W-Club

Dear Friends: 
 
The National “W” Club Association is honored to welcome all alumni and former Yellow Jackets back to campus. We appreciate your encouragement and support of WVSU athletics.  
 
In January 2008, Hazo W. Carter, Jr. WVSU President Emeritus, designated the Canty House as the official headquarters for the National "W" Club. The National “W” Club has continually worked to enhance the athletic programs at “State” by providing funds for scholarships, equipment, and the purchase of a motor coach. Contributions from members and friends made all of this possible. Our recent $200,000 pledge to the fund raising campaign is being fulfilled in installments to the WVSU Foundation.
 
We know that under the leadership of 11th President Anthony L. Jenkins the "W" Club and WVSU athletic programs will continue to thrive. During the Homecoming fesitivities, President Jenkins acknowledged and honored the importance of the "W" Club to West Virginia State's athletic programs and student-athletes.
 
Thank you for your team spirit and continued support to West Virginia State University and the National “W” Club.
 
Sincerely, 
 
William "Billy" Lipscomb 
President
 

On a fall West Virginia Sunday morning in 1975, the day after West Virginia State’s Homecoming, a group of West Virginia State College alumni met in a Charleston, West Virginia hotel. The agenda was to brainstorm as to how to raise funds for athletics as well as restore athletics to the status of previous years. The open discussion was chaired by Attorney William Lonesome, an alumnus of the school and a very distinguished leader. 

After several hours of discussion, it was decided that a National “W” Club would be formed to raise funds for athletic programs. A year later, in 1976, a meeting was held the night before the Homecoming game to formally establish a new National “W” Club. 

The first officers of the National “W” Club elected at the 1976 meeting were: Dr. Frank E. Enty, president; Rupert G. Curry, vice president; Herbert B. Thompson, treasurer, and Herbert H. Henderson, attorney/secretary.

Attorney Herbert Henderson was assigned the responsibility of acquiring corporate status for the organization. The hard, long, pro-bono legal work of Mr. Henderson gained corporate status for the National “W” Club in 1978. The incorporators were Dr. Frank E. Enty, Rupert Curry, Herbert B. Thompson, William L. Lonesome, and Herbert Henderson. 

Washington, D.C. was selected as the home base for the National “W” Club. 

The “W” Club has two chapters, the Institute Chapter and the Shenandoah Chapter which is located in Martinsburg, W.Va. Both chapters are instrumental in the success of the National “W” Club. 
Herbert Thompson wrote the first by-laws for the National “W” Club. 

In 1979, at a “W” Club Homecoming meeting, Mr. Glover Smiley proposed the establishing of an Athletic Hall of Fame. It was voted on and passed by the membership.

The first Hall of Famers were inducted in 1980. They were Chester A. Burris; Mark H. Cardwell; Samuel A. Gamble; Vasco D Hale; Adolph P. Hamblin; Louis R. W. Johnson; Earl Lloyd; Floyd Meadows; Roderick L. Price, and Marvin H. Richardson. 

Former presidents of the National “W” Club are Dr. Frank Enty, Rupert Curry, Vandy Miller, Madison Broadnax, and Henry R. Bellinger. In 1998, Cornelious Jones was elected to the presidency. 

The WVSC Sports Hall of Fame, located in the Canty House on the campus of WVSU, was dedicated to Mark H. Cardwell, Sr. on October 13, 1990. This facility showcases academic and athletic triumphs of West Virginia State College athletes. 

On April 7, 2004, Gov. Bob Wise signed House Bill 448, which granted university status to West Virginia State; thus, the new name became West Virginia State University.
 

• Cornelious Jones ~ 2000 - 2007
• Frank Enty ~ 1999
• Hank Bellinger ~ 1991 - 1997
• Madison Broadnax ~ 1987 - 1990
• Vandy Miller ~ 1983 - 1986
• Rupert Curry ~ 1980 - 1982 & 1998

John Wesley "Jack" Craig Football	Edward "Pete" Thurman ​Basketball & Track
Arnett Hoston, Jr Football & Track	John Simms Tennis
Robert Lee Smith Football & Track	Gregory V. Monroe, Jr  Honorary Inductee
Valerie Colquitt Wright Basketball	Brian O. Hemphill, Ph.D. Honorary Inductee

 

