HIGH POINT, N.C. — The High Point University Athletic Department and Panther Club are proud to announce the HPU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The class will feature eight student-athletes and a coach while honoring five legendary teams.

"HPU Athletics is very excited to announce the 2025 High Point University Athletics Hall of Fame class," HPU Vice President and Athletic Director Dan Hauser said. "The 2025 class represents an outstanding group of student-athletes who achieved record-setting success, and I know our Panther fans will be excited to celebrate them on May 17th. We look forward to welcoming our inductees back to campus and honoring their extraordinary achievements."

The Hall of Fame Class of 2025 includes Pete Collins '74 (men's basketball), Kenny Carter '82 (baseball), Arlene King '93 (women's basketball and volleyball), Kristy Powell '95 (women's soccer), Tommy Moore '99 (men's golf), Stacia Robertson '15 (women's basketball), Christine Rickert '16 (women's track & field), Holden Trent '22 (men's soccer), and Ray Alley '71-75 (men's soccer and men's tennis coach). This group will be High Point's seventh class inducted.

HPU will recognize the 1971-1975 men's tennis teams as legendary honorees.

The induction ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025, inside the Nido and Mariana Qubein Arena and Conference Center. Cocktail hour and dinner will be from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., with the ceremony immediately following from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Tickets for the HOF ceremony are $50 per person or $300 for a table of eight.

The Panther Classic Golf Tournament will be the day before on Friday, May 16, 2025, at the High Point Country Club – Willow Creek. The pricing for the golf tournament is as follows: individual ($150), foursome ($600), hole sponsorship ($600), while a foursome and hole sponsorship paired together is $1,000. Registration will begin at 8 a.m.
 
 
HPU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025

Pete Collins '74 (men's basketball)
Collins was a two-time All-Carolinas Conference and All-NAIA District 26 player in 1971 and 1973. In 1974, he was named a NAIA All-American after a standout career where he played in 111 games, averaging 16.6 points per game, and scoring a sixth-career best 1,838 points. To this day, Collins sits atop the record in all-time rebounds with 1,268 as he averaged 11.4 rebounds per game. He is also fifth all-time in field goals made (728). Collins was drafted by Washington in 1974 as the Bullets selected him with pick No. 173.
 
Kenny Carter '82 (baseball)
A true utility player, Carter was a four-year starter at third base, shortstop and second base. He was a two-time All-Carolinas Conference player in 1981 and 1982. In 1982, Carter racked up accolades in his final season as he was named All-NAIA District 26, All-NAIA Area VII and a NAIA All-American. He was also named to the NAIA National All-Tournament Team in 1979. For his career, Carter had a .319 batting average, scored 137 runs while knocking out 17 home runs, compiling 87 RBI and stealing 40 bases.
 
Arlene King '93 (women's basketball and volleyball)
A two-sport athlete, King was accustomed to receiving recognition. In volleyball, she was named the Carolinas Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player in 1990 while earning All-Carolinas Conference and All-NAIA honors in 1991 and 1992. King was selected as the team's MVP and Carolinas Conference Player of the Year in 1992. While playing basketball, King was a three-time All-Carolinas Conference and All-NAIA District 26 student-athlete (1991-1993). She was tabbed as the Carolinas Conference Female Athlete of the Year in 1992 and team's MVP in 1993. King averaged 16.6 points per game and 7.0 rebounds per game as she sits ninth all-time in points (1,432) and rebounds (710).
 
Kristy Powell '95 (women's soccer)
Powell was a member of the first women's soccer team and was the first student-athlete to receive a women's soccer scholarship in program history. She was a three-time All-Carolinas Conference player (1993-1995).  She earned All-NAIA District 26 honors all four years (1992-1995) and was the team's leading scorer with 12 goals and three assists in 1995. To this day, Powell is first all-time in career goals (33) and career points (82). She's tied seventh for all-time career assists (16).
 
Tommy Moore '99 (men's golf)
In the university's final years in Division II, Moore dominated the links and received numerous accolades. He earned All-Carolinas/Virginia Athletic Conference honors while also being named the Carolinas/Virginia Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and the NCAA Division II Freshman of the Year in 1997. Moore was tabbed All-NCAA Division II South Region, NCAA Division II All-American Second Team and NCAA Academic All-American in 1997. He finished 11th in the NCAA Division II National Championship and was the only Division II student-athlete to be a recipient of the 1999 MasterCard Graduate Scholarship. In 1999, Moore was a Golf Coaches Association of America All-American Scholar.
 
