MORROW, Ga. – Clayton State University has announced the seventh class to be inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame, a group that includes Judith Chime of women's soccer, Josh Grenier of men's soccer, men's basketball's Michael Sloan and longtime head men's basketball coach Gordon Gibbons.
 
This year's class represents a trailblazer, a program leader and one of the best at their position as well as an individual that led a program to new heights for more than a decade.
 
They will be inducted as the Class of 2020 and will be honored at the Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony on Thursday, February 13 at the Harry S. Downs Center for Education.
 
JUDITH CHIME (Women's Soccer 2002-05)
Arguably the greatest keeper in the history of the program, Judith Chime was a huge reason for the two most successful seasons in Laker women's soccer during her four year tenure from 2002-05.
 
In a team record 77 games she posted a record of 39-27-8 with program records of a 1.15 goals against average, 25 shutouts 7,100 minutes along with an .843 save percentage. The latter is a program record as is her single season mark of 1,845 minutes during the 2005 season. The 25 shutouts tie for third all-time in the Peach Belt Conference and is a record she held until 2015.
 
Chime also holds all three major save records with 20 against Alabama Huntsville on September 3, 2003, a total of 218 that same season and 494 for her career. Her single season and career marks are still the most in PBC history and she is the program's all-time leader in season goals against average (0.59 in 2005) and shutouts (10 in 2005). That shutout total is tied for the eighth most in league history.
 
Since the league began sponsoring women's soccer, she is one of just 14 individuals to earn All-Peach Belt Conference honors all four years and the only Laker soccer player to do so, men's or women's. Additionally, she was named to the All-Southeast Region Team in 2004 and 2005.
 
A key reason for the most successful era in the history of Clayton State women's soccer, Chime would help the Lakers to three PBC Championship Games. That would include 2002 when she went 10-4-5 with eight shutouts as a freshman and barely fell 1-0 to Kennesaw State. In 2004 she posted a 12-6-1 record and once again led the program to the title game where it suffered a 2-1 double overtime decision to North Florida.
 
That would be the start of a breakthrough for the Lakers, however, as that year would see the team earn its first trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament where they dropped a narrow 3-2 decision to Carson-Newman. It would be a trip they would repeat in 2005 but in a different way.
 
Chime would deliver her best season at 13-3-1 as Clayton State powered through the PBC Tournament, downing USC Upstate 2-0 and obliterating Armstrong State 5-1 in the semifinals. This time it would be their turn to be on the right side of an overtime decision as they downed rival Columbus State 2-1 in OT to earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. While their second straight trip would end with a 2-0 defeat to Carson-Newman, it, along with one of the greatest keepers in program history, helped lay the foundation for the program.
 
JOSH GRENIER (Men's Soccer 1998-2001)
At a time when Clayton State men's soccer was just beginning its journey as an NCAA Division II member, and coming off of a two win season, Josh Grenier was a key reason for the program's turnaround in his three years.
 
Joining the program from Southern New Hampshire with head coach John Rootes, Grenier inherited a team that went 2-13-1 in 1997 and the hard charging defender immediately brought stability to the Lakers' back line. While starting all 37 games he helped the club post back-to-back seven win seasons in 1998 and 1999 and helped form the foundation for what would come in his senior season.
 
In 2000, Clayton State put it all together as they produced a program record 18-3-1 campaign with Grenier starting all 22 games. That shattered the team record of 11 wins set in the inaugural 1992 season, was just the third time the program had reached double-digit wins in a season and still stands as the second most in team history.
 
After first round losses in the Peach Belt Conference in each of the program's first two years of eligibility, the 2000 season would see the Lakers get past Augusta 1-0 in overtime and then punch their ticket to the title game with a 2-1 win over Lander.
 
In that game it would be another defensive battle, one that Grenier and the Lakers would win 1-0 over USC Spartanburg for not just the program's first PBC Championship but Clayton State as a whole. It would also be the campaign that delivered the first NCAA Division II Tournament appearance in the history of the men's soccer program.
 
Another defensive showdown, this time with Francis Marion, the Lakers would head to and through overtime deadlocked at 1-1 before eventually falling 5-3 in a penalty kick shootout. The season would see the program earn six national rankings (the first ever) and top out at No. 14 in the nation.
 
Individually, Grenier was named PBC All-Tournament in 1999 and 2000 and All-PBC in his final season. That campaign would also net the hard-nosed defender National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Region and All-American honors. The latter made him the first Clayton State men's soccer player to be so honored at the NCAA Division II level.
 
For his career Grenier started all 59 games and helped lead the club to 37 games of one goal or fewer allowed, including 21 shutouts. The 2000 season saw an unbelievable 19 games of a goal or less, 14 clean sheets and two separate streaks of four straight shutouts.
 
MICHAEL SLOAN (Men's Basketball 2004-08)
One of the greatest three-point shooters in program history, Michael Sloan achieved things no other Laker has and was a key element to one of the most successful eras in Clayton State men's basketball's NCAA Division II history.
 
Over the course of 125 games and 108 starts, Sloan drained a program record 190 threes at a clip of better than 37-percent and led the program to an 82-43 (.656) overall record. His 1,261 points rank second all-time in program history and, even more than a decade since he last donned the Orange and Blue, he still holds the team record for steals with 180 and single season marks for three-pointers (72 in 2006-07) and free throw percentage (.855 in 2007-08).
 
