Hall induction set for Oct. 8

ABILENE – Caroline Omamo, one of the most prolific players in the history of Wildcat women's basketball, and former director of athletics Cecil Eager are among a group of six alumni to be inducted Oct. 8 into the ACU Sports Hall of Fame.

Others include former football standout Bill Clayton, former basketball star Jim Womack, and former world-class pole vaulter Dale Jenkins.  Also being inducted into the Hall of Fame will be Randy Nicholson, the 18th recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Class of 2010 which marks the 25th anniversary of the ACU Sports Hall of Fame and its 26th induction class will be officially inducted into the hall during the annual festivities Friday, Oct. 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the McCaleb Conference Center at the Hunter Welcome Center.  Tickets to the dinner are $20 per person and can be purchased by calling the ACU athletics office a325-674-2353.

The induction ceremony will also serve as the 60th reunion of the 1950 ACU football team, the only team in Wildcat football history to finish the season unbeaten and untied (11-0).  ACU beat Gustavus Adolphus in the Refrigerator Bowl that season.

With the addition of the six members of this year's class, the ACU Sports Hall of Fame now includes 142 men and women.  With Omamo's induction, the hall now has 17 former ACU female student-athletes among its members.