General | 8/18/2009 4:15:10 PM

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The Methodist University Booster Club is pleased to announce the 2009 Hall of Fame inductees.  

Jason Childers (Men's Basketball '98), Chad Collins (Men's Golf '01), Allyson Greer Kotes (Women's Golf '94) and Jerry ('66) and Faye ('68) Huckabee (Men's Cross Country, Men's Basketball, Men's Tennis) will be recognized Oct. 16 during an Induction Banquet as part of the Methodist Homecoming festivities.

Jason Childers competed for the Monarchs' men's basketball team from 1993-1997. Childers is the only NCAA All-American in program history after scoring a school-record 596 points during the season. He led Methodist to the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships before advancing to the "Elite Eight" of the NCAA Division III National Tournament. Childers finished his career with 63 blocks to rank seventh all-time at Methodist. Subsequent to his Methodist career, Childers played professional basketball with the Raleigh Cougars and traveled overseas to compete with Sweden- Poang OBBK.

Chad Collins is one of just three Methodist men's golfers to earn First Team All-American honors four times. Collins competed for the Monarchs from 1997-2001 helping the team to their last two National Championships in 1998 and 1999. He won the individual national title in 1998, 1999 and 2001 while winning the conference title twice and becoming a four-time First Team All-Conference selection. Collins has competed in 25 PGA Tour events over the past three years. Currently on the Naitonwide Tour, Collins most recently finished in a tie for second at the 2009 Price Cutter Charity Championship Presented by Dr Pepper on Sunday.

Allyson Greer Kotes is another four-time First Team All-American golfer, competing for the Methodist women's golf team from 1990-1993. One of just seven in the women's program, Kotes won three team titles with the Monarchs and claimed the 1992 Individual National Championship. During her collegiate career, she won six tournament titles before going onto become a LPGA Teaching Professional.

Jerry Huckabee participated in the first three athletic programs at Methodist, lettering in cross country, basketball and tennis. He was a two-time All-Conference selection in cross country and claimed the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference individual title in 1965 while leading the team to its first ever conference championship. After graduating from Methodist, Jerry and his wife Faye continued to support Methodist athletics. Jerry ran the electronic scoreboard while Faye kept the scorebook for 20 years from 1966-86. Jerry also served as a volunteer assistant to Gene Clayton in both men's golf and women's tennis. Jerry coached the men's golf team to a tournament championship in Old Mille, Va. while Clayton was recruiting elsewhere. In 1975, Jerry traveled with Clayton and the women's tennis team to the AIAW National Tennis Tournametn where the team finished tied for fifth. Still an active tennis player, Jerry was the captain and number one player of a Fayetteville team that won the Mixed North Carolina State Championship in USA League Tennis in 2002. 

The Induction Banquet will take place Oct. 16 at 6:30 pm at the March F. Riddle Center on the campus of Methodist University.  For more information and to RSVP please contact the Athletic Department at 910.630.7175.