Lee University announced Thursday the four inductees for its sports hall of fame during homecoming festivities next week. Ed Foddrill, Amy Cochran, Hollie German Lowe and Courtney Shelton will be honored during halftime of the men’s basketball exhibition game against Tennessee Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 2, and inducted at a banquet at 7 that night in Lee’s Centenary Room. “I am excited about this year’s class. It is a nice mix of the Lee College Vikings and Lee University Flames eras,” athletic director Larry Carpenter said in the school’s release. “All four of the inductees played a major role in their sport and are part of our great athletic history.” Foddrill (1970-72) averaged 14.7 and 17.3 points a game in his two years for basketball teams that finished sixth in the Christian college national tournament. Lowe (2010-14) holds the Lee women’s basketball record with 2,300 points in a career that included 331 made 3-pointers, and she was a first-team All-American as Lee exited the NAIA and an NCAA Division II All-American and the NCCAA national player of the year the next season. Before graduating summa cum laude, Cochran (2009-12) was a four-year defensive starter and two-time first-team All-American on soccer teams that won three NAIA national titles. Shelton (2010-14) was a two-time golf first-team All-American and conference player of the year, and she won 10 tournaments, including the NCCAA national event, and holds the program record for 54 holes (211). Anyone wishing to attend the banquet should call Tena Walker at 423-614-8440 or Carpenter at 614-8446.
Basketball
* The Bryan College men’s basketball team leveled its record at 1-1 with a 92-69 home win Thursday night against Oakwood. Isaiah McClain and Noah Mulaski scored 21 and 20 points, Mulaski with six 3s, for the Lions, who led 46-26 at halftime and used 16 players. Michael Johnson had 15 points, six assists and seven rebounds and Brandon Thomas led with eight rebounds. Bryan was picked to finish fourth out of 13 Appalachian Athletic Conference men’s teams this season, with Tennessee Wesleyan 10th. Defending champion Union College was the favorite in the coaches’ poll.
* The Bryan Lady Lions, who begin their season Tuesday night at home against Martin Methodist, were voted to repeat as AAC women’s champions after going 31-2 overall and 26-0 in the league last year. Bryan received 14 of the 15 first-place votes. Milligan got the other and was second in the poll, just ahead of Tennessee Wesleyan.
* The Covenant College men were predicted to win the West Division in USA South basketball coaches’ balloting this week. Returning four starters, including USAS player of the year Will Crumly, from a team that went 16-2 in the league and won the regular-season division title, coach Neal Young’s Scots got six of the seven West first-place votes. Berea, LaGrange and 2019 league tournament champion Maryville tied for second. Covenant plays Saturday at 2 p.m. in an exhibition game at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The Covenant women were picked seventh in the nine-team West.