Sports Hall of Fame to induct Andrew, McLendon, Smith, Speight, Sturdivant
Published 5:18 pm Monday, March 13, 2023
The Stanly County Sports Hall of Fame has announced its 2023 inductees, who will be honored at the hall’s annual induction ceremony at 6:30 pm July 17 in Merner Gymnasium on the Pfeiffer University campus.
Keynote speaker for the evening will be Wes Durham, former co-host of the “Packer and Durham” sports talk show on the ACC Network and Sirius XM Radio. Previously, he served as a play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Falcons and for Georgia Tech football and basketball. He now serves as the play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports and ACC Network coverage of college football and basketball.
Wes Durham
He is the son of longtime UNC play-by-play announcer and Stanly County Sports Hall of Fame member Woody Durham.
This year’s inductees are:
• Al Andrew, who coached the basketball, baseball and golf teams at Albemarle High School, including the state championship golf squad;
Al Andrew
• TA McLendon, national record-setting running back at Albemarle High School and all-ACC performer at NC State University;
TA McLendon
• Shanna Smith, star softball player at Albemarle High, all-ACC infielder at NC State, and current assistant coach at Eastern New Mexico State University;
Shanna Smith
• Greg Speight, who coached basketball and softball at North Stanly and South Stanly high schools, leading both softball programs to state championship appearances; and
Greg Speight
• Quan Sturdivant, all-state football player at West Stanly, all-ACC linebacker, four-year starter at UNC-Chapel Hill, and 2011 draft pick of the Arizona Cardinals.
Quan Sturdivant
Information on Sports Hall of Fame tickets as well as additional information on each inductee, can be found in future issues of The Stanly News & Press.
