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GLENVILLE, WV - Following months of delay due to COVID-19, the six members of the 2020 Glenville State College (GSC) Curtis Elam Athletic Hall of Fame class will officially be inducted on Saturday, September 25.

The inductees – who include Larry Gandee, Jim Carter, Mark Reger, Lloyd Willis, Andy Jarrell, and Monique Johnson – were originally announced last year.

The banquet and induction ceremony will take place in the Mollohan Campus Community Center Ballroom at 6:00 p.m. A social reception will precede the event at 5:00 p.m. Tickets for the event are $25. Face coverings are required.

Gandee was a three-year starter who scored over 1,000 career points in basketball. He later coached at Gwynn Park High School where, as head coach, he tallied a record of 237-74 and led the program to eight state title games, winning six of the eight. Gandee graduated from GSC in 1962.

Carter was a First Team All-WVIAC selection, was a running back on GSC’s 1973 National Runner-Up Team, and ran for a school record 949 yards in 1973. He graduated from GSC in 1975.

Reger played defensive tackle for the Pioneers in the early 1970’s, was a member of Glenville State’s 1973 National Runner-Up Team, and was a First Team All-WVIAC selection in 1973. He went on to a distinguished coaching career after GSC. Reger graduated from GSC in 1974.

Willis was a four-year starter for the Pioneer Track Team, was a member of the Track & Field WVIAC Title Teams Track & Field in 1984 and 1986, and was a three-year champion in both the long jump and triple jump. He went to Nationals three times (twice outdoor and once indoor) and finished tenth in 1986 at Nationals. Willis graduated from GSC in 1987.

Jarrell was an All-Conference performer who ran on championship teams at GSC (three in Track and three in Cross Country). He competed three times at Nationals in Cross Country and was the High Point man at the WVIAC Championship in 1986. He also made Nationals twice in the steeplechase and has the second fastest time in school history in the steeplechase, 5,000, and 10,000. Jarrell graduated from GSC in 1989.

Johnson was a three-time All-WVIAC First Team selection, scored 1,731 points in her career and ranks fourth All-Time at Glenville State. She pulled down 684 Rebounds in her career (ranks 17th All-Time at GSC), dished out 271 Assists in her career (ranks 18th All-Time at GSC), and had 152 Steals in her career (ranks 24th All-Time at GSC). She won a league title in 1989, the first in school history. Johnson graduated from GSC in 1990.

Glenville State College’s Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 2001 through the generosity of the late Curtis Elam.

For tickets, call (304) 462-6116.