WNC Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Held Dec. 8

The Mountain Athletic Amateur Committee held its annual Hall of Fame ceremony December 8 at the Omni Grove Park Inn. The event was scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 29, but was postponed due to Hurricane Helene. This year’s inductees were former Western Carolina women’s basketball star Jayne Arledge, former college football coach Paul Johnson, former major league standout Cameron Maybin, and legendary high school baseball coach Tom Smith. Larry Pope, the longtime sport editor and executive editor of the Asheville Citizen-Times, received the Adams-Oschenreiter Lifetime achievement award.