The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame announced today that former Clemson defensive tackle Chester McGlockton has been named as one of 11 members of its 2025 induction class.
More information from the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame is included below.
RALEIGH, N.C.—The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame is proud to announce its 2025 induction class. The new members, listed alphabetically are Greg Ellis, Nora Lynn Finch, Rollie Geiger, David Gentry, Dale Inman, Bobby Isaac, Cullen Jones, Chester McGlockton, Wendy Palmer, Jimmy Raye and Miles Wolff.
The group of 11 will be enshrined during the 61st annual induction celebration on the evening of Friday, May 2, at the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel Joseph S. Koury Convention Center, starting at 5 p.m. Their induction will bring the total number of Hall of Fame members to 421.
“The Class of 2025 of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame is wonderfully diverse, just like the sports landscape of this great state,” said Rick Webb, president of the hall’s Board of Directors. “Trailblazers, icons, and luminararies, from the high school ranks to the professional circuits, there is so much history encapsulated within these eleven inductees, all of whom contributed to the sports culture of North Carolina.”
A brief biography of each 2025 inductee follows. (Isaac and McGlockton are being inducted posthumously.)
Greg Ellis
Ellis was a consensus first-team All-America in 1997 as a senior at the University of North Carolina. The Tar Heels’ all-time sack leader (32.5), the Wendell, N.C., native was selected in the first round of the NFL draft (No. 8 overall by Dallas). Ellis played 11 seasons for the Cowboys and one for the Oakland Raiders, making 84 sacks. He played in the 2007 Pro Bowl when he was named the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year after an Achilles injury had ended his previous season prematurely. Ellis, who is one of only four Tar Heels to earn first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors three times, was an All-State football player at East Wake High School and the 1993 North Carolina High School Athletic Association Male Athlete of the Year.
Nora Lynn Finch
Finch was a coach for 13 years and a trailblazing administrator for 47. A native of Henderson, N.C. she worked at Wake Forest, Peace College and NC State, along with the ACC where she was the league’s first female associate commissioner. Finch’s awards and accolades reflect her impact on college athletics and how she championed…