BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Five former Camel greats will be inducted next month into the Campbell Athletics Hall of Fame.  Rodrigo Cagide (men's tennis, soccer), Barbara Foxx (women's basketball, softball), Earl Stephenson (baseball), Erin Switalski (women's soccer) and Cordell Wise (men's basketball, track & field) will be enshrined on Saturday, Jan. 27 during ceremonies on campus.
 
Induction ceremonies will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Oscar Harris Student Union, followed by recognition of the 2024 Hall of Fame class at halftime of the 2:00 p.m. men's basketball game vs. the College of Charleston at Gore Arena.
 
For the first time, tickets to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony are available for purchase by the general public.  Admission, which includes the ceremony and buffet meal, is $35, while a ticket to the basketball game may be added on for an additional $10.  Click HERE to purchase 2024 Hall of Fame induction tickets.
 
Rodrigo Cagide, '92 was a four-time Big South Conference singles and doubles champion in tennis who also ranks 15th on the school's career scoring list in soccer with 67 points on 23 goals and 21 assists.  Named Big South Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year in 1988 and 1990 and a 4-time All-Big South Conference selection, he ranked 5th on the school career singles wins charts with 63 despite playing only one fall season due to soccer commitments.  Cagide finished his collegiate tennis career with a 33-0 record vs. Big South opponents in singles play.  On the soccer field, he shares the school record (with CU Hall of Famer Dave Amsler) for most assists in one game (4 vs. Appalachian State in 1991).  Selected to the All-Big South and All-Big South Tournament soccer teams in 1991, Cagide was named the soccer team's Glen Brewster Memorial Award winner in 1989 for leadership and courage.  In 1988, he scored the game-winning goal against No. 10 Duke.  One year later, he scored at least one point in 13-straight matches through the Big South tournament semifinal.
 
Named Campbell's Outstanding Male Athlete for 1989-90, Cagide was also named to the 1990s Big South Conference men's tennis all-decade team.  A native of Guadalajara, Mexico who was ranked as high as number two in his country in tennis on the youth level, Cagide also participated for the Mexican youth national soccer team before entering Campbell in the fall 1987.  He represented Mexico in the Junior Davis Cup and Junior US Open.  Since leaving Campbell in 1992, Cagide has worked in the tennis profession as a teacher, coach, and manager. Now manager and tennis director at NorthStone Country Club in Huntersville, N.C., Cagide is ranked among the world's top 425 singles players in the ITF Masters (55+) division.  He is a USPTA 1 and USPPA 1 certified tennis coach.
 
Barbara Foxx, '78 was a three-sport standout in basketball, softball, and field hockey and twice named Campbell's Outstanding Female Athlete (1976 and '77).  After transferring to Campbell from Central Carolina Community College, she earned all-district honors in basketball in each of her three seasons.  She averaged 15.7 points in her 60-game career, and despite standing only 5-foot-4, she finished with 501 rebounds (8.4 per game).  She twice scored a career-best 33 points in a game, vs. High Point (1/7/76) and Duke (2/3/76) and pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds vs. High Point (12/1/75). 
 
After graduating with a B.S. in health and physical education in 1978, Foxx began teaching and coaching at Pinecrest High School – her first and only job over a 38-year career.  She earned her master's degree from Gardner-Webb University and attained State Board Certification in physical education.  Foxx retired in December 2016 with 726 volleyball coaching wins, the second-most in NC High School history at the time.  Foxx led Pinecrest to the 1988 and 1992 4A state volleyball championships and served as head basketball coach from 1993-2002 and as head softball coach.  Her volleyball, basketball and softball teams combined to win 16 conference titles and she was named conference coach of the year 20 times.  She was head coach of the East team in the 1997 North Carolina East-West Girls Basketball All-Star game. 
 
Foxx was inducted into the United States Slowpitch Softball Association Hall of Fame in 1997, the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame in 2018 and into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2020.  A member of the NCHSAA Board of Directors from 1995-99, she was selected as one of the NCHSAA's 100 Coaches to remember during its Centennial Celebration in 2013.  Barbara A. Foxx Gymnasium at Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines was dedicated in 2018.
 
