Birmingham, Ala. – The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) announced today its 2010 inductees for the league’s Hall of Fame.
The class includes six honorees affiliated with five of the league’s ten member institutions.
The 2010 inductees are: Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd (Jackson State, baseball), Clyde Duncan (Texas Southern, track and field), Charlie Granger (Southern, football, track and field), Aaron James (Grambling, basketball), Willie “Rat” McGowan (Alcorn State, baseball and football), and Shirley Walker (Alcorn State, basketball).
The class will be honored on Thursday, Dec. 9 at an invitational reception at the Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham as a part of the festivities surrounding the 2010 Farmers Insurance SWAC Football Championship Game.
The inductees will also be made available to media members at the championship’s press conference at the Birmingham Sheraton on Friday, Dec. 10 at 10:00 a.m.