Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame 2020
Wake Forest Inducts Five New Members to Hall of Fame
2/1/2020 9:28:00 PM | General
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest athletics inducted five new members into its Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night during halftime ceremonies of the Deacons' basketball game with Clemson. The quintet was also honored at a luncheon on Saturday afternoon at Bridger Field House.
The 46th induction class to the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame included four All-Americans and a culture-changing quarterback. The 2020 inductees include record-setting pitcher John Hendricks, Wake Forest and Olympic field hockey standout Michelle Kasold, soccer All-Americans Michael Parkhurst and Marcus Tracy and former football quarterback, the late Freddie Summers.
Summers was inducted as the Heritage Candidate which recognizes former Demon Deacons who finished their career 40 or more years ago. Summers was not only a record-breaking quarterback at Wake Forest but he was also a culture-changing force in civil rights. When Demon Deacon head coach Bill Tate named Summers as his starting quarterback when the Deacons visited Clemson on Sept. 23, 1967, Summers became the first black quarterback at a major college in the South and the first black quarterback in the ACC. Summers passed away in 1994 at the age of 47.
Steve Bowden, a former Demon Deacon football player who represented Summers, marveled at the quarterback's skills which included a rifle arm and 4.4 speed in the 40.
"With his skills, Freddie would overturn college football if he was playing today," said Bowden. "Freddie did overturn college football when he played in 1967."
Hendricks, who currently serves as Wake Forest's pitching coach, is the winningest pitcher in Demon Deacon baseball history with 34 wins. Hendricks was the unanimous MVP of the 1998 ACC Baseball Championship when he threw a pair of complete games in leading Wake Forest to its first baseball title in 21 years.
In recalling his days as a player, Hendricks said of he and his teammates, "None of us came here as high draft picks but we all left as champions."
Kasold was a three-time first team All-American in field hockey from 2006-2008 and was a member of the U.S. National team for both the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic games.
Parkhurst was voted into the Hall of Fame in 2016 but delayed his induction while continuing his career in Major League Soccer. He led Atlanta United FC to the MLS Cup Championship in 2018 and spent 13 years playing professionally.
Tracy was the national player of the year in men's soccer in 2008 when he won the MAC Hermann Trophy. He was named the Most Outstanding Offensive Player of the College Cup in 2007 in leading Wake Forest to its first NCAA men's soccer championship.
Also honored was John Foster '78 who received the Dr. Gene Hooks Achievement Award.
The induction of the five new members brings membership in the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame to 170.
The 46th induction class to the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame included four All-Americans and a culture-changing quarterback. The 2020 inductees include record-setting pitcher John Hendricks, Wake Forest and Olympic field hockey standout Michelle Kasold, soccer All-Americans Michael Parkhurst and Marcus Tracy and former football quarterback, the late Freddie Summers.
Summers was inducted as the Heritage Candidate which recognizes former Demon Deacons who finished their career 40 or more years ago. Summers was not only a record-breaking quarterback at Wake Forest but he was also a culture-changing force in civil rights. When Demon Deacon head coach Bill Tate named Summers as his starting quarterback when the Deacons visited Clemson on Sept. 23, 1967, Summers became the first black quarterback at a major college in the South and the first black quarterback in the ACC. Summers passed away in 1994 at the age of 47.
Steve Bowden, a former Demon Deacon football player who represented Summers, marveled at the quarterback's skills which included a rifle arm and 4.4 speed in the 40.
"With his skills, Freddie would overturn college football if he was playing today," said Bowden. "Freddie did overturn college football when he played in 1967."
Hendricks, who currently serves as Wake Forest's pitching coach, is the winningest pitcher in Demon Deacon baseball history with 34 wins. Hendricks was the unanimous MVP of the 1998 ACC Baseball Championship when he threw a pair of complete games in leading Wake Forest to its first baseball title in 21 years.
In recalling his days as a player, Hendricks said of he and his teammates, "None of us came here as high draft picks but we all left as champions."
Kasold was a three-time first team All-American in field hockey from 2006-2008 and was a member of the U.S. National team for both the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic games.
Parkhurst was voted into the Hall of Fame in 2016 but delayed his induction while continuing his career in Major League Soccer. He led Atlanta United FC to the MLS Cup Championship in 2018 and spent 13 years playing professionally.
Tracy was the national player of the year in men's soccer in 2008 when he won the MAC Hermann Trophy. He was named the Most Outstanding Offensive Player of the College Cup in 2007 in leading Wake Forest to its first NCAA men's soccer championship.
Also honored was John Foster '78 who received the Dr. Gene Hooks Achievement Award.
The induction of the five new members brings membership in the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame to 170.
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