Cart Howerton

(1927-2015)

Cart Howerton always threw himself into everything that he did. At Greensboro (now Grimsley) Senior High School during the 1940s, he played on a state basketball championship team under Coach Bob Jamieson. He also played football and baseball, making All-State three times and All-American twice in baseball. In 1945 he was the national high school batting champion which led him to sign a professional contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. Howerton played minor league baseball until 1958, with a career average of .302, and winning several All-Star team selections and MVP awards in such places as Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Reidsville, Charlotte, and High Point-Thomasville. He also was a manager and general manager in several organizations, most notably the Boston Red Sox where he won a World Series ring. During an officiating career which would span 65 years, Howerton helped to write the National Federation Football Mechanics Manual. In 1995 he received the distinguished service award from the National Federation of Interscholastic Officials Association. During his distinguished career, he called 3,267 basketball games and 1,875 football games as well as serving as an administrator and supervisor. He died in 2015 at the age of 88.

Neal Morris

(1964-2003)

Neal Morris complied an envious coaching record before his career was cut short far too soon by cancer. He played three sports at Denton High School and football at Elon College, graduating in 1988. His coaching career began at Northwest Guilford High School as a football assistant and boys track coach for six years. He moved to High Point Andrews in those same capacities in 1995 and later added the girls’ track duties. His track teams thrived under his guidance, once winning 64 consecutive dual meets. The boys’ team won eight straight regional championships and two state 3-A titles in 1996 and 2001. The girls’ team won five straight regionals and two state titles in 2001 and 2002. Morris won eight conference Coach of the Year Awards as well as the 2001 NHSCA national Coach of the Year award in track and field. He also won the 2001 Coach of the Year award for the state of North Carolina from the NFSHSA in girls’ track and field. A track meet is named in his honor and Andrews High School annually presents the Neal Morris Jr. Award to an athlete who displays exceptional drive and determination. Morris died on his 39th birthday in 2003.

Bert Wilder

(1939-2012)

Bert Wilder was an outstanding all-around athlete at Greensboro (now Grimsley) Senior High School during the late 1950s. He was an All-State and All-American lineman in football, was named the MVP in the 1956 Shrine Bowl, won the state heavyweight wrestling championship as a junior and senior, and won the state shot put championship as a senior. Wilder played college football under Earl Edwards at NC State where he made All-ACC in 1963 as a senior. Drafted by both the National Football League LA Rams and American Football League NY Titans (later the Jets), he signed with the AFL team where he played 55 games in a four-year career. One of his teammates was the legendary Hall of Fame quarterback, Joe Namath. Wilder’s best game may have come against Buffalo in 1965 when he helped the Jets to an upset win by recording a 17-yard sack, recovering a fumble, and helping on a goal-line stand which prevented a touchdown. Wilder spent many years working with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and ministering to high school students with Young Life. Following his work with high school students, he spent a long career working in the business world. Wilder died in 2012.

Stefon Adams

Stefon Adams is a High Point native who played football, basketball, and ran track at Southwest Guilford High School. He played football at East Carolina University, where he caught 47 passes and rushed for three touchdowns in his career. He was chosen in the third round of the 1985 National Football League draft by the Oakland Raiders where he played for four seasons. He also played for the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins during his career. Adams played in 65 NFL games as a defensive back, punt returner, kickoff returner, and special teams’ performer. He intercepted two passes, recorded a safety, and recovered six fumbles in his career. Adams also played in the World Football League, the Arena League, and Canadian Football League. He has been a high school football assistant coach and is the co-founder of Next Level Youth Sports Camps. Adams is a member of the NFL Players Association and the NFL Alumni Association.

Ray alley

After a five-year career in sports journalism, Ray Alley decided to become more directly involved in sports. He became the men’s tennis and soccer coach at High Point College (1970-1975) and was named the NAIA national men’s tennis Coach of the Year in 1975. He moved to Guilford College, coaching the same two sports from 1975-1988. His tennis teams won more than 350 matches combined at the two schools, plus numerous conference and district championships. Alley has worked in youth soccer throughout his career, coaching, running camps and tournaments, and organizing workshops for coaches. He won the 2017 1-A girls’ regional and North Carolina Coach of the Year while leading Bishop McGuinness High School to a 19-3 record. Alley also founded, edited, and published the Southern Soccer Scene, a widely-read southeast regional monthly paper, for thirty-eight years as well as publishing North Carolina Tennis Today for fifteen years. Alley is a member of the Guilford College Hall of Fame and the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame.

Brien Braswell

Brien Braswell learned soccer on the playgrounds of Tehran, Iran, where his parents were missionaries. When they moved to the Raleigh area, he played goalkeeper at Ravenscroft High School where he helped win a 1982 state championship. Braswell is a graduate of Guilford College where he was a member of the soccer team from 1983-1986. In 1989 he became the boys and girls soccer coach at Ragsdale High School, a position he still holds after 28 seasons. His teams have won seven state titles – the boys in 1991, 1993, and 1995 while his girls’ teams won in 1994, 1996, 1999, and 2005. His teams twice won the boys and girls state titles during the same academic year (1993-1994 and 1995-1996). Braswell has won a combined 15 conference Coach of the Year awards and was named the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association Coach of the Year for boys in 1993 and for girls in 2005. He also was named 2005 Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association. Braswell is a member of the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame and joins one of his former players, Olympic goalkeeper Siri Mullinix, in the Guilford County Sports Hall of Fame.

Caroline lind

Greensboro native Caroline Lind played multiple sports at Page High School but was exposed to rowing when she transferred to Phillips Academy Andover in Massachusetts. She was attracted to the total team aspect of the sport and the way it pushed her mind and body to the absolute limit. Lind was recruited to Princeton University and won an NCAA title in varsity 8s and pairs in 2006, her senior year. She made the United States national team in 2005, rowed in 8s and pairs, and was part of six world championships (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2014), two Olympic gold medals (both in 8s) in 2008 and 2012, and 21 international medals. She was named the top female rower in the world in 2014 and was named Athlete of the Year by the New York Athletic Club. Lind had back surgery in 2015 which thwarted her efforts to make the 2016 Olympic team. Now retired from rowing, Lind works in athletics fundraising at Princeton and owns a consulting firm. She is a member of the U.S. Rowing Hall of Fame.

Tony shaver

An all-around athlete at High Point Central High School, Tony Shaver played on a state football runner-up team in 1972. He made the University of North Carolina basketball team as a walk-on under Coach Dean Smith and served as a volunteer assistant coach when he was a senior in 1975-1976. Shaver’s coaching career began at Episcopal High School (VA) in 1976, where he spent ten years prior to becoming the head coach at Hampden-Sydney College and compiling a 358-121 in 17 seasons. He won eight conference titles and took the Tigers to 11 NCAA Division III national tournaments, losing the national championship game by one point in double overtime in 1999. Shaver moved on to the College of William & Mary in 2003 where he has won 192 more games in 14 seasons, bringing his total to 550 victories. He also won the 2015 Colonial Athletic Association regular season title. During his 31-year career, he has been named Coach of the Year on five occasions and has won at least 20 games in each of 16 seasons.

Lisa Stockton

At Western Guilford High School, Lisa Stockton earned a total of 12 letters in four sports while being named a team captain six times. She concentrated on basketball at Wake Forest University (1983-1986), setting school records in points, scoring average, field goals made, field goal percentage, assists, steals, and minutes played. Stockton still holds the school record for 97 consecutive games started. She was the head coach at Greensboro College (1987-1990), compiling a record of 63-27 and winning a regular season championship. She moved to Georgia Tech as an assistant coach for four years before being named the head coach at Tulane University in 1994. Prior to her arrival, the Green Wave had qualified for one post-season appearance in its history. Since then, Stockton has guided the team to 11 NCAA tournament appearances and seven WNIT tournaments. Her 26-year coaching record is 542-269 with 479 wins coming at Tulane. Her teams have won 20 or more games in 17 seasons. Stockton has won six conference and state Coach of the Year awards.

Ethel White

Ethel White didn’t just play two sports, she was a star in volleyball and basketball in both high school and college. She was all-conference in both sports at Grimsley High School and started in the East-West All-Star basketball game in 1975. At High Point College, White was all-conference in both sports all four years, being named Co-Player of the Year in volleyball in 1978. She was the second-leading scorer as a member of High Point’s Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women’s Division II national championship in 1978 while being named an All-American in both 1978 and 1979. She currently stands third on the Panthers’ all-time list in points, seventh in rebounds, and ninth in assists. White was drafted by the New York Stars of the Women’s Basketball League in 1979, playing for three teams before the league disbanded in 1981. She is a long-time member of law enforcement and security at the Navy Pier in Chicago. White is a member of the High Point University Athletics Hall of Fame.