COLUMBIA — Former College of Charleston soccer coach Ralph Lundy, Lower Richland High's Richard Seymour — a Pro Football Hall of Famer who won three Super Bowl rings with the New England Patriots — and World Cup soccer standout Clint Dempsey of Furman highlighted the 2025 class for the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame at the annual ceremony and banquet May 19.

Joining them in the 10-member class at the ceremony held at the Columbia Convention Center were Coastal Carolina baseball coach Gary Gilmore, who led the Chanticleers to the 2016 NCAA title; University of South Carolina’s All-American catcher Landon Powell and five-time WNBA All-Star Shannon Johnson of Hartsville; Clemson offensive lineman Harold Olson, who helped the Tigers to the 1958 and ’59 ACC titles and Susan Hill-Whitson, the most celebrated tennis player in Clemson history; Erskine basketball legend Don Whitehead and Claflin’s storied women’s basketball coach Nelson Brownlee, who will be enshrined posthumously.

In addition, the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame honored three individuals and one striped entity with special awards.

Jim Hudson of Columbia was recognized with the prestigious Felix “Doc” Blanchard Citizen for Sports Award and Kerry Tharp of Darlington was honored with the Willie Jeffries Ambassador for Sports Award as part of the 63rd annual South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Banquet. The Bobby Richardson Sportsmanship Award was presented to the S.C. High School All Sports Officials, while Pete Iacobelli of the Associated Press was bestowed the Herman Helms Excellence in Media Award.

Lundy, the former College of Charleston and Erskine College men’s soccer coach, retired in 2019 after 44 seasons and ranks in the top-25 in all-time wins amongst Division I coaches after posting a career coaching mark of 453-350-66, including a 323-279-53 record at CofC.

He began his coaching career at Erskine College in 1976. Over 11 years he compiled a 131-71-13 with 10 winning seasons, leading the Flying Fleet to seven district titles and three NAIA National Tournaments. Lundy was inducted into the Erskine Athletics Hall of Fame, and an annual soccer award is given in his honor.

The North Carolina native was a three-sport athlete at Western Carolina, where he competed in soccer, wrestling and baseball. He helped the Catamounts to an 8-2 soccer record in 1970 and a trip to the NAIA District V playoffs. He served as co-captain of the team in 1971 and led the Catamounts to a 7-2-2 record. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1972.

After a two-year stint with the U.S. Marine Corps, Lundy returned to Western as a graduate assistant and earned his master's degree in physical education.

Prior to attending Western Carolina, Lundy spent two seasons at Brevard College where he played baseball and soccer. In 2006, he was enshrined in both the Brevard College and Western Carolina Halls of Fame.

He led the College of Charleston to a 323-279-53 record during his 33 years as head coach from 1987-2019. His Cougars teams enjoyed 19 winning seasons, five conference championships and five appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including an Elite Eight appearance in 1994. Lundy’s win total includes victories over five national champions as well as Notre Dame, Stanford, Ohio State, Wake Forest, North Carolina, N.C. State, Duke and South Carolina. Lundy is a member of the College of Charleston Athletic Hall of Fame.