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Clayton State Announces
First Inductees to Athletic Hall of Fame
by Gid Rowell
Campus Review
Serving the CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY Community
Vol. 45, No. I | January 31, 2014
DREAMS. MADE REAL.
Homecoming 2014 –
Celebrating 45 Years of Clayton State
by John Shiffert
The year was 1969. Man first walked on
the moon. The Beatles hadn’t broken up
yet. Richard Nixon was president. Lester
Maddox was governor of Georgia. Led
Zeppelin and Creedence Clearwater
Revival topped the charts. Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid and the original
True Grit were big hits at the movies. Tie-
dyeing and bell bottoms were “in.” The
New York Mets surprised everyone by
winning the first National League
Championship series over the Braves, and
then winning the World Series over anoth-
er far better team, the Baltimore Orioles.
And while the Internet hadn’t been
invented yet, Clayton State had been… or
at least its doors opened for the first time
to 942 students on Sept. 30, 1969.
And Clayton State is celebrating its annu-
al Homecoming from Feb. 9 to Feb. 15,
2014.
Things have changed in 45 years… now
there’s even a hashtag for Homecoming…
#45YearsMadeReal. For those not in the
know, a hashtag is a word or an unspaced
phrase prefixed with the hash symbol (#).
Words in messages on microblogging and
social networking services such as
Facebook, Google Plus, Instagram,
Twitter, etc. may be tagged by putting "#"
before same. For example "New artists
announced for #SXSW 2013 Music
Festival. As a result, hashtags make it pos-
The Clayton State Athletics Department
announced last fall plans to establish a
Hall of Fame and is now excited to rec-
ognize its first class of inductees.
From nominations, which were open to
the public, the Clayton State Athletics
Hall of Fame Committee has selected four
members for the initial class. The first
class will include: retired Athletic
Director Mason Barfield, former men’s
soccer player Alex Dowling, former
men’s basketball player Carlos Head and
former women’s soccer player Nkiru
Okosieme.
“We are very excited to be able to have a
platform on which to now recognize those
individuals who have meant so much in
the success of Clayton State University
Athletics,” says Athletic Director Carl
McAloose.
The Hall of Fame Class of 2014 will be
recognized at a Hall of Fame dinner on
Friday, Feb. 14 and also recognized at
Homecoming festivities on Saturday, Feb.
15. The Clayton State basketball teams
host Peach Belt Conference opponent
Montevallo for homecoming next month.
“This initial class of the Clayton State
University Hall of Fame includes the
architect of the department’s success,
Mason Barfield, and three student-ath-
letes who exemplify what a student-ath-
lete is supposed to be,” McAloose contin-
ues. “Alex, Carlos, and Nkiru competed
not only at a national level in their sport
but also excelled in the classroom while at
Clayton State. All four of these inductees
made huge impacts while at Clayton and
certainly can be great role models for our
current and future student-athletes.”
45 Years, cont’d., p. 8
Hall of Fame, cont’d., p. 20