Inductees: 1979 UAM Football Team and Jim Brewer, Spirit Award Recipient
Rex Nelson - Host
What: 2019 UAM Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet
When: Thursday, October 17 @ 6:00 p.m.
Where: UAM Gibson University Center Green Room
How: Purchase tickets for $35 per person or $280 for a table of eight (8) people
Contact
Dana Weast, Athletics Administrative Assistant at (870) 460-1058 or email at weastd@uamont.edu
Please purchase tickets before Monday, October 14
From Sept. 10 Release:
UAM ATHLETICS TO INDUCT 1979 AIC CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM INTO SPORTS HALL OF FAME
MONTICELLO, Ark. - The University of Arkansas at Monticello's 1979 AIC championship football team has been selected for induction to the UAM Sports Hall of Fame. The '79 team joins the 1956 AIC champion men's basketball team and the 1990 AIC champion and NAIA national runner-up women's basketball team as the only teams inducted to the Hall.
The team will be inducted at the annual Hall of Fame Banquet October 17 at 6 p.m. in the John F. Gibson University Center Green Room. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased by calling the Department of Athletics at (870) 460-1058.
The 1979 Boll Weevils won the AIC with a record of 9-2 and laid the foundation for the school's football success in the 1980s and early 1990s. The '79 Weevils were coached by the late Harold Tilley, who was named the AIC and NAIA District 17 Coach of the Year. Several members of the 1979 team are in the UAM Hall of Fame as individuals, including running back Terry Alexander (Class of 2001), defensive tackle Steve Mullins (Class of 2002), offensive tackle Dannie Barker (Class of 2005), and tight end Byron Gasaway (Class of 2008).
The team will also be recognized at halftime of the Boll Weevils vs. Southern Nazarene University football game on Saturday, October 19 at 3 p.m. as part of Homecoming and Hall of Fame Day! For more information, visit www.UAMsports.com.
