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 Ferrum
College Alumni Sports Hall of Fame
Updated: Monday, October 29, 2007
Class of 2007
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 Garland
Berry ‘62
Roanoke, Virginia
Played basketball and baseball at Ferrum from
1960-62 * Started in both sports two years * Went on to play baseball at
Lynchburg College from 1962-64, where he started both years * Earned
Mason-Dixon All-Conference second team honors in 1964 * Taught physical
education and driver education in Roanoke County School System from
1965-95 * Head Baseball Coach at Cave Spring High School for 17 years *
Baseball team won nine district titles * Timesland Baseball Coach of the
Year four times * Head freshman and junior varsity boys basketball coach
at Cave Spring High for 17 years (7 district titles) * Head Varsity Boys
Basketball Coach at Cave Spring High one year * Head Varsity Girls
Basketball Coach at Cave Spring High one year * Assistant Men’s
Basketball Coach Roanoke College, 1985-2000 * Helped Roanoke make nine
NCAA Division III playoff appearances * High school football official 25
years, 15 VHSL playoff games, two state championship games * College
football official 30 years, eight NCAA Division III playoff games, one
NCAA Division III national championship game, five Division I-AA playoff
games * 2006 Silver Whistle Award, Southern Conference Official of the
Year
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 Clint
L. (Lew) Hege ‘69
Norlina, North Carolina
Played tennis at Ferrum from 1968-69 * Captain
undefeated teams for Coach Bud Skeens in 1968 and 1969, Panthers went
30-0 and won two conference championships * Hege went 30-0 and posted a
total set record of 100-3 * Dorm Council and member of Alpha Mu Gamma
Foreign Language Honorary Society * Lettered for the SEC champion
University of Georgia Bulldogs * Turned professional after leaving
Georgia, competing against top major college players and professionals *
Officiated at SEC Tennis Championships * At Georgia, member of Dean’s
List, Dorm Council, Chi Psi Fraternity, University newspaper
sportswriter * Member of G-Club, Georgia Tennis Champions Club,
University of Georgia Foundation, Chi Psi Alumni * Founder of Southeast
Sports Syndicate, has covered more than 60 major golf tournaments around
the world including the last 35 Masters Tournaments * Scratch golfer,
won eight amateur tournaments * Member USGA, Golf Writers Association
of America, Florida State Golf Association, past member of FSGA’s
Tournament Committee * Honored with DuPont Five Diamond Award for
plastics industry excellence * Member of Ferrum College Board of
Trustees * President of Ferrum College Alumni Board of Directors *
Captain of Ferrum’s Raising the Bar capital campaign for the
Burrows-Skeens Tennis Complex * Former commissioner of Boy Scouts of
America, Eagle Scout, and current member of Northern N. C. District
Capital Campaign Committee * Member Kiwanis and Jaycees * Chairman of
Board of Trustees, Norlina United Methodist Church * Founder of Clint L.
and Marian Hege Memorial Scholarship
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 Temple
Kessinger ‘66
Covington, Virginia
Played football at Ferrum from 1964-65 * Starting
offensive tackle for Coach Hank Norton both years * also played on goal
line defense & short yardage defense in 1965 * Helped Panthers win 1965
NJCAA football title in 1965, the College’s first-ever national
championship * Went on to letter in football at Tennessee Tech
University * Served as trainer, scout & pressbox assistant in 1968 *
After graduating, coached high school football for 22 years, making four
playoff appearances * Member Gideons International * Member Promise
Keepers * Lay Christian Speaker * Member Salvation Army Advisory Board *
Member Alleghany Highlands Chamber of Commerce * City of Covington
Council Mayor & Council member * Member Alleghany Highlands Economic
Development Corporation * Member Roanoke Valley Alleghany Regional
Commission * Member Virginia Association of Planning District Commission
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 John
Mazalewski ‘67
Bonita Springs, Florida
Played football at Ferrum from 1966-67 * Offensive
guard & middle linebacker for Panthers * Played in 1966 NJCAA National
Championship Game * Team Captain in 1967 * Went on to play at Wake
Forest 1968-70 * Start every game at middle linebacker for WFU * Team
Captain & Team Most Valuable Player in 1969 * All-ACC & All-America
honorable mention in 1969 * Manchester (NH) Athletic Hall of Fame *
25-year career in telecommunications * Founder & Principal Owner of
Computer Network/Telecommunications/Internet Business …Volunteer
Assistant Football Coach at Manchester Central High School * Member
Lions Club * Outward Bound Leader * Manchester Boys & Girls Club
Volunteer * Manchester Chamber of Commerce * Volunteer Counselor with
Manchester Area halfway house
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 Carl
Tacy
Advance, North Carolina
Head Men’s
Basketball Coach at Ferrum, 1967-70 * 67-14 record (.827) * led Ferrum
to 1968 conference championship * reached NJCAA men’s basketball
national semifinals in 1970 * Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Marshall
University, 1970-72 * Led Marshall to a 23-4 record in 1972, Thundering
Herd advanced to the NCAA Division I Tournament * One of 10 finalists
for the National Coach of the Year Award, eventually won by UCLA’s John
Wooden * Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Wake Forest University, 1972-85
* 222-149 record (.598) * Demon Deacons played in seven post-season
tournaments, including twice reaching the NCAA Tournament’s Final Eight
* WFU averaged 21 wins during Tacy’s last five years as head coach, and
reached NCAA Tournament in 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982 and 1984… In 1981, WFU
was ranked 9th in final AP and UPI polls, and Tacy named
District Three Coach of the year, Tacy third in National Coach of the
Year voting * In 1982, team finished with #11 ranking * In 1984, team
finished ranked 8th * Wake Forest participated in NIT
Tournament in 1984 & 1985 * Career coaching record: 449-231 * Led
Pulaski High School to Virginia State Championship in 1962 * Hall of
Fame Inductee at Wake Forest Sports, Davis & Elkins College, Randolph
County (WV) * Member of President’s Club, Lees-McRae College * Member of
study commission for the North Carolina Baptist Children’s Home *
Radford University Outstanding Alumnus Award …Served as Deacon at First
Baptist Churches in Winston-Salem and Waynesboro * Member Lion’s Club
and Civitan Club in Winston-Salem * Member Gideon's International
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 Roger
W. Whitley ‘61
Shelby, North Carolina
Played football at
Ferrum from 1960-61 * Fullback, punter & defensive end for Ferrum *
National Junior College Athletic Association All-American in both 1960 &
1961 * Went on to play fullback, punter & defensive end at Mars Hill
College 1964-65 * Officiated 18 years in Western North Carolina
Activities Association Parole and probation officer with North Carolina
Department of Justice for 13 years * Director Criminal Justice Academy
at Gaston College in North Carolina * In 27 years at Gaston, program
graduated more than 2,500 law enforcement officers * Member Lions Club *
Member Presbyterian Church * Elder at Pisgah Associated Reformed
Presbyterian Church in Gastonia, North Carolina
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