Former Administrator, Retired sportswriter and current SID to enter S.C. State Hall of Fame

Orangeburg, SC - A former South Carolina State administrator, a retired sports writer and the current sports information director (SID) at the institution are among six persons in a special category selected for induction into the SCSU Athletic Hall of Fame in a 7 p.m. ceremony Sept. 8th at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center.

Malverse Nicholson, Robert Anderson and Bill Hamilton, along with retired SCSU professor Frank M. Staley, Jr., businessman Lamar Dawkins, and Brantley E. Evans, Sr., retired SCSU police chief, will be enshrined along with 17 athletes and two coaches at the event which will also pay special recognition to the university s 1979 AIAW national championship basketball team.

Tickets for the Hall of Fame banquet may be obtained by calling the SCSU Athletics Department at (803) 534-7242 and the University Ticket Office at (803) 536-8579 or 1-800-298-9157.

Nicholson spent 11 years (1968-79) at SCSU, serving in several capacities, including Director of Public Relations and Sports Information, Director of Development, and Administrative Assistant to the President. He is credited with starting the Sports Information Office at SCSU, as it is known today. Nicholson recently retired from Norfolk State.

Anderson, a sports writer with The (Columbia, SC) State newspaper for over 25 years before retiring in 1996, was the first beat writer assigned to cover Bulldog athletics and is credited with elevating coverage of the university and the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. He is currently working as part-time Sports Information Director at Benedict College.

Hamilton is in his 28th year as SID at SCSU, where Nicholson hired him in 1973 shortly after earning his bachelor's at the institution. He is the senior SID in the Palmetto State and has been actively involved in his profession nationally. He has served on the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Board, and as vice president of the Black College Sports Information Directors Association (BCSIDA). He has been honored for his work by both groups, and by SCSU, which selected him as Staff Employee of the Year in 1999.

Staley, who retired from SCSU in 1990 after a 32-year career as a mathematics professor, was involved in Bulldog athletics for some 40 years as a manager, statistician and clock operator. Today, he still serves as chief of the football chain crew for SCSU home games. He has received numerous honors and award for his work in community and civic affairs. In 1990, he was inducted into the SCSU ROTC Hall of Fame.

Dawkins, a local businessman, has been a long-time benefactor for SCSU, where he earned an undergraduate degree in 1944. He was among the founders of the Bulldog Quarterback Booster Club and served as one of the first treasurers. He is presently on the Executive Committee of The S.T.A.T.E Club, the university s current booster club. Dawkins serves on several Orangeburg community boards and commissions.

Evans, the first policeman/patrolman at SCSU, spent 33 years at the university, the majority as chief of police. He organized police escorts for the football team for many years, and was instrumental in providing security and safety for all sports related and other campus activities. The campus police department grew from a one-person operation to a fully staffed one during his tenure. Evans is one of three brothers scheduled for enshrinement. Brothers Robert S. Evans and Alfonso Evans, who starred in football for the Bulldogs in the mid 50s, also are being inducted.

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