Friday, January 5, 2018
Hall of Fame Induction set for 1967 Winston-Salem State team
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) has recently announced that the Winston-Salem State basketball team, which won the 1967 NCAA championship will be inducted into the John B. McLendon, Jr. Hall of Fame.
This team was coached by the late Clarence “Big House” Gaines and led by Hall of Famer Earl Monroe from John Bartram High School. Monroe guided the Rams to a 30-1 record that season defeating Southwestern Missouri State for the national title. WSSU became the first Black college to claim an NCAA championship.
Monroe averaged 41.5 points per game and was named NCAA Division II Player of the Year that season. He played for the NBA’s Baltimore Bullets and the New York Knicks during his professional basketball career.
The ceremony will be held at the 2018 John B. McLendon, Jr. Hall of Fame Breakfast on March 2 at 9 a.m at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C. This ceremony will also take place during the CIAA basketball tournament.
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