SoCon All Star Team

[PaladinFan]

Watching the world cup left me wondering. Who would make the list of the most 'famous" SoCon alums? My standard, I think, would be that the player must be fairly well known amongst the average fan of a particular sport (not just SoCon or FCS fans).

Here are a few names that came to mind, feel free to add:

Terrell Owens, UTC, football
Randy Moss, Marshall, football
Dexter Coakley, App State, football

Clint Dempsey, Furman, soccer
Ricardo Clark, Furman, soccer

Kevin Martin, WCU, basketball
Stephen Curry, Davidson, basketball

Brad Faxon, Furman, golf
Dottie Pepper, Furman, golf

[seantaylor]

Michael Curry, GSU basketball
Joey Hamilton, GSU baseball

[phoenixphanatic21]

Jack McKeon, Elon baseball
Richard McGeorge, Elon football

[T-Dog]

Thompson Usiyan - App State Soccer
Melissa Morrison-Howard - App State Track and Field
Mary Jane Harrelson - App State Track and Field

And some guy named Armanti Edwards is rather well known.

[PaladinFan]

I debated on whether to include Armanti Edwards. He's a guy that I think is very well known around the FCS circles, but I don't think he's gotten to the point of being known to the average football fan around the country. It's the same reason I haven't included Jerome Felton. Felton was a top flight FCS player and is even an NFL starter right now, but if you aren't familiar with the Detroit Lions or have an interest in NFL fullbacks, you probably haven't heard of him.

[OL FU]

Watching the world cup left me wondering. Who would make the list of the most 'famous" SoCon alums? My standard, I think, would be that the player must be fairly well known amongst the average fan of a particular sport (not just SoCon or FCS fans).

Here are a few names that came to mind, feel free to add:

Terrell Owens, UTC, football
Randy Moss, Marshall, football
Dexter Coakley, App State, football

Clint Dempsey, Furman, soccer
Ricardo Clark, Furman, soccer

Kevin Martin, WCU, basketball
Stephen Curry, Davidson, basketball

Brad Faxon, Furman, golf
Dottie Pepper, Furman, golf


Beth Daniel and Betsy King, I think there are only 23 members of the LPGA Hall of Fame and Furman has two of them.

[PhoenixSupreme]

No Brad Hoover?

[The Older Gentleman]

One for the old folks...

Frank Selvy, Furman, basketball

[PaladinFan]

One for the old folks...

Frank Selvy, Furman, basketball

Didn't even think about him. Hard to argue against an NBA all star who is still the only D-1 player to put up 100 points in a game.

[GeauxLions94]

No Brad Hoover?

Brad Hoover, Western Carolina, Football xthumbsupx

[phoenixphanatic21]

Brad Hoover, Western Carolina, Football xthumbsupx

Thank you for taking care of that xbowx

And while we are at it, Terrell Owens, UTC, Football xoopsx

[PhoenixPhan06]

Are you talking about players from current SoCon memeber schools or all-time SoCon member schools? I saw Randy Moss in your first listing, so if we include historical SoCon members, that would spread this thing wide open.

[GeauxLions94]

Samford wasn't in the SoCon then, but their most notable alums include:

Bobby Bowden, Football (Former Florida State coach)
Jimbo Fisher, Football (Current FSU Coach)
Cortland Finnegan, Football (Tennessee Titans)

[OL FU]

One for the old folks...

Frank Selvy, Furman, basketball


I didn't mention him out of respect for your father