INDUCTEE	CLASS	INDUCTED
Aheart, Andrew N. (Honorary) (Deceased)		2007
Aheart, Lamont M	1970	1997
Anderson, John C.	1975	2007
Anderson, Warren	1977	2005
Anderson- Conliff, Debra M.	1976	2012
Angle, Larry J. Jr.	1987	2005
Archie, William B	1954	1990
Atkinson, Terry	1979	2004
Bacote, Samuel  W.	1959	1997
Bailey, Calvin L. (Coach)	1972	1985
Bailey , James A. (Deceased)	1950	1982
Bailey, Laurence	1963	1996
Banks, Oree (Coach)		2008
Bates, John M. ( Deceased)	1937	1982
Bates,  Pervis M.	1939	1981
Baugh, Warren T. (Deceased)	1950	1988
Beckner, Richard A. Sr.	1972	2003
Bellinger, Henry R.	1960	1985
Belmear, Horace E.	1940	1997
Berger, Marshall L.	1977	2008
Berry, Jackie (Deceased)	1973	2005
Berry, Rance A.	1973	2007
Bethel, Antoine B.	1984	2005
Beverly, Eleanor	1960	2000
Boone, James L. (Deceased)	1955	1989
Bowles, Joseph (Deceased)	1942	1988
Broadnax, Madison (Deceased)	1940	1989
Brown, Dallas C. Sr. (Deceased)	1923	1996
Brown, Dandridge D. (Deceased)	1923	1989
Burghart, William F. (Coach) (Deceased)	1936	1981
Burney, William L. (Deceased)	1950	1991
Burris, Chester A. (Coach) (Deceased)	1948	1980
Burroughs, Knute W.  (Deceased)	1937	1982
Busch, Elaine S. (Deceased)	1953	1996
Byers, R. Charles (Honorary)	1968	2005
Byrd, Charles R. (Honorary) (Deceased)		1999
Caldwell, John H.	1975	2007
Cannaday, Irvin Jr. (Coach) (Deceased)	1950	1995
Cardwell, Mark H. (Coach) (Dec)	1925	1980
Carey, Malva J.	1975	1985
Carr, Charles D.	1983	2000
Carse, Graig W.		2012
Carter, Hazo W. Jr. (Hon) (Dec)		1995
Casey, Wayne E.	1989	2000
Casey, Wayne D.	1968	1994
Casto, Steven B.	1981	1993
Charley, James W.	1976	2010
Chilton, Samuel B., Jr.	1987	1999
Christian, Horace B. (Deceased)	1959	1988
Clark, Barbara L. (Deceased)		2000
Clark, Benjamin F. (Deceased)	1933	1983
Clark, Charles	1988	2008
Clark, Clarence (Deceased)	1950	1982
Clark, Russell	1987	1999
Coleman, Theester (Hon) (Dec)	1935	2005
Corbin, E. Adelbert	1940	1984
Craig, John Wesley (Jack)	1961	2015
Crawford, Everett G. (Deceased)	1927	1990
Cullop, James, E., Jr	1960	2008
Cunningham, Marion L.	1974	2002
Curry, Rupert G. (Deceased)	1953	1987
Daniels, Howard K.	1961	2007
Davis, Edward, Jr.	1970	2008
Davis, Frank Maxie (Deceased)	1948	1988
Davis Robert A. (Deceased)	1948	1986
Dawson, A.L. (Coach)		2001
Dawson, Joe (Deceased)	1972	2001
Diggs, Robert P.	1931	1987
Dillahunt, Elaine	1967	2001
Dillard, Clyde (Deceased)	1950	1987
Edwards, Ernest E. (Deceased)	1932	1989
Ellis, Charles (Deceased)	1969	1998
Ellis, Oliver (Deceased)	1951	1984
Enty, Frank E.	1950	1992
Epps, Gregory D., Sr.	1981	2008
Estep, Perry J.	1980	1998
Farmer, Samuel J. (Deceased)	1930	1990
Ferguson, Daniel L., Jr	1947	1994
Ferguson, Warne Leon	1963	2007
Fish, Louis F.	1966	2002
Flournoy, Walter	1954	2009
Fox, John	1972	2004
Freeman, Dwayne M.	1970	2003
Frow, Dreyfus W.	1929	1984
Gallion, Michael L.	1964	1991
Gamble, Samuel A. (Deceased)	1947	1980
Gaskin, James C.	1939	1988
