The Norfolk State University Athletics Foundation has announced the selection of three former athletes and two former coaches/administrators who will be inducted into the NSUAF Sports Hall of Fame. They are: former football players John Baker and Joe Langston, women’s basketball player LaTina Bullock, and supporters William Archie and Curtis Maddox.

The five will be honored at the 2004 NSUAF Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner on Friday, October 8 at 6 p.m. at the Chesapeake Conference Center. Admission is $55 for individual tickets and $500 for a table of 10 guests. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (757) 823-8152 or (757) 823-2667.

Baker lettered two years in football at NSU, and was an All-CIAA performer in 1964. He played both offensive and defensive line for NSU. The Green Bay Packers drafted him in 1964, making him the first CIAA player to be drafted by an NFL team. He is also the first NSU athlete to ever play professionally. He played with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League from 1964-69, with the New York Giants of the NFL from 1970-71, and then for multiple teams in the World Football League thereafter.

Langston lettered from 1961-64 in football, and also participated in track and wrestling at NSU. He was an All-CIAA and All-American performer in 1964 and was the team’s captain and defensive MVP in 1963 and 1964. He played offensive guard and linebacker for the Spartans. He signed with the Alouettes of the CFL in 1965 and later played with the Norfolk Neptunes of the Continental Football League at linebacker. He went on to an extremely successful coaching career at his alma mater, I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth.

Bullock starred at NSU from 1993-97. She is second in school history in scoring (2,140 points), was a WBCA All-American as a junior and a Kodak Honorable-Mention All-American as a senior. She still holds single-game records for points (51) and free throws made (17), and single-season records for points (746) and free throws made (222) and attempted (303). She was a two-time CIAA selection and the 1994 CIAA Rookie of the Year.

Archie, who also coached football at NSU from 1962-66, was athletics director and associate professor of physical education at NSU from 1970-84. Under his leadership, NSU won two Division II men’s track championships (1973 and 1974) and 26 CIAA championships in all. He was also instrumental in forming and coaching the first NSU swim team in 1962, and he pioneered the research and designing of the pool still in use today at the school.

Maddox, who also coached football at NSU (1968-71), was a charter member of the NSU Athletics Foundation and served as its executive director from 1981-83. He initiated an annual benefit banquet to raise money for the foundation. He was also Vice President for Operations at NSU from 1987-99. He envisioned, designed and constructed to athletics department’s Hall of Fame room in 1994. He was also instrumental in the development of athletic facilities at NSU, including the planning, designing and construction of William “Dick” Price Stadium and Marty L. Miller Baseball Field. He also supported transportation needs of the athletics department by purchasing vans and buses for the school.