Black History Month
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MIKE MALOY
Men's Basketball 1967-1970 A two-time Southern Conference Player of the Year and three-time All-America selection, Mike Maloy helped the Wildcats to three men's basketball NCAA Tournament berths, including Elite 8 appearances in 1968 and 1969. In addition, Maloy was a two-time NCAA All-Regional selection and was named Southern Conference Tournament MVP in 1968. Maloy finished his career ranked third on Davidson's all-time scoring list and still owns the school record in career rebounds. He averaged 19.3 points and 12.9 rebounds in his three varsity seasons. Maloy and two players from other schools were pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated as the country's best in the 1968-69 season. Maloy was one of the first African American students to enroll at Davidson, and he was the college's first African American scholarship athlete. After his time at Davidson, he played professional basketball in the United States and in Austria and later coached and taught history in Austria. He led the UBSC Wien basketball team to four national titles and was the first African American to play in the country. While in Austria, Maloy also was the lead singer of the Boring Blues Band, and a gym in Austria was renamed Mike Maloy Gym in his honor in 2011. Inspired by his success and lasting impact at and after Davidson, teammates, classmates and fans funded an endowed men's basketball scholarship in his name. Maloy died in 2009 and still ranks among Davidson's all-time leaders in scoring average, free throws made and rebounding average. |
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LATISHA CHAPMAN
Volleyball 2000-2003 A two-time All-Conference performer, Latisha Chapman's name is scattered across Davidson Volleyball's record book. As a senior, Chapman established a new program single-season record for kills, which still stands today, with 590 putaways. In the opening tournament of her senior season, Chapman set a new single-match, school record with 33 kills in a 3-2 win over Loyola (Md.) and still ranks among the program's top-10 all-time kills leaders today, with 1,203 career kills. She also appears in the program's rankings with 276 career block assists (7th all-time), 98 career solo blocks (3rd all-time) and a .270 career attack percentage (6th all-time). Chapman's senior season was her strongest, as the North Carolina native recorded 108 block assists, 46 solo blocks and 154 total blocks, all of which still rank among the top-5 in the program's history. |
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JUNIOR WADE
Baseball 1975 Junior Wade became Davidson's baseball coach in 1975, and the program's first black head coach, and led the Wildcats on a breakthrough campaign under his guidance. In 1975, the Wildcats posted their first 20-win season, finishing 21-15. They won 10 conference games for the first time, placing second in the Southern Conference. Under Wade's leadership, George Weicker became the program's first SoCon Player of the Year and All-American, while setting numerous school records and leading the country with an .810 slugging percentage. Additionally, Wade guided the Wildcats to a memorable 4-3 win at South Carolina that April. The Gamecocks were the eventual national runner-up. During his time at Davidson, Wade also served as an assistant athletic trainer.
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JOHN LATTING
Men's Soccer 2003-2006 A biology major at Davidson, John Latting studied in Australia and was a member of the men's soccer team where he is recognized as one of the best defenders in the program's history. John helped Davidson to a pair of Southern Conference regular season titles (2003, 2005), a tournament crown and an NCAA berth. He was included in the 2005 All-America selection (the first since for the program since 1992), was a three-time all-conference performer, three-time all-region performer and voted to the league's all-tournament squad in 2003, 2004, and 2005. During his four-year career, he helped the Wildcats to a 50-28-8 overall record and 20-7-1 conference mark. John earned his medical degree at Columbia University. |
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RAY SINCLAIR
Football 1979-1982 Ray Sinclair, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, held 13 Davidson rushing records at the time of graduation. Sinclair finished his standout career with 3,085 rushing yards. Additionally, he is one of only three Davidson players to run for more than 1,000 yards in a season, a mark Sinclair passed twice - 1,339 in 1980, including a school record of seven 100-yard games, and 1,001 in 1981, including a school record 260 yards against Catawba. Following his senior season, Sinclair was named honorable mention All American by the Sporting News. That same year, he received the Tommy Peters Award, the highest athletic honor given to a male athlete at Davidson. After graduation, Sinclair signed as a free agent with the Seattle Seahawks. Sinclair was inducted into the Davidson Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998. |
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ALEXIS LeMONE
Women's Swimming & Diving 2016-2020 Alexis LeMone '20 was the first Black woman to compete on the Davidson swimming and diving team and the first Black athlete at Davidson to earn four varsity letters in the sport. Throughout her college career, LeMone was a steady presence in the backstroke and sprint freestyle events, and she scored Atlantic 10 Championship points all four seasons. On the program's all-time top performers list, she ranks sixth and eighth in the 100 and 200 backstrokes, respectively. LeMone's presence went beyond her efforts in the pool, as she had an unyielding passion for diversity, inclusivity and social change both on the team and the campus. |
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MAKAYLA BINTER
Women's Track & Field 2016-2020 While competing at Davidson, Makayla Binter showed her strengths in just about everything. A multi-event athlete, Binter went on to reset the record books in the indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon, as well as the outdoor long jump. She twice stepped onto the podium at the Atlantic 10 Championship and was a favorite to do so again at the 2020 Outdoor Champs last spring. Following her graduation, Binter gave us all another look into her talented repertoire with a series of paintings and murals to inspire change, including her powerful piece, "8 minutes and 46 seconds." Binter not only left her stamp athletically at Davidson, she left it artistically, too, as the artist behind the new mural in the weight room. |