Gilliam, Joseph W. (Deceased)	1952	1987
Gilmer, Rodney	1975	2005
Gilmore, Johnny D.		1996
Gist,  John H.	1950	2002
Goff, Floyd S.	1961	2008
Goff, Wilbert C.	1962	2010
Goodwin, Johnny D.	1990	2006
Goodwin, Thomas D.	1962	2010
Gough, Joseph “Pepe” (Deceased)	1925	1995
Gray, Grant S. (Coach) (Deceased)		1993
Greene, Linwood, Sr.		1997
Greene, Oliver (Deceased)	1931	1982
Griffin, Ervin V. Sr. (Honorary)		2005
Griffin, James S. (Deceased)		1993
Grimmett, Mark	1981	2009
Hale, Vasco D.	1940	1980
Hamblin, Adolph P. (Coach) (Deceased)		1980
Hamilton, Alan L. (Deceased)	1969	1999
Hamilton, Dave	1969	1994
Harris, Frank (Deceased)	1950	2002
Hartney, Joe	1965	2004
Harvey, Harold N. (Honorary)(Deceased)	1936	1982
Hawkins, Charles C. (Honorary) (Deceased)		2002
Hawkins, Robert (Deceased)	1954	1990
Hemphill, Brian O.		2015
Henderson, Herbert H. (Deceased)	1953	1983
Hill Phillip H., Sr.	1965	2012
Holden, Alyce, R. (Deceased)	1938	1996
Holt, George E.	1962	2006
Horn, John W. (Deceased)	1943	1990
Hostoon, Arnett, Jr.		2015
Housen, Jack H. (Deceased)	1948	1987
Howard, L. Britt	1990	2006
Hughes, Albert “Chubby”	1973	2011
Hunter, Ben A. (Deceased)	1969	2002
Hunter, Oliver E.	1974	2011
Hunting, Ollie D.	1972	2006
Israel, Isaiah	1938	1985
Jackson, Al Preston, Sr.	1960	2004
Jackson, Alfonso C.	1960	2005
Jackson, Carlton	1990	2009
Jackson, William S. (Deceased)	1937	1981
Jefferson, Frederick D.	1946	1991
Jenkins, Drewie G. (Deceased)	1938	1992
Johnson, Ernest E. (Deceased)	1934	1993
Johnson, Louis R. W. (Deceased)	1940	1980
Jones, Corneilious “Papa”	1968	1993
Jones, DeWalden W. (Deceased)	1952	2006
Jones, Hubert L. (Deceased)	1939	1987
Jones, Thomas L. Lt. Col. (Ret)	1974	2003
Justice, Franklin P., Jr	1967	1992
Kates, C. Milton (Honorary)	1952	2005
Kent, Ernest (Deceased)	1954	1999
Kirk, William J., Jr.	1970	2011
Layne, Marvin L.	1971	2010
Lee, Edward A.	1972	2007
LeFever, William R.	1964	1995
Legette, Ronnie Sr.	1987	2003
Lipscomb, William W.	1975	2003
Lloyd, Earl	1950	1980
Lynch, Wesley, J. (Deceased)	1943	1990
Majette, Milton L. (Deceased)	1948	1993
Matthews, William P.	1974	2008
McCoy, Mark	1988	2009
McGlothlin, Frederick G. (Deceased)	1966	2001
McLeod, Ronald M.	1960	1993
Meadows, Ferguson B., Jr (Deceased)	1966	2001
Meadows, Floyd (Deceased)	1937	1980
Middleton, Fred D. (Deceased)	1947	1983
Milbourne, John	1957	2007
Millard, Edmund L., Sr. (Deceased)	1953	2006
Miller, Vandy L.	1954	1986
Miller, Morena G.	1955	189
Miller, Samuel	1951	1991
Mills, Marvin D. (Coach)	1947	1994
Moore, William George (Deceased)	1924	1983
Moore, Paul J. (Coach) (Honorary) (Deceased)		1990
Moore, Oscar A. (Deceased)	1934	1981
Moore, Ron	1987	2000
Morris James G.	1954	1985
Mosley, John C.	1962	2005
Nash, James “Jim” Russell (Deceased)	1932	2011
Nicholson, William L.	1968	2007
Nixon, James	1955	2000
Noles, Ruben	1989	2005
Nunn, William “Bill”	1948	1990
Oden, Joseph R Jr.	1989	2005
