ACC history).
Odom, who recently retired at South Carolina, was Wake Forest's head coach for 12 years (1989-2001) and posted a record of 240-132. He was a three-time ACC coach of the year, led the Deacons to 11 straight postseason tournaments, including seven NCAA berths, and ACC Tournament titles in 1995 and 1996.
Kemper ('98) was an All-ACC selection in 1997 after a second-place finish in the 10,000 meters, and he has gone on to compete in three Olympics. He finished seventh in the triathlon in Beijing last month.
Mattiace ('90) was first-team All-ACC and third-team All-America in 1987 and played on an NCAA championship team (1986) and an ACC championship team (1989).
Accorsi ('63) spent 36 years in the NFL, eventually built the New York Giants into one of the league's strongest franchises and was responsible for putting together most of the team that won the Super Bowl in Febuary. At Wake Forest, he was the sports editor of the Old Gold & Black and the sports director for WFDD.
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