Campbell Sports Hall of Fame
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Former golf standouts Brad Fritsch and Kylie Pratt, plus former soccer star Bill Young will be inducted into the Campbell University Sports Hall of Fame this weekend. The induction will take place Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Hall of Fame of the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center. Membership in the Hall of Fame, which began recognizing Campbell athletic greats in 1984, now numbers 77.
Fritsch was a two-time Academic All-American who has gone on to play on the PGA and Web.com tours. Pratt was Campbell’s first women’s golf All-American and went on to become one of the top career money winners on the LPGA developmental tour. Young is the second-leading scorer in Campbell men’s soccer history who helped the Camels reach the NAIA national tournament as a junior and senior.
Brad Fritsch
Born in Edmonton, Alberta and raised in Manotick, Ontario, Fritsch arrived at Campbell in the fall of 1996 and went on to become just the second student-athlete in Campbell history to twice earn Academic All-America honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America. A member of the 1999 Atlantic Sun Conference men’s golf championship team as a junior, Fritsch earned all-conference recognition in his senior campaign when he won the Lonnie D. Small Memorial tournament and was named team MVP.
He was chosen Academic All-American following both his junior and senior years and graduated in 2000 with a 3.9 grade-point average as a criminal justice major.
Fritsch then embarked on his professional golf career, playing on the PGA Tour Canada from 2001-06 and again from 2010-11. He moved up to the Nationwide (now Web.com) Tour from 2007-09 and again in 2012. He finished 18th on the 2012 Web.com money list to earn a place on the PGA Tour in 2013.
As a PGA Tour rookie in 2013, Fritsch finished ninth at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines and finished 129th on the FedEx Cup points list. He then finished tied for second at the Web.com Tour finals to earn his return trip to the PGA Tour in 2014.
In 2014 Fritsch placed among the top 10 individuals at the Wyndham Championship, RBC Canadian Open and the Farmers Insurance Open. He finished 151st on the FedEx Cup points list. Fritsch then won the six-round Web.com Tour qualifying tournament by seven shots at 27-under-par to earn fully exempt status on the Web.com circuit in 2015.
In 131 career Web.com tour events, Fritsch has finished as runner-up three times and in the top 10 on 16 occasions. He has four career top-10 finishes in 52 starts on the PGA Tour. Fritsch’s career earnings on the PGA, Web.com and Canadian Tour total more than $1.5 million.
Fritsch qualified for the 2006 and 2015 U.S. Open Championships and made the cut in this year’s event. He also represented his native Canada in the 2013 World Cup of Golf in Australia.
Now a resident of nearby Holly Springs, N.C., Fritsch and his wife Megan and parents of a daughter, Hannah (6), and son, Jesse (2).
Kylie Pratt
A native of Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Pratt arrived at Campbell in January of 1997 and over the course of her three-year career, became the school’s first women’s golf All-America selection. In the process, she led the Camels to three-straight NCAA regional appearances, two Atlantic Sun Conference titles and a 14th-place finish in the 1997 NCAA Championship.
Only five months after enrolling at Campbell, Pratt tied for second in the 1997 NCAA East Regional at Bloomington, Ill., while leading the Camels to a fifth-place finish and the program’s first national tournament berth. En route to the NCAA regional, Campbell won six-straight team tournament titles. She was Campbell’s low individual at the NCAA Championship, where CU finished 14th in the country.
Pratt led the Camels to the 1998 Atlantic Sun title and as a senior in 1999, claimed the conference individual championship, one of four tournaments she won that year. She finished 12th in the nation in stroke average as a senior and 23rd nationally in the Golfstat Cup.
Named Campbell’s outstanding female athlete for 1998-99, Pratt played on teams that won 20 tournament titles in her three-year career. After graduating in December 1999 with a degree in sport management, Pratt began her coaching career while pursuing her M.Ed at her alma mater.
During the three seasons she assisted Coach John Crooks, Campbell won eight tournaments, advance to NCAA Regional play three times and won a pair of Atlantic Sun Conference titles. Pratt earned her M.Ed. in December 2001.
She embarked on her professional career in 2002 and played on the LPGA FUTURES Tour through 2006. Pratt still ranks among the top 400 in LPGA FUTURES Tour all-time winnings before retiring from her playing career. Among her professional playing highlights was a third-place finish at the 2004 Australian ANZ Masters. She also participated in the 2004 U.S. Women’s Open Championship at the Orchards Golf Club in Massachusetts.
A resident of Orlando, Fla., Pratt is now employed as an LPGA Tour manager and caddie. While on tour she caddied for two wins including the season ending LPGA CME Tour Championship with Hee Young Park. She also serves as a recruiting consultant, having placed approximately 70 Australian athletes at U.S. colleges and universities.
Bill Young
A native of West Chester, Pa., Bill Young arrived in Buies Creek in the fall of 1967 on a baseball and soccer scholarship. Four years later, he graduated as one of the all-time leading scorers in Campbell soccer history while leading the Camels to a pair of national tournament berths.
While in high school, Young was chosen by Major League Baseball scouts to represent Eastern Pennsylvania in the American Legion East-West game. He also played in an American Legion All-Star game at Connie Mack Stadium before enrolling at Campbell.
However, it was on the soccer field that he made his greatest impact on Fighting Camel sports. Over his four-year career from 1967-70, Young played on Campbell teams that won 79 percent of their matches – going 48-11-4 in the process.
He was a three-time All-South region performer and two-time NAIA All-District 29 and All-Area 5 standout. After the Camels compiled a record of 16-7-2 over his first two seasons, Young helped lead the team to back-to-back 16-2-1 records and District 29 and Area 5 titles in 1969 and 1970 and consecutive trips to the national tournament.
His junior year output of 56 points on 24 goals and eight assists in 1969 still stands as the eighth-highest scoring season in Campbell soccer history. He followed that with 71 points on 31 goals and nine assists in 1970, which remains the fourth-highest tally in CU record books.
The 1969 Camels finished fifth in the NAIA national tournament in their first-ever trip to the championship. He scored the game’s only goal in the 1969 NAIA District 29 final to lift CU to its first-ever District title. He added the game-winning goal in 1969 NAIA Area 5 Championship match.
Young recorded seven career hat tricks, including a six-goal game vs. East Carolina in 1970. He also scored in the 1970 NAIA Area 5 championship winning match and netted both Campbell goals in the 1970 NAIA third-place match, including the winner with 15 seconds remaining. Young was named to the 1970 NAIA National all-tournament team and was co-MVP of the team. He was also named to all-tournament teams at the Stetson Classic and Campbell Soccer Classic after helping the Camels win both events.
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and health with a minor in biology, Young went on to play with Worthy Brothers in the United Soccer League in Philadelphia and led that circuit in scoring with 37 goals.
In addition to teaching in the West Chester Area school district for the last 42 years, Young had continued to remain active in racquetball, road running and triathlon. He also coached boys and girls recreational, travel and high school soccer for more than four decades. Young is also a USA Soccer licensed official.
Now residing in Downingtown, Pa., Bill and his wife Sharon are parents of a daughter, Ashleigh (22), and son, Cameron (19).
