KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State Department of Athletics is proud to announce the upcoming induction of five members for the Hall of Fame Class of 2022. The class is comprised of Nabil Hamid, Tony Ingle, Rob King, Dr. Audrey Morgan, and Susan Whitlock.
"Kennesaw State Athletics is excited to honor the legacy of these individuals that has stood the test of time. Their accomplishments and contributions for the success of KSU deserve to be remembered forever in our Hall of Fame," said Director of Athletics
Milton Overton. "I am excited to celebrate with our Owl family this fall."
The ceremony will take place on evening of Friday, Oct. 7 inside the KSU Convocation Center and the class will be introduced during the Oct. 8 football game against North Alabama.
Football single-game tickets and tickets for Oct. 7 the ceremony will be available later.
Nabil Hamid is the only Kennesaw State male student-athlete to ever qualify to NCAA Cross Country Championships and did so twice in 2011 and 2012. He was a three-time USTFCCCA All-South Region honoree (2010-12). No other KSU athlete has earned this more than once. The decorated runner was named first-team All-ASUN Conference four times. He led KSU to ASUN championships in 2009 and 2010. Hamid currently holds the cross-country school records for the fastest 8km and 10km times.
The late Tony Ingle coached the Kennesaw State men's basketball team to the 2004 NCAA Division II national championship. He is the winningest head coach in program history and held a 178-166 record. The Owls won the 2004 Peach Belt Conference championship and Ingle was named the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year following the Owls' national title run. He guided the program during KSU's transition to Division 1 and owned the honor of the second-highest winning percentage of teams who transitioned from Division II to Division I from 2003-2009. KSU produced ASUN Freshman of the Year Andre Morgan (2005-2006), two All-ASUN selections (Ronell Wooten, 2006-2007 and Markeith Cummings, 2009-2010), two ASUN All-Freshman team selections (Kurtis Woods, 2008-2009; Markeith Cummings, 2009-2010), and five ASUN Players of the Week (Markeith Cummings, Jon-Michael Nickerson, Ronell Wooten, Shuan Stegall, and Golden Ingle). Ingle also led KSU to the 2009-2010 ASUN semifinals.
Rob King was the first head coach in KSU women's soccer history and led the Owls to the 2003 Division II national championship with a 25-1 record. He posted a record of 168-80-21 in his KSU career from 2002-2015. His Owls won a pair of PBC regular season and tournament championships, and Southeast Regional titles in 2002 and 2003. He was the Southeast Region Coach of the Year both seasons and earned the 2003 National Coach of the Year. King led the Owls during KSU's Division 1 transition and in 2005 finished second in the ASUN Conference regular season with an 8-2 record and 13-4-1 record overall in its first Division I season. The Owls won the ASUN Tournament and went to NCAA Tournament in 2007 and 2009, while winning ASUN regular season titles in 2006, 2007, and 2009.
Dr. Audrey Morgan stewarded a $5 million dollar gift from the Bailey Foundation in 2021. The gift is the largest contribution to the College of the Arts in its history, as well as one of the largest donations from a single organization to Kennesaw State University. The gift helped establish Honors scholarship endowments across three academic colleges and the Department of Athletics, with additional funding supporting an existing scholarship endowment.
Morgan has a long history of giving at KSU. In 1999 with her late husband, she established the Audrey and Jack Morgan Endowed Scholarship in Music, the largest scholarship endowment fund for KSU music students, with her late husband. In 2017, Morgan established the Audrey Morgan Nursing Scholarship to combat nursing shortages across Georgia. Altogether, she has supported 66 KSU students through her scholarship endowments. Dr. Morgan is the sister of the late Dr. Bobbie Bailey. The family is the largest combined donors ever at Kennesaw State at over $16 million since 1993. She and the Jack Morgan Foundation donated over $125,000 to building athletic complexes in the early 2000s. Currently, Dr. Morgan serves as the Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of the Bobbie Bailey Foundation and is the Vice President and COO of Southernaire Music Company.
Susan Whitlock was KSU's first Senior Woman Administrator (SWA), a role she held from 1992-2006. She was also the SAAC administrator for 20 years from 1992-2011. She was the women's tennis head coach from 1993-1996, when she took the Owls to a fourth-place conference finish in their first DII season in 1995. She compiled a .719 winning percentage with a 46-18 record. Whitlock also served as a women's basketball assistant coach from 1987-89. The Owls went 48-12 and reached the NAIA Bi-District and District rounds. She helped coach Kelly Alsup to honorable mention All-American honors in 1988 and 1989, and Mindi Beaver to the 1988 District Freshman of the Year. A published author, Whitlock was an HPS Instructor and Assistant Professor for 30 years (1987-89, 1992-2020).