Palmer, Daniel B. (Deceased)	1931	1992
Perry, Taylor	1969	1999
Peters, Joseph C. (Deceased)	1948	1987
Pleasant, Ronald	1987	2006
Poore, Bryan (Coach)	1988	2010
Preston, James D. (Deceased)	1939	1990
Price, Denny	1971	1994
Price, Roderick L. (Coach) (Deceased)	1937	1980
Randall, Edgar	1979	1998
Ravenel, Harry J.	1983	2011
Reed, Vincent E.	1952	1983
Richardson, Marvin H. (Deceased)	1937	1980
Riley, Donald L.		2015
Robinson, William J. (Deceased)	1937	1981
Rockhold, Clayton D. (Deceased)		1993
Ross, Ellis L.	1933	1993
Sales, John C.	1950	1995
Saulsbury, Bob	1952	2001
Saudners, Emmett B., Jr (Deceased)	1943	1991
Saunders, Harry (Deceased)	1929	1984
Savage, Bernard S. (Deceased)	1972	2001
Scott, Edward, Sr. (Deceased)	1952	1998
Scott, Francis	1972	2009
Scott, James L. (Deceased)	1934	1983
Shannon, Oliver T. (Deceased)	1929	1988
Sheets, Alden	1971	1994
Simms, John		2015
Smiley, Glover L. Jr	1977	1992
Smith, Robert Lee		2015
Smith, Robert L. (Deceased)	1947	1987
Smith, Wendell (Deceased)	1937	1994
Smith, Willie G.	1949	2001
Smith, Willie B. (Deceased)	1954	1986
Smoot, Douglas	1968	2004
Spencer, Betty C.	1967	1996
Spradley, Milton L.	1982	2006
Starling, Edward M. (Deceased)	1951	1986
Starling, Carl (Deceased)	1946	1990
Stewart, Charles E.	1950	2001
Stewart, Colston R. Jr. (Deceased)	1934	1983
Street, Rossellini  Dwight	1975	2006
Strong, Robert	1960	2009
Swanson, John E. (Deceased)	1944	1988
Swayne, Steve	1975	2011
Taylor, Robert Paul	1951	1989
Taylor, Tyrone (Deceased)	1973	2012
Thomas, Paul W. (Deceased)	1950	1986
Thompson, Carroll U. (Deceased)	1935	1984
Thompson, Herbert B. (Deceased)	1962	2010
Thurman, Edward “Pete”		2015
Thurman, John D. (Deceased)	1984	2008
Tose, William S. (Honorary)	1972	2010
Tribble, James	1982	1998
Turpeau, Rossman, Jr.	1960	1998
VanHargis, Clifford (Deceased)	1938	1993
Wade, Keith O.	1983	2012
Walker, Nellie E. (Honorary)	1975	1999
Wallace, Willie (Deceased)	1963	2004
Wares, James T. (Deceased)	1933	1984
Washington, James A.	1986	2004
Washington, Othello	1983	1998
Watson, Daniel	1974	2009
Watson, Joseph G., Sr.	1965	2002
Whitted, Palmer D., Sr. (Deceased)	1931	1985
Wickliffe, Edward V. (Deceased)	1950	1981
Wilkerson, James A. (Deceased)	1928	1992
Wilkerson, Walter M., Sr. (Honorary)	1974	2008
Williams, Alfred L.	1968	1999
Williams, Jerry B. (Deceased)	1951	1989
Wilson, James C. (Coach) (Deceased)	1946	1989
Wilson, Phillip	1974	2012
Wilson, Robert (Deceased)	1950	1983
Wolfe, Shenna Rosann Smithers	2005	2011
Woods, Jeff C.	1975	2008
Woods, Jeffrey W.	1989	2004
Wright, Valerie Colquitt		2015

 

• Dr. Andrew N. Aheart
• Mr. Oree Banks
• Dr. R. Charles Byers
• Dr. Charles R. Byrd
• Dr. Hazo W. Carter, Jr.
• Dr. Ervin B. Griffin, Sr.
• Mr. Charles Hawkins
• Mr. Robert Hawkins
• Mr. Milton C. Kates
• Mr. Paul J. Moore
• Mr. Coleman Theester
• Mr. William "Bill" Tose
• Ms. Nellie Walker
• Mr. Walter M. Wilkerson, Sr.
• Mr. Jeff C. Woods