SPARTANBURG, S.C. – As the Southern Conference wraps its celebration of 100 years in 2021, the league has named 100th anniversary teams in each sport it currently sponsors and has sponsored for at least 25 years. Wofford, a member of the Southern Conference since 1997, had sixteen former student-athletes earn spots on anniversary teams in seven sports. The Terriers honored, and the criteria met for recognition, are listed below.
Men's Basketball
Ian Chadwick – First Team All-SoCon 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01
Noah Dahlman – First Team All-SoCon 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
Fletcher Magee – SoCon Male Athlete of the Year 2018-19, SoCon Player of the Year 2018-19, First Team All-SoCon 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19
Women's Cross Country
Hannah Steelman – SoCon Runner of the Year 2018, 2019; SoCon Champion 2018, 2019;
First Team All-SoCon 2017, 2018, 2019
Football
Lee Basinger – All-America 2003, 2004
Eric Breitenstein – SoCon Hall of Fame 2020; All-America 2010, 2011, 2012; SoCon Male Athlete of the Year 2012-13; SoCon Offensive Player of the Year 2011, 2012; First Team All-SoCon 2010, 2011, 2012
Miles Brown – All-America 2017, 2018; First Team All-SoCon 2016, 2017, 2018
Eric Deutsch – All-America 2002, 2003, 2004
Matt Nelson – SoCon Male Athlete of the Year 2003-04; All-America 2002, 2003
Alvin Scioneaux – First Team All-SoCon 2011, 2012, 2013
Andre Stoddard – All-America 2017, 2018
Anton Wahrby – First Team All-SoCon 2014, 2015, 2016
Men's Soccer
Connor Davis – First Team All-SoCon 2013, 2014, 2015
Men's Tennis
Haris Poric – First Team All-SoCon 2015, 2016, 2017
Andrew Stubbs – First Team All-SoCon 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Women's Tennis
Ellen Rogers – First Team All-SoCon 2004, 2005, 2006
Women's Track and Field
Hannah Steelman – outdoor 3,000-meter steeplechase record holder
The league named teams in each of the sports it currently sponsors that it has sponsored for at least 25 years. Criteria for selection varies from team to team, but student-athletes must have competed in the SoCon for at least two seasons. Other common benchmarks include:
- Member of the collegiate hall of fame for that sport
- Member of the SoCon Hall of Fame
- National player of the year
- All-America honors in two different academic years
- SoCon Male or Female Athlete of the Year
- Two-time SoCon Player of the Year
Team-by-team critera can be found here:
https://soconsports.com/documents/2021/12/23//100th_Anniversary_teams_criteria.pdf?id=6131
The league has had 44 full-time members over its illustrious history, spawning the Southeastern Conference (1932) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (1953) and currently serves as home to 10 institutions throughout six states in the Southeast.
The list of awards is not exhaustive – just those that satisfy the selection criteria for each sport are listed. Awards are through the completion of the 2020-21 academic year. With 100 years of history to account for, league records are incomplete. If anyone is missing from the lists that meets the criteria, please contact SoCon Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations Phil Perry at pperry@socon.org.
