In 1932, at the age of 15, Eaton was the first African American to win the North Carolina Interscholastic Tennis Championship. In 1933, he won the Boys 18 ATA National Championship. He became the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (which is now called the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association or “CIAA”) Singles[…]
Quinton Antoine McCracken (born August 16, 1970) is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball, and was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise’s first center fielder and batter on March 31, 1998. McCracken attended South Brunswick High School and was the starting running back[…]
Bruce Lee Fleisher was born on October 16, 1948, in Union City, Tennessee. In 1950 the Fleisher family moved to Wilmington, NC where Bruce began playing golf with his brothers, Leslie and Jerry. At Wilmington’s Pine Valley Country club he “learned the golf swing and how to play the game:[…]
Dave Allen, the founding father and architect of UNCW’s swimming and diving program announced his retirement on March 13, 2015. Allen coached 44 years at 3 different institutions and stepped down on June 30, 2014. Allen, led the UNCW men’s team to an unprecedented 13th consecutive Colonial Athletic Association championship[…]