Malcolm M. Erwin '50

Erwin starred on Davidson's football and baseball teams. He was the leading rusher for the football team and was named the most outstanding athlete in football in 1949. After leaving Davidson, Erwin coached football and baseball at several colleges. His baseball teams at Johns Hopkins University, Lenoir-Rhyne College and The Citadel all won conference championships. In 1960 The Citadel was ranked 16th nationally. He was also an outstanding Southern Conference football official from 1964 to 1989. After a standout career at Greenville (S.C.) High, Erwin enrolled at South Carolina, where he started as a freshman in footbal and achieved all-state honors. His college career was interrupted by World War II and Erwin transferred to Davidson after the war.

M. Terrance Holland '64

The first freshman recruit picked by Lefty Driesell to play for Davidson in 1960 was none other than Michael Terrence Holland. A blue-chip player from Clinton, N.C., Holland was a natural at basketball and a gentleman on and off the court. Success followed him to Davidson where, during his senior year, he led his team to a 22-4 record and Davidson's first ever Top Ten national finish. When he succeeded Lefty as head coach, he compiled a record of 92-43 over five years and was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year three times. At Virginia he compiled a record of 326-173 over sixteen years and took his team to the NCAA tournament eight times, reaching the Final Four twice, and the NIT four times, winning the championship once. He was named ACC Coach of the Year twice, in 1981 and 1982.

As Athletic Director at Davidson, Terry was a genuine hero come home. A leader with credibility, integrity, and vision, he worked hard to gain re-entry into the Southern Conference, to attract the NCAA Soccer Championship to Davidson, and to provide a broad program for men and women student athletes. At his departure in June 1995, the Davidson Athletic Program of twenty-one varsity teams had become an exemplar of his personal ideals, and a model for many other educational institutions.

George M. King '18

King was part of a steady stream of All-American caliber athletes from the Bristol, Tenn., area who went on to stardom on the collegiate level. He lettered three years in football, twice in baseball and once in basketball during an outstanding athletic career with the Wildcats. King was named first-team All-America left end by John A. Ward of the Ohio State Journal in Columbus in 1917, making him Davidson's first All-America football player. Davidson finished 6-4 with wins over Clemson, Wake Forest and Auburn that season. He was president of King Brothers Shoe Co. in Bristol until his death in 1963. He was a member of the Davidson College Board of Trustees and was President of the Davidson College Alumni Association in 1954-55.

Jimmy K. Poole '67

Poole, although small (5-7) by college football standards, achieved in award-winning fashion for coach Homer Smith. Poole, who completed 380 of 669 passes (57 percent) for 4,442 yards and 32 career touchdowns, was named All-Southern Conference in 1966 and 1967. He shared Southern Conference player of the year honors in 1966 with Garrett Ford of West Virginia. He set school career records -- since broken -- for yards passing, passes completed, touchdown passes, completion percentage and total offense (4,463 yards). He also set single season records for completions, completion percentage, touchdown passes and total yards. Poole is now principal at North Mecklenburg High School.

Rebecca E. Stimson '77

Stimson compiled an impressive record in the early years of women's athletics at Davidson. Stimson lettered four years in tennis and was named the team's most valuable player in 1977. In addition she earned three letters in basketball and played one season in field hockey. In 1977 she received Davidson's first ever award as the Wildcats most valuable Female athlete. That award is now named in her honor. After graduating from Davidson in 1977 Stimson received her Ph.D. in Chemistry at Northwestern University. Since 1981 she has been at Dupont and is presently Business Manager and Engineering Polymers.