Two of her players went on to become Division I head coaches – Melissa Ferris (William & Mary volleyball) and Sarah Haney (North Carolina rowing).  Foxx also played slow pitch with the Norfolk-based Dreamgirlz, a 50-and-over team in the Senior Softball USA League.  Still active after retiring from teaching, she serves as volleyball head coach at St. John Paul II Catholic Middle School in Southern Pines.
 
Earl Stephenson, '66 was one of five Campbell players to reach Major League Baseball in the 1960s and 1970s.  A 1965 graduate of Benson High School, he played one season at Campbell under Coach Hargrove B. "Hoggie" Davis.  A left-handed pitcher, Stephenson was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the third round of the 1967 January draft and made his professional debut that spring with Quincy (Ill.) of the Midwest League, where he finished with an 8-7 record and a 2.90 earned run average.  After spending two years in the U.S. Army with the 82nd Airborne Division, he returned to Quincy, then moved up to Double AA San Antonio one year later.  He opened the 1971 season with the Cubs and made his major league debut Apr. 7, 1971.  Traded by the Cubs to Milwaukee, Stephenson spent the entire 1972 season with the Brewers and posted a 3-5 record in 35 appearances.  He faced future Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan in '72 at Anaheim Stadium and was deadlocked in a 0-0 tie through eight innings before the Angles scored the game's lone run with two out in the bottom of the ninth.  He was later traded to the Philadelphia Phillies, then acquired by the Montreal Expos in the Rule 5 draft before being dealt to the Minnesota Twins.  He joined the Baltimore organization in 1976 and was called up to the big leagues in 1977.  Stephenson played under Hall of Fame managers Leo Durocher and Earl Weaver and alongside Hall of Famers Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Brooks Robinson.
 
He pitched in 365 games over 11 minor league seasons and played at the Triple-A level over the course of eight years.  Stephenson was named to the Pacific Coast League (AAA) All-Star Team in 1974 while at Tacoma.  He finished his pro career in 1979 at Triple A Tidewater in the Mets system.  Stephenson re-joined the Orioles organization as a minor league pitching coach from 1986-88, spending two years at Class-A Hagerstown in the Carolina League.  Since his professional career ended, Stephenson has devoted himself to teaching the game he loves in the area.  He served as baseball coach at Triton High School in nearby Erwin from 1997-2002 and also as an American League coach for Post 59 (1999-2001) and Post 109 (2009-12).  He still runs the Earl Stephenson Pitching School and coaches youth travel ball teams.
 
Erin Switalski, '05 is the first Campbell women's soccer player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.  She joined the Camels as an all-state goalkeeper from Brecksville, Ohio, then earned first team all-conference recognition three times (2001, 2003, 2004) during her collegiate career.  Switalski was named Tournament MVP after leading Campbell to the 2004 ASUN Championship title.  The Camels also secured the regular season crown that season with a 7-0-3 mark.  She led CU to a school-record, 17-match unbeaten streak and the program's first-ever berth in the NCAA College Cup, where the Camels fell to No. 1 North Carolina in the opening round.  Switalski was named to the all-region team following her senior year, then embarked on a professional career in the Danish First Division.
 
Two decades later, Switalski still ranks sixth in shutouts (25) and 12th in saves (329) on the ASUN career charts.  She still holds the school record for career shutouts and her 1.11 GAA is the fourth-lowest total in school history.  She was named to the 2000-09 ASUN All-Decade Team. 
 
She just completed her ninth season as head women's soccer coach at the University of Tampa, where she led the Spartans to the 2015 NCAA Division II regionals and has coached four All-Americans and 10 all-region performers.  Previously, she spent five seasons as assistant coach at Florida Gulf Coast, where she helped guide the Eagles to three NCAA postseason appearances.  She also served as assistant coach at Lynn University for three seasons and one year at Austin Peay.
 
