Hall of fame grows to 100

On Friday, Feb. 3, at a ceremony in the David B. Burks American Heritage Building Founder’s Room, Bison Boosters inducted new members into the Harding Athletics Hall of Fame. The 16 members of the 2017 Hall of Fame represent the 11th induction class and bring the total number of inductees to 100.

Karyl Bailey, outstanding coach

• Harding’s first head volleyball coach in 1983
• Compiled a 370-273 record in 16 seasons as head coach
• Won five AIC regular-season championships and his 1991 team advanced to the NAIA National Tournament
• Won more than 30 matches in a season four times including a school-record 43 wins in 1989

• Third in career scoring at Harding (1,803 points)
• Two-time all-conference and all-region — played two seasons when Harding was not in a conference
• Second at Harding in career steals (201), third in blocks (103), fourth in rebounds (878) and fifth in assists (377)

• Three-time all-conference and one-time all-region, two-time Academic All-District and 2007 Academic All-America
• Appeared in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd
• Harding’s career leader in goals (48) and points (112)
• 2007 Gulf South Conference Player of the Year and 2008 Berryhill Award winner

• Three-time all-conference, 2005 all-region (Bison baseball’s first all-region player in NCAA)
• Harding’s career leader in hits (219), home runs (47) and RBIs (198)
• Played in 194 games as a Bison with a .363 average, 47 home runs and 198 RBIs
• 9-5 with a 3.60 ERA and six saves in 34 career appearances over 90.0 innings

• Three-time all-conference, two-time all-region, 2003 All-American
• 2003 GSC Player of the Year and Berryhill Award winner
• Second in career 3-pointers (206), sixth in assists (416), sixth in steals (150) and eighth in points (1,539)
• Made a school-record 88 consecutive free throws as a senior
• 2003 men’s golf leader in stroke average

• Harding’s first men’s basketball coach after the program was re-established in 1957
• Coached the Bisons for 12 seasons, including Harding’s first winning basketball season in 1963-64
• Coached Harding to a then-record 17 victories in 1968-69, his last as head coach
• Also coached track and field and tennis
• Served as athletic director from 1969-77

• Three-time all-conference, three-time all-region, two-time All-American and three-time Academic All-GSC
• Three-time conference player of the year and 2005 regional player of the year
• Second in career scoring (2,227 points) and scoring average (19.2) at Harding
• Holds Harding’s career record for free throws made (634)
• 2007 Academic All-GSC in golf and 2008 Berryhill Award winner

• Three-time all-conference, three-time all-region, and 2007 All-American
• Two-time Academic All-District
• Harding’s career leader in kills and aces
• Harding won three regular-season conference championships in her four years with a 101-34 record

• 1977 Harding graduate
• Has won six state championships at Arkansas’ Greenwood High School
• 2012 National Federation of High School Coaches Coach of the Year
• Has a 251-65 career record and 121-17 record at Greenwood

• 13-time All-American and four-time national champion in track and field
• Three-time conference champion and three-time regional champion in cross-country
• Twice finished in the top seven at the national cross-country meet

• Nine-time All-American and one-time national champion in track and field
• Four-time all-conference and all-region, including the 2006 regional champion in cross-country
• Twice finished in the top four at the national cross-country meet
• 2009 Berryhill Award winner

• Harding’s career leader in No. 1 singles wins (70)
• Ranks second at Harding in career doubles wins (66)
• 2009 Berryhill Award winner

• Two-time All-American
• Two-time AIC MVP
• Harding was 72-28 during her junior and senior seasons

• Four-time All-American in pole vault, three-time indoors and once outdoors
• Holds Harding’s indoor pole vault record at 16-6
• Won the 1990 AIC pole vault at 15-5
• Played 22 football games with 43 receptions for 555 yards
• Had six touchdowns in 1991-92

• 1956 Harding graduate
• Served 33 years as a teacher, principal and basketball coach at Mount Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska
• Inducted into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame in 2006
• Led Mount Edgecumbe to the Southeast Conference Class B championship

• Harding’s starting quarterback for the football team in 1959-61 and also played defense and returned kicks
• Won the 1959 220-yard low hurdles at the AIC meet and placed second in the 120-yard high hurdles, second in both events in 1960 AIC meet, second in the 120-yard high hurdles in 1961, won the high hurdles and placed third in the low hurdles in 1962