Stars Will be out at ACC Gala
2/24/2003 12:00:00 AM | Pack Athletics
Feb. 24, 2003
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Many of the great names in Atlantic Coast Conference history will be in attendance at the ACC's 50th Anniversary Gala. The Gala, the centerpiece of the Conference's 50th Anniversary Celebration, will be held on Wednesday, March 12, at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center.
The Gala is an ESPY's-style professionally-produced show which will announce the ACC's Top 10 athletes and will also recognize some of the greatest moments in Conference history.
The Gala will feature the introduction of the Top 50 Male and Female athletes in Conference history, many of whom will be in attendance including football standouts Charlie Ward of Florida State, Randy White of Maryland, Don McCauley of North Carolina and Jim Ritcher of NC State and basketball greats David Thompson and Tommy Burleson of NC State, Billy Cunningham, Lennie Rosenbluth, Phil Ford and Charlie Scott of North Carolina, Virginia's Ralph Sampson, Wake Forest's Len Chappell and Dickie Hemric. Also scheduled to attend the Gala is two-sport standout Renaldo Nehemiah of Maryland and several women's basketball stars including Alana Beard of Duke, Barbara Kennedy of Clemson, Genia Beasley of NC State and Charlotte Smith of North Carolina.
Other outstanding athletes expected to be in attendance include Maryland lacrosse standout Jen Adams, NC State distance runner Julie Shea, North Carolina Olympian swimmer Sue Walsh, Clemson soccer All-American Bruce Murray, North Carolina soccer star Shannon Higgins, Wake Forest golfer Stephanie Neill Harner, Clemson Olympian Kim Graham, North Carolina wrestler T.J. Jaworsky, Duke tennis great Vanessa Webb and many others.
Tickets for the Gala, priced at $50 each, are available through the Greensboro Coliseum Box Office by calling 1-888-397-3100.