BENJAMIN "Bennie" BLOCKER – Football (1965-1967) – Lancaster, SC/Columbia, SC --Lettered in three sports – Football, Basketball and Track – during his SC State career…Earned first-team All-SIAC honors as a fullback in 1967 when he was the team's rushing leader and set a single-game school rushing record with 220 yards against Bethune-Cookman and later broke the mark with 250 yards against Fayetteville State…Lettered in basketball and track in both 1966 and 1967…Played professionally in the NFL after being drafted by the New Orleans Saints in 1968…Earned a BS in Physical Education from SC State in 1968 and a Master's in Elementary Education at Virginia Commonwealth in 1974, and a Master's in Public Administration from the University of South Carolina in 1979…Was the first African American to serve as County Director of the Richland County Dept. of Social Services…Was a high school sensation in football, at Lancaster's Barr Street High, earning All-America honors by Scholastic Magazine and Parade Magazine while being featured in Sports Illustrated…A longtime educator and administrator in the South Carolina and Virginia public schools…Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.