Cordell Wise '70 was Campbell's first NAIA men's basketball All-American.  A native of Riverside, N.J., Wise was the first African American student to attend Campbell.  Despite playing only three varsity seasons, he still ranks 11th on Campbell's all-time points scored list with 1584 in 84 games (18.9 per game).  An All-South Jersey selection at Riverside High School after leading his team to the 1964 and 1965 Burlington County championship, Wise attended Temple University before enrolling at Campbell in the 1967 fall semester.  Over his three-year career, he led the Camels to a 60-27 (.689) record, culminating with the 1970 NAIA District 29 title and a berth in the NAIA national tournament.  He was a two-time All-American and averaged at least 18 points in each of his three years with the Orange & Black.  Wise became the fastest player in Camel history to reach the 1,000-point barrier during his career (53 games) and set a school mark with 26 rebounds in a game against High Point.  As a junior, he led the Camels to their first 20-win season (20-10) on the senior college level while averaging 19 points per game.  During his senior year, Wise contributed 21 points per game for the Camels, who finished 24-7, a mark that still stands as the second-highest wins total in school history.
 
In addition to his exploits on the hardwood, Wise ran track for the Camels from 1968-70, competing in the 100-, 220- and 440-yard dashes.  He won the 1969 NAIA District 29 title in the 220 (20.8 seconds) and competed in the NAIA national championships at Billings, Mont., where he advanced to the second round.  He was named Campbell's Outstanding Athlete in 1970.
 
After earning his B.S. in health, physical and drive education in 1970, Wise was chosen by the Carolina Cougars in the 1970 American Basketball Association draft.  He went on to play three seasons in the Eastern Basketball League with the Trenton (N.J.) Pat Pavers.  He was inducted into the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986.
 
Wise taught and coached in Trenton, Willingboro, and Camden schools for a decade.  He also spent five years as a stockbroker and three seasons working in Atlantic City casinos.  An all-around athlete, Wise earned his USTA certification and served as director of tennis at Mill Creek Park in Willingboro for 10 years and as site director for the National Junior Tennis and Learning Center of Trenton.  He most recently worked as assistant pro at Sea Pines Racquet Club in Hilton Head, S.C., where he taught alongside two-time major champion and former World No. 1 singles player Stan Smith.
 
After the induction of Cagide, Foxx, Stephenson, Switalski and Wise next month, membership in the Hall of Fame, which began recognizing Campbell athletic greats in 1984, will include 91 honorees.
 
Campbell Athletics Hall of Fame Members
1984
Gaylord Perry
Jim Perry
1985
Fred Emmerson
Richard Murphy
1986
Earl Smith
Bob Vernon
1987
Cal Koonce
Len Maness
1988
Jim Bromley
Jay Overton
Don Prince
Dr. Mike Reidy
1989
Archie Brigman
Jim Gurkin
Dr. Don Laird
1990
Sam Brewer
Rob Cole
George "Buck" Hardee
1991
Howard Auman
Walter Deal
1992
George Graybill
Charles Koonce
Bruce Shelley
Don Whaley
Billy Williams
1993
Ronda Mueller Langdon
Billy Mason
James Sessoms
Gary Woodward
1994
Wayne Dale
Marion Hargrove
1995
Hank Currin
Fred McCall
Fred Whitfield
1996
Sam Bishop
Antionette Matthews Carr
Horace "Bones" McKinney
1997
James "Catfish" Cole
John T. Johnson
1998
Ollie Harrell
Frances Lloyd
1999
Ken Faulkner
Regina McKeithan Wadsworth
2000
Dave Amsler
Wendell Carr
2001
Betty Jo Clary
Hargrove B. Davis (posthumously)
Clarence Grier
2002
Bob Etheridge
Gary Hobgood
Bill Holleman
Carl Ivarsson
James Nisbet
Tammy Brown Tew
2003
Barry Howard
Danny Roberts
Dr. Pete Wish
2004
Willard B. Harris
Leanne Plum Mann
Orville Peterson
2005
Bobby Bowie
Janet Wooten
Captain Eugene "Red" McDaniel
2006
David Doyle
John Marshbanks
2007
Denelle Hicks
Maria Maldonado
Ernie White
2009
Juha Miettinen
2010
Toni Siikala
Joe Spinks
2011
Brad Childress
Denise Ford Shipman
2012
Sam Staggers
2015
Brad Fritsch
Kylie Pratt
Bill Young
2017
Bob Burke
Anthony Cox
Wanda Watkins
2022
Marshall Lovett
2023
April Cromartie
Jerry Hartman
Heather Lee Magill
John Payne
Brittany Stanley Lee
2024
Rodrigo Cagide
Barbara Foxx
Earl Stephenson
Erin Switalski
Cordell Wise