Stacia Robertson '15 (women's basketball)
In just three years, Robertson was a program-best, six-time Big South Player of the Week. She finished her career ranked among the top five in the program's NCAA Division I history for points (seventh, 1,274); points per game (second, 13.7 points per game); rebounds (second, 801); blocked shots (third, 214), steals (third, 217) and field goal percentage (first, 49.9 percent).

A two-time, first-team All-Big South selection in 2013-14 and 2014-15, Robertson rounded out her collegiate career averaging 16.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game en route to being named Big South Player of the Year as a senior in 2014-15. She was the program's first AP All-American as she earned an honorable mention nod after her redshirt-senior campaign.
 
Christine Rickert '16 (women's track & field)
To this day, Rickert has etched her name in the record books as the best javelin thrower in Big South and High Point history. She was a three-time Big South Conference Champion (2014-2016) and four-time All-Conference honoree (2013-2016). Rickert was named the 2014 Big South Field Athlete of the Year and the 2016 Big South Scholar Athlete of the Year. She holds the Big South Conference record (52.47m) and Big South Championship Meet record (50.18). Her 52.47m throw at the 2016 VertKlasse Meet is an all-time top-10 Big South performance as it is High Point's program record as well as the Big South.

Rickert finished 12th in the javelin finals at the NCAA Track & Field National Meet in 2016 as she was named an All-American. She was a seven-time Big South Field Athlete of the Week and tabbed to the Big South All-Academic Team three times. Rickert was named CoSIDA Academic All-America in 2016 as she earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors twice (2015-2016). She was a four-time USTFCCCA All-Academic student-athlete.
 
Holden Trent '22 (men's soccer)
Trent was a two-time Big South Conference Goalkeeper of the Year (2021, 2022) and three-time Big South First-Team All-Conference member (2020-21, 2022-2023). As team captain, he earned Big South Defensive Player of the Week seven times and helped the Panthers win three Big South Championships. Trent was named to the Big South All-Tournament Team in 2022, while being selected to the TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Second Team and United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Team in 2022 as well.

Trent helped the team win the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament victory behind a 2-0 first round win over UNC in 2022. The goalkeeper started in every game played (52) as he compiled a program-best 1.00 goals-against average with 145 saves and 22 clean sheets. He finished his career with a 31-13-8 record. He became the highest drafted HPU men's soccer player in the Major League Draft when the Philadelphia Union selected him in the first round with pick No. 28 in 2022. Trent tragically passed away on October 25, 2024.
 
Ray Alley '71-75 (men's soccer and men's tennis coach)
As a two-sport coach, Alley was impactful as the next coach. Alley, a 1966 graduate of High Point College, coached the men's soccer team from 1972-1974 and the men's tennis team from 1971-975 and 1989-1992. Alley also served as the first sports information director in those same years. He was named the Carolinas Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year in 1974 with an 11-1-2 record en route to a Carolinas Conference Championship.

As the men's tennis head coach, he was an eight-time champion and seven-time coach of the year. Alley won the NAIA District 26 Championship every season (1971-1975), while being Carolina Conference champions three times (1973-1975). He was tabbed NAIA District 26 Coach of the Year four straight seasons (1972-1975) and named Carolinas Conference Coach of the Year three times (1973-1975). In 1975, Alley was recognized as the NAIA National Tennis Coach of the Year. He is the only coach in HPU sports history to win an NAIA National Coach of the Year Award. Alley's teams made the NAIA National Tournament each year, finishing 11th in 1972, fourth in 1973, seventh in 1974, and ninth in 1975. He is a member of the NC Soccer Hall of Fame (2002), Guilford College Hall of Fame (2002), and Guilford Country Sports Hall of Fame (2017). He also served on the HPU Alumni Board for seven years.

Legendary Honorees
 
1971-1975 men's tennis teams 
During the five-year run, the teams never lost a dual match with an NAIA District 26 team and had a Carolinas Conference winning streak of 24 matches. The teams won the NAIA District 26 championships in 1972, 1973, 1974 1975, as well as won the Carolinas Conference championships in 1973, 1974, 1975.

In 1971, Javier Sanjines won the NAIA District 26 singles championship and qualified for the NAIA Nationals as an individual. The full team did not go to the nationals but Javier's participation qualified High Point as one of the schools in the nationals. The full teams advanced to the nationals in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975. Peter Ranney was High Point's first tennis NAIA All-American in 1975 as he reached the round of 16 (of 267 players) at the national tournament. He lost to the top seed and eventual individual national champion. In 1974, High Point won matches over Georgetown and Western Michigan while also playing Duke, NC State, Virginia, and Davidson. High Point won matches in 1975 over Division I schools Dartmouth, Virginia Tech, Ohio University, West Virginia, and played Penn State and UNC, losing in close matches.