The Fayetteville Sports Club Hall of Fame has announced its most recent class of inductees.
Five local athletes will be honored with a banquet later this year. A time and date for the ceremony, along with ticket information, will be announced at a later date.
Here’s a look at all of the Class of 2024 inductees.
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Brent Barker
Barker was the women’s basketball coach at South View High School from 1994-2021, the longest tenure of any women’s coach in school history.
He compiled a record of 557-166, making the NCHSAA playoffs 27 times. His 2006-07 team went 32-0 and won the NCHSAA 4-A championship.
Barker’s state title Tigers were led by Amber Calvin and Samantha Ramirez. Calvin led the unbeaten Tigers in scoring with 18.4 points per game while Ramirez averaged 17.1.
Nine other times under Barker the Tigers made either the Sweet 16, quarterfinals or final four in the state.