University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville Athletics Announces 2025 Hall of Fame Class
01.29.2025 | Cross Country, General, Track and Field, Women's Basketball, Athletics News
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - UNC Asheville Athletics has announced its 2025 Hall of Fame class, the news coming today (Wednesday, Jan. 29) from Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone.
Kristal Hood (2002-06) of Women's Basketball and Patrick Spencer (1993-97) of Men's Cross Country/Track and Field will be inducted into the Bulldog Athletics Hall of Fame.
"Kristal and Patrick excelled in their respective sports as Bulldogs, and we are excited to honor them as members of the Hall of Fame Class of 2025," said Cone.
Kristal Hood | Women's Basketball | 2002-06
Hood is currently eighth all-time at UNC Asheville in career points with 1,303 and also holds the school career record for free throw percentage at .774 and the single-season record for steals with 82 in 2006. She was named Big South Rookie of the Year in 2003, First Team All-Conference in 2006 and Second Team All-Conference in 2004 and 2005. She was a four-year starter in the backcourt, being part of the historic Bulldog team in 2003-04 that was the most improved team in the country going from three wins to 19 and helped lead Asheville to a second-place finish in league. Hood led the team in scoring as a sophomore, junior and senior, coring 33 points in her final game of her career in a tournament loss at High Point, the most points scored by a Bulldog player in a Big South Conference Tournament game. She also finished her career with 506 rebounds, 268 assists and 221 steals.
Patrick Spencer | Men's Cross Country/Track and Field | 1993-97
Spencer was an excellent distance runner and student-athlete for the Bulldogs. He earned Big South All-Conference honors in cross county with a sixth-place finish in 1995 and a ninth-place finish in 1996 He won the 10,000-meter race at the Big South Conference Outdoor Championships in 1996, and currently holds the fourth-best time in the 10,000 in school history. Spencer was the Big South Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for cross country in 1995 and earned the Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors for track and field in 1997, while also being named the 1996-97 UNC Asheville Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He earned All-Region honors for the CoSIDA All-Academic team twice, while earning All-Conference honors with top-three finishes in the 10,000 in 1995 and 1996 Big South Conference Outdoor Championships.
The ceremony is set for 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 in the Blue Ridge Room in the Highsmith Student Union.
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Kristal Hood (2002-06) of Women's Basketball and Patrick Spencer (1993-97) of Men's Cross Country/Track and Field will be inducted into the Bulldog Athletics Hall of Fame.
"Kristal and Patrick excelled in their respective sports as Bulldogs, and we are excited to honor them as members of the Hall of Fame Class of 2025," said Cone.
Kristal Hood | Women's Basketball | 2002-06
Hood is currently eighth all-time at UNC Asheville in career points with 1,303 and also holds the school career record for free throw percentage at .774 and the single-season record for steals with 82 in 2006. She was named Big South Rookie of the Year in 2003, First Team All-Conference in 2006 and Second Team All-Conference in 2004 and 2005. She was a four-year starter in the backcourt, being part of the historic Bulldog team in 2003-04 that was the most improved team in the country going from three wins to 19 and helped lead Asheville to a second-place finish in league. Hood led the team in scoring as a sophomore, junior and senior, coring 33 points in her final game of her career in a tournament loss at High Point, the most points scored by a Bulldog player in a Big South Conference Tournament game. She also finished her career with 506 rebounds, 268 assists and 221 steals.
Patrick Spencer | Men's Cross Country/Track and Field | 1993-97
Spencer was an excellent distance runner and student-athlete for the Bulldogs. He earned Big South All-Conference honors in cross county with a sixth-place finish in 1995 and a ninth-place finish in 1996 He won the 10,000-meter race at the Big South Conference Outdoor Championships in 1996, and currently holds the fourth-best time in the 10,000 in school history. Spencer was the Big South Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for cross country in 1995 and earned the Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors for track and field in 1997, while also being named the 1996-97 UNC Asheville Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He earned All-Region honors for the CoSIDA All-Academic team twice, while earning All-Conference honors with top-three finishes in the 10,000 in 1995 and 1996 Big South Conference Outdoor Championships.
The ceremony is set for 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 in the Blue Ridge Room in the Highsmith Student Union.
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