General Release - 2003-04 Hall of Fame - Guilford College
GUILFORD ADDS SIX TO ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
Greensboro, NC (01/23/04) -- Guilford College will recognize six former student-athletes as the 34th class inducted into its Athletics Hall of Fame Saturday. Chris Haarlow '91 of Greensboro, NC, Don Lineberry '61 of Greensboro, NC, Johnny Moore '77 of Durham, NC, Steve Musulin '76 of Charlottesville, VA, Stan Smith '76 of Kernersville, NC, and Cintonya Allison Somerville '86 of Germantown, MD, are this year's inductees.
The group will be honored at halftime of Guilford's men's basketball game with Lynchburg and formally inducted at a 6:30 p.m. banquet in Guilford's Sternberger Auditorium.
Haarlow
(left) earned National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
All-America honors three times in his four seasons with the Quakers' golf team.
The school's first three-time golf All-American, he helped coach Jack
Jensen's Quakers to three top-six NAIA National Tournament finishes,
including the 1989 national championship. The Pinehurst, NC, native honed his
skills at the Pinehurst and Pine Needles resorts before bringing his talents to
Greensboro. Haarlow played in a school-record four national tournaments
and compiled the 10th-best average in school history (76.26). He won two college
tournaments, including the 1990 NAIA District 26 Championship. Haarlow received
Guilford's prestigious English Athletic Leadership and Best Male Senior Athlete
Awards before graduating with a sports management degree. He played professional
golf for six seasons and qualified for the 1994 U.S. Open. The Greensboro
resident is the head instructor of Robert Linville's '80 Precision Golf
School and the vice president and cofounder of the Triad Youth Golf Foundation. Haarlow
has helped raise $140,000 in grants and other funds for the organization,
which provides golf instruction and programming for juniors at minimal cost.
Lineberry
(right) starred on Guilford's men's basketball teams from 1958-61 and led
the team in scoring twice. He came to Guilford after starring at Asheboro (NC)
High School where he captained the 1958 basketball team to a state title. As a
Quakers' sophomore, the Asheboro native averaged 24.9 points per game, which
ranked second in the North State Conference. He also won the first of two team
Most Valuable Player Awards. The 6-1 swingman was the only sophomore on the
10-man all-conference team in 1960 and was listed among the "Who's Who in
Small College Basketball." Lineberry led the league in free throws
and scored 41 points in a 109-102 loss to East Carolina. Lineberry captained
the 1960-61 team and again ranked second among the North State's scoring leaders
(23.6 points per game). He graduated from the UNC School of Dentistry in 1965
and operates a practice in Greensboro. Lineberry is active with the
Kiwanis Club and has coached a number of local youth teams.
Guilford's
student sports information director (SID) from 1974-77, Moore (left)
parlayed his undergraduate experience into a successful sports media marketing
career. The Durham, NC, resident is the founder and president of Moore
Productions, Inc., a primary commercial distributor of Duke University athletics
programming. Moore's company publishes weekly sports publications for
Duke and East Carolina University, owns the Duke Radio Network and also produces
the school's basketball and football coaches' television shows. Moore started
his sports information career at Guilford, where he handled publicity efforts
for the Quakers' eight varsity teams. He spent two years as the NAIA District 26
SID and was the publicity director for the 1974 Poultry Bowl football game and
the NAIA National Indoor Track and Field Championships. A football and track
letter winner at Garner High School, Moore participated with Guilford's
track team and earned his bachelor's degree in history. After graduation, he
worked 13 years in Duke's Athletics Department as an assistant SID, associate
SID and Director of Promotions/Marketing before founding Moore Productions in
1990.
Moore
spent some time publicizing Musulin's (right) exploits on the
football field. Perhaps the Quakers' best offensive lineman in school history, Musulin
earned First Team NAIA and Associated Press All-America honors in 1975, one
year after receiving honorable mention All-America laurels. The 6-2, 250-pound
offensive tackle started three seasons and helped Guilford to a school-record
eight wins in 1975. He also received All-State recognition and blocked three
seasons for fellow Hall of Famer Reggie Kenan '77, the Quakers' career
rushing leader. Musulin garnered All-NAIA District 26 honors and the
team's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award in 1974 and 1975. Guilford won
the 1974 Poultry Bowl title and posted a 6-3-2 overall record. A professional
wrestler from 1976-84, Musulin now works in member services and as a
fitness instructor in Charlottesville, VA.
Smith
(left) played four seasons with the Quakers' baseball team and
captained the 1976 squad to the NAIA World Series. He holds Guilford's record
for games played in a season (47) and stands among the school's career leaders
in doubles, home runs and hits. After graduating as East Forsyth High School's
1972 Athlete of the Year, the Kernersville, NC, resident enrolled at Guilford
and earned the starting catcher's job with coach Stuart Maynard's club.
He won the team's Most Valuable Player Award in 1974, the first of three
straight All-Carolinas Conference seasons. A two-time All-NAIA District 26
honoree, Smith batted cleanup and caught one of the best pitching staffs
in school history in 1976. Guilford captured the Carolinas Conference, NAIA
District 26 and NAIA Area 7 titles that year on the way to an NAIA World Series
berth. Smith is a vice president, program manager and senior investment
counselor with Lexington National State Bank in Lexington, NC.
A
two-sport standout and Greensboro native, Somerville (right) graduated
from Dudley High School in 1977 and played on the school's 4-A state volleyball
champions. Following a year at Louisburg College, she returned to Greensboro as
the starting setter for Guilford's volleyball team. She served as coach Gayle
Currie's captain in 1979 and 1980 and earned All-NAIA District 26 and
All-Carolinas Conference honors as a sophomore. Guilford won the league and
district titles and reached the 16-team NAIA National Tournament in Somerville's
senior season. A softball infielder, she captained Guilford in 1980 and
1981, the team's first two intercollegiate seasons. She received all-conference
honors and the team's Most Valuable Player Award in 1980. Somerville won
the 1981 English Award and the 1980 Richard Joyce Sportsmanship prize. She
resides in Germantown, MD, with her husband and two children and has officiated
volleyball at the high school, college and club levels.
This year's class raises Guilford's Athletics Hall of Fame membership to 187. Past inductees include NBA stars M.L. Carr '73 and World B. Free '76, major-league baseball players Ernie Shore '13, Rick Ferrell '28 and Tom Zachary '18, and professional golfer Lee Porter '89.