NORFOLK, Va., April 20, 2021– As the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) continues to celebrate its 50
th Anniversary during the 2020-21 academic year, the conference office now announces its Wrestling All-Time Team, Presented by the Home Depot.
Eleven (11) former SC State Bulldogs were named to this prestigious list.
The team is comprised of 50 outstanding student-athletes who competed during the conference's sponsorship of the sport between 1972 and 1995.
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The MEAC Wrestling All-Time Team was selected by a panel of media relations professionals who have either worked at the conference office or at member universities throughout the years. The honorees were selected from a list of former student-athletes who were named MEAC individual champions, Most Outstanding Wrestlers at MEAC Championships, All-Region or All-American, or who were NAIA or NCAA national qualifiers.
The All-Time Team, listed in alphabetical order by players' last names, features 33 MEAC individual champions, 13 NCAA/NAIA All-Americans, 12 NCAA Regional champions and one USA Olympic Team member.
South Carolina State honorees are listed below.
About the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) celebrates its 50th year of intercollegiate competition with the 2020-21 academic school year. Located in Norfolk, Va., the MEAC is made up of 11 outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.
BULLDOGS NAMED TO WRESTLING ALL-TIME TEAM
PRESENTED BY THE HOME DEPOT
TOP 50 AS SELECTED BY A SPECIAL MEDIA RELATIONS PANEL
- William Boozer (South Carolina State) - 167 lbs. (MEAC Champion 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984; NCAA East Region Champion 1983; NCAA Qualifier 1983; MEAC Outstanding Wrestler 1981; Member MEAC Championship Team 1981, 1982, 1983)
- Lloyd Bullard (South Carolina State) – 177 lbs. (MEAC Champion 1981, 1982, 1983; Member MEAC Championship Team 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
- Steve Claiborne (South Carolina State) – 134 lbs. (MEAC Champion 1979, 1980; Member MEAC Championship Team 1980)
- Ronald Keith Graham (South Carolina State) – 126 lbs. (MEAC Champion 1983, 1984, 1985; MEAC Outstanding Wrestler 1984, 1985; Member MEAC Championship Team 1983)
- Michael Holmes (South Carolina State) – 167 lbs. (MEAC Champion 1978, 1979, 1980; NAIA Qualifier 1979; Member MEAC Championship Team 1979; S.C. State Athletic Hall of Fame
- Preston Hughes (South Carolina State) – 126 lbs. (MEAC Champion 1981, 1982; Member MEAC Championship Team 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
- Wendell James (South Carolina State) – 158 lbs. (MEAC Champion 1981; Member MEAC Championship Team 1981, 1982, 1983)
- Keith O'Banner (South Carolina State) – 118 lbs. (MEAC Champion 1980, 1981; Member MEAC Championship Team 1980, 1981)
- James Ragland (South Carolina State) – 167 lbs. (MEAC Champion 1973; S.C. State Athletic Hall of Fame)
- Jesse Steeles (South Carolina State) – Heavyweight (MEAC Champion 1981, 1982; Member MEAC Championship Team 1981, 1982)
- Jeffrey Washington (South Carolina State) – 134 lbs. (MEAC Champion 1984, 1985, 1986; MEAC Outstanding Wrestler, NCAA East Region Champion 1986, NCAA National Qualifier 1986; Member MEAC Championship Team 1983; S.C. State Athletic Hall of Fame
