A wide variety of sports are represented in this year’s class of 2025 with a Pro Football Hall of Famer and a former World Cup star among the inductees.
COLUMBIA, S.C. β As is usually the case, the middle of May is when some of the greatest athletes and coaches with connections to the Palmetto State are enshrine into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.
The 10-member class of 2025 includes Lower Richland grad and former Georgia star defensive lineman Richard Seymour, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. World Cup standout Clint Dempsey of Furman and Coastal Carolina baseball coach Gary Gilmore, who led the Chanticleers to the 2016 NCAA title. are also a part of the list of inductees.
Also enshrined were South Carolina All-American catcher Landon Powell and five-time WNBA All-Star Shannon Johnson of Hartsville; Clemson offensive lineman Harold Olson, who helped the Tigers to the 1958 and β59 ACC titles and Susan Hill-Whitson, the most celebrated tennis player in Clemson history; Ralph Lundy, who led Erskine and College of Charleston soccer to unprecedented heights;Β
Erskine basketball legend Don Whitehead and Claflinβs storied womenβs basketball coach Nelson Brownlee were enshrined posthumously.