University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Duncan to be Inducted into North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2024
12.19.2023 | General, Women's Basketball, Athletics News
RALEIGH, N.C. – Former UNC Asheville women's basketball player Sheila Ford Duncan will be inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame this spring. The organization's board of directors made the announcement Tuesday morning (Dec. 19).
The 2024 class, listed alphabetically, includes Randolph Childress, Sheila Ford Duncan, Caroline Lind, McKillop, Jim Nantz, Pettis Norman, Shea Ralph, Don Skakle, Steve Smith Sr., Marilyn "Que" Tucker, and Ron Wellman.
The group of 11 will be enshrined during the 60th annual Induction Celebration on the evening of Friday, May 10, at the Charlotte Convention Center, starting at 5 p.m. Their induction will bring the total number of Hall of Fame members to 411.
"This year's class joining the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame is dynamic in many ways," said Dr. Jerry McGee, president of the hall's Board of Directors. "Not only are they part of a milestone group, given that this is the 60th Induction Celebration, they are representative of the reach throughout the Charlotte community, the state of North Carolina, the United States, and beyond."
Duncan was named the 1984 NAIA National Player of the Year as she led UNC Asheville to the NAIA national championship. She scored 41 points and had 19 rebounds in the semifinals, followed by 26 points and 21 rebounds in the championship game to earn MVP honors. Duncan was the first player in women's collegiate history to score over 2,000 points (2,442) and grab more than 2,000 rebounds (2,200). She holds 18 UNC Asheville records and earned first-team All-America honors as a senior. The Clarkton, N.C., native played professionally in Spain and was inducted into the UNC Asheville Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.