Hall of Fame
Bill Davis is one of the finest dual-sport athletes to ever play at Lenoir-Rhyne. On the basketball court, Davis was a First Team All-Carolinas Conference performer, scoring 1,122 career points. A tremendous rebounder, Davis ranks second in team history with 11.3 rebounds per game and his 895 career rebounds places him fifth. In back-to-back seasons, Davis averaged 13.8 (1968-69) and 12.7 (1967-68) rebounds and he ranks 35th on the all-time scoring list.
On the track, Davis won both the Conference and Davidson Relays in the triple jump and set new meet records at both events. In the Carolinas Conference meet, Davis etched his name in the LR record books with a jump of 45'11" which stood for 41 years until broken in 2010.Â
