County Sports Hall to add 4 new members

The Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame will induct four members into its seventh class on May 21, 2026.

The induction ceremony will be held at Belk Auditorium, on the campus of Presbyterian College, at 7:00pm. The ceremony will be a part of the Laurens County Sports Awards, an ESPYs-type event that honors high school athletes from Clinton High School, Laurens Academy, Laurens District 55 High School and Thornwell Charter School.

The process of selecting the seventh class of the Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame began in the summer of 2025. Nominations were taken through December 31, 2025.

Once nominations were complete, the nominating committee, made up of individuals from Laurens County, narrowed the field of nominations to 10 finalists. The 10 finalists were then taken to the three-person selection committee that picked the four finalists that will make up the class of 2026.

To be eligible for the Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame, nominees must have lived in Laurens County for five years and must be 10 years out of high school.

Current members of the Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame include Keith Richardson, Chrissy Floyd, J.D. Fuller, Kevin Long, King Dixon, Barry Atkinson, Cally Gault, Chick Galloway, Sam Owens, Kinard Littleton, Rickey Foggie, Truman Owens, Bobby Ivey, Clovis Simmons, William Hill, Bill Hogan, Phil Rogers, Lonnie Pulley, Anne Parks, Ed Pitts, Roy Walker, Shell Dula, Buddy Jennings, Walter Todd, Robert Wilder, Anthony Downs, Charles Peterson, Jean Hammond Whitfield, Hall King, Ed Prescott, Travis Langford, Stan Whitlock and Andy B. Young.

“After six great classes of inductees, we are excited about the group that we have assembled to induct in 2026,” said Billy Dunlap, president of the Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame. “It is once again a who’s who of individuals that have been involved in the sports landscape of Laurens County for the past century. I think the committees did a great job of selecting this class and it is something that we can all be proud of.”

Members of the Class of 2026 of the Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame are:

William Boyd – Boyd is a member of the Laurens District 55 Athletic Hall of Fame, Newberry College Hall of Fame and the South Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame. At LDHS, Boyd played basketball, baseball and football and participated in the North-South All-Star football game. Boyd went to Newberry College on a baseball scholarship but decided to join the football team. He recorded 10 interceptions during his freshman season, which still stands as the Newberry record. He was named first-team All-Conference in 1975, 1976 and 1977. He finished his career with more than 200 tackles, 20 interceptions and 400 interception return yards.

Gregg Nibert – Nibert was the head men’s basketball coach at Presbyterian College from 1989-2017 and is the winningest coach in program history. In their NCAA Division II era, Nibert was 335-216 and finished with an overall record of 419-409, including 10 years in NCAA Division I. Nibert compiled six 20-win seasons and finished in the top four in the South Atlantic Conference regular season standings 14 times. He was also named SAC Coach-of-the-Year in 1993 and 1997.

Robert Scott – Scott is revered as one of the greatest Clinton Red Devil football players of all time. He helped integrate Clinton High School as a sophomore, having started on the Bell Street High School varsity as a freshman. He earned All-Conference, All-State and All-American honors and was the SC Lineman of the Year in 1972. His senior year, a state championship year for the Red Devils, he was named to the Shrine Bowl and the North-South All-Star game, kicking the winning field goal in the Shrine Bowl.

Reggie Williams – Williams, a former Laurens Raider baseball player, was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 25th round of the 1988 MLB amateur draft. Williams played professional baseball from 1988-1999. He played eight seasons in AAA and played in 88 MLB games in parts of four seasons in 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1999. In MLB, he played for the California Angels, Anaheim Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers.

Tickets for the event will go on sale online on Wednesday, April 1.

For more information on the Laurens County Sports Hall of Fame, visit www.laurenscountysportshalloffame.com or email [email protected].