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Adams into NCHSAA Hall
Charlie Adams will be among the eight people who will be inducted into the N.C. High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, the NCHSAA announced Monday.
Adams, a Cary native and Cary High alum, has served as the NCHSAA executive director since 1984 and has been an NCHSAA staff member since 1967.
A star athlete at Cary High and then at East Carolina University, Adams has created a number of innovations during his NCHSAA career, including implementing a corporate sponsorship program, starting the NCHSAA Endowment fund, greatly expanding the state awards program, developing more classified state championships and helping start the innovative Student Services program.
He served as president of the National Federation of State High School Associations Board of Directors in 1997-98, the only North Carolinian to serve in that role. He is a member of the National High School Hall of Fame, the North Carolina Athletic Directors Hall of Fame, the East Carolina University Sports Hall of Fame and the Cary High School Hall of Fame.
The complete class is the late Bill Bost of Catawba, Ken Browning of Durham, Richard Hicks of Durham, Mac Morris of Greensboro, Jan Stanley of Hendersonville, Tim Stevens of Raleigh and Billy Widgeon of Morehead City. This year’s class brings Hall of Fame membership to 118.
Inductees will be honored during special halftime ceremonies at a football game at Kenan Stadium on Oct. 25, when North Carolina takes on Boston College. The University of North Carolina has designated the day as the 24th annual NCHSAA Day. The new class will officially be inducted at the special Hall of Fame banquet next spring at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center at UNC.
"These individuals joining the Association Hall of Fame this year have definitely had a tremendous impact on high school athletics across North Carolina," says NCHSAA associate executive director Rick Strunk, who coordinates the Hall for the Association. "Their records are certainly impressive, but the character they exemplified and the lives they touched are really representative of what the NCHSAA stands for. Their selection maintains the high standards of excellence established by previous inductees, and we are proud to honor these deserving individuals.”