An All-Peach Belt Conference First-Team selection in 2007-08 and All-Tournament choice in 2006-07, Sloan earned both of those honors while taking the Lakers where they had never gone before. After leading the club to a 20-plus win season (21-7) for just the fourth time in program history in 2005-06, his junior campaign would see an NCAA Division II era win record with a mark of 24-8. It would also include a still program record 17 straight wins, that to open the season.
 
That year would also mark the team's first appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament and it would be a memorable one. Ranked No. 25 in the country and taking on Catawba, Sloan would score 15 points and knock down two huge lead changing three-pointers in overtime as the Lakers earned a 72-69 victory, their first at that level. It would then take a last second layup in overtime by Virginia Union to end that first run by a 71-70 score in the semifinals
 
The 2007-08 season would not see that same level of success during the regular season as the club entered the PBC Tournament with only slight prospects at 13-14. As it turned out, the prospects would be slight for the opposition.
 
Behind the play of Sloan, Clayton State proceeded to slip past UNC Pembroke 53-50 in the opening round before stunning No. 10 Augusta 63-62 to advance to the PBC Tournament Semifinals. They would then down Georgia College 73-65 to advance to the championship game. Their reward – a meeting with one of the best teams in the country in USC Aiken.
 
It wouldn't matter as Sloan dropped 16 as the Lakers claimed their first ever PBC Tournament Championship in an 89-87 triple overtime thriller – and then got to do it all over again. Clayton State would make its second straight NCAA Tournament appearance and once again face the Pacers, this time as the No. 8 seed. Sloan would put up 14 points in that one and the Lakers ended No. 6 USCA's season with a 60-58 win.
 
They wouldn't be the last either as their trip to the South Atlantic Region Semifinals would see Sloan score 21 as Clayton State took out Lenoir-Rhyne 83-69 – in overtime. They didn't allow them a single point. While that run would end in the region championship game with an 89-72 loss to powerhouse Augusta, it made the Lakers the first, and still only, team in program history to reach a region final.
 
Sloan was a huge part of not just that run but an incredible four year stretch that redefined Clayton State men's basketball at the Division II level.
 
GORDON GIBBONS (Head Men's Basketball Coach 2001-13)
The man orchestrating Clayton State men's basketball's renaissance at the NCAA Division II level was coaching legend Gordon Gibbons as he guided the Lakers from 2001-13.
 
In addition to spearheading the program's first two appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament, Gibbons compiled an immaculate 219-134 (.620) overall record while notching 11 straight winning seasons from 2001-02 through 2011-12. To put that in perspective, in the first 11 seasons of Clayton State basketball there had only been four winning seasons. Additionally, during that 11 season stretch his teams produced the second most wins in the Peach Belt Conference.
 
During his 12 years at the helm of the Lakers he took the team to the PBC Tournament every single year and reached the semifinals half of that time, including two berths in the title game. The 2007-08 season would see the first tournament title in the program's history and 2001-02 would be the first PBC Regular Season Championship behind a 19-9 overall record in his first season.
 
Among the highlights during his tenure in Morrow was a 2006-07 campaign that saw them win what is still a program record 17 straight to open the season and be ranked the entire season. That would include eight straight weeks as the No. 2 team in the country and a berth in the PBC Tournament Championship Game. Following the season he would be named the John "Whack" Hyder State of Georgia Men's Basketball Coach of the Year.
 
Gibbons would also win his 400^th career game in February of 2009 as he added to a total that included 246 during an extremely successful tenure at Florida Southern. But any good coach knows that you can't do it without players and he was no exception.
 
Over the course of his 12 seasons, Gibbons had 11 consecutive seasons with at least one player named to the All-PBC Team, including six First-Team honorees. Those included a pair of First-Team selections in Timmy Downs and Brandon Robinson in 2010-11. He would also recruit the program's first PBC Defensive Player of the Year in Juron Dobbs, who would win that award in Gibbons final season of 2012-13.
 
Those career totals would also include five PBC All-Tournament selections, five Daktronics All-Region and five NABC All-Region honorees. Additionally, he would recruit individuals that would produce two Preseason All-American selections and a Division II Bulletin All-American Honorable Mention honoree in Brandon Robinson (2010-11).
 
In his 12 years in Morrow, Gibbons took a fledgling Division II program and not only legitimized it but turned it into a regional and national power.
 
History
Established in 2013, the Clayton State Athletics Hall of Fame was created to honor former Laker student-athletes, coaches, administrators, faculty/staff and community members who have, by their outstanding achievements, contributed to the ideals of the Clayton State Department of Athletics. Including this year's honorees, the Clayton State Athletics Hall of Fame has named seven classes and enshrined 23 former student-athletes, coaches, administrators and special inductees. This year's class of four will be inducted on Thursday, February 13, bringing that total to 27 honorees.
 
Purchase Tickets Online for 2020 Hall of Fame Ceremony
For the sixth consecutive year, individuals will be able to purchase their Clayton State Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony tickets online. Tickets for the event at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 13 are $65 each for general admission with tables of eight also available for $425. For a second straight year there will also be a Pre-Hall of Fame reception from 6-7 p.m.
 
Additionally, Clayton State faculty and staff will receive a discounted rate of $40 for the Hall of Fame Ceremony and children's tickets (ages 12-and-under) will be available for $25 apiece.
 
All ticket options can be purchased online at the following link: http://www.Clayton.edu/Homecoming/HoF. This year's Hall of Fame Ceremony will be held on campus at the Clayton State Harry S. Downs Continuing Education Center in Room 101.