The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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tracking the PACK The Inductees Tommy Burleson, men's basketball As a sophomore, Burleson led the Wolfpack in scoring and rebounding and became the foundation of one of the best ACC teams ever assembled. As a junior, he was joined by sophomore David Thompson and the two led the Wolfpack to an ACC title and the only undefeated season in school history. As a senior, Burleson was the centerpiece of the Pack's 1974 NCAA title, outplaying Len Elmore in the ACC title game to win his second consecutive Everett Case Award as the Most Valuable Player of the ACC Tournament, and outdueling UCLA's Bill Walton in the national semifinal game. Burleson was the third overall pick of the 1974 NBA Draft, going to the Seattle SuperSonics. He played eight seasons before knee problems led to his retirement. A member of the ACC's 50th Anniversary basketball team, Burleson still lives in his native Avery County, N.C. Mike Caldwell, baseball The native of Tarboro, N.C., was a freshman when he helped the Wolfpack win the ACC championship, the NCAA District III title in Gastonia, N.C., and a berth into the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. Caldwell, still the ACC's all-time leader with 10 shutouts and 32 complete games, was a two-time first-team All-ACC selection and the 1971 ACC Player of the Year while posting a career record of 32-10 and a career ERA of 2.30. Caldwell was arguably the most successful Wolfpack baseball alumni in professional baseball. A 12th-round pick of the San Diego Padres, Caldwell pitched for 14 seasons with four teams, posting a 137-130 record and a 3.81 ERA. In 1978, he finished second in the voting for the Cy Young Award. Caldwell remains active as a pitching instructor, and was the Wolfpack's biggest fan during its 2013 trip to the CWS, the school's first since Caldwell's freshman year. Ronnie Shavlik, men's basketball The fleet-footed forward was ACC basketball's first two-time All-American and the 1956 ACC Player of the Year. Recruited by legendary head coach Everett Case from Denver's East High School, Shavlik came to Raleigh to score points and scoop up rebounds. A two-time first-team All-ACC pick, Shavlik set standards that still dot NC State's record book. He ranks second in ACC history with 1,598 career rebounds and has 17 of the top 24 single-game rebounding performances in school history. He was the fourth overall pick of the 1956 NBA Draft, going to the New York Knicks. He cut short his professional career to operate a successful Raleigh-based industrial cleaning services company. A longtime supporter of Wolfpack athletics, Shavlik died in 1983, shortly after the Wolfpack won the program's second NCAA title. Norm Sloan, men's basketball coach Wearing a flashy plaid jacket and sometimes breathing fire, "Stormin' Norman" Sloan was one of the most colorful and successful coaches in NC State men's basketball history. An original "Hoosier Hotshot" recruit by legendary coach Everett Case, Sloan was an Indianapolis native who came to NC State to play basketball. He also competed in football and track during his student days, but he became much better known for prowling the sidelines from 1966-80. He led the Wolfpack to unprecedented heights, winning three ACC titles and the 1974 NCAA championship. From 1972-74, the Pack posted a 57-1 record under Sloan's guidance. He won 266 games at his alma mater, second only to Case. In 37 years as a head coach, Sloan compiled a 627‑395 record at four schools. He was named National Coach of the Year in 1974 and won Coach of the Year awards in the Southern, Southeastern and Atlantic Coast conferences. Holt finished his Wolfpack career as the Betty Springs Geiger, cross country/track and field school's all-time leader in receiving yards Earle Edwards, football coach Not only did Betty Springs help NC State's cross country The overall career record of 77-88-8 doesn't tell the (3,379), career receptions (191) and 100- team win a pair of AIAW team championships by finishing in full story of Edwards' impact on NC State football and yard receiving games (14). the top five in both 1979 and 1980, she was also one of the Photo courtesy nc state media relations most successful individual distance runners in American histhe Wolfpack athletics department (for more about Edwards, see "Pack Past" on page 152 of this issue). He not only built a championship tory. She twice won national collegiate cross country titles, including the first NCAA program, winning five ACC titles and four ACC Coach of the Year awards, Edwards women's event ever held, in 1981. She repeated the feat in 1983. She won a pair of helped bring the department out of a financial crisis and spurred the fundraising for track and field national championships in the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters. Carter Stadium. In all, she won four cross country All-America awards and six track and field awards In his fourth season, Edwards led the 1957 Wolfpack to its first conference title in and twice won the H.C. Kennett Award as NC State's top female athlete. In 1983, she 31 years. He took the Pack to a pair of bowl games, earning the school's first postwon the U.S. national cross country championship, becoming the only woman to ever win the NCAA title and the USA title in the same year. season victory with a 7-3 win over Georgia in the 1967 Liberty Bowl. That season Married to longtime NC State cross country and track and field coach Rollie Geialso included a 16-6 win over No. 2 Houston, the highest-ranked team the Wolfpack has ever beaten. Edwards has the longest tenure (17 years) of all NC State football ger, the 2003 inductee into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame has remained in coaches and more wins than any other football coach (77). Raleigh since her running career ended. Steve Gregg, men's swimming One of the most successful butterfly swimmers in U.S. history, Gregg won the NCAA 200-meter championship in 1976, as well as a silver medal at the Montreal Olympics. A four-time All-American and a six-time ACC champion from 1973-77, Gregg became the first person in league history to win the same event four consecutive years at the ACC Championships. He also won the 100-meter ACC title in 1975 and was part of four consecutive ACC champion teams. He earned the H.C. Kennett Award as the school's top student-athlete, won top honors at the 1975 Pan Am Games and the 1976 AAU championships, and grabbed a spot on the ACC's 50th Anniversary swimming team. Torry Holt, football Holt was a consensus first-team All-American and the ACC Player of the Year in 1998. He capped off his Wolfpack career as the school's all-time leader in receiving yards (3,379), career receptions (191) and 100-yard receiving games (14). The native of Gibsonville, N.C., remains one of the most prolific pass catchers in ACC history. Among his school records are the most touchdown receptions in a single game, a season and a career, and the most receiving yards in a game, a season and a career. A first-round pick (sixth overall) of the St. Louis Rams in 1999, Holt helped his team win the Super Bowl during his rookie campaign. He earned seven trips to the Pro Bowl and two All-Pro selections during his 11 seasons with four teams. Andrea Stinson, women's basketball Stinson was a two-time All-American and a unanimous pick as the 1990 ACC Player of the Year. A first-team All-ACC selection in each of her three varsity seasons, Stinson set school records for the most points in a game (50) and in a season (752), and for scoring average (23.6 points per game). Her 2,136 career points rank third in Wolfpack women's basketball history. She led the Pack to the 1990 ACC regularseason title, the 1991 ACC Tournament championship and three NCAA Tournament appearances. A member of the 50th anniversary team and a Top 50 All-Time ACC Female Athlete, Stinson was a first-round pick of the Charlotte Sting. She played professionally for more than a decade in Europe and in the WNBA. Sylvester Terkay, wrestling Of NC State's five NCAA wrestling champions, none had a more dominating single season than Terkay, who went a perfect 41-0 in the heavyweight division during his senior season in 1993 to lead head coach Bob Guzzo's team to a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the highest showing in school history. Not only was Terkay a three-time All-American, the NCAA heavyweight runner-up as a junior and a three-time ACC heavyweight champion, he was also a three-time first-team Academic All-American, earning degrees with honors in political science and criminal justice. He set school records with 122 career victories and 64 career pins. July 2013 ■ 15 14-16,18,20,22-23.Tracking The Pack.indd 15 7/2/13 12:14 PM