Staley Earns SC Hall of Fame Ambassador Award
COLUMBIA, S.C. (SCAHOF) — South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame president Xavier Starkes has announced that the Jacobs Family of Clinton, Coach Dawn Staley and Sonny Dickinson of Columbia, Warren Peper of Charleston and Coach Gregg Nibert of Clinton will be honored for their various contributions to sports in the Palmetto State when the organization hosts its 55th annual banquet and induction ceremony on May 11 at the Columbia Metro Convention Center. The Jacobs Family will be recognized with the Bobby Richardson Sportsmanship Award sponsored by Pete and Ane DiVenere; Staley will be honored with the Willie Jeffries Ambassador for Sports Award that is sponsored by Defender Services, and Dickinson will receive the fourth annual Dom Fusci Leadership in Action Award that is being sponsored by Founders Federal Credit Union. Peper, the longtime face of television sports and news in Charleston, will be bestowed with the fifth annual Herman Helms Media Excellence Award that is sponsored by Boyd Management of Columbia, and Nibert will be honored with the Felix “Doc” Blanchard Athlete/Citizen Award. Those five honorees will be distinguished along with the new inductees of the SCAHOF Class of 2015 which include Clemson running back Terry Allen, USC pitcher Kip Bouknight, Lander tennis coach Joe Cabri, New England Patriots‘ tight end Ben Coates, Clemson soccer standout Bruce Murray, Furman football coach Jimmy Satterfield and former Spartanburg Herald-Journal Sports Editor Les Timms. Timms will be enshrined posthumously. Tickets (table of eight for $500) and program sponsorships may be purchased by calling the SCAHOF office at 803/779-0905. The affair, which includes a reception and dinner, begins at 5:30 p